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Thursday, July 29, 2010
"A Night to Knock Out Autism" charity event
"A Night to Knock Out Autism" is a charity event being held by The Sammy O Foundation at the Heritage Ballroom in Holmes, August 22 at 3 p.m. The event will feature live music, open bar and a gourmet buffet. Ticket price for the event is $35 and all profits will be donated to the October 2nd Autism Walk at Citizen's Bank Park. For more information email, TheSammyOFoundation@gmail.com.
Pat Marley, Cole Sprague, Patrick McCann and Luke Sprague celabrate and show off their trophies after their U9 South Marple tourney team beat Aston Middletown in championship game, 14-3, to win the NELL tournament.
Youth Soccer Camp Springfield/YSC Youth Soccer Camp for boys and girls ages 6-13 will be held Aug. 3-6 at Halderman Field. This camp offers professional training. For info and brochure e-mail: springfieldyouthsoccer@gmail.com. * * * Springfield High School Golf Tryouts All Springfield High School students are welcome to try out for the high school golf team. Physical andpre-registration is required. Tryout are Aug. 16 at 8:30 a.m. at the Springfield Country Club. For informatin, call Coach Jim Heller at 610-399-9630.
On June 10, the Maddock team was honored at the 50th Banquet and Awards night held at Barnaby’s on MacDade Boulevard. The Maddock team placed third with a score of 2077 in the championship roll-off. Team members Tom Locher, Dennis Poiesz, Dave Locher and team captain Ernie Riesenfeld, received money awards for their efforts.
The Springfield Blaze Girls U-14 team landed the championship in their division during a two-day tournament held at Morey’s Piers on the Wildwood beach. The girls played two games on Saturday, July 17, and two on Sunday, July 18. The girls won all their games including the final game for the championship against the Coventry Wildcats. The team was led by coach Nelson Santana.This is one of the only Beach Lacrosse Tournaments in the world. This tournament gives lacrosse players of all ages a chance to enjoy the game in a new and exciting way. Teams from all over the East Coast and beyond compete on the beaches of Wildwood, N.J. as well as enjoy the water parks and beach during the day and the famous Wildwood boardwalk and amusements in the evening. Team members are (front row) Megan Sherwood, Emily Santana, Taylor Murray, Bridget O'Donnell and Cara Monastra; (back row) Kelly Lynch, Callie Robinson, Meghan Bailer, Coach Nelson Santana, Alex McCormack and Kristen Hoy. Photo by Mark Sherwood
Drexel Hill Little League 8U softball wins another tournament
The DHLL 8U Softball Tournament Team entered the Springford tournament this past week with high hopes and a reputation of strong bats and stellar defense. The girls did not disappoint as they went undefeated in 4 games in which they allowed only 14 runs as they made their way to their 2nd championship of their tournament play this season which concluded last night in Springford. The road was not easy for Drexel Hill as they faced strong competition throughout, but in the championship game against the host team, their strong bats and great gloves prevailed in exciting 6-3 win.
Drexel Hill played in 3 tournaments this post season, advancing to the championship game each time. The league and coaches could not be any more proud of the accomplishments that were achieved by this great group of girls as their team work and work ethic at such a young age is something extraordinary!
Pictured above are (from bottom left to right) M. Muldoon, K. Lukens, E. Boyle, B. Rosato, A. Eagan, E. Sweeney, G. Liberio. In the middle row are G. D'Antonio, M. Falcone, A. McCoy, S. Sullivan, R. Keffer-Sharp. In the top row Coach Pat Sullivan, Coach Nick Liberio, Manager Andrew Lukens , Coach Scott Rosato
Springfield Swim Club swimmers are Delco A Division Champs
The Springfield Swim Club became double and triple winners Saturday, July 24. Springfield Swim club won the meet, making them the Delco “A” Division Champs. Team members were (front) Ed Barnard, Matt Seifried, Riley Cutcliff, Taylor Cutcliff, Joe Canuso, Matt Haigh, Jim Canuso, Cam Thorpe and John Quagliariello; and (back) Anna Baxter, Holly Sinnott, Kylene Ronayne, Georgia Apostolu and Emma Seifried. The Springfield Swim Club 12 and Under teammates are: (top row) Sam O'Hara, Pete Mele, Stephanie McCann, Sara Thurwanger, Georgia Apostolu, Ben Thorpe, Matthew Haigh, Kevin Houtmann and Samantha McCarthy; (middle row) Jenna McGrath, Anna Baxter, Evan Luther, Mark Oliveti, Paul Browne, Ian Dath and Jessie McCarthy; (bottom row) Chris Fleming, Shannon Green, Claire Hurley, Rosie McKnight and Brittany Winter.
