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2009 Little League Annual Meeting and Election of 2010 Board of Directors  


Rutland Little League’s Annual Meeting is slated for Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 7 p.m. and will convene at the Glenwood Community Center. All are invited to attend this meeting in which the voting membership will elect the 2010 Board of Directors through official ballot. Voting membership is defined as those in good standing who officially served on the board of directors and/or as team managers and assistant coaches during the 2009 season.

The process of the elections will be in accordance with the guidelines set forth by Little League International and as outlined in the Constitution. There are 10 positions on Rutland Little League’s board of directors. Eight of the 2009 board members will seek re-election. Others who would like to be considered or who would like to nominate another must send a note of interest to league secretary Tom Dellacroce at Thomas.DellaCroce@autotrader.com no later than September 25, so that the name of the candidate may be included on the official ballot. All Little League parents are eligible for nomination.

The 10 board positions will be filled with those candidates listed on the official ballot who receive the top-10 number of votes from the voting membership. These 10 will resume office on October 1, 2009 for a one-year term that extends to September 30, 2010. At the first meeting of the 2010 board of directors, date to be determined, the members of this newly elected board will consider the individual interests, talents, skills and experience of each of his or her peers and then vote as a group to decide who will best fill the positions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, player agent, safety officer, umpire in chief, information officer, fundraising manager, equipment manager, field manager and Snack Shack manager.

Please direct questions to league president, Rich Enberg, at renberg@unum.com

 
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All Star Calendar Raffle  


One ticket will be drawn for each day of the month of July for 31 chances to win. Cash prices range from $100 on weekdays, $150 on Saturdays, $200 on Sundays and $1,000 grand prize on July 7th. Winners will be selected at the end of each week in July on Sunday and posted to the Web site. (i.e. Winners for July 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be drawn on July 5; winners for July 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 will be drawn on July 12, and so on. Checks for winners drawn each Sunday will be mailed on Monday.

Congratulations to the following winners:

July 1 - $100.00
Winner - Ann & Warren Ramsey
Sold by Chase Daunais
 
July 2 - $100.00
Winner - George A. Gleick
Sold by Ray Boudreau
 
July 3 - $100.00
Winner - Jim Brodin
Sold by Ryan Brodin
 
July 4 - $150.00
Winner - Moira Verth
Sold by Jared Bushnell
 
July 5 - $200.00
Winner - S. Bierfeldt
Sold by A. Bierfeldt

July  6 - $100
Winner - E. LeClair
Sold by Madison Cardaci

July 7 - $1,000
Winner - Karen Weinschenk
Sold by Madison Weinschenk

July 8 - $100
Winner - M. Wowk
Sold by Chris Towns

July 9 - $100
Winner - Bonnie Willand
Sold by Zachary Nadeau

July 10 - $100
Winner - Kerri George
Sold by Garrett Sasseville

July 11 - $150
Winner - Mary Almstrom
Sold by Anthony Coito

July 12 - $200
Winner - Alex Belisle
Sold by Emily Erickson

July 13 - $100
Winner - Matthew Gull
Sold by Zach Gull

July 14 - $100
Winner - Darryl Williams
Sold by Brandon Davenport

July 15 - $100
Winner - Rachel Buerlen
Sold by Cameron O’Clair

July 16 - $100
Winner - Diane Michalak
Sold by Zach Milaszewski

July 17 - $100
Winner - Mark O’Clair
Sold by Cameron O’Clair

July 18 - $150
Winner - Judy Forest
Sold by Matthew Forest

July 19 - $200
Winner - Kathy Poirier
Sold by Carly Poirier

July 20 - $100
Winner - Darlene O’Connor
Sold by Dan O’Connor

July 21 - $100
Winner - Randi Kelly
Sold by Angel Waugh

July 22 - $100
Winner - Bill Bowles
Sold by Chase Daunais

July 23 - $100
Winner - Sue Johnson
Sold by Zach Milaszewski

July 24 - $100
Winner - Joyce Wojciechowski
Sold by Reagan Bartlett

July 25 - $150
Winner - John Bell
Sold by Aidan Bell

July 26 - $200
Winner - Jeff Abare
Sold by Jared Lundy

July 27 - $100
Winner - Mike Grasseschi
Sold by Joe Grasseschi

July 28 - $100
Winner - Michelle Rydzewski
Sold by Ryan Borges

July 29 - $100
Winner - Carol Finnegan
Sold by Matt Finnegan

July 30 - $100
Winner - Cindy Little
Sold by Matt McGlynn

July 31 - $100
Winner - Brian Bettencourt
Sold by Cam Bettencourt

 
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Rutland Little League names AAA and Little League all stars

 


The following players were selected by their peers for all-star honors in a division-wide vote and drafted by all-star team managers to the following teams. Little League Team 1 will compete in the District 4 All-Star Tournament. Little League Team 2 and both AAA teams will compete in the Holden All-Star Invitational Tournament. Good luck and congratulations to all!

