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SWAMPSCOTT GIRLS SOFTBALL OFF TO A GREAT START

By Glenn Kessler

The Swampscott girl’s softball program is getting ready for our upcoming season and we have a number of exciting events available for the girls and their parents.

We will be offering a skills clinic geared toward Minors and Majors age level players scheduled to begin Sunday February 26th and will run every Sunday thereafter for 7 weeks at the High School Gym.  The pitching and skills clinic will be instructed by former Division 1 Ohio University pitcher Kate Mallette.  “Kate’s skills in the game of softball and her ability to instruct the kids on the many finer points of the game are unsurpassed.  We have been working together for 3 years now and the consistent improvement the girls who work with her exhibit is just awesome.”, said softball player agent Gary Lord.

The times for the clinics are:

Pitchers and catchers session: 4pm-5pm

General Skills session:  5pm-6pm

Location:  SHS gym

The Cost: $10 per session or $60 prepaid for all 7 sessions

If participating in both sessions the cost is $100 for 14 hours of instruction. (A great deal)

As part of our promotion of the girls softball program we will also have an Open House session with the girls and parents on February 13^th at 7 PM at SHS cafeteria. The purpose of the open house will be to explain exciting changes with the softball program, answer questions, and register the girls for sign ups and clinics. Bob Powell, former player agent and active board member, is also working on establishing a coaches clinic to promote best practices that will continue to make the softball program at all levels more active and fun for the girl’s, while they learn the game’s many intricacies.

Dates to keep in mind: 3/24 and 25 for tryouts for Minors/Majors at SHS 

First available game day 4/21

As softball parents, we want to do everything we can to make Swampscott Little League Softball as enjoyable as possible for the girls. Our goal is to help teach the skills the girls can use to play the game through high school and beyond and to play town ball with the mechanics in hand to make them have the best and most enjoyable season possible.

CONGRATULATIONS

2011

Swampscott  Little  League 

All-Stars

12 yr. old Baseball Team

Players:

Louis Olivieri

Dan Muller

Caleb Mazow

Mike Johnson

Ryan Donnelly

Gavin Sullivan

Jack Morretti

Kevin Lombard

Stephen Hopkins

A.J. Venuti

Owen Madigan-Fried

Coaches:

Lou Olivieri

Al Duratti

Jim Lombard

11 yr. old Baseball Team

Players:

Sean Lahrizi

Maxx Cooper

Colin Frary

Liam Faulkner

Brett Benoit

Jordan Cox

Cam Thompson

Harry Wales

Luke Marshall

Spencer Perkins

Ishaan George

Steven Santanello

Coaches:

Dan Santanello

Joe Marshall

Ken Perkins

10 yr. old Baseball Team

Players:

Cole Cassidy

Chris Emmerich

Mike Fitzgerald

Cole George

Russ Hopkins

Graham Inzana

Troy Levine

Chris Legere

Johnathan Oriaki

Russell Paster

Max Pegnato

Alex Sheehan

Colin Walsh

Coaches:

Mike Pegnato

Mike Cassidy

Pete Inzana

12 yr. old Softball Team

Players:

Alanna Burke

Rebecca Caggiano

Olivia Capone

Casey Carmody

Olivia Cooke

Tiana Delano

Kasey Kennedy

Hannah Leahy

Anne Norton

Claire Powell

Kendall Rhodes

Veronica Rizzo

Sarah Ryan

Elizabeth Weisse

Coaches:

Jim Capone

John Rizzo

Keith Rhodes

John Kennedy

Bob Powell

11 yr. old Softball Team

Players:

Margot Beaupre

Ashley Bucklin

Katie Cooke

Sydney Cresta

Giana Faia

Sydney Faulkner

Michaela Freddo

Erika Groom

Mia Hopkins

Riley Lord

Leanne Nisbet

Elizabeth Rizk

Coaches:

Gary Lord

Randy Hopkins

Jim Nisbet

Dick Faulkner

2010

District 16

Softball

CHAMPS

2010

District 16

Baseball

Champs

Board of Directors Meetings

Wednesday  June  13th  @  7:30pm 

High School  -  Check white board for Room #

BIG  AL

Coaches Clinic

Great Turnout

Great Presentation

Big Al 'LINK' is on this site

to brush up on or even make an on-line purchase

of of his Manuals & DVD's

                         Town of Swampscott 

              Baseball Field Maintenance Program 

  Critical Rules to Observe at All Times 

I.                   WHEN RAKING OR SWEEPING, ALWAYS RAKE OR SWEEP TOWARD THE SKIN SURFACE AND AWAY FROM THE GRASS. NEVER RAKE, PUSH OR SWEEP THE PARK-MIX TOWARD THE GRASS; DOING SO  WILL CREATE A LIP.

