Swansea
SIBL’S MUSTANG DIVISION RELEASES 2008 TEAM ROSTERS |
The Mustang Division (7- and 8-year-old players) of the Swansea Independent Baseball League has announced its team rosters for the 2008 baseball season.
For the third straight season, all teams will be named after existing Minor League professional clubs. According to SIBL President Ken Garcia, the Mustang Division rosters for the coming season are as follows:
BEES – Noah Halliwell, Austin Cooley, Bradley Verville, Brendan Carvalho, Cody Sanford, Aidan Desrosiers, Michael Gagliardi, Aodhan Stansfield, Trenton Ferreira, Zachary Carmello, Adam Correia, Jacob Broadbent and manager Mike Cooley.
GRASSHOPPERS – Chase Stafford, Matthew Shea, Skylah Dias, Jake Meehan, Tyler Menard, Jake Pegurri, Lucas Berge, Brendan Mulrooney, Chris Hattub, Andrew Prendergast, Philip Mignacca, Logan Souza and manager Rod Stafford.
LOOKOUTS – Colby Maderios, Timmy Cabral, Nicholas Gentili, Tyler Abdallah, Nicholas Demers, Jordan Carvalho, Sam Blanchette, Jacob Sarza, Brett Hajder, Tristan Scheller, Connor Alves, Adam Teasdale and manager Curtis Maderios.
SAND GNATS – Sean Rafferty, Shawn Gerling, Nicholas Gerling, Nathan Tabicas, Jason Couto, Colby Dunlop, Jacob Rebello, Nathan Woodworth, Billy Brodeur, Reilly Dos Anjos, Johnathan Bernier, Austin Michael and manager Dan Gerling.
SEADOGS – Nathan Ladeira, Lucas Sousa, Shawn Hickey, Ryan O’Neill, Dylan Vaglica, Cameron Siciliano, Evan Amaral, Cole |
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Lucas Berge, 7, a player in the Swansea
Independent Baseball League, fields a ground
ball March 28 in Fall River during
tryouts for the SIBL's Mustang
Division. (Photo courtesy of Swansea
Independent Baseball League)
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Escobar, Korey Gendreau, Brandon Bednarik, Jacob Costa, Austin Medeiros and manager Marty Ladeira.
STORM – Jeffrey Cooper, Aaron Ramos, Jordan Hadad, Leroy Araujo, Michael Bernardo, Michael Bloom, Nicholas Viveiros, Garrett Lima, Marcel Almeida, Samuel Chace, Marcus Banoub, Brandon Hajder and manager Mike Cooper.
According to Garcia, all Mustang Division teams will play 20 regular-season games starting April 26. At the conclusion of the regular schedule, championship playoffs will be staged.
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SIBL SELECTS AAU TEAMS
FOR 2008 SEASON
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Following a series of off-season tryouts, the Swansea Independent Baseball League has selected four teams of current registrants that will compete during the spring of 2008 in the New England District of AAU Baseball.
According to President Ken Garcia, the SIBL will field two teams this year in AAU’s 10-and-Under Division and one team apiece in the 11-and-Under and 13-and-Under divisions. All competing players will also be enrolled in the league’s regular-season program this year.
The SIBL AAU team rosters for the coming season are as follows:
10-AND-UNDER AMERICAN – Kyle Bouchard, Ryan Murphy, Jakob Hadad, Alec Martin, Drew Rapoza, Denver Weeks, Zachary Arruda, Justin Couture, Zachary Fingliss, Cory Arden, Timmy Moreira, Logan Santos, Adam Duarte, Cody Julius, Patrick Rafferty and manager Ken Garcia.
10-AND-UNDER NATIONAL – D.J. Machado, Marcus Pegurri, Noah Julius, Zachary Gordon, Valentino Aiello, Nathan Cummings, Dimitri Rosa, Mitch Midwood, Cameron Coelho, Alex Nunes, Jacob Raposo and manager Doug Machado.
