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50th Season Celebration a Great Success!!
Over 750 attended the WMLL 50th Season celebration on
Saturday, June 21. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time in a very
festive setting. Our appreciation goes out to all the sponsors who donated items for
the picnic. Also, thanks to all who helped organize the event and to all our former
board members and families who attended. Were it not for the forsight of these
individuals, we would not have the great program in such a beautiful setting that we enjoy
today. Congratulations also go out to Jim Nye, former WMLL Operations Manager, who
was recognized for his 31 years of service to WMLL. Although not able to attend the
event, Maury Tomczak was recognized as the longest serving Board member with 25 years of
dedicated service to WMLL. Maury still serves as WMLL Treasurer. Hats off to
Jim and Maury.
The Home Run Derby, sponsored by Culvers-Todd
Drive, was a lot of fun with almost 175 contestants taking their hacks on
the Senior Field. The largest contestant group, surprisingly, was the Over 40
crowd. Only one ball was knocked out of the park during the derby by Connor Heneghan
in the Senior Lg division. Cory Newburg almost had one out, but it hit the yellow
fence cap and bounced back in the park. Thanks to all the participants. Here is a
list of the winners in each age group:
-- 8-9 Yr Old Baseball: Jackson Murphy
-- 10 Baseball: Casey Olson
-- 11 Baseball: Raban Miller
-- 12 Baseball: Chris Bell-Clementi
-- Badger Lg Baseball: Will Marcus
-- Senior Lg Baseball: Conor Heneghan
-- 17-39 Age Group: Jake Byers
-- 40+ Age Group: Marcus Murphy
-- Girls' Softball 12 & Under: Bridgette Ruhle
And, one last big thank you to our WMLL
Concessions staff and Grounds Crew for a superb job in getting the picnic arranged and the
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Board Member Mark Newburg Honored by YMCA
WMLL Board member and
Pacific Lg coordinator, Mark Newburg,
was honored May 15 as the Volunteer of the Year for the West YMCA.
Mark has been a volunteer coach for basketball for over 8 years and
has coordinated the Memorial Tri-County Community basketball
program for 4 years. Congrats Mark!!! |
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New!!!!
2008 Season Action Photos
Check out the new WMLL photo website of
professional photographer,
Joe Henricks, at wmll.sportsphotosbyjoe.com.
Credit card orders are
accepted and 10% of all purchases will be donated back to WMLL by Joe.
If you haven't seen Joe's work before, check it out. He takes some
awesome action photos. Don't miss out seeing your player in action!!!
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Be Careful.......Player Almost Hit by Car!
Recently, a parent reported
that she almost hit a player who darted out from between cars parked along Forward
Drive. Fortunately, she was driving very slowly and cautiously just for this
reason. Parents need to remind their players to be VERY careful when crossing
Forward Drive and all parents need to REALLY SLOW DOWN when approaching the WMLL fields.
One other item......we
would ask parents to please
NOT pull into the WMLL main parking lot to drop off their players.
The lot is very small and crowded and turning around or backing out
is a challenge. Please use the signed "player drop off zone"
just to the north of the main entrance along Forward Drive. Thanks.
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WMLL Board
Meetings
Next board meeting is Sept 14 (6:00
pm @ Vitense Golfland).
Everyone is welcome at board meetings. The WMLL Board thanks Joel Weitz, Pres. of
Vitense Golfland for providing the meeting rooms for Board meetings free of charge.
In addition, Vitense is the official site of WMLL pre-season coach meetings and league
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WMLL
hosts successful 2007 State Tournament
-- from John Welk,
who maintains a webpage (unpage@aol.com),
which chronicles the history of Little League baseball tournaments in Wisconsin:
"I was
extremely impressed with the job West Madison did in their role as host for the
tournament. The field was in great shape, etc. etc., but the little touches -- the
"state champions" t-shirts, the fireworks, the bunting all around the
field -- really went the extra mile in helping to make the experience
special. I have attended a couple of dozen state tournaments in different states over
the years, including in Wisconsin, and I would rank what I saw last Friday right at the
top of the list. Congratulations to your organizing committee on a superb
job." Thanks John!! |
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District 4 Umpires Recognized
District 4 Umpire Dave Thom was honored by being selected to
be on the umpire crew for the 2007 Little League World Series in Williamsport
for the Majors Division (12 year olds). This is the highest honor a LL ump can
receive and Dave was the first Wisconsin ump in 28 years to be selected. Dave has helped
WMLL in a number of ways including on-site, game training with our own umpires.
Congratulations Dave!!!
Click here for an article
on LL World Series Umps with Dave interviewed
District 4 Umpire Jason Kelly was
selected to umpire in the 2007 Little League Baseball EMEA (European, Middle Eastern,
African) Junior Regional, in Kutno, Poland. Congratulations Jason!!!
District 4 Umpire Rich Fronheiser was selected to
work the 2007 Senior Central Region Tournament in Peru, IL. Congratulations Rich!!!
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