   II.             NEVER LEAVE THE FIELD WITH ANY HOLE OR DEPRESSION   UNFILLED. MOISTURE FROM RAIN OR IRRIGATION WILL MAKE THE HOLE OR DEPRESSION PERMANENT.  

  Activities to be Completed at the End of Each Day of Play (In the Order Presented). After pulling the bases and placing the plugs, all home teams are responsible for doing the following:

 I.                   RAKING: Rake the home plate, pitchers’ mound, base path and bases areas to assure all surfaces are level and holes and depressions are filled.

II.                DRAGGING: Hand drag the diamond using the screens provided to each field in the storage facilities. Avoid using buggies…they tend to throw park-mix on to the grass.

 III.             SWEEPING: Using the provided push brooms, sweep along all grass surfaces in contact with the infield park-mix. Starting approximately 1 foot from the dirt surface, push the broom toward the dirt surface. Removing from the grass all park-mix displaced during play, will prevent the build-up of any lips on the playing surface.

 IV.           COVERING: Each field at Forest Ave. is supplied with tarps to cover the home plate, pitchers’ mound and bases areas. The covers should be properly placed at the end of each day.

 V.              TRASH REMOVAL: Rake each dug-out area removing all trash. Walk around the field, removing all trash and debris.

VI.           FINAL TASKS: Replace all equipment in the storage facilities. Lock all doors and gates. Turn out the lights. 

  Activities to be Completed at the Beginning of Each Day of Play and Between Games, as required:

 I.                   REMOVE all field covers and properly store.

II.                WATER the park mix surfaces, including the plate area and the pitcher’s mound, as required to maintain a firm playing surface. The park-mix surface should never be so dry as to become wind blown dust.

III.             INSTALL bases, storing plugs in secure storage area.

IV.           WALK the field removing all trash and debris.

V.              REPAIR any field damage not corrected the day before. Report to the League Vice President any field maintenance issues.

VI.           LINE the Field. 

   RESPONSIBITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SWAMPSCOTT BASEBALL FIELDS BELONG TO THE COACHES AND PLAYERS USING THE FACILITIES. 

Swampscott - The Swampscott Little League 10-11-year-old All-Stars won the District 16 championship for the second consecutive year with an 8-7 victory over Wyoma on July 19 in Revere.

Swampscott moves onto the state’s Sectional- 4 tournament and will face Weston (the winner of the District 13 tournament) on Friday night in Swampscott at 5:30 p.m.

“We lost to Wyoma Saturday, 6-0, so this was a do-or-die game for both teams,” said Swampscott manager Lou Olivieri. “We had some issues early on in the game, but our guys came back with some gutsy performances to come from behind and then hang onto the lead.

“I’ll tell you what, that Wyoma team is very, very impressive, and they will be a force in District 16 for the next couple of seasons,” Olivieri added. “I’m just really glad we won’t have to play them again — and I’m not sure we’ll see a team down the line that’s as good as them.”

Wyoma jumped out to an early lead and was leading 5-4 in the top of fourth inning before Chris Murphy hit his second home run of the post season, a two-run shot to deep left center field, to give Swampscott a 6-5 lead it would never relinquish.

“Chris pitched a heck of a game. He only gave up three hits through four innings, and then came through with probably the biggest hit of our post-season run,” said Olivieri. “He never hit a homerun until All-Stars, and now he has two – awesome!”

Adrian Espinal came in to nail down the save with two innings of clutch relief.

“Adrian showed all of us what kind of kid he is and how tough a competitor he really is,” Olivieri said. “Wyoma came out shooting in the bottom of the sixth inning and eventually had the winning run on second base with two outs, but the kid really buckled down and got Wyoma to hit a ground ball to our second baseman for a routine out.

“We were one hit away from a walk-off loss,” Olivieri said, “but our pitching is our strength and it’s nice to have kids who don’t give in to the pressure.”

Swampscott got some offensive punch from Donnie Weisse, Jack Fitzpatrick, Ben Rossman, C.J. Howard and A.J. Venuti, and some great base running from Louis Olivieri and Leo Wile.

“Our kids know that everyone has to contribute for us to win, and that’s what we’ve gotten throughout the District 16 tournament and they all know that’s what we’ll need if we want to move to the state finals. All 13 kids have a role, each one has strengths that can help the team win, and if they work hard who knows how far we can go,” said Olivieri. “But I’ll tell you what – I wouldn’t sell this group short.”

Swampscott

District 16

Championships

*  State Champs in RED