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The Little League's annual picnic and awards ceremony is just this Saturday, September 8th from 12:00 - 4:00.

Once again it will be held at the town pool. The weather is supposed to be great and we will be allowed to use the pool, so make sure you bring your bathing suit and towel !!!! We will have a DJ and raffle and of course the awards/trophy ceremony.

As in the past, all players in the league are free, for every one else, there will be a $5.00 charge.

Any player who has not turned in their uniform, please bring it with you on the 8th.

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Congratulations to"11 / 12 Year Old All-star Team"the 2007 District 6 Little League Champs.

The Palisades Park/Leonia squad won the District 6 Championship by going 3-0 in the double elimination round. Enroute to the title, they beat Cliffside Park/Fairview (2-1) and the previously unbeaten Englewood Cliffs team, twice, (2-1 & 3-1) in the double elimination round.

The 11/12 Year Old team was managed by Joe Cassesse and coached by Nick Ostuni, Julian Capicchioni, and Dino Eliopoulos. Members of the winning team are Isaac Archbold, Raymond Burgos, Leon Cromer, Alexander DelGuidice, Travis Duran, Freddy Kowal, Brian Kunz, Nicholas Ostuni, Anthony Piccinich, Alex Sayour, Jake Solari, Nick Terranova, and Miguel Vasquez.

From here, our team will advance to the New Jersey Section 2 Tournament which begins July 16th in Hoboken. The other participants in the tournament include Rutherford National, Nutley American and Roberto Clemente (Jersey City). Section 2 comprises NJLL Districts 5, 6, 7, & 8 (It includes the counties of Bergen, Hudson and Essex).

Palisades Park/Leonia's first game will be Tuesday, July 17th @ 8 P.M. Please check the Schedule section of the website for dates, times and opponents. All games will be played at the Hoboken Little League field.

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Fort Lee, NJ - Our 11/12 Year Old All-star team has secured a spot in the District 6 championship game to be played tonight, July 11th, at the Fort Lee "National" Little League Field.

The PPLLL squad compliled a 3-1 record in the opening round of the tournament by beating Ridgefield (5-1), Fort Lee National (11-0) and Fort Lee American (10-5). The lone loss came at the hands of Little Ferry/So. Hackensack.

Earning a number one seed in the double elimination round, the Pal Pk/Leonia squad defeated Cliffside Parl/Fairview and Englewood Cliffs by identical scores of 2-1.

Tonight's final will be a rematch of the Englewood Cliffs game.

If you can make it, I urge everyone to come out and root for our team. The game will be played at 7:00 at the Fort Lee "National" Little League Field. The field is located on 10th Street in Fort Lee, off North Avenue.

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Palisades Park, NJ - This past Saturday, Palisades Park/Leonia LL played host for the opening rounds of the 2007 District Six 11/12 Year Old All-star tournament.

The "Home" team kicked off the tournament in fine fashion with a 5-1 win over Ridgefield in the first game of the day. The winning ways continued on Sunday as they picked up their second win against Fort Lee National, 11-0.

The next game for our squad is scheduled for this coming Tuesday, June 26th, at 8:00 P.M. vs Fort Lee American. The game will be played at the Ridgefield Park Little League field. Please try and come out to support our team.

I'd also like to thank all the PPLLL volunteers that helped make the opening round of the tournament a great success.

Kim Bellomo, Sal Bellomo, Sal Bellomo Jr., Dennis Bollhardt, Chris Boyko, Cathy Capicchoni, Julian Capicchoni, Joe Cassesse, Dino Eliopoulos, Jason Juliano, Kathy Juliano, Freddy Kowal, Karen Kunz, Kevin Kunz, Claude Meyer, John Morhineway, Ron Oriolo, Nick Ostuni, Nicole Ostuni, Cara Piccinnich, Jenny Rumora, Petar Rumora, Kevin Sarubbi, Vinny Sarubbi, Dave Terranova, Mary Terranova, Harold Wrightington and Sandra Wrightington.

If it wasn't for their dedication and hard work, we could not have put on the event that we did.

Mark Wrightington

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Congratulations to"FIRE DEPARTMENT"the 2007 Palisades Park - Leonia
Little League Champs.

Fire Department prevailed in a hard fought 9 inning contest versus a very tough Santaite Electric team to capture it's second straight championship.

Members of the winning team include; Joseph Castro, Joshua Castro, Leon Cromer, Alex DelGuidice, Brandon Fermin, Ethan Klyce, Ryan Korn, Freddy Kowal, Ryan Laverty, Brian Montero, Nick Ostuni and Richard Pasquali.

The team was managed by Joe Cassesse and coached by Nick Ostuni, Freddy Kowal, Dino Eliopoulos, Mark Pasquali and Efrain Castro.

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Tuesday, June 12th

5:30 - Bob's vs Santaite (rained out)
7:30 - Patti's ve Fire Dept (rained out)


Wednesday, June 13th

5:30 - Fire Dept. vs Patti's
7:30 - Santaite vs Bob's


Friday, June 15th

5:30 - Bob's vs Santaite
7:30 - Patti's ve Fire Dept


Saturday, June 16th

5:30 - Bob's vs Santaite (if necessary) 7:30 - Patti's vs Fire Dept (if necessary)

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With two games to go in the regular season, four teams; Anthony's, Bob's, Patti's and Santaite are all still in the hunt for the three remaining playoff spots. In fact, there is a very real possibility that the four teams will end the season tied with identical records of 6-10.

In anticipation of this happening, ALL the managers and coaches were invited to a meeting this evening to discuss the best method of breaking the tie. The eventual outcome was to let it be decided on the field. The four teams will be blindly seeded one through four. Team one will play team four and team two will play team three. The home team for the play-in games will be decided by the participants head to head record. If their records are the same, home team will be decided by the toss of a coin with the higher seeded team making the heads/tails call.

Both winners will advance to the semi-final round of the playoffs. The resulting playoff position will be decided by the participants head to head record. If their records are the same, home team will be decided by the toss of a coin with the higher seeded team (in the play-in round) making the heads/tails call.

The losers of the first round of play-in games will play a second game to determine who captures the last spot in the playoffs. The home team for the play-in games will be decided by the participants head to head record. If their records are the same, home team will be decided by the toss of a coin with the higher seeded team making the heads/tails call.

Should the tie situation occur and the and play-in games be necessary, the rest of the playoff season (semi-finals and championship) will have to be pushed back to accommodate the extra games and required days of rest mandated by both Little League Int'l and our local rules. Every effort will be made to complete the playoffs prior to the start of the district tournaments, however this might not be possible. Providing there is no interruptions due to weather or the start of the tournament, each of the semi-final and championship rounds will be played in the 3 games in 4 days format that our league has traditionally used.

In the event that the playoffs are not completed when the tournament is scheduled to begin, the managers of ALL the teams agreed to suspend the playoffs until all the tournaments are over. The playoffs will resume no sooner than four days after the last Palisades Park/Leonia team has either won it's respective championship or been eliminated from the tournament. This will allow everyone to complete our playoffs with a full roster and once again accommodate the required days of rest.

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Palisades Park/Leonia little league is pleased to announce the 2007 All-star roster for the District 6 Tournament.

The 11/12 Year Old team will be represented by:

Isaac Archbold (Patti's), Raymond Burgos (Bob's), Leon Cromer (Fire Dept), Alexander DelGuidice (Fire Dept), Travis Duran (Santaite), Freddy Kowal (Fire Dept), Brian Kunz (Santaite), Nicholas Ostuni (Fire Dept), Anthony Piccinich (Anthony's), Jake Solari (Bob's), Nick Terranova (Patti's), Miguel Vasquez (Patti's) and Antonio Velazquez (Anthony's)

The team will be managed by Joe Cassesse. Joe will be assisted by coaches Julian Capicchioni, Dino Eliopoulos and Nick Ostuni.

