New Jersey District 19: District News

Sunday, May 13
Torunament Start Dates

Tentative start dates for all divisions of play have are listed here. These dates may be adjusted when the final number of teams are determined

Major League Baseball                  June 22

Major League Softball                    June 22

9&10 Baseball                                    June 22

9&10 Softball                                     July 2

10&11 Baseball                                  July 5

10&11 Softball                                   July 17

Junior Baseball                                  July 13

Junior Softball                                   July 11

Senior Baseball                                 June 29

Senior Softball                                   July 5



Wednesday, May 23
Importance of CPR training
This is a remarkable story about a player in the Freehold Township LL program, Sean Neely, who went into cardiac arrest after getting hit by a foul tip at the inopportune time. Thanks to very quick CPR efforts from the Steve Crowley - Manager (also a board member), coach & 2 nurses who were at the field he survived against the odds.
I am sharing for several reasons... most importantly about 3 years ago Gregg Heinzmann, former Safety Officer (also the Director of Rutgers Youth Sports Council), recommended that we raise the bar on our board & require CPR training. I fully supported his recommendation & we implemented it at that time by organizing a course & covering the expense (approx $40/person). Our current Safety Officer ensures that all remain certified. This preparedness paid off and I want to encourage all of you to seriously consider this for your board as you can't put a price on a life. We are currently evaluating extending this to all managers - whether by facilitating, sharing the cost or via other options TBD. This past Monday we reviewed the event with all involved, had Gregg come back to provide education on the topic, and reviewed opportunities to further advance or preparedness. Lastly we acknowledged the heroes.
Mike LaCava would be happy to discuss & share any ideas if you are interested. Take a read - it's always nice when the news is good. Sean is recovering nicely - the doctors continue to follow up before clearing him. The story was also on Eyewitness news this evening & a larger story is supposed to be shown there on Sat. AM.


Saturday, August 21
rain

These are the numbers you can use to call to find out whether the tournament game you are scheduled to play is still on. All League presidents have gotten the numbers and email addresses of the leagues in District 19. Use this as a tool to obtain useful information regarding weather and field conditions. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS NO NUMBER FOR THAT LEAGUE LISTED HERE OR YOU CANNOT REACH ANYONE AT THE TOURNAMENT SITE THAT YOU APPEAR FOR THE GAME. IT MAY RAIN IN MIDDLETOWN BUT BE DRY AS A BONE IN TINTON FALLS.
 


 

Colts Neck:                 Bob Farrell                   917-439-2360

                                   Gary Foltz                    732-272-6359

                                   Bob Hempstead           201-306-2575

Freehold Boro:            Rich Matteo                 732-845-0256 hm

                                                                       732-513-4185 cl

Freehold Township:                                         732-431-1152

Lincroft:                       Field House                 732-530-8828

                                                            www.lincroftlittleleague.org

Eatontown:                  Field House                  732-389-7671

Manalapan:                 Tom Wraback              732-406-3244                                              

Marlboro:                    Field House                 732-591-1261

                                   Weather Information     732-591-0300

Middletown:                Field House                  732-747-2443

                                                             www.middletownlittleleague.0rg                                                                

Tinton Falls:                                                     792-890-8514

Sandy Hook:                                                   732-687-4980

Shore Regional:                                               732-870-0117

                                                                       908-489-3463

Long Branch:                                                  732-642-2184

Bayshore:                    Pat Harrigan                732-264-6672