The Delray Beach Lightning won their first ever SFCBL Championship after defeating the Palm Beach Xtreme in the three game Championship Series on Sunday July 24th.

Game 1 Recap: The Lightning defeated the Xtreme 3-0 after a stellar pitching performance by LHP Grant Shepherd (Winthrop) who threw 7 innings striking out 8 batters and giving up only 2 hits. The Lightning offense was lead by Casey Kleinman (Santa Clara) and Marco Navarro (New Orleans) who both had 2 hits. Kleinman hit a solo home run in the top of the 7th inning.

Game 2 Recap: The Lightning defeated the Xtreme 11-9 in a slugfest which featured plenty of offense to keep fans on their feat. RHP Max Charnin (Florida Memorial) had an excellent start throwing 5 innings, striking out 3 batters and giving up 1 run. The Lightning offense was led by Eddie Novoa (Fairleigh Dickinson), Casey Kleinman (Santa Clara), Jack Metcho (Pacific) and Chris Ruckdeschel (Florida). Ruckdeschel hit a mammoth 2-run home run which proved to be the game winning home run breaking an 8-8 tie. Jake Nolan (Elon) earned the save throwing 1 inning and striking out 1 batter.