GOFFSTOWN – In their first game of the Matty Dobens Tournament, Goffstown beat Bedford Gold, 14- 3.

In the home half of the first inning, Goffstown used its bats to get rolling, scoring five runs with two outs. Kyle Gauvin earned a free pass on an error by the shortstop, followed by a Tyler Perron base on balls. A line drive shot by Cody Fifty to right field, a seeing-eye single over first base by Brendan Reid and a double to right-center plated five runs in the frame.

In the second, Goffstown scored another run on a leadoff double by Aleks Holm, who advanced home on a single by Perron.

Through two innings, Goffstown hurler Perron held the Bedford offense in check, only allowing two runners. In the third, he allowed two runs that were products of walks. Still, he bounced back to strike out the side.

At bat in the third, Regan Morrow and Matt Garrison collected back-to-back walks. After advancing on passed balls, Morrow scored on a fielder's choice to second off the bat of Chris Garrison. A rip up the third base line by Perron plated the second run of the inning.

Bedford made it interesting in the top of the fourth, loading the bases against reliever Fifty. But the guests only scored one run.

Catcher Morrow gunned the ball to third baseman Reid who applied the tag on an attempted theft. The second out came on a strikeout and the third on a delayed steal of home. Fifty threw home and Morrow applied the tag to thwart Bedford's last real chance to score.

In the fourth inning, four walks, an error and Gauvin's second hit plus Perron's third rip scored six runs for Goffstown, resulting in a 10-run mercy triumph.

Goffstown was scheduled to face Manchester South on Tuesday, July 12, and Derry on Friday, July 15.

Goffstown takes third in skills competition
The Matty Dobens tournament team from Goffstown finished third in an eight-team skills challenge put on by the host team, Manchester South, on Saturday, July 9. The winner was Manchester East. Second place went to Manchester South.

Under the lights, teams competed in four events, including a base-running relay, a throwing relay, an accuracy/long throw and a long ball and accuracy hitting competition.

Competitive in all events, Goffstown won the base-running relay. The team of Aleks Holm, Matt Garrison, Sam Carbonneau and anchor Chris Garrison earned the top time.