Three Champlain Valley Little League teams win division
From left (back) are Will Powers, Cooper Tanis, Grayson DiGuglielmo, Oliver Miller, Oliver Siedlecki, Franco Caligiuri, Henry Flanagan, Charlie Bronner, Rufus D’Amore and (bottom)
Camden Fox, Charlie Wolff and Grant Giangregorio.
This story has been changed. Two photo captions have been switched so they accompany the correct team picture and the spelling of coach Jodie Casarico has been corrected.
To say that this summer was an amazing season for the three Champlain Valley Little League All-Star baseball teams is an understatement — try astonishing, unbelievable … magical. All three teams won the Division 1 tournament for their respective age brackets. This is a feat that has never been accomplished before in Vermont. Two of the teams — the 9-11 year-old and the 11-12 year-old — came in second in the state title tilt.
8-10 year-old team Vermont District 1 champions
Eight of the 12 players on the Champlain Valley Little League team were first-year All-Stars. The team came into the four-team double elimination as the fourth seed, but defeated the top two seeded teams three times over the course of four days to claim the 8-10 year-old District Championship.
From left, (back) are Levi Upton, Theo Lyons Judge, Finn Wolff, Gage Golston, Lane Edelbaum, (middle) coach Eric Boyce, coach Jodie Casarico, Willem Flanagan, Felix Boyce, Griffin Daley, Emmett Trombley, manager Jonathan Wolff, (front) Jacob Casarico, Henry Wolff and Cole Knudsen.
9-11 year-old team Vermont District 1 champions, second place in state
The Champlain Valley Little League 9-11 All-Stars won the District 1 Championship and went on to force a deciding win-or-go-home championship game at the state tournament.
In the state tournament they lost 7-6 in eight innings. Little League games end at six innings unless the teams are tied.
Overall, they went 8-2-1 during this all-star season, and each loss was by only one run.
“They played with passion, integrity, and respect for the game and their community, all the while playing an amazing brand of baseball over what was just an incredible summer of baseball,” manager Jonathan Wolff said.
11-12 year-old team Vermont District 1 champions, second place in state
The Champlain Valley Little League 11-12 year-old team’s state title run was featured in the Aug. 10 issue of The Charlotte News. That story can be read on The Charlotte News website.
From left (back) manager Mike Niebur, assistant coach Ken McAvey, Reid McAvey, Jaime Nassar, Izyk McGuire, Chase Rodliff, assistant coach Andy Strauss, (front) Max Strauss, Carl Giangregorio, Braden Cook, Ty Niebur, Isaac Russell, Evan Dore, Holden Rodliff and Pete Stephen.