by www.baseballeurope.com
The final weekend of the Lithuanian Winter T-Ball Championships took place this final weekend in March in the cities of Kaunas and Vilnius. In the Saturday final matchup in the U12 division, no surprises were to be found as the strongest team was victorious. Vilnius “Sporto Vilkai” defeated Utena “Vetra”, as Kaunas ‘Lituanica’ U12 defeated Kaunas Region “Tigriukai”. The “Tigriukai” (‘Tigers’) put up a fight in the first of two matches; after the 3rd inning they were trailing 8-7, then in the 4th inning ‘Lituanica’ added 7 runs to make the score 15-7.
For the second year in a row, Vilnius “Sporto Vilkai” were the champions led by their coach, Virmidas Neverauskas. Second place was Vilnius “Azuolynas” and third place went to Kaunas “Lituanica”. Congratulations to all participants, and to the top prize-winners!
The U10 Division finals were played on Sunday, with Kaunas “Lituanica” first and second teams facing off in the Superfinal after defeating “Sporto Vilkai” and Kaunas “Tigriukai” (respectively) in the semifinals. Vilnius “Sporto Vilkai” took the bronze in the U10 division, after losing their semifinal match to Kaunas “Lituanica” first team.
Immediately following the contests, closing ceremonies were held in which team and individual prizes were given. The Best Player Award in the U10 division was given to Mantas Jasiulis of Kaunas “Lituanica 1”. Prizes were also given to the best individual player for each team participating.