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Jon Stein
Builds
On Chill Legacy
Voorhees's own
Jon Stein's vision of building a quality 12U girl's softball is
being realized. Finally, after a winter of hitting, pitching
and fielding instruction, Stein's team is ready for it's first
challenge.
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That challenge will come on
Saturday night as his team takes on an early season opponent.
Chill training at Balltown...
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Defense Fails 35+ Balltown Bluejays in quest for Vegas crown.
Las Vegas, March 7, 2011 --
Cherry Hill native Wade Hulmes was unable to repeat his championship efforts in the Las Vegas Regional "Kick-Off Classic."
This year Manager Hulmes assembled a group but was hindered by the absence of some key players from last year. Hulmes filled the holes remarkably and ended the weekend endurance test (5 games in two days) with a 3-2 record and a top eight finish.
The deciding game was played against the Las Vegas Senators, a team that was rested and in mid-season form. The Senators benefitted from numerous Bluejay miscues to score 10 unearned runs. One could blame the miscues on the fact that it was the third game of the day for the weary Jays.
The Senators were one game fresher. Benefitting from an earned First-round bye.
While the Bluejays were battling a scrappy Denver Orioles team the Senators were able to go home, visit with their families and rest.
That might explain one of the reasons the Jays struggled in the field.
Carl Taylor Looks to Put The "Win" back in Winslow Softball
One of the most
successful south jersey coaches for Women's softball is taking
on one of his biggest challenges as the new head coach at
Winslow High School.
Winslow has been a big school powerhouse in
the sports of football and basketball - but girls softball?
Not the same. That's where Taylor comes in.
Taylor led the Rutgers-Camden Women's Softball team to a Division III
National Championship.
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9, 2011
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The Jersey
Shore Yankees avenged Fall Tournament losses this past memorial
Day weekend. They did it in convincing fashion, by grounding the
host team Balltown Bombers with a 12-0 shellacking!
The Neil Hourahan-led Del-Val / Bombers squad had come
into the MSBL 38+ Memorial Day Baseball Bash riding a series of
three-straight tournament titles. The Yankees certainly
erased all that by combining timely hits against a backdrop of
Bomber miscues.
The
Yanks came fortified with Terry Pezzola and Ray Lloyd adding to
a line-up that was already tough.
Neil Hourahan was the brainchild of the tournament.
I've been to a lot of tournaments and getting eight teams of
such high caliber (I mean all eight of them!) combined with such
a fun baseball weekend was a truly remarkable achievement.
Balltown Bombers Climb to the Top
of the 45+ Baseball World with Fall Classic Championship.
Jupiter, Fla., November 9, 2010 --
Marlton native Neil Hourahan led a team of some of the area's
top 45+ men to the prestigious Fall Classic Championship in
November.
The championship was secured when shortstop Tom
Donahue, of Aston, Pa., raced down a looping pop-up in the
bottom of the ninth of the championship game against a tough
Southside Chicago squad. The catch saved two runs and was
the final out to preserve the 3-2 win. Marlton native and
Balltown founder, Doug Kepple was the beneficiary of the catch
as he overcame 2 first-inning runs to earn a complete-game win.
Vineland's Angel Rivera was named Balltown's MVP for
the tournament. He finished with a team-leading nine hits
and nine RBI.
The Balltown
Bombers 45+ - TOP:
John DiPietro, Don Davie, Dave Kassen, Marty Burman, Frank
Lojewski, John Schramky, BDarry Blundin, Dick Tate, BOTTOM:
Marty Burman, Steve, Alemi, Angel Reviera, Tom Donahue, Doug
Kepple, Dave Hyatt
Jupiter, Fla.
- Balltown Bomber Angel Riviera Holds his MVP trophy as
Manager Neil Hourahan looks on.
Angel topped the Bombers with 13 hits and 9 RBI's for the 8 game
journey.
Jupiter, Fla. -
Balltown Bomber Doug Kepple
works against Southside Chicago
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