bcalwell@cnpapers.com 304-348-5188 On a day when the slightest physical exertion caused beads of sweat to form, workers toiled to replace aging lights and light poles at the Nitro Little League baseball field. The lighting upgrade is one part of improvements underway at the ball field, where teams that make up the Cross Lanes/ Nitro Little League play many of their home games. League President Ivan Meadows, for whom the field complex is named, said other improvements include new fencing. The old fence was only about 175 to 185 feet from home plate. He said Little League now recommends that outfield fences be 200 to 225 feet from home plate. With the new fencing, well probably go 205 to 210 feet from home plate, Meadows said, as he watched workers from All Crane in Nitro erect new, metal...
bcalwell@cnpapers.com 304-348-5188 On a day when the slightest physical exertion caused beads of sweat to form, workers toiled to replace aging lights and light poles at the Nitro Little League baseball field.
Thank you all for the warm welcome. Welcome to Texas. Steve, thank you very much for inviting me. Mayor [Virginia DuPuy], thank you very much for being such a gracious host for this important regional tournament. It's great to see you. I'm proud to be here, by the way, with the mayor of Crawford, Texas, Mayor David Posten. Mr. Mayor, it's good to see you. Laura and I are really thrilled to be here. Thank you all for the warm welcome. Welcome to Texas. Steve, thank you very much for inviting me. Mayor [Virginia DuPuy], thank you very much for being such a gracious host for this important regional tournament. It's great to see you. I'm proud to be here, by the way, with the mayor of Crawford, Texas, Mayor David Posten. Mr. Mayor, it's good to see you. Laura and I are really thrilled to be...
will begin its ninth season in April. Currently, the league has more than 50 teams playing in leagues including Tee-Ball (ages 5 and 6), Pee Wee (7-8), Minors (9-10), Majors (11-12) and Junior League (13-15). Following the regular season, All-Star teams are established for the Minor, Major and Junior leagues. Those tournament teams begin division play in July.
We've had an excellent first season," South Shore Little League president Daniel Anderson, Jr. told the Defender. "Like our entire community here in the South Shore area, Little League baseball is making a comeback. "We're playing as an independent Little League program this season," Anderson added. "Next year, we want to get the opportunity to play in District 4 and Section 3 and be able have a chance to play in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. which is going on this week." Among the teams in the league are the Little League White Sox, head coached by Curtis Poynter. "Our kids are really excited about the first season in the league," Poynter told the Defender. "When a lot of them came to us, many of them had never even played the game of baseball before. Now, they'...
The Little League Baseball State Tournament at Dunbar's Boggess Park brought heartaches and headaches to more than participating 10- and 11-year-olds last week. It brought official reprimands from the heights of Little League for several involved, including an umpire who made a bad call that was compounded by error, and West Virginia Little League District 3 Administrator John Niewierowski.
District 3 Little League Baseball All-Stars
Every year the Challenger organization puts forth every effort to make the annual benefit golf tournament a successful and memorable experience for all who particpate and support the Challenger athletes. This year we have found ourselves in a very difficult position. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the tournament scheduled for June 26 at Botetourt Country Club has been rescheduled with a new date and new location. We hope you will continue to support the annual benefit golf tournament for the Challenger athletes and join us on August 14 at Hanging Rock Golf Course for a fun and exciting day of golf. A new golf brochure has been developed (please email challenger- baseball@comcast.net or call Sid Witt, Jr. at 540.309.6274 for a brochure) listing the event information, ...
REDONDO BEACH - Facing a deeply talented opponent led by hard- throwing pitcher Tyler Smith, Moorpark Little League needed to play near-perfect baseball Monday to defeat El Segundo in the second round of the Southern California Divisionals (12-under) at Perry Park. It did not happen.
Parents from two baseball leagues completed questionnaires regarding their likelihood of engaging in various aggressive behaviors (yelling, swearing, shoving, fighting, humiliating) toward targets at youth baseball games (other spectators, umpires, coaches, other players, their child). Overall, the likelihood of all forms of aggression was very low, particularly physical aggression and swearing. Hierarchical entry stepwise regressions were calculated to determine predictors of yelling and humiliating using demographics, trait aggression, anger, hostility, and vengeance as predictors. Parents with greater hostility reported a greater likelihood of humiliating a child's teammate, while those with elevated trait anger reported a greater likelihood of yelling at other spectators. Finally, p...
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