East Meadow Baseball and Softball Celebrate Successful Season

The 2011 season proved to be one of the best ever for the kids and coaches from the East Meadow Baseball Softball Association. 

This year East Meadow teams (ages 10-16) entered in the Williamsport Tournaments, won five Long Island District 32 championships and two New York State Section 6 championships.  

The following is a list of the winning teams.

NY State Section 6 (Long Island) Williamsport Champions:

• Age 14 (and under) Girls Softball: Coached by Linda Bent-Koerick, Tim Stauder and Joe Austin.
• Age 16 (and under) Girls Softball: Coached by Anthony LaRosa and Al Semonella.

NY District 32 Williamsport Champions:

• Age 10 (and under) Boys Baseball: Coached by Stew McKay, Bill Gangi and Joe Moneleone. Players: Save Andrea, Eric Bernstein, Ivan DeLeon, Dylan Efthimiou, James Gangi, Mike Halkitis, Tyler Love, Jeff Liu, Matthew MacKay, John McGrath and Joe Monteleone.
• Age 12 (and under) Boys Baseball: Coached by Scott Scheer, John Hogan and Vinnie Mascia.
• Age 14 (and under) Boys Baseball: Coached by Todd Hirsch, Bill Belfield and Todd Koehler.
• Age 10 (and under) Girls Softball: Coached by Mike Inger, Carl Wrynn and Dave Gallagher. Players: Hannah Arbuse, Diana Brennan, Jae Citarella, Emily Gallagher, Trinity Gonzalez, Sydney Inger, Amy Mallah, Gianna Monroy, Sara Polansky, Samantha Reyes, Elise Shallbetter, Emily Shurina, Cosette Wrynn and Mary Zaradich.
• Age 12 (and under) Girls Softball: Coached by Spiro Christoforatos, John McKay, Frank Romeo and Andy Marsala. Players: Nicole Angelino, Molly Bernstein, Victoria Bova, Mabel Christoforatos, Kristin Cox, Christina Fracchioni, Kelli Hosey, Jessica Laird, Jamie MacKay, Jessica Marsala, Holly Romeo, Rachel Polansky and Leeann Turissi.

Although they had a terrific season by winning four tournaments with a 22 and 9 won-loss record, the boys 11 and under team coached by John DeMasi, Craig Euler and Dave Roldan were unable to pull out the District 32 championship.

The 10-year-old boys team won their District 32 championship with a 7 win/1 loss record. After being down 6-0 late in the championship game, the boys came back to tie the game and get a walk-off win by scoring the winning run in extra innings on a close play at the plate.   

Not to be outdone, the 10-year-old girls team (dubbed “The Comeback Kids”) also won their District 32 championship by mounting a comeback in the bottom of the last inning after trailing 6-0 early in the game.

The  multiple championships were a fitting tribute for Ed Bergman who has just stepped down after four years as Commissioner and over sixteen years serving in various capacities within the Association.

“I am extremely pleased that our East Meadow teams had such a successful year and had a lot of fun while doing so," Bergmann said. "Seeing our boys and girls enjoying the game and having fun was as important as winning."