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EMass squads sweep state baseball finals at Fraser

Steve Krause

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It was an Eastern Massachusetts sweep Saturday in the Massachusetts state baseball finals at Fraser Field.In Division 1, Lincoln-Sudbury defeated Minnechaug Regional of Wilbraham, 10-2. Plymouth North, behind some stellar defensive play by second baseman Jamie Dougherty and the relief pitching of Cody Holmes, nipped Hudson, the Central Mass. champion, 3-1.And in Division 3, it took Newburyport’s Bill Pettingell all 40 years – right up until his final game – to win a state championship. But the Clippers finally got it done, 9-4, over Western Mass. champion Pioneer Valley.”I was thrilled,” said John Kasian, who is the point man for both Manning and Fraser Fields. “Everything went fantastic.”After having a tough spring, weather-wise, we couldn’t have asked for a better day. People from the MIAA were thrilled, and I think everyone was happy with the venue. The crowds were fantastic.”It also worked out well for the (North Shore) Navigators, as they got the concessions,” Kasian said.Next up at Fraser Field is the Eastern Mass. all-star game Tuesday at 6 p.m. After that, it’s the Agganis baseball and softball classics next month.

  • Steve Krause

    Steve Krause is the Item’s writer-at-large. He joined paper in 1979 as a copy editor and later created a music column, called Midnight Ramblings, which ran through 1985. After leaving the paper for a year, he returned in 1988 as a reporter and editor in sports. He became sports editor in 1998; and was named writer-at-large in 2018. Krause won awards for writing in 1985 from United Press International; in 2001 from the Associated Press; and again in 2020 from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. He is a member of the Harry Agganis Foundation Hall of Fame, a past winner of the Moynihan Lumber Scholar-Athlete Community Service Award, and was the 2012 recipient of the Jack Grinold Media Award for MasterSports, an organization that conducts high school and college coaches’ clinics. He lives in Lynn, is active on Facebook, and can be found on Twitter @itemkrause.

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