Trojans defeat Billerica 5-2 and Advance to State Championship game!

What a difference a year makes!  One year after missing the State Tournament, the Trojans are heading where no Trojans team has been before, as they play for the D1 state Championship against Nashoba, Saturday at 1:00 at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, after they defeated The Billerica Indians 5-2 on Wednesday night.
The  Trojans jumped out to the early lead in the 1st inning as Tyler Carey was knocked home by Tyler Glavin to make the score 1-0. The Indians added a run of their own in the top of the 4th to knot the game at 1. The Trojans exploded for 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th on hits by Connor Sullivan, an RBI single by Tyler Glavin, a HUGE 2 RBI single by Senior Brian McSherry scoring Joe Freiday and Tyler Glavin, and a Corey Dinunno RBI single scoring Dave Miller to make the score 5-1. The Indians came roaring back in the top of the 6th, but left with no runs and leaving the bases loaded. The never say die Indians threatened again in the 7th, as Sophomore Jack Connolly walked the first 2 batters with no outs, and Coach Kearney went to the Bullpen for Junior Josh Monson. The Indians would score only 1 run to make it 5-2.

Sophomore Andrew Noviello came in to pitch the 8th and 9th for the save.
Jack Connolly earns the W and advances to 6-1 on the season, giving up 2 runs and striking out 6 in 7 plus innings pitched.  It was quite a week for the Connolly Family as Jacks brother Mike, who played his Junior and Senior year for the Trojans, was selected in the 27th round of the MLB Draft, taken by the San Francisco Giants!
Offensively leading the way for the Trojans were Tyler Glavin 2 for 5 with 2 RBI's and Brian McSherry 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
Coach Kearney on the win "It’s an awesome, awesome feeling,’’ Kearney said more than once. “This is tremendous. It really is. I can’t tell you how happy I am. It’s a great feeling." The win is extra special as it notches Kearney's 200th win!
It would be nice to win # 201 on Saturday!!
We are BR!!!!