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The Alabaster Bandits won the United States Specialty Sports Association baseball state championship June 21. Shown are team members: (Front, L-R) David Blair, Nick Freeman, Sawyer Pate, (Second Row) Colson Lawrence, Bailey Parsons, (Third Row) "Goose" Crowder, Owen Finley, Cannon Wilton, Nathan Burrow, Carson Hobbs, David Harris (Back) head coach Doug Pate, assistant coach Allen Lawrence and assistant coach Jay Hobbs.

Bandits win 7U state title

From Staff Reports

Published Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Alabaster Bandits 7-under baseball team celebrated more than just the first day of summer June 21, as they won the USSSA State Championship in Alabaster.

The Bandits averaged 16 runs per game, beating the Meridianville Red Sox twice, 17-9 and 16-8, topping South Alabama, 18-3, and taking down HRTA Heat, 16-8.

The win qualifies the Bandits for the USSSA 7U World Series in Dalton, Ga., Jul 9-12.

Team members are: David Blair, Nathan Burrow, "Goose" Crowder, Nick Freeman, Owen Finley, David Harris, Carson Hobbs, Colson Lawrence, Bailey Parsons, Sawyer Pate, Cannon Wilton. Head coach is Doug Pate and assistants are Allen Lawrence and Jay Hobbs.

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