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N. GROSVENORDALE — The Tri-Town American Legion Baseball Team recently celebrated the end of their season with a banquet.
The Tri-town Team is from Putnam, Woodstock, and N. Grosvenordale, and is sponsored by the American Legion Posts in those towns. Their first game of the season was on June 13 at Tourtellotte Memorial High School against the Moosup team.
Their season ended on July 15 with a game against Danielson. They played 18 games in six weeks – a very demanding schedule with most of the games being played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
The Tri-Town team competes in the 19U division, which consists of players between the ages of 14 and 19 years old. According to Michael Merrill, the Tri-Town Baseball Committee chariman, “The average age of their players is 15.8 years old. So they are a young team, and they were competing against teams in Eastern Connecticut’s Zone 6 that had a full roster of older, more experienced players.”
Michael Rocchetti, commander of Putnam’s Post 13, had words of praise for the team:
“Overall, they played much better than their 3-14 record would indicate, and they demonstrated an enormous amount of talent and potential.
"There aren’t that many people who can throw, catch, and hit a baseball like these young men. They have a lot to be proud of. Baseball is such a great sport, and the lessons they learn playing baseball such as commitment, dedication, teamwork, discipline, diligence, sportsmanship and fair play, and the importance of developing your skills, will serve them well in almost any other future endeavor.”
Rocchetti also recognized the volunteer efforts of the Baseball Committee, the coaches and staff including Michael Merrill, Jason Akana, Brandon Carita, and Matt Amendola. “They are doing good work for our community, They are making a big difference in the lives of these young men. We are very proud of them and their team.” Rocchetti also expressed gratitude that
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Front row from left: Aiden Brothers, Riley Sargent, Jacob Olson, William Ellsworth, Lucas Carita, Ceydian Campos, Benjamin Gustafson. Back: Assistant coach Brandon Carita, Issac Johnson, Robert Dion, Gabrial Girard, Nicholas Devlin, Brady Devlin, Robert Ellsworth, Jonathan Ferraro, Alexander Grauer, Head Coach Jason Akana
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