They will play:

* Ridgefield - Sat., June 23rd @ 11:00 A.M. in Palisades
* Park Fort Lee National - Sun., June 24th @ 1:00 P.M. in Palisades Park
* Fort Lee American - Tue., June 26th @ 8:00 P.M. in Ridgefield Park
* Little Ferry/S. Hackensack - Thu., June 28th @ 6:00 P.M. Ridgefield Park

PLEASE TRY TO COME DOWN AND SUPPORT THE TEAM. THANKS

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I just wanted to thank the following individuals for stepping up and making sure that the Pal Pk/Leonia LL was able to once again offer the children in the league a fun filled Memorial Day picnic and All-star game.

Maria Alvarez, Kim Bellomo, Sal Bellomo, Chris Boyko, Olga DelGuidice, Roberto Hilario, Cathy Kim, Karen Kunz, Claude Meyer, John Morhineway, Ron Oriolo, Nick Ostuni, Nicole Ostuni, Jenny Rumora, Donna Solari, Nelson Solari, Laura Solomon, John Stendor, Claudia Wragge, and Sandra Wrightington. If I have missed anyone I apologize.

Little League, just as most youth organizations, is extremely dependent on volunteers. Without the time and effort given by the coaches and a handful of dedicated parents, no league would be able to offer a quality program for the kids.

Mark Wrightington

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To accomodate the Lindbergh Elementary School "Spring Concert", the following changes are being made to the little league schedule:


ROBEK PLUMBING / POLICE DEPARTMENT
Wednesday, May 16th - 5:30 P.M.

The start time for this game is being move up one half hour from 6:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
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PATTI'S / SANTAITE ELECTRIC
Wednesday, May 16th - 7:30 P.M.

This game, originally scheduled for Thursday, May 17th is being moved to Wednesday, May 16th at 7:30.

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Congratulations to"Donna's Pizza"the 2007 Minor League Champs.

Donna's Pizza bested Robek Plumbing, 6 to 3, to capture the 2007 Minor League Championship.

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9/10 Year Olds

John Morhineway and Rob Espinosa will be coaching the Palisades Park / Leonia Fall Ball team for players 9 and 10 years old.

There will be tryouts this coming Saturday (8/25) and Sunday (8/26) @ 6:00 at the Little League Field for anyone interested in participating.

For additional information, please contact John at (201) 522-7570 or Rob at (201) 410-1412.

11/12 Year Olds

At the moment, we don't have an 11/12 year old team. Should anyone be interested in putting together and coaching a team, please contact Nick Ostuni (201) 206-1256 or John M. at (201) 522-7570.

13+ Year Olds

CORRECTION
Julian Cap. will be coaching a 16 year old team ( not 13 year old ). If anyone is interested, please contact Julian at (201) 941-5193.

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Newark, NJ - On Friday night, August 24th, the Newark Bears honored the Palisades Park / Leonia Little League's District 6 Champions. The boys took the field with the hometown Bears for the playing of the National Anthem.

During the seventh inning stretch, the team was invited back onto the field where they were presented with a trophy commemorating their district championship. Over 80 friends and family were on hand to cheer on the champs.

After the game everyone in attendance was treated to a fireworks display.

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District Administrator, Tom Marguccio, and District Challenger Coordinator, Ita Saldana have announced the formation of a Challenger Division for Little League District 6 which encompasses the towns of: Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Fort Lee, Leonia, Little Ferry, Palisades Park, South Hackensack, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park and Teaneck.

The Challenger Division was established in 1989 as a separate division of Little League Baseball to enable boys and girls with physical and mental disabilities, ages 5-18 (or the completion of high school), to enjoy the game of baseball along with the millions of other children who participate in this sport worldwide.

Teams are currently being formed for the 2007 season.

If you have a child who would like to participate, or know of anyone who would be interested in joining the Challenger Division, there will be a Parents Orientation Night this coming Friday, May 18 @ 7 PM, at the Edgewater Rec Center. Tom and Ita will explain how the program will work and participants will be able to register that night.

If you are unable to attend, but would still like to participate, please contact us at info@palpkleonialittleleague.com or stop by the snack bar at the Little League field.