Springfield AA 10-Blue teammates are (front row) Justin Eckard, Michael Conran, Jason Estep, Layne Kelly and Zach Chevalier. Back row: David Bingaman, Cole Dumont, Jared Morris, Cam Thorpe, Chris DiRenzo, Jeff Houtmann and Nicky Kutufaris. Springfield AA 10 U Blue Team became just the second team in SAA history to bring home a State title. 10-Blue went undefeated through the PA State tournament, raising their 2010 tournament record to a stunning 23-2, including four championships. On their way to the State title, 10-Blue had to beat powerhouse Unionville twice in addition to beating last year’s runner-up, BYC. Their defining moment came in the second game of the State tournament versus Upper Makefield. Trailing Upper Makefield 6-2 in the top of the sixth inning with 2 outs and 2 strikes on the batter, 10-Blue embarked on their most incredible come-back of the season, scoring four runs (all still with two outs) to tie the game in the sixth and adding one more in the eighth inning to win the game, 7-6. 10-Blue followed that inspirational win with solid wins over Central Perk and Doylestown en route to their championship showdown with Unionville. In the Championship game, Unionville jumped out to a 2-0 lead and for the fifth time in the tournament, 10-Blue overcame an early deficit and eventually put the game away with a 10-2 victory. Next up for 10-Blue is the Cal Ripken Mid-Atlantic tournament in Buffalo, N.Y. where they will face other State winners from Maryland, New York, Delaware and New Jersey. Good luck 10-Blue!
The Aston Middletown Little League 11-year-old District Team recently took the District 19 Championship by beating Media with a final score of 5-2. team members include (front, l-r) Austin Trusty, Tommy Millison, Tommy Wolters, Michael Lansberry, David Calabro, Christian Bateman; (2nd row) Daniel Chuckran, Brady Devereux, Liam Bendo, Alex Fisher, Shane Donegan; (back) Coaches Chuck Devereux, Ken Bateman, Dom Calabro and George Fisher.
St. Andrews 2010 JV Softball team won the Region 25/32 Championship on Friday June 5th vs. St. Anastasia, 5-4, to finish a perfect 12-0.
With outstanding pitching by Tori DePietro, Melanie Robinson and Nici DePietro, this threesome never lost a game.
The outstanding defense & offense was supplied by Domenica Tomasetti, Shauna McCabe, Tori Crumlish, Lexie Cervella, Ali Pyfer, Meghan McDermott, Lisa Tomasetti, Gabby Gordon, Annaliese Black, Courtney Givnish, Kyle Dougherty, Tori DePietro, Melanie Robinson and Nici DePietro. The team was coached by Rich Robinson and Butch DePietro.
Seen above are the St. Andrews JV Region 25/32 Champs. Sitting are (from left) Nici DePietro and Tori DePietro. Kneeling are (from left) Domenica Tomasetti, Tori Crumlish, Melanie Robinson, and Shauna McCabe. Standing are (from left) Courtney Givnish, Ali Pyfer, Annaliese Black, Lexie Cervella, Meghan McDermott, Gabby Gordon, Lisa Tomasetti, and Kyle Dougherty. In the back row are coaches Butch DePietro and Rich Robinson.
IceWork's Women's hockey team The Blackballs returns to IceLine for summer hockey action
On Thursday, July 15, Ice Line in West Chester, Pa kicked off the Women’s Summer 4-on-4 Ice Hockey League. Four Women’s teams will compete in an 8-game season, with post season play-offs and championship. The Blackballs plan to defend their championship status as they face three other local teams, the Concord Flames, the Radnor Mighty Mouse and Ice Line’s own White Lightning.
