08/24/2026
What a weekend for the USSSA Kookies softball E team winning the Northeast national. 37 teams from 8 states competed this weekend when the dust settled the boys went 8 and 1 to win it. The tournament started Saturday and the boys started 3 and 0, on Sunday the boys were at batting practice at 8am waiting out a 2 hour rain delay just to get their swings in . Coach Chad Passaro said I can tell you that we are the only team sitting in their cars at 8am waiting out the rain just to hit before are first game on Sunday.
Preparation!!!!
The team lost game 4 and then rattled off 5 straight wins 4 by mercy rule .
You put the work in and it pays off.
The team lost their starting pitcher in the losers bracket final due to injury . Veteran outfielder matt Bennett came in and shut down the opposing team and then pitched 2 more games to help the team win the title. He also batted 650 and played outfield.
For this he was awarded tournament MVP .
The team got solid play from everyone all weekend .
Rounding out the all tournament team
Josh maisto
Christian Guerrera
Nick Bruno
Mike Kashuba
James Beechinor
The team will be competing in September in Houston Texas at the USSSA world series
