West Hartford Youth Baseball League Web Site: News
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Blue Wins Summer League Championship
Blue 12, Yellow 4.
Blue won the Summer League Championship on Thursday night under the lights at Wolcott Park. Blue was led on offense by Tom Honyotski and John Wells who each had 3 hits. (Wells went 10-11, batting .909 in 3 playoff games). Nick Kearney chipped in with 2 hits, and Tim Dickson, Mark Ehnot and Chris Dickson each had 1 hit for Blue. Ian Henderson and Jack Woods pitched brilliantly for Blue. Henderson pitched the first 3 innings and picked up the win allowing 1 run on 2 hits, while striking out 8. Woods pitched the final 3 innings and earned the save giving up 3 runs on 7 hits, and striking out 5. George Howard had 2 outstanding putouts at home plate to stop a Yellow rally in the 4th. Yellow was led on offense by Leon McIntosh with 3 doubles. A special thanks to Blue bat boy Michael Woods and bat girl Emma Henderson for their dedication to the team during the Summer Season.
Friday, August 8
Travel A Team Travels to Cooperstown
The Travel A team will spend next week at the Cooperstown Dream Park in Cooperstown, New York playing against teams from across the country.
Stay tuned for scores and highlights from the tournament.
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Travel A Beats West Hartford Little League 6-4 to Win Hungerford Tournament
In a well played game, Travel A trailed 4-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning but rallied for three runs to take the lead 6-4 and held on for the win. Little League scored three runs in the bottom of the 1st on a couple of walks and a 2 RBI double from Caleb LaRosa. Little League held the lead until the 3rd inning when Travel A tied the game 3-3 on a single from Glynn Baron and back-to-back home runs from Andy Monos (2 run HR) and Brendon Rossmeisl (solo HR). Little League regained the lead 4-3 in the top of the 5th inning on a solo home run from Max Vogel-Freedman. Travel A rallied back with three runs of its own in the bottom of the inning led by hits from Dylan Robinson, Charlie Fisher, Walter Hansen, and Baron. Rossmeisl slammed the door in the 6th inning for Travel A with two strikeouts for the win. For Travel A, John Roberts pitched the first four innings (3 runs, 3 hits, 6 K's) and Rossmeisl the final two innings (1 run, 1 hit, 3 K's). Baron (3 hits, run, RBI), Rossmeisl (home run, run, RBI), Monos (home run, 2 RBI), and Connor Smedberg (2 hits) led the offense. Robinson made several great defensive plays at second base. For Little League, Vogel-Freedman (home run, 2 runs, RBI), LaRosa (double, 2 RBI's), Doug Horan and Ty Hollens led the offense. Vogel-Freedman pitched two plus innings and was relieved by Reid Collins who pitched well with 3 K's. Collins made several great catches in centerfield.
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Travel A Wins Barkhamsted Tournament
Travel A completed an impressive run by beating New Hartford 7-0 to win the Barkhamsted Tournament. John Roberts picked up the win in the championship game. The offense jimped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Bobby Marconi led off the inning with a home run to right center field. Walter Hansen reached on an error and scored on an RBI single from Andy Monos. The game remained at 2-0 until the 5th inning. In the bottom of the 5th, Travel A broke open the game scoring five runs with two outs in the inning. Dylan Robinson led off the inning with a single and scored on an RBI single from Brendon Rossmeisl. After a walk to Roberts, Glynn Baron singled to drive in Rossmeisl. Charlie Fisher followed with a three run home run to drive in Roberts and Baron and make it 7-0. Roberts struck out the side in the 6th for the complete game victory. At the plate, Travel A was led by Rossmeisl (3 singles, run, RBI), Fisher (home run, 3 RBI), Marconi (home run), and Monos (2 hits, RBI). Roberts was dominant on the mound with the complete game shutout (1 hit, 10 K's).
Thursday, July 24
Travel A Beats Little League 4-1 in Hungerford Tournament
In a much anticipated matchup and in front of one of the largest Wolcott Park crowds, West Hartford Youth Baseball Travel A All Stars defeated the West Hartford Little League All Stars 4-1. The two teams met at home plate before the game and players and coaches shook hands before the start of the game. John Roberts started on the mound for Travel A and Travis Busch started for Little League.
In the top of the 1st inning, Max Vogel-Freedman led off the game for the Little League with a bunt single and moved to 2nd base on a passed ball. He was stranded at 2nd with a strikeout of Ty Hollens, a popup to the pitcher by Doug Horan and a groundout to short by Reid Collins to end the inning. Travel A struck first and took a 1-0 lead in the first. Dylan Robinson led off the game with a line drive double and moved to 3rd base on the throw after a ground out to shortstop. John Roberts then doubled into right field to score Robinson for a 1-0 lead but was left at second base on a ground out and strikeout by Brendon Rossmeisl and Glynn Baron. Little League tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the 2nd. After a ground out by Calab LaRosa, Dan Nunes had an infield single and moved around the bases on 2 wild pitches and a passed ball to even the score at 1.
In the bottom on the 2nd inning, Jake Karas singled with 2 outs and scored from 1st on a long double to right field by Bobby Marconi. Little League made a pitching change with 2 outs in the 2nd and removed Busch and replaced him with LaRosa. LaRosa struck out Brendan Smith to end the 2nd inning. In the top of the 3rd, Nick Orlowski walked to open the inning and with a 2-0 count to Vogel-Freedman, Rossmeisl relieved Roberts on the mound for the Youth All Stars. Rossmeisl struck out Vogel-Freedman for the 1st out, Hollens was hit by a pitch putting runners at 1st and 2nd. Horan flew out to left field for the 2nd out of the inning and Collins grounded out to short on a very close play at 1st base to end the inning.