Four-on-four hockey is played on a standard regulation size NHL rink but with 2 defenders, 2 forwards and a goalie instead of 2 defenders, 3 forwards and a goalie. Without the additional forward, the strategy, pace and puck movement on the ice totally changes the game, resulting in more skating with the puck than passing. The pace of the game is fast and intense, with little stoppage in play.
The Blackballs started the new season on solid ground as they defeated the White Lightening 8-3. The Flames beat the Mighty Mouse 13 – 1. The Blackballs will face the Flames next, on Thursday, July 22 at 9 pm.
The Blackballs, sporting a black 8-ball on their silver jerseys are an independent team entry comprised of players from several teams across the tri-state area. The members of the team include: Amy Christinzio, Aubrey Piechoski, Jackie Grimes, Katie Keeports, Linda Tasione, Margie Sullivan-Rogowski, Maureen Sharon, Rocki Rocco, Sharon Addison, Caitlin Barbakoff, Maddie Weeks, Judy Sokol, Karen Shull, Kate Selna and Patty Gray.
The Blackballs will also be playing in the Summer Sizzler Tournament at Ice Works in Aston the weekend of August 7th and 8th.
Pictured above - The Blackballs Defensive Line proud of their Spring League Championship Trophy (pictured): Maureen Sharon, Margie Sullivan-Rogowski, Jess Otte, Patty Gray.
Hidden Hollow Hammerheads victorious in last meet of season
Pictured is the Hidden Hollow Hammerheads official swim team photo for 2010. The swim club welcomes both fans and swim team members, both current and former, to visit their new Facebook site.
Media - Hidden Hollow Hammerheads Swim Team won its final meet of the season against Rose Valley with a score of HH 265 to RV 168 on Wednesday, July 21st at its home Hidden Hollow Swim Club located on Knowlton Road in Media. Triple and quadruple winners from both teams are listed below.
8 and Under
Triple Winner
Thomas McLaughlin (HH), butterfly, freestyle, 100 yard freestyle relay
10 and Under
Triple Winners
Jay Carl (HH) backstroke breaststroke, 100 yard freestyle relay
The Springfield U-11 team was: (first row) John Militello, Juliano Ciancaglini, Kyle Long, Connor Ringwalt, Greg Manning and Mike Smith; (second row) Greg Tamaccio, Tommy Toal, Nick Gorman, Dave Strawley, Tom Quinn and Andrew Todero. Coaches: Rob Militello, Rich Smith, Greg Tamaccio and Rich Toal
Springfield's U-11 won their second straight District 1 Title Thursday night by defeating Hilltop 2-0. Great pitching by David Strawley, striking out the last two batters to seal the victory. The bottom of the first was the only inning runs were scored, Tommy Toal advanced to 1st on a walk, followed by a single by Nick Gorman, Toal and Gorman stole 2nd and 3rd. With the hot bat of Tom Quinn at the plate, his single down the right field line allowed only 2 runs of the game. A strong defensive performance by the whole team especially 2nd baseman, John Militello, making key plays to end innings. Congrats to players and coaches. The team will compete for the State Championship next weekend in Chichester.
The Del Val Midget B team that won the championship on July 1 at Central Field. The team was: (back row) Alexis O’Toole, Jenny Caggiano, Brandi Layden, Stephanie Powell, Hannah Sweeny, Kaylee Lennon, Allie Lee and Krista Casasanto; (kneeling) Madison D’Ambrosio, Lily Clair, Mattie Porter and Cassidy Smedley. Missing from photo: Anna Baxter.
The Springfield Athletic Association girl’s softball travel teams completed their successful seasons in the Del Val Youth League earlier this month. SAA has teams in the Pee Wee (U-10), Midget (U-12), and Intermediate (U-14) divisions in the league.
The Pee Wee A division team finished their season with a record of 5-9, and entered the playoffs as the 5th seed. They lost two hard fought playoff games against teams from Hilltop & Newtown Square.
The Pee Wee B division team completed its season, and with a young group of players, hope to build on their season next year.