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Jakob Hadad is a member this year of the
10-and-Under American AAU Baseball team of
the Swansea Independent Baseball League
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11-AND-UNDER – Nick Soares, Matt Michael, Jordan Menard, Joey Fingliss, Andrew Howard, Mike DeCosta, Logan Smith, Jason Ramos, Andrew Salzillo, Chris Padula, Chandler Furtado, Steven Forte, Conor Carmichael, Devin Ellinwood and manager Rodney Soares.
13-AND-UNDER – C.J. Maderios, Jordan Thivierge, Kyle Simmons, Ricky Vichroski, Josh Beals, Coty Root, Mike St. John, Tyler Drainville, Trevor Brown, Zachary Mitsmenn, David Mitchell, Dan Pedro and manager Curtis Maderios.
According to Garcia, the 2008 season will mark the fourth successive season in which the SIBL has fielded AAU teams. “AAU competition gives SIBL players the opportunity to test and improve their skills against talented players and strong teams in a no-lose situation,” Garcia said. “While our teams have fared well in AAU play during the past three years and have won many more games than they have lost, the primary objective of this part of our program is not winning; it’s developing our players and giving them the chance to play more games and against stiff competition.” According to Garcia, all four SIBL AAU squads will play regular-season games in April and May and enter their respective annual New England District tournaments in June. |
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2008 CLASS SELECTED FOR
CASE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HALL OF FAME |
Eight athletes, three coaches, a contributor and four teams were selected for induction this year into the Joseph Case High School Athletic Hall of Fame. According to Paul Summers, chairman of the Joseph Case High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee, the class of 2008 – the second selected by the committee – will include heralded Cardinal athletes, dynamic coaches, a long-time supporter and championship teams. All will be honored at an induction ceremony and banquet to be staged Sunday, May 18, at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea.
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The Athletes To Be Inducted This Year Include: |
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| Raymond Enos (Class of 1940) |
Harry Pennot (Class of 1942) |
Judith Jackson (Class of 1956) |
James Ashley (Class of 1963) |
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Yvette Guimond (Class of 1963) |
Joseph Santos (Class of 1964) |
Paul Connors (Class of 1970) |
Karen (Ferreira) Mendes (Class of 1983) |
The Coaches To Be Inducted Are: |
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Robert Bannister |
Robert Gordon |
Judith Cabral |
Christine Stanton |
| Robert Bannister and Robert Gordon (who will share the Charles E. Walkden Coaching Award) and Christine Stanton (this year’s recipient of the Dorothy Rech Deane Coaching Award). Judith Cabral, a long-time member of the Friends of the Cardinals (Case’s sports boosters organization) and ardent supporter of Case sports teams for several decades, will receive the Roger Gibeau (picture not included) Memorial Service Award. Pennot, Bannister and Cabral will be inducted posthumously. |
The Teams To Be Inducted Are: |
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1946 football (Narragansett League champions) |
1953-54 girls’ basketball (mythical Bristol County champions) |
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1967-68 boys basketball (Narragansett League co-champions and Eastern Massachusetts Class C Tech Tournament champions) |
1986 girls’ volleyball (South Coast Conference champions and Massachusetts Division II state champions). |
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Swansea Independent Baseball League
Captured the Championship |
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| The 12B all-stars (11- and 12-year-old players) of the Swansea Independent Baseball League recently captured the championship of the Rochester Invitational Tournament. Team members shown here, from left to right, are: 1st row, batboys Jerimiah Nunes and Justin Couture; 2nd row, Bobby Bonalewicz, Lucas Saunders, Cam Couture, Mitchell Nunes and Mike O’Neill; 3rd row, Jordan Mace, Jack Murphy, Connor Levesque, Zack Ferris and Ben Beaulieu; and 4th row, coach Jim Beaulieu, coach Manny Nunes, coach Marc Couture and manager Bob Ferris. Not shown is Aaron Makhijani. |
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SIBL 10B ALL-STARS FINISH SECOND IN TOURNEY |
from left to right, are: 1st row, D.J. Machado, Nathan Cummings, Tommy DaCosta, Marcus Pegurri
and batboy Jake Pegurri; 2nd row, Noah Julius, Valentino Aiello, Damien Mendoza, Drew DeCoste,
Lucas Souza, Zachary Gordon and Will Rose. Not shown are manager Doug Machado
and coaches Tom DeCosta, Kevin Souza and Rick Rose
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The 10B all-star team of the Swansea Independent Baseball League recently fared well in two local tournaments.
