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LI Little Leaguers Look To Advance To World Series
Massapequa Coast Little Leaguers, the state champs, defeated Tom River East over the weekend.
MASSAPEQUA, NY — A little league team from Long Island is getting closer to reaching the Little League World Series.
The Massapequa Coast squad knocked off Toms River East on Saturday, 6-3, to win the Little League Baseball Metro Region Tournament. They needed extra innings to advance.
Tied at 3 after six innings of regulation, Massapequa scored three times in the 7th, led by a Mikey Castellano two-run homer.
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The boys from Massapequa had qualified for the weekend action as the New York State Champs.
The road to Williamsport, PA cuts through Connecticut's Fairfield American, who Massapequa faces next in Bristol, CT.
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