 
   

Little League All-Star Team 1 ~ Manager: Steve Puliafico

 
   

Bobby Anderson ~ Troy Green ~ Austin Hale ~ Marty Henry
Dan Jancura ~ Cory Kilcoyne ~ Mike Mahoney ~ Jake Strasser
Camden Mailman ~ Tyler McKeon ~ Blake McNamara
Matt Pingitore ~ Alec Prefontaine ~ Carson Puliafico

Schedule

 
   

Little League All-Star Team 2 ~ Manager: Ted Purcell

 
   

Cameron Kumpey ~ Ryan Wiinikka ~ Shea Beando
Chris Couming ~ Dan Litchfield ~ Justin Goodney ~ Kyle Calcia
Cody Berry ~ Liam Mahan ~ Jake Moore
Trevor Gould ~ Tanner Purcell ~ Chris Slater

Schedule

 
   

AAA All-Star Team 1 ~ Manager: Jeff Gull

 
   

Joe Benoit ~ Cam Bettencourt ~ Josh Bombard ~ Ryan Bottis
Ryan Brodin ~ TJ DellaCroce ~ Connor Enberg ~ Mike Fiorelli ~ Zach Gull
Zach Nadeau ~ Erich Steiner ~ Cody Willman ~ Nick Yanco

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AAA All-Star Team 2 ~ Manager: Tim LeMay

 
   

Ryan Borges ~ CJ Callender ~ Kyle Enberg ~ Billy Fassett
Cole Hale ~ Casey Kumpey ~ Nate LeMay
Patrick Madden ~ Zach Milaszewski ~ Stephen Mullaney ~ Evan Smith
Jared Van Reet ~ Jordan Weber ~ Matti Weber

Schedule

 
   
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Sluggers' Corner

 

Congratulations to this season's home run hitters!

Pitcher Blake McNamara (Cipro) walloped one out of Marsh Field on April 20, driving in three runs and marking the first home run of the season.

Second-year Little Leaguer Cory Kilcoyne (Pingitore) gave it a ride -- right out of the park on April 29.

Jeff Vigliatura (Puliafico) drove one out of the park on May 2, a pivotal move which cinched the win in a neck-and-neck race against Paxton powerhouse Comeau Excavating.

Austin Hale (Purcell) blasted not one but two (and almost three!) out of the park on May 13, helping his team to a win.

On May 16, Marty Henry (Cipro) hit a dead-center homer at Marsh Field to lead off the bottom of the second inning in a tough match against Pingitore.

Austin Hale secured four runs for Purcell with a grand slam at Tivnan against Benoit—a fiesty line drive that took no time to exit the field and his third home run of the season.

Matt Pingitore smashed a two-run homer over the left field fence in the second inning of a game against Purcell on May 27, marking his first Little League home run.

Dan Jancura (Purcell) celebrated his first home run of the season, powering a bullet to left center field against Stratton and Sons at Tivnan on May 30.

On June 1 at the Marsh, Austin Hale hit his fourth home run of the season--a towering shot to right field against Comeau Excavating. Meanwhile Blake McNamara followed suit at Tivnan, knocking out his second home run this season.

Austin Hale crushed his fifth round-tripper of the year on June 7, powering the Purcell team to an upset play-off victory over the 2nd-seeded Stratton and Sons (Paxton).

On June 11, Jeff Vigliatura's second home run of the season sailed over the center field fence at Marsh in the third inning and drove in the two runs needed to tie up the play-off game against Paxton's Benoit. The back-and-forth game was eventually won by Puliafico when power hitters rallied in the bottom of the sixth.

Austin Hale smacked a line-drive laser that got over the right-centerfield fence in a hurry for his sixth home run of the season while facing Paxton's Comeau Excavating in a semifinal play-off game at Tivnan on June 11.

 
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RLLB players win honors in Pitch, Hit & Run Competition

 

More than 80 participants competed in the Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run Competition hosted by Rutland Little League after the league’s annual parade on Saturday, May 9, at Charles D. Marsh Memorial Field. These participants won first place honors in their respective age groups. They are:

AGE 7/8 Winners

All-Around Champion: Kyle Enberg, Score: 488
All-Around Runner-up: Zachary Rutherford, Score: 424
All-Around Third Place: Matthew Powers, Score: 423

Pitch Champions: Seth Clifford, Kyle Enberg and Matthew Powers, all scored: 150
Hit Champion: Zachary Rutherford, Score: 166
Run Champion: Matthew Powers, Score: 223

AGE 9/10 Winners

All-Around Champion: Connor Enberg, Score: 859
All-Around Runner-up: Thomas Dellacroce, Score: 684
All-Around Third Place: Ryan Bottis, Score: 636

Pitch Champion: Connor Enberg, Score: 375
Hit Champion: Evan Smith, Score: 296
Run Champion: Michael Fiorelli, Score: 289

AGE 11/12 Winners

All-Around Champion: Dan Jancura, Score: 979
All-Around Runner-up: Austin Hale, Score: 917
All-Around Third Place: Jacob Strasser, Score: 903

Pitch Champion(s): Todd Anderson, Zachary Gull, Cole Hale, Dan Jancura, Jacob Strasser, and Ryan Wiinikka, all scored 300
Hit Champion: Austin Hale, Score: 394
Run Champion: Dan Jancura, Score: 373

AGE 13/14 Winners

All-Around Champion: Tom Jancura, Score: 1005
All-Around Runner-Up: Andrew Hayes, Score: 884
All-Around Third Place: John Rabidou, Score: 772

Pitch Champion: Blake McNamara, Score: 300
Hit Champion: Tom Jancura, Score: 300
Run Champion: Tom Jancura, Score: 436

The winners were awarded ribbons at special ceremony at Marsh Field and competed in the sectional competition to be held on May 17 in Palmer, Mass. Sectional All-Around Champions become eligible to qualify for the Team Championship to be held at FENWAY Park.

 
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Parking at Naquag Field

 

Just a reminder that there is no parking along the narrow thru way next to the Naguag baseball field, which runs from Naguag Elementary to Central Tree Middle School. Although it is clearly marked as such, people have been choosing to park here. Parking here presents a safety hazard, making it difficult and often impossible for regular two-way traffic to pass, and even more so should an emergency vehicle need to pass through or gain access to the field. The Rutland Police Department have advised us that those who park illegally in this no-parking zone at Naquag Field risk having their vehicle ticketed or towed.

There is ample parking space both at Naquag Elementary School and Central Tree Middle School. Please plan to park in one of these two lots and allow time to make the short walk to the field.

 
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