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Millburn-Short Hills Takes 4th Babe Ruth Baseball District Title

Local Babe Ruth 13-and-under team topped Maplewood-South Orange.

The Millburn-Short Hills Falcons, the local 13-and-under Babe Ruth baseball team, won the league's Northern New Jersey District 12 Tournament championship in Warren Monday, The Item of Millburn and Short Hills reported. It was the team's fourth district title in five years.

The Falcons earned the tournament crown by besting the Maplewood-South Orange Red, 5-4, in the competition's final game.

The victory sends Millburn-Short Hills to the Northern New Jersey State Tournament, which kicks off Thursday, July 18, at the Baird Community Center and Cameron Field in South Orange, according to the Northern New Jersey Babe Ruth League website.




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