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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-04 clippings related to Little Leagues Baseball (WeekