Coaches John Loeffler and Merrill Meyers organized a Pearl River team to compete at the "Big League" (18U) level in 2009, and the team then faced stiff competition from teams like West Nyack, Stony Point, New City, etc.  The PR Yankees won some tough games to become the first PRLL big-league team to win a District 18 championship. Congratulations to the players and coaches.

From The Journal-News 8/11/08:  

The Pearl River Yankees competed recently in the District 18
 Big league division starting May 24th ending their season on August
 3rd.

 The team went 12-3-1 to complete the Summer league season by
 winning the District 18 championship. They finished second in the
 regular season and began a double elimination playoff format starting
 on 7/28. They beat New city in the opening round of the playoff's by a
 score of 5-3 at Veterans Park in Orangeburg. Rob Diercks pitched for
 Pearl River striking out seven in 5 innings for the win. Bobby holmsen
 struck out 5 in relief.
 In the second round of the winners bracket, Eddie Vecchio struck
 out 13 while pitching a complete game shut out as the Pearl River
 Yankees defeated West Nyack by a score of 6-0.
 In the first game of the finals on Friday 8/1 at Stony Point
 Veterans field, the Yankees lost a close game to Stony point by a
 score of 1-0. Pitcher Kevin Loeffler struck out 5. The Yankees bats
 went cold getting just 2 hits in the loss.
 In a winner take all game on Sunday 8/3 at Veterans Park in
 Orangeburg, with the Yankees down 1-0 after 5 innings, Mike Iacobellis
 and Nick Mart scored in the bottom of the sixth for the Yankees to
 take a 2-1 lead.
 In the top of the seventh with 1 out and a runner on 3rd, Mike
 Weiner caught a pop out in right field for the second out and threw
 home to catcher Josh Mendelson as a runner was tagging from 3rd base
 for the final out at the plate to seal the championship win. Eddie
 Vecchio again pitched a complete game for the Pearl River Yankees
 striking out 6 for the win.
 
 The members of the team are: Josh Mendelson, Keith Meyers, Kevin
 Loeffler, Ed Best, Eddie Vecchio, Kevin Andrews, Chris Petrone, Rob
 Diercks, Bobby Holmsen, Nick Mart, Andrew Maddens, Mike Weiner, Frank
 Ficcara, Mike Iacobellis.
 
 The team was coached by Merrill Meyers and John Loeffler