Two local youth baseball teams win Mother’s Day weekend tournaments

Posted: May 16th 2024

A pair of local youth baseball teams each won tournaments over Mother’s Day weekend.

The Royals Baseball Club South 13U team competed in the West Deptford Mother’s Day wood bat tournament and won the championship by conceding only three runs over five games.

The team is made up of players from Lower Township, Middle Township and Somers Point.

Meanwhile, the South Jersey Ospreys 12U baseball team won the Delsea Thin Blue Line Tournament in Franklinville.

The Ospreys posted victories over FS Prime and Mid Atlantic Warriors in pool play on Saturday. They were then seeded fourth for the semifinal round and beat two higher-seeded teams Sunday to win the championship, They edged No. 1 seed Harrison Heat, 6-5, in the semifinal before beating second-seeded Delsea Dragons, 7-1, in the title game.

The Ospreys are made up of players from Middle Township, Lower Township, the Wildwoods and Avalon. They are coached by Chuck McDonnell, Bump Matthews and Mike Fritsch.

Royals 13U baseball team: front row - Ty Heacock, Asche O’Donnell, Ryan Murray, Joe Eisele, Dom DeLuca, Michael Fritsch, Nathan Stocker, Bryce Ziegler, Nick Matteucci; back row - coach Fred Mick, Kyle Mick, Stephen Lutjen, coach Bud Ziegler, coach Brian Heacock.

South Jersey 12U Ospreys baseball team (from left): standing - Bradon Mulligan, Charlie Matthews, Easton Iames, Drew Robinson, Jordan Briggs, Ryan Davenport, Gavin McDonnell, James Vizzard; kneeling - Blake Fritsch, Sean Cunniff, Billy Fisher, Chase Wilkinson, Tyler Sharp.