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Participants in the Second Annual Buttonwood Classic Wiffle Ball Championships, from left to right, Nick Belanger, 15, Jake Downing, 17, of Connecticut, Ben Howell, 15, Ethan Melvin, 15, and Madison Jalbert, all of Lewiston (except Downing), watch Jean-Luc Dostie pitch during a semi-final game against The Naturals off Buttonwood Lane in Lewiston on Wednesday. It was the second day of the tournament created by Eddie Emerson last year. The group of boys started playing at 8 a.m. Tuesday, and didn’t finish until 8 p.m. Wednesday. Emerson’s mother, Beth, had asked the participants to donate items for homeless youths attending Lewiston High School. She took in about $100 in donations. The Naturals took the title.
Eddie Emerson, 15, creator of the Buttonwood Classic Wiffle Ball Championship, pitches in a semi-final game. Emerson’s team, The Naturals, took the title Wednesday.
Bare feet and mud were the norms Wednesday during the Buttonwood Classic Wiffle Ball Championship in Lewiston.
Temporary officials and participants in the Buttonwood Classic Wiffle Ball Championship, left to right, Madison Jalbert, Dixon Dilodovico and Ben Howell watch the game from the roof of the Emerson home on Buttonwood Lane in Lewiston on Wednesday as Nick Belanger watches from below. The teams had decided that whomever was sitting on the roof had the power to overrule any call on the field.
Officials and participants Evan Bourassa, left, and Michael Wing watch over a Wiffle ball game in the backyard of Eddie Emerson’s home Wednesday.
The Naturals team member Matt Poulin bats in a semi-final game Wednesday during the Buttonwood Classic Wiffle Ball Championship in Lewiston. Twelve teams vied for the title and Poulin’s team the took the honor.
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