Marlborough Baseball Team Heads To World Series In Indiana

MARLBOROUGH, MA — A champion baseball team from Marlborough will head to the Midwest this week to compete in a national world series for young players.

The Marlborough 10U Panthers recently won the Western Massachusetts State Championship for their age group, and will head to Vincennes, Ind., this week to compete in the Cal Ripken League World Series for players under age 10.

The Marlborough Panthers will first face a team from Andrews, Texas, on Saturday morning before moving on to play teams from Missouri, Oregon and Indiana as the tournament progresses through Aug. 14.

The team has also mounted a fundraiser to support travel for the world series. The team is trying to raise about $25,000 for the entire trip, and was just under $14,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.

"Obviously, there are a lot of expenses associated with going to something like this, so we wanted to start this page to try and help defray some of the costs to give these boys a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" team manager John Kirejczyk said.