The Blue Anchor Baseball 9U Majors team finished their season with a third-place finish in the invite-only Perfect Game World Series in East Cobb, Ga. Pictured (front row, from left) are Eli Musher, Henry Croley, Zain Thowfeek, Jack Jurgens, Sterling Davis-Salmon; (middle row, from left) Beckett Whitman, Charlie White, Asher Levy, Banks Dailey, Maddox Granderson, Preston Hickman, Oliver Chen, Ewan Walker; and coaches (top row, from left) Rob Whitman, Alex Mintz, Elan Levy, Ted Walker, and Zach Dailey. Competing against 46 of the nation’s best nine-year-old teams, they played nine games in five days, losing a close semifinals game. This marks the end of their first full season, finishing as a nationally ranked team.

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