The Hartford County Jays, an independent youth baseball team made up of local Berlin players, competed in two invitational tournaments recently. The Jays traveled to Barkhamsted for a month-long U12 tournament and also competed in the West Hartford U12 tournament. The Jays consisted of local players Anthony Adamowicz, Mike Bacon, Andrew Bernucca, Kyle DeMorais, Josh Drost, Kyle Dumont, Connor Ladd, Jacob Lapierre, Bryce Martin, Owen Taylor and Austin Withycomb.