The Midget B North division team finished their season with a record of 14-1-1, and secured the # 1 seed in the playoffs. The team won its preliminary playoff games against Brandywine and Prospect Park, to secure a spot in the championship game against Prospect Park. On Thursday July 1 at Central Field, Springfield took home the championship with a shutout victory against Prospect Park.
The Midget C Division squad finished its season with a record of 7-7, and secured the # 5 seed in the playoffs. The girls lost close two playoff games against teams from Media & Clifton.
The Intermediate A division team finished its season with a record of 11-2-1, and secured the # 1 seed in the playoffs. After a heartbreaking opening game loss to Prospect Park, the girls rallied to a victory against Media to secure a spot in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the girls lost a tough game to Drexel Hill to end their season.
In a playoff game somewhat reminiscent of the Phillies-Rays World Series Game 5, Blue started a game against Norwood on Monday night and it didn’t finish until Thursday evening. Unfortunately, there wasn’t the same happy ending for the local guys as they fell to Norwood by a score of 4-1 and were eliminated from the EDCO Intermediate semi-final playoff round. Springfield jumped out to a 1 run lead in the top of the first when lead off man Dan Hee blasted a triple over the center fielders head. Dan then scored when the cutoff man mishandled the throw into 3rd. Norwood answered with 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st and that would be the end of the scoring until Norwood planted a final run in the 6th inning on Thursday night. Play was halted due to lightning just as Springfield was about to bat in the top of the 3rd and then the skies finally opened up and the game was suspended. Tim Finnegan pitched his heart out allowing just 2 earned runs on 4 hits but the offense was silent as Springfield only had 6 base runners on 3 hits in the game. The only other guys in the hit column for Springfield were Eric Gibbs and Pete Sabato as the final 5 innings took under an hour to play. While there was a lack of offensive production, it wasn’t due to trying hard. The entire team played with great attitude, ran hard on everything, and proved they know how to play the game the right way. Defensive highlights included a Pete Sabato putout of an attempted steal of home on a botched suicide squeeze in the 1st inning and an Eric Gibbs who gun down of a guy at 2nd attempting to steal in the 3rd inning. Finnegan had another masterful pick-off of a runner off 1st and Joe Sheeran turned an unassisted 4-3 double play when he charged hard on a grounder, got the tag out. and fired to Kyle Pappa at 1st. Despite the disappointment of not advancing to the finals, Blue can feel good about their season and look forward to next year when they will return with the majority of their players to have another crack at it.
July 13 – Norwood 5 - Springfield Blue 2 Rather then risking more delays due to rain, Springfield – Norwood elected to play game 2 of their best of 3 series on Tuesday night at Crowell Park and leave Game 1 in a suspended state to be completed later in the week. The grounds crew had their hands full but got North Ave ready to play by 6:00 PM. Norwood jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the 2nd and it would prove to be all they needed as they defeated Springfield 5-2 to take the series lead. Springfield put 2 runs on the board in the bottom of 2nd when Tim Finnegan smacked a 1 out single followed by Jeff Peranteau who was safe on error on a ball he hit to third. Matt Fuchsel, 2 for 2 in the game, came up big with a 2 out single which scored Finn. Fuch aggressively advanced to second when the throw from the outfield wasn’t cut off and was just safe on a throw back from the catcher. Peranteau was heads up and seeing his opportunity, darted home on the play to steal a second run. Blue’s only other hit was off the bat of Kyle Pappa in the 5th inning. Chris Desiderio toed the rubber for Blue and he was outstanding. Desi threw 7 strong and said “I’ll throw the 8th if we tie it”. Chris scattered 8 hits with 5 K’s and only allowed 1 earned run. Defensive miscues hurt Blue along with some base running mistakes sealed their fate.
The Hilltop Hurricanes ended their season 18-1 after winning the Del Val championship against Newtown Square, the team that gave them their only loss all season. Behind the strong pitching of Sammi Donato and Angie Sardella was a phenomenal defense and even better offense.
