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A night of three fabulous games produce
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Syosset, NY 17 June 2009—A very, very wet 2009 season drew to an historic finish last night as four teams became two and two became one all on a single night, racing ahead of still more rain. When SYAC's Senior League commissioners saw the forecast on Tuesday for the ten days to come, they knew it was time for "Plan B." If the National Weather Service's projection was correct, there would be no way to have a Championship on Thursday. This projection, like most of NWS's work on our behalf this spring, turned out to be correct. A plan was conceived to have both division finals and the League Championship games all in the same night. A week from now, school would be over, many kids would be heading off to parties and summer vacations. It was Wednesday or never. And so it came to pass on Wednesday evening at 6:30pm that Sterling Sanitary Supply defeated the Hot Shots by a score of 20-9 at Thomas P. Longo Memorial Field while Orange Crush defeated Iavarone's Red Hot Chili Peppers in the Park by a score of 10-2.
About twenty minutes after the first games ended, the Championship began in the Park. A coin toss made Orange Crush the home team and Dylan Mitchell began to pitch her second game of the evening. She would be faced by Emily Emerson and both girls went the distance and pitched excellent games.
Sterling got on the board early with two runs and added two later in the game to build up a 4-0 lead. Orange Crush finally got on the board with 2 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. After beating back a Sterling threat in the top of the sixth, and with the lower third of their order batting in the bottom of the sixth, Crush opened the inning with two hits. But moments later, with one out, Emily Emerson retired the next batter on a popup and quickly ran to third to complete the double-play to end the game, and the season.
Sterling coaches and players converge on the field in jubilation at the moment of victory.The real story of this game was defense. Both teams played very well but the Sterling girls defense was rock solid, where the Crush defense, so potent earlier in their Division Final, seemed disoriented against Sterling. While they did recover their form in the top of the sixth, earlier miscuses ended up being very costly. The Board of SYAC Girls Softball congratulates both these excellent teams for their hard work and dedication all season long. We also thank Russ and Rick for their excellent umpiring of this very tense and exciting game and the great crowd that came out for a last great night of SYAC Softball for 2009. See you next year! Story by SYAC pool reporters. Photos by Roger Mummert.
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The Senior League is for girls in our community who are in 6th, 7thor 8th grade as of January 1st. As in Pony and Junior Leagues, this is a competitive League. As in the Junior League, pitching is done by the players, but unlike the Junior League, windmill pitching allowed at this level. In setting up teams for the Senior League, we work hard to create balanced teams, rather than simply putting kids together with their friends, as we do when they're in our Instructional League. At this age, we strongly discourage parents from trying to get their children on the same teams as friends, for whatever reason. This is a competitive league, and, as such, fairness is a key to making it fun, and inclusive, for all kids. And in the course of playing a season in SYAC, strangers always become friends. The 2010 season is tentatively scheduled to begin on Monday, April 19, 2010. Registration and Evaluations take place in January. Once placed on a team, your child will be contacted by her coach sometime around the beginning of April. All games take place weeknights at 6:15pm and go until they end (6 innings) or it gets too dark or too cold to play. Cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced on the web on the home page and on this page and on the SYAC Girls Softball Weather Line (516) 733-4066. |
