HAMILTON — Slung over his shoulder in the style professional wrestlers have worn their championship hardware for more than a half-century, Cormac Heney talked about what the Hamilton-Wenham baseball team’s ‘belt’ meant to him.

“It’s for people who put the team on their backs,” said the 17-year-old Heney, who was masterful Monday afternoon at Patton Park, striking out 13 Blue Hills batters over six innings of work and guided his third-seeded Generals to a 3-0 victory in the first round of the Division 4 state tournament.

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