Bill Iezzi: Erial Out of Little League Tournament

The Erial Little League team's dream of advancing to the Mid-Atlantic Tournament dissolved Wednesday night at the hands of Paramus.

The North Jersey team rebounded from a loss to Erial Tuesday night to win the New Jersey state title, 3-0. Erial, which won, 10-0, Tuesday, had a chance to score in the bottom of the sixth inning with the bases loaded, but the batter struckout, looking.

"They were a bunch of dedicated, hard-working kids with a goal to go as far as they could and accomplish something that no one from District 14 had done since 1957: get to the state final." manager Carl Foltz said.