One of the benefits of having a Challenger Division is that it encourages the use of "buddies" for the Challenger players. The buddies assist the Challenger players on the field but whenever possible, encourage the players to bat and make plays themselves. However, the buddy is always nearby to help when needed.

Anyone interested in helping out; being a Buddy, Coaching, Officiating, Announcing or just being a fan and cheering should also contact us at info@palpkleonialittleleague.com.

Additional information about the Challenger Division can be found on the official Little League site at http://www.littleleague.org/divisions/challenger.asp

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TSS Photography has posted the pictures taken on opening day on their site.

In addition to the basic package each player receives as part of his/her registration, TSS offers over 250 different quality photoproducts. Should you wish to order any additional products, please visit http://www.tssphotography.com/harrigan/.

The league would like to thank Linden and Erika Harrigan of TSS Photography for donating the team pictures displayed on each team page, as well as, the shots of the Opening Day" ceremony displayed throughout this site.





Linden & Erika Harrigan
PO Box 5783
Englewood, NJ 07631
201-266-0794
http://www.tssphotography.com/harrigan/

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The page displaying information about the new "Pitch Count" regulations and mandatory rest period has been moved from the Bulletin Board to the Main Menu.

Should you want to read and/or print a copy of the new pitching rules, simply click on the picture of the "Pitch Count Publication".

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The match-up between Fire Department and Patti's scheduled for Monday, April 16th has been rained out.

The make-up date will be Wednesday, April 18th @ 7:00 P.M

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At it's March meeting, the General Membership approved the Executive Board's recommendation and voted to hire Linden & Erika Harrigan of TSS Photography as the "official" photographer for the 2007 season. TSS Photography has served as the nation’s leader in youth sports photography since 1983.

In addition to the basic package each player receives as part of his/her registration, TSS offers over 250 different quality photoproducts. A display table will be set up on "Opening Day" with a dedicated person available for answering questions about additional product and ordering.

The league is also exploring the possibility of "game action photos". If things work out, TSS will provide a photographer to cover the games. The pictures will then be posted on TSS's website for purchase by the league and/or parents.





Linden & Erika Harrigan
PO Box 5783
Englewood, NJ 07631
201-266-0794
http://www.tssphotography.com/harrigan/

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By ANDREA ALEXANDER
RECORD STAFF WRITER


WAYNE -- Youth league pitcher Steven Domalewski's near-fatal accident is going a long way to improving safety on the playing field.

In two such efforts, a group of parents will hold a fund-raiser for Steven next Wednesday, selling chest protectors in T-shirts to be worn as part of children's field uniforms. That same night, Chilton Memorial Hospital will hold a community program on safety in youth sports.


Steven, now 13, was pitching in a game June 6 when a ball hit his chest. It caused the condition commotio cordis, stopping his heart and depriving his brain of oxygen until he was revived.

After months of hospitalization, Steven -- the son of Joseph and Nancy Domalewski -- recently returned home to Wayne, where community support, including fund-raisers for the family's medical expenses, continues.

The widely publicized mishap has already led to safety moves. Some communities are equipping fields with defibrillators and banning aluminum bats. High school coaches and others are being required to learn CPR.

And Francesca Kishfy, seeking a way to protect her son Taylor, a teammate of Steven's, found a company run by two Monmouth County mothers who designed the Safe-Heart guard -- a T-shirt with a pocket holding a polyethylene dome chest protector.

She and other mothers will be selling the T-shirts, priced at $25 to $45, at 7 p.m. at the Packanack Lake Clubhouse, which is off Route 23 north. The Safe-Heart company plans to donate 25 percent of proceeds to the Domalewski family, plus donate 25 percent of sales from its Web site Home of Safe Heart or phone orders from anyone who requests that the sale be made part of the fund-raiser.

In Chilton Memorial's program, the featured speaker will be Dr. Phillip Devadan, who is trained in pediatric trauma. The event also is set for 7 p.m. at the Walter T. Bergen School Library in Bloomingdale.

E-mail: alexandera@northjersey.com

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