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A Windsor youth baseball team came home with the first-place championship trophy and outscored the opposition by more than a 2-to-1 margin in its end-of-the-year tournament. The Northern Colorado Rampage 9U baseball team, which plays in the Longmont AA competitive baseball league, made an unbelievable comeback in the championship game to win the trophy.
“In the championship bracket, we scored a total of 58 runs and allowed only 28 runs and finished the tournament with only one loss during the tourney, which we avenged in the championship game,” said head coach Brad Hudson. “During the championship game, we fell behind 14-0 after the top of the first inning after some untimely errors and some nerves I believe.”
Following the 14-run inning, though, the kids bounced back in spectacular fashion.
“The kids on the team did not hang their heads or give up, a fact I am most proud of, and simply understood they were better than that and needed to concentrate and score some runs to get back in the game,” Hudson said. “(As) a tribute to the kids' mental toughness, they battled back and we battled back winning the championship game 35-25.”
Hudson said all 10 players at some point came through with a big hit or a great defensive play to allow them to battle back and get the win.
“We had solid pitching throughout the tournament and the kids' bats were simply really hot,” Hudson said.
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A big round of applause goes out to the town of Windsor for putting on a first-rate fireworks show on July 4 over Windsor Lake at Boardwalk Park. Set to music, the mix of fireworks and the fact that they were shot off one right after another pleased the thousands of people in attendance.
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John Garcia of Windsor earned his bachelor of arts degree in English from Elmhurst (Ill.) College's 2011 graduating class. Garcia was one of more than 600 students awarded degrees at the ceremony on May 28. Garcia received his diploma from Elmhurst College President S. Alan Ray. Elmhurst College is located eight miles west of Chicago.
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“In the championship bracket, we scored a total of 58 runs and allowed only 28 runs and finished the tournament with only one loss during the tourney, which we avenged in the championship game,” said head coach Brad Hudson. “During the championship game, we fell behind 14-0 after the top of the first inning after some untimely errors and some nerves I believe.”
Following the 14-run inning, though, the kids bounced back in spectacular fashion.
“The kids on the team did not hang their heads or give up, a fact I am most proud of, and simply understood they were better than that and needed to concentrate and score some runs to get back in the game,” Hudson said. “(As) a tribute to the kids' mental toughness, they battled back and we battled back winning the championship game 35-25.”
Hudson said all 10 players at some point came through with a big hit or a great defensive play to allow them to battle back and get the win.
“We had solid pitching throughout the tournament and the kids' bats were simply really hot,” Hudson said.
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A big round of applause goes out to the town of Windsor for putting on a first-rate fireworks show on July 4 over Windsor Lake at Boardwalk Park. Set to music, the mix of fireworks and the fact that they were shot off one right after another pleased the thousands of people in attendance.
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John Garcia of Windsor earned his bachelor of arts degree in English from Elmhurst (Ill.) College's 2011 graduating class. Garcia was one of more than 600 students awarded degrees at the ceremony on May 28. Garcia received his diploma from Elmhurst College President S. Alan Ray. Elmhurst College is located eight miles west of Chicago.
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TELL US ABOUT IT: Have a Good For You? Send it to gfy@mywindsornow.com.
