Huntington Valley is victorious

Mike Sciacca

A year ago, Seaview Little League defeated Huntington Valley in the

Minor B Division Tournament of Champions title game.

Twelve months later - but in a different division, it was payback time

for Huntington Valley.

The Mets, the No. 1 team from their league, trailed, 1-0, early, then scored the game’s final six runs to post a 6-1 triumph over Seaview’s No.

2 entry at Robinwood Little League.

The victory advances the Mets into Saturday’s second round, where they’ll

face the winner of Tuesday’s first-round game between Robinwood No. 1 and

Westminster No. 2 at 9 a.m.

After Seaview had taken a 1-0 lead in their first at-bat on a Jake Burke

RBI, Huntington Valley winning pitcher Race Parmenter took it from there,

shutting down the Rockies the rest of the way.

Parmenter allowed just three hits while striking out 12.

“Race did a great job and the kids played a good game,” Huntington Valley

Manager John Parmenter said. “Our bats will need to come around Saturday,

however, if we hope to continue winning in this tournament.”

The Mets managed just four hits, with Chase Barnes getting a two-RBI

single, Kyle Ammons an RBI double, and Marcus Breit and Anthony Vidal

each adding singles.

Rockies relief pitcher Matt Fockler didn’t allow an earned run the final

final 3 2/3 innings.

The Mets, who started their season 3-7, played four games in just five

days just to qualify for the Tournament of Champions as Seaview’s No. 2

team.

“I thought our kids did a great job just to get to this tournament,”

Seaview Manager KC Fockler said. “We were 3-7 early, but the kids rallied

together and turned their season around. They played great ball down the

stretch.”