Show Neola Wins Church AU-Church Slow Pitch T Tournament Daring running base tight defense and slugging at the plate led the kids of the Neola junior slow pitch softball team to a 11 championship herh In the 1966 Church All All Church tournament Fri fr day night Neola stopped East Stratford cold in its tracks 10 0 to carry home the trophy from the pack pack- packed ed George Q Morris Park RESULTS count In I I 1 I r i ll 1 i equally y important The Neola team and Monument Park loth received Sportsmanship awards Friday Neil Bingham of the Neola nine slugged a three run three run homer homerIn homerin In the first inning of the final game lie He was named the Jun- Jun Junior tor Division Most Valuable Player Play er for his effort lie He is no stranger to sports competition playing earlier as a tailback on Union High Schools School's state slate class B champion football team FRIDAYS FRIDAY'S game climaxed la a summer season of competition I agaInst stake and regional I teams Neola reached the An All Church tourney last year but was eliminated early in the games The key to Neola's success lay in this comment from coaches Grover Dye and Kelly Crozier We knew we had excellent material on the team and tried to knit It Into a close close- working unit |