In the bottom of the 3rd, Robinson walked to lead off the inning, Conner Smedberg grounded into a fielder choice forcing Robinson at 2nd and Roberts got on by an error from the the shortstop Horan. Rossmeisl then tripled on a strange play on a hard hit ball to short that kicked off the shortstop and went all the way to the wall in centerfield scoring Smedberg and Roberts to make it 4-1. Baron followed with a bunt single and on the throw to first, Rossmeisl broke for home plate and was thrown out at the plate by an alert Busch for the 2nd out. Baron was then thrown out attempting to steal 2nd base for the 3rd out by Vogel-Freedman. Little League did not threaten to score in the 4th, 5th and 6th innings and did not put a runner in scoring position for the remainder of the game with Rossmeisl in control on the mound with a very good fast ball and sharp curve.
At the plate for Travel A, Robinson led the attack with a double and single scoring once. Rossmeisl tripled with 2 RBI and Marconi and Roberts doubled with 1 RBI each. Karas and Baron had 1 hit each with Karas scoring one run. Roberts pitched 2 innings allowing 2 infield singles with 3 K’s and Rossmeisl pitched 4 innings allowing only 1 hit with 3 K’s.
For Little League, Vogel-Freedman, Dan Nunes and Ty Hollens singled. Busch (1 2/3 innings) allowed 2 runs on 4 hits with 1 K. LaRosa pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits.
Wednesday, June 25
Fall Baseball Registration
The Fall Baseball League is currently accepting registrations for the upcoming Fall baseball season. The registration deadline is July 15, 2008. There are separate registration forms for the 12U team and the 13 and over team. Both forms are attached below.
Handout: Fall 2008
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Exchange Wins Town Championship
Exchange won both games of the Town Championship against Mr. Trophy to sweep the series. Congratulations to the Exchange players and coaching staff. Also, congratulations to Mr. Trophy on a great season.
Wednesday, June 18
Rotary Wins President's Cup
Rotary beat Schatz & Nobel 4-2 on Wednesday night to win the President's Cup. Here are highlights from the game:
The President's Cup final lived up to its advanced billing as Rotary and Schatz & Nobel battled for six innings right down to the last out. Rotary scored first in the top of the 1st inning on a walk to Glynn Baron, a double from Connor Smedburg, and a passed ball. Rotary added another run in the top of the 4th inning on a lead off single from Baron and an RBI double from Smedburg to take a 2-0 lead. Schatz & Nobel rallied to tie the score 2-2 in the bottom of the 4th inning when Jonathan Greenfield hit a towering home run over the left centerfield fence to score him and Christian Martinez who led off the inning with a walk. Rotary then loaded the bases in the top of the 6th inning. After Baron doubled, Smedburg was intentionally walked and Ryan Bell walked. Nick Adams then hit a hard ground ball to first and an errant throw home allowed both Baron and Smedburg to score to put Rotary ahead 4-2. Schatz & Nobel would not go down quietly though. Down to their last at-bat, Greenfield singled, Matt Luther was hit by a pitch, and Chris Butler walked to load the bases with just one out. However, Smedburg was up to the task and got a pop-up to Baron at shortstop and a strikeout to end the game. For Rotary, Drew Mendes (3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's) and Smedburg (3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K's) pitched a tremendous game. Baron (2 for 3, 3 runs, double) and Smedburg (2 for 2, 2 doubles, run, RBI) had four of Rotary's five hits. Nick Adams had the other hit. For Schatz & Nobel, Andy Monos pitched three strong innings allowing only one run on two hits. Jonathan Zelinger pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the 6th to keep Schatz close. Jonathan Greenfield (3 for 3, home run, 2 RBI's) was the hitting star for Schatz. Kyle Cabral and Zelinger had the other two Schatz hits. Butler (3B) and Martinez (CF) made several nice plays in the field.
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Padres Win Minor League Championship
The Taylor Modeen Funeral Home Padres beat the Avery Heights Athletics 9-2 in to win the Minor League Championship. Here are highlights from the game:
In a much anticipated machup under the lights at Wolcott Field, the Padres scored 6 runs in the 4th and 3 runs in the 5th to beat the A's for the Minor League Championship. Brendan Kearney led the way with 2 doubles, a single and 4 RBI's. Liam Benshoff pitched 3 hitless innings with 9 K's and contributed offensively with 2 hits while scoring 2 runs. Stephen Laffin closed out the game with 4 K's and 0 walks over 3 innings. Jack Surprenant and Will Stanwick had 2 hits each as the Padres batters totaled 11 hits over 5 innings. During the three game playoffs, the Padres collected 30 hits while only surrendering 6.
Sunday, May 18
National League Beats American League 7-6 in All-Star Game
On a beautiful night under the lights at Wolcott Park, the National League rallied back from a 6-2 deficit with five runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to beat the American League 7-6. Andy Monos scored the tying run on a wild pitch and Matt McGoldrick scored the winning run also on a wild pitch. John Roberts was the winning pitcher for the National League.
Prior to the game, the WHYBL honored Ken Hungerford for his 50 years of service to the league. Ken also threw out the first pitch which was a perfect strike.
The All-Star game will be shown on Channel 5 later this summer. It is also available for purchase on DVD from the league. Please contact Rob Gallo at rgallo@whybaseball if you are interested in ordering a copy of the DVD.