The SIBL entry won two of five games in the Dighton Youth Baseball Invitational Tournament and later won three of five starts in the Swansea Little League’s second Minor League Tournament this summer, closing as runners-up. The SIBL club had won the first Swansea Little League event, held in July.
Swansea’s roster this summer included Steven Forte, Chandler Furtado, Brenen Cardoza, Austin St. Pierre, Aaram Williams, Jameson Rose, Jesse Mendes, Tony deSimas, Ryan Arruda, Conor Carmichael, Chris Kinder, Jakob Hadad, Anthony Watkinson, manager Mike Kinder and coaches Greg Mendes and Wayne Williams.
SIBL stars conclude second in Swansea
After bowing to Somerset I (9-4) in its tournament debut, the SIBL entry ripped off successive victories over the Swansea Minors (15-3), Swansea II (24-3) and Somerset Minors (13-3) before losing again to Somerset I, 15-8, in the championship clash.
Somerset I erased a 1-0 deficit with a four-run surge in the bottom of the first inning and was never headed, eventually peaking its advantage at nine runs. The winners scored in every inning but the second to claim the tourney title.
Furtado and Mendes both cracked three hits for Swansea, one more than St. Pierre. Cardoza, St. Pierre and Arruda all pitched for the SIBL squad.
Somerset I also scored in every inning but the second to decisively defeat the SIBL stars, 9-4, in the tourney opener. DeSimas slashed three hits for Swansea, while St. Pierre, Furtado and Rose all registered two safeties.
The SIBL club cracked the win column with its 15-3 trimming of the Swansea Minors, highlighted by a 10-run uprising in the second inning. Arruda, Rose, Furtado and Cardoza all recorded two hits for the winners, while Cardoza and Furtado shared the pitching duties.
The SIBL squad exploded for 16 runs in the bottom of the first inning to fuel its 24-3 win over Swansea II. Carmichael concluded with four hits for the winners, while Arruda, St. Pierre, Cardoza, Mendes and Furtado all chipped in with a couple of safeties.
Carmichael, St. Pierre, Kinder and Arruda all pitched well for the winners.
The SIBL contingent then advanced to the title game by ousting the Someset Minors, 13-3, thanks to three hits from Mendes and two apiece by St. Pierre, Kinder and Furtado. Cardoza earned the pitching decision with relief help from Furtado.
Swansea wins twice in Dighton
Playing primarily against A-level teams, the SIBL stars went 2-3 in the recent Dighton tournament, defeating Maplewood of Fall River (16-8) and host Dighton (15-5), while falling to the South Coast Shamrocks (8-3), Fall River Federal (9-8) and Wareham (8-5).
Against Maplewood, Swansea erupted for seven runs in the top of the first inning, then sealed the victory with successive four-run outbursts in the fifth and sixth frames. Carmichael, Forte, Cardoza and Furtado all sparked the winners with two hits.
Opposite Dighton, Cardoza slashed four hits, Forte ended with three hits and St. Pierre and Rose both contributed two hits as Swansea snapped a 1-1 deadlock with a five-run explosion in the second chapter and a six-run surge in the third inning.
In the loss to the Shamrocks, the SIBL club trailed by just a 4-3 margin after five innings before the victors produced three insurances scores in the final frame. Kinder topped Swansea with two hits.
The SIBL squad trailed by a 9-3 tally versus Federal until rallying, finally coming up just one run shy of tying the contest. Cardoza collected three hits for Swansea, one more than teammates Furtado and St. Pierre.
Wareham broke a scoreless draw by pushing cross seven runs in the top of the fourth inning, then held off a late SIBL rally to earn its 8-5 win. Furtado ripped two hits for Swansea, which enjoyed a four-run output in the fifth frame.
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