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Five Things to Know About Avon Little League

Five things to know on July 11, 2011.

  1. Avon Little League's 11-12 team has gone "undefeated in pool play, 4 and 0," according to the team's manager, Mark Olson.
  2. The 11-12 team begins the playoff portion of the District 6 Championship on Monday at Simsbury Memorial Field. The game starts at 5:30 p.m. and the team will play either Simsbury or Torrington.
  3. Avon's team in the 9-10 age group played in the district championship Sunday in Burlington, losing 3-2 after winning the semifinal game against Simsbury 9-3. 
  4. The team also went 4-0 in pool play. "We outscored our opponents 65-22 over those six games," team manager John Couture wrote to Patch in an e-mail, and the team also had the highest runs in the tournament and the lowest runs against it.
  5. For more information about Avon Little League, visit http://avonlittleleague.org. Parents can also go to http://www.eteamz.com/Ctd6/ for more information on District 6 little league teams and tournament results.

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