Toms River 8-10 Softball Team Still Alive In Regional Tournament

TOMS RIVER, NJ — The Toms River Little League Softball 8- to 10-year-olds are nearing their hopes of winning a region title in Pennsylvania.

The team won Thursday morning, beating Delaware, 9-7, in an elimination game at the Little League Eastern Regional tournament in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania.

Toms River was scheduled to play a second game Thursday evening but that game has been moved to 9:30 a.m. Friday because of the extreme heat. The girls will take on the Pennsylvania champions from Caln Township Little League.

Toms River has been in the elimination bracket after losing their opener to Delaware on Monday in the tournament that is being held just south of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The team, a combined effort of the Toms River and Toms River East Little Leagues, won the New Jersey State Championship last week. It is just the second year Toms River has had a Little League Softball program.

After losing to Delaware 4-0 on Monday, Toms River has rebounded to beat Vermont, 4-1, and Massachusetts, 4-3, before avenging the loss to Delaware with Thursday's victory.