Renegades Win District Championship

The Newtown Renegades baseball team defeated Southbury to claim the District 5 championship and advance to the Cal Ripken 9U State Tournament.

Renegades 8, Southbury Land Sharks 5: The Renegades won the 9U District 5 Championship on Wednesday night, the team’s third straight win in the double elimination tournament. The Renegades beat Oxford 14-2 and Southbury 12-8 in first and second round games.

Southbury started the scoring with two runs in the first inning, and added three more in the second. The Renegades came back with three runs in the first inning and two more in the second to tie the game at 5-5. In the bottom of the third inning, Newtown tacked on another three runs to take an 8-5 lead. Strong pitching and defense held Southbury scoreless the rest of the game.

Connor Haywood and Joey Rios each doubled for the Renegades. CJ Demers went 3-for-3 and made some sharp plays at short. John Godino took the mound in the third inning in relief of starter Josh Taylor.

Godino pitched three scoreless innings, allowing only three hits and striking out two. Rios took the mound in the sixth inning. With two outs and two runners on, he struck out the final Southbury batter to end the game.