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The Hopedale Raiders 14U travel softball team completed another highly successful season this past summer. The girls won a second straight Twin Valley League championship with a 6-5 victory over their chief rival, the Nipmuc Warriors. Hopedale has defeated Nipmuc in back-to-back championship games in both 2016 and 2017. The team is coached by Mike Smith, Jim Casey, Jim Bisceglia, Paul Gobbi and Jim Fitch.