Welcome Home Celebration Planned For Ridgewood Little League Team Monday

A welcome home celebration for the Ridgewood Junior League All-Star team will be held Monday.

The Ridgewood Raiders won the Junior Little League East Regional Championship and the team is competing in the Junior League Baseball World Series in Michigan. The Raiders are the village’s first baseball team to compete in a World Series in more than 30 years

The celebration will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Van Neste Park.

The under-14 team will have a police escort down East Ridgewood Avenue to the park, where they will be greeted by Mayor Paul Aronsohn, the Village Council, and residents to commemorate their accomplishments.

Live music will be played and food will be served.

The Ridgewood team defeated a team from Frederick County, Virginia 6-1 Thursday.

David Kleiman had three hits and Kevin Seitter pitched a three-hitter to lead the USA East champions to their second win of the World Series. Ridgewood never trailed, taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning, adding two runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings and closing it out with a run in the sixth.

Both teams finished pool play 2-2. Virginia emerged from a three-way tie with Ridgewood and the team from Pearl City, Hawaii to finish runner-up in the USA Pool after the World Series tie-breaking system was applied.

Results from the consolation games Friday were not available.

(Pictured: Top, left to right: Coach Craig Frisina, Ben Geraghty, Mike Breiter, Pat Higgins, Coach Marc Favieri, Dylan Black, Brady McSwigan, Sam Favieri, and Coach Will Seitter, Bottom, left to right: Garret Thompson, Coleman Clauss, Alex Facini, David Kleiman, Dan Boucher, Avery Scott, Kevin Seitter, and Bret Thompson)