The team, pictured above, are (top row, from left) coaches Tim Fenning, Dave Fili, Joe Moran, Joe Donato, and Jeff Shiller. In the row standing are (from left) Brittany Campopiano, Maura Kane, Angie Sardella, Jennifer Pennoni, Kayla Fili. Sitting are (from left) MarryKate Fenning, Kelsey Moran, Sommer Donnelly, Maureen Wood, Allyson Lowe, Sammi Donato, and Meagan Milligan.
Hilltop 7-and-unders win Aston Middletown tournament
The Hilltop 7-year-old tournament team has been racking up the wins this summer. After winning the Mike Armstrong tournament in Chichester, the team won the Aston Middletown Diamond Classic that ran from June 28th to July 11th. After losing the first game in the double elimination tournament, the team went on to win six games in a row to win the championship. To wrap up their season, the club will be competing in one final tournament in Brookhaven from July 24th to July 31st.
The team, seen above at the Aston Middletown tournament, are coaches (from left) Chris Brown, Bud Wright, and Derrick Rocci. In the back row are (from left) Chris Dempsey, Ryan Brown, Jake DePietro, Ryan McCarthey, Carter McKeown, Will Higson, Ryan Redmond, Jimmy Wright, and Jack McKeon. In the front row are (from left) Jack Esher, Patrick Wusinich, Christian Donato, and Dylan Rocci.
The Ridley Cal Ripken team won the 8U District 1 Championship last week and will play in the Pennsylvania Cal Ripken / Babe Ruth Tournament starting on July 17th in Spring City. Members of the team are as follows: l-r (Front Row) Braden Dean, Thomas Barnabei, Joey Cipolloni, Eric Lee, Chase Smith, Frank Gallo, Antonio Malone, (Middle Row) Jake Saunders, Brandan Barnabei, Brian Ward, Devin Bowell, John Caponi, Christian Gallo, Cameron Farro, (Back Row) Eric Lee (Asst. Coach), Spencer Dean (Asst. Coach), Mike Malone (Asst. Coach) and Joe Gallo (Manager).
Springfield AA 10u-Blue won the Cal Ripken District 1 Tournament with a 6-5 win over Llanerch Hills in the Championship game. 10-Blue had to best the top teams in the district, including Hilltop and Llanerch Hills on their way to the championship. Over the last four weeks, 10-Blue has compiled a 13-1 record with two tournament championships (Ridley and Upper Merion) and now the prized District 1 crown. With the win, 10-Blue earned a berth in the Cal Ripken PA State tournament, starting July 16 in Warrington, Pa. Next up for 10-Blue is the Harleysville tournament where they will face several other District winners and finalists in their last tune-up event before the State competition begins. Springfield AA 10-Blue team members include (front row) Nicky Kutufaris, Justin Eckard, Chris DiRenzo, Zach Chevalier and Mike Conran. Back row: Cam Thorpe, Cole Dumont, David Bingaman, Layne Kelly, Jared Morris and Jason Estep. Missing from photo: Jeff Houtmann.
Former Bonner standout Anthony Becht, currently with the Arizona Cardinals, hosted a three day football camp at Monsignor Bonner High School June 28-30. Campers enjoyed drills and talks with NFL players Larry Fitzgerald, Chad Pennington, Orlando Pace and many more. SYC players pictured with Becht are Geo Dotsicis, Brandon DiChiacchio, Jamie Bove and Trevor Robinson.
The Springfield High School senior boys’ lacrosse players were given their jerseys as a senior gift from the Lacrosse Boosters. Senior are (top) #17 Joe Addona, (second row) #14 Austin Kaut, #1 Joe Devinney, (third row) #2 Larry McLaughlin, #12 Brendan Nave, #16 Billy McCullough, (front row) #3 Duncan Smith, #23 Bobby Gildea, #20 Josh Cavanaugh, #9 Jordan Demcher, #21 Scott Parke and #19 Colin Keegan. Photo by Patti Alban.
BYC 7yr Old Allstars runner's up in CBL Tournament
The BYC 7yr old All Stars were Runner's Up in the CBL Tournament. The team went 3-0 defeating Brookline, Aston Valley and Media before facing Hilltop in the Championship game. They are front row Brian Toner, Carl Schaller, Justin Langan, Matt Ominsky, Matt Marowski, Nick D'Antonio. Second row: Greg Adams, Robert Cooper, Luke Shoemaker, Jimmy Falcone, Fernando Saez Calderon. Coaches: Ron Adams, Head Coach Jon Ominsky, Dave Langan, Tom Shoemaker, Jim Falcone (not pictured).
The 7-year-old Hilltop Tournament team in Havertown recently won the Mike Armstrong Chichester Tournament. The team, seen above, are (standing, from left) coaches Derrick Rocci, Bud Wright and Chris Brown, players Ryan McCarthy, Ryan Brown, Ryan Redmond, and Carter McKeown. Kneeling (from left) are Dylan Rocci, Will Higson, Jake Dipietro, Jimmy Wright, Christian Donato, Jack Esher, Patrick Wusinich, and Chris Dempsey.
Kiera Wadsworth set a pool record to lead Ridley Park to the title at the 14th annual Ridley Cup swim meet at Nassau Swim Club Sunday.
Wadsworth set the mark for the 12-and-under girls individual medley with a time of 1 minute, 38.65 seconds. Megan Burns of De La Salle set the record last year. Wadsworth also won the freestyle event.
Also, Connor O’Prey set a Nassau Swim Club record in the boys 18-under 100 IM. His time, 1:23.47, topped Mike Humes’ mark that stood for 26 years. O’Prey also was first in the breaststroke.
Ridley Park won the event for the fifth time with 576 points. Nassau (487) was second, followed by Ridley Township (434) and Aquatic (319).
The double winners for Ridley Park were: Ricky VanVladricken (12-under IM and back), Kevin Tanzosh (8-under back and free), Justin Monaghan (12-under breast and free), Mitchell Cardow (12-under fly and relay), Nicole Brestowski (18-under IM and relay), Brianna Celotto (14-under fly and relay), Allison Cardow (14-under IM and freestyle), Jen Cardow (8-under fly and relay) and Erin Lynch (12-under fly and relay.
The double winners for Nassau were: Joe Hulsey (10-under back and freestyle), Shane Bonner (18-under back and freestyle) and Tara O’Prey (18-under breaststroke and free).
Zack Anderson (8-under fly and breaststroke) and Quinton Beck (14-under IM and breaststroke) were the double winners for Ridley Township.
Cal Ripken Tournament Schedule Opening night for Springfield 12U Mid Atlantic Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament at Netherwood Fields (Behind Slacks Hoagies on Baltimore Pike) is Tuesday July 27 with opening ceremonies at 5 p.m. (Dickey Knolls Former Phillie Dicky Knolls will be there. 6 Games are Wed, July 28th 10am through 5pm game ST times. 8 games -Thursday, July 29 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. game start times. 6 games- Friday, July 30 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. game start times. 2 games - Saturday July 31 - 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 2 games - Sunday, Aug. 1 - 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Championship game (to decide who goes to World Series) will be on Monday Aug. 2 at 5pm. Games updates/information at www.springfieldaa.org Contact Kathy Sheeran 484-433-7857 or Jim Murray 610-996-4751 for more information. Sponsorship signs and ad book sponsors still needed.
Springfield High School boys' lacrosse team had its year-end banquet on June 22 at Anthony's Restaurant. Austin Kaut was honored with the Campbell MVP Award and the President's Award for academic and athletic excellence. Billy McCullough won the Coaches Award and Joe Devinney was the varsity's most improved player.
The SAA U11 Gold Team won the Marple Township Summer Sluggers Tournament. Team members are Michael Psenicska, Trevor Robinson, Joey Radico, Nick Matty, Jimmy Clark, Joey Kennedy, Andrew Paulus, Kevin McKeon, Will Messick, Jerry Curran, Brandon DiChiacchio, Ed Kelly, Jim Clark, Joe Radico, Bob Matty, Kevin Robinson, and (missing from photo) Patrick McCarry and Tom McKeon.
Morgan Russom, SHS Salutatorian, was named as a Scholar-Athlete of the Pennsylvania Seventh Congressional District. Morgan participated in field hockey, winter track and lacrosse at SHS. She will attend Harvard University in the fall where she will be a member of the varsity sailing team.
EDCO Intermediates - Springfield Blue Team: (front, kneeling) Chris Dougherty, Danny Hee, Matt Gallo, Pete Sabato, Joe Sheeran and Matt Culbertson; (back) Coach Bob Thomas, Tommy Lyons, Matt Fuchsel, Chris Desiderio, Eric Gibbs, Tim Houtmann, John O’Doherty, coaches Mike O’Doherty and Matt Judge. Missing from picture: Kyle Pappa, Tim Finnegan, Jeff Peranteau, coaches Frank Pappa and Marty Jeffers.
June 30 – Springfield Blue 10 – Brookhaven 0 Springfield Blue blanked Brookhaven 10-0 to close out the regular season and secure 2nd place in the EDCO Intermediate East division. Blue will battle 3rd seed Springfield Gold in the playoffs which begin on Tuesday at North Ave. Blue finished with a record of 9-7 despite a terrible start where they were 1-5 early in the season. Dedication and good attitudes by the guys accounted for the turn around. In the final game, it was all Springfield as Chris Desiderio led the way on the hill pitching 4 scoreless innings allowing just 2 hits while strking out 3. Desiderio also had an RBI single and a 2 run tripple to sew up the victory. John O’Doherty, Matt Gallo, and Danny Hee each pitched scoreless innings in relief to keep the shutout in tact. O’Doherty got into a bit of jam in the 5th with some walks but he had a nice pick-off of a man off first and was helped by a Pete Sabato gun down of a runner attempting to steal 3rd. John then struck out the final batter to end the threat. Gallo and Hee each sat them down 1-2-3 with ground outs and 2 K’s in the 6th and 7th. Tommy Lyons and Pete Sabato shared catching duties and both played great behind the plate. Offensively, Lyons had a walk, a steal, and scored a run to go along with an RBI single. Sabato had a sacrafice fly to plate a run. Danny Hee had a big game in the box as he singled, doubled, and had a RBI sacrafice fly. Matt Culbertson remained hot getting on base all three times with two walks and a single and scoring twice. Mr. Versatility, Joe Sheeran, played all 4 infield positions and had an RBI, a single, and scored two runs for Blue. Matt Gallo, knew the count when he smacked an RBI single and Chris Dougherty and Matt Fuchsel rounded out the scoring each with a stollen base and a run scored.
June 28 – Springfield Blue 3 – BYC Gold 2 Joe Sheeran pitched great in his first start of the year allowing just 2 hits and 2 runs in 7 strong innings of work. Joe struck out 4 and also started a nice 1-6-3 double play in the 5th inning to erase a lead off base runner. Joe’s battery mate, Pete Sabato, had a strong game behind the dish as he nailed 2 attempted steals. Sabato also had an RBI in the 1st when Blue got 2 runs and then later singled to lead off the 5th and eventually came around to score the winning run on a big 2 out single off the bat of Tim Houtman. Lead off man Danny Hee had 2 basehits and an important steal and run scored in the first thanks to an RBI single by John O’Doherty. Matt Culbertson was also on base twice with walk and a single while Matt Fuchsel and Chris Dougherty each had knocks.
June 27 – Norwood 11 – Springfield Blue 4 Blue fell behind early and could never really get it in gear as they fell to Norwood 11 – 4. On a postitive note, Springfield finished with 8 hits including 2 doubles. John O'Doherty was the offensive standout with a an RBI single in the 4th to plate Joe Sheeran who had doubled and then John doubled himself in the 6th to plate Chris Dougherty who had singled and Pete Sabato who was on base by error. Matt Culbertson also had a strong game with a wallk and an RBI single in the 3rd. Danny Hee, Matt Gallo, and Matt Fuchsel all hit safely in the game.
SAA girls soccer team participated in the beach blast soccer tournament in Wildwood on the beach this past weekend. They played three games and enjoyed the rides and waterpark all weekend. A great time was had by all. Standing: Mackenzie Schott, Stephanie McCann, Coach Zulli, Georgia Apostolu, Gianna Zulli, Bridget Whitaker, Jill Kane; and kneeling: Baily O'Brien, Kristin Methlie, Rosie McKnight, Paige Dezzi, Kaily Crystle.
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