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The Andover Gold summer team for 8- and 9-year-olds won the championship of the North Andover Tournament by beating Tyngsboro earlier this month, and then celebrated in style with a trip to Richardson's Ice Cream.
In the championship game, Andrew Theriault pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing only 1 hit and no walks while striking out 11. Chris Rassias came in to pitch the final 1 2/3 innings to preserve the win.
The game was tied into the fourth inning when Andrew hit a two-run triple to give gold a 2-0 lead.
Louie Galligani led off the fifth with a triple and scored on a hit by Colin Kirkpatrick.
The players are front row, from left: Louie Galligani, Will O'Neil, Alec Haffner, Jake Clinard; middle row: Chris Rassias, Carter Brezinski, Colin Kirkpatrick, Andrew Theriault and Ryan Finneran. In the back row are the coaches, Tom Galligani, Mike Kirkpatrick, Mark Clinard, Brian Theriault, listed in no particular order. Missing from photo were Josh Gruenberg and Tyler McGoldrick and coach Steve Gruengerg.
