HUDSON – After sweeping through the Chairman’s Cup Tournament, Hudson Post 100 made it to the finals and won the tournament.
In the final game at Riverside Park on Aug. 11, Post 100 beat Andover 8-6.
“Any time you can win your last game, especially to do it at a place like Riverside — there’s nothing better than that,” said Manager Ryan Bowen. “There’s only a handful of teams that win their last game every year, so we were able to do that.”
With Hudson hosting the tournament at Riverside Park, that meant Post 100 had an automatic bid.
In their first game of the tournament Aug. 6, Hudson beat Chelmsford Post 313 7-3. Their game against Belchertown was postponed until Aug. 8, and Hudson emerged victorious 6-1.
Hudson beat Andover 5-3 and Natick 10-0 before the team faced off against Andover again in the finals.
Bowen said their pitchers have played good games since the beginning of the season.
“We were really lucky this year where we had six, seven different guys that we were confident [in] throwing out on the mound,” Bowen said. “For a team that really is only comprised of three or four high schools, you don’t see [that] very often.”
Plus, Hudson’s bats were strong throughout the tournament.
“It was just a matter of holding them at six and letting the chips fall where they may,” Bowen said.
With this win, Hudson Post 100 is officially done for the summer and saying goodbye to their players heading off to college. Bowen highlighted a number of players on the team, including tournament MVP Brady Stuart, James Borsari and Connor Salmon.
Next year will be the first season the team doesn’t have a Stuart or a Borsari on the team.
After the win, the team tweeted, “The win wraps up our season with the most games played in team history, finishing with a 20-9 record. Can’t say enough about the players who just played their last game at Riverside, and for all the volunteers that helped make this season and this tournament possible!”
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