14-YEAR-OLDS: Sebring Eliminates Avon Park

SEBRING MOVES ON TO FACE LOSER OF OKEE/CLEWISTON GAME FOR CHANCE AT DISTRICT TITLE

By MARK PINSON | Highlands Today
Published: June 29, 2008

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OKEECHOBEE --

OKEECHOBEE - Tommy Bertoniere clubbed a three-run home run and finished with four RBI on Sunday to pace Sebring in a 15-3 victory over rival Avon Park, eliminating AP from the Dixie 14-year-old District 8 tournament at Okeechobee Sports Complex.

Sebring scored two in the second, four in the third and three in the fourth to build a 9-2 lead before a 51-minute rain delay halted the game in the sixth.

Gunnar Westergom picked up the victory with 2 2/3 innings of work, while Seth Abeln pitched 3 1/3 and Slade Copeland pitched a scoreless seventh inning to close the game out.

Sebring will face the loser of Sunday night's Okeechobee-Clewiston contest at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The winner of that game will play for the district title.

For complete coverage, including photos and reaction, see Tuesday's Highlands Today.