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NECBL notes: Danbury earns first title with mix of gritty players

By Joshua KumminsAugust 20, 2021

The Danbury Westerners had six ACC players, including Louisville catcher Jack Payton. (Kyle Prudhomme)

The New England Collegiate Baseball League has crowned a new, long-waiting champion.

The oldest active team in the circuit, the Danbury Westerners became the kings of the NECBL for the first time in the organization’s 26-year history after completing a two-game sweep of the North Shore Navigators with last Thursday’s 8-4 win at Fraser Field in Lynn, Mass.

Despite finishing just 1 ½ games behind first-place Martha’s Vineyard in the Southern Division, Danbury won the title as a No. 4 seed, avenging four previous defeats while playing for the Fay Vincent Sr. Cup. The win also avenged a Finals loss on the very same field in 2010, two years before the organization’s most recent chance at the crown against six-time champion Newport.

The series featured a tale of two different games, but the Westerners came from behind to win both and capture what felt like an elusive first-ever crown.

Tags: Danbury Westerners, Fairfield Stags, NECBL, Stonehill College, UConn Avery Point

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