March 28, 2024

Dighton/Rehoboth Baseball 2016 Division II State Champions!

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June 15, 2016 is a day that will go down in Dighton/Rehoboth history.

Never before had the high school baseball team made it past the south sectional final, but this year the team not only stormed past Sandwich for the south sectional title, but also stunned Danvers with masterful pitching, flawless defense and an extra inning suicide squeeze. In my opinion, all in attendance at Fraser Field in Lynn that night, were treated to one of the best division II high school baseball games ever played.

The state championship game between the Falcons of Dighton/Rehoboth and the Falcons of Danvers proved to be a thrilling xtra inning defensive battle. Joey Rogers pitched the complete game for DR baffling the Danvers’ hitters, striking out 9, walking 0 and allowing only 3 hits and 1 hit batter. The DR offense was held at bay by two Danvers aces. DR chased the Danvers starter from the game in the 5th inning after he allowed back to back walks to Drew Leblanc and Jacob Rogers. The runners were stranded when the Danvers center fielder made a nice catch on a sinking liner off the bat of Brody Rubinstein. DR did not record its first hit until Cory Farrelly lined a single up the middle with 2 outs in the 6th inning. The game remained scoreless through 7 innings.

Danvers led off the 8th with a single up the middle and preceded to sacrifice the runner to second. He then moved to 3rd on an infield ground out to first. The number 9 batter then hit a sharp grounder that was snagged by Matt Andrade at short who fired to first for the final out. DR entered the 8th inning with the top of their order due up. Brody Rubinstein got it going by legging out an infield single. Joey Rogers followed by chopping a single up the middle moving Rubinstein to 3rd. After a strikeout to the number 3 batter, Cory Farrelly was intentionally walked to load the bases with only 1 out. Sophomore Steve Silvia stepped to the plate. Silvia quickly jumped ahead in the count 2-0. Coach Bill Cuthbertson flashed a sign that is not frequently seen - the suicide squeeze. Silvia executed perfectly, pushing the ball towards the right side as Rubinstein raced home with the winning run. DR squeezed out the win with perfect execution. DR finished the season on a 13 game winning streak with a final record of 21-3.

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