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The Randolph area softball and baseball Little League Organization held their end of the year picnic and fun day Saturday, June 24. The day started with the championship baseball game between the Red Sox and the Mets. This was a rematch of last year’s game with the Red Sox winning again this year. The annual cookout followed with the Babe Ruth baseball coaches, John Dyer, Rob Start and Brent Maxfield doing the cooking and David Maxfield helping out. Approximately 225 people were on hand for the festivities. The cookout was followed by awards, All-Star annoncements, the popular dunk booth, a radar gun to time the kid’s throws run by Orange County deputy Bill Bohnyak and the home run derby. Awards & Trophies The most important awards were the good sportsmanship awards. The softball award was presented to Molly Surprenant and Kevin Stoddard won it for baseball. First Place The Hawks won first place for the second year in a row for the Upper Valley softball league after a close race with South Royalton. The coaches for the Hawks are Brian Dudek and Heath Arnold. The players on the team are: Dahlia Arnold, Simone Arnold, Adrienne Dudek, Rose Earl, Samantha Farnham, Molly Jacobs and Brittany LaPlante. Also on the team are: Hannah Locke, Jaqulyn Lumbra, Brooke Owen, Johanna Sargent, Kassie Tester, Michaela Vince and Kalie Warner. First Place The Red Sox finished the season in first place for baseball. The team is coached by Gerry Reymore, Jim Gilbert, Matt Poirier and helped considerably by Aiden West. The players are: Jay Hooper, Sam Hooper, Doug Reymore, Ben Jickling and Alex Gilbert. Also on the team are: Thornton Raskevitz, AaronWest, Blake Quillia, Mack Poirier, Kyle Magnant, Evan Roe and Aiden Corey. Softball All-Stars The 11 and 12 year old softball All-Stars for the Upper Valley League were also announced. The team will be coached by Kathie LaFreniere of the Sparrows and Heath Arnold of the Hawks. The Upper Valley team advances right to the state tournament because they are the only team in the District II area. The tournament will be held in the Lyndonville area this year from July 22 to the 25. The players on the team are: from the Hawks, Molly Jacobs, Simone Arnold, Brooke Owen, Jaqulyn Lumbra and Michaela Vince. From the Falcons are: Katie Giles, Siobhan Chase, Lark Delaney and Marielle DeMara. Also on the team are Ashley LaFreniere from the Sparrows, Cheryl Flint from the Sharon team and Logan Webster from South Royalton. 9 & 10 All-Stars The nine and 10 year old baseball All-Stars will be coached by Doug Sprague of the Yankees, Wally Caswell of the Dodgers and Matt Poirier of the Red Sox. The team will start their tournament July 7 and it will be held in Bennington this year. The players are: from the Dodgers, Justin Stevenson, Garrett LaPerle, Brandon Keyes, Geoffrey Doering and Ross Caswell. From the Red Sox will be Mack Poirier and Nick Jickling, and from the Yankees are Jacob Sprague, Zach LaPerle and Eric Hildenbrand. 11 & 12 All-Stars The older baseball All-Star team, the 11 & 12 year olds, will be playing in Rutland this year starting July 5. Coaching the team are Kevin Thurston of the Yankees and Gerry Reymore of the Red Sox. The players on the team are: from the A’s, Joey Wheatley and Ryan Maxfield, from the Mets is David Hostetter, and Cody Thurston and Cyrus Fullam were picked from the Yankees. Also on the team are: from the Red Sox, Aaron West, Doug Reymore, Ben Jickling and Sam and Jay Hooper. From the Dodgers are Bryan Eaccarino and Harry Dwinell. Raffle The end of the year raffle was again a big success with Jared Tucker selling the most tickets again this year. Jared plays in the Randolph Babe Ruth League. The Board of Directors would like to thank all the business that donated prizes and all the people that bought tickets. The top three prizes and winners were: CFM gas grill Sharon Gallo, the Granite Coffee Table Jared Tucker and the Picnic Table donated by School St. Business Service Linda Gaidys. The day of the picnic was sunny and warm, a real bonus in this year of endless rain. Everyone’s participation and help was greatly appreciated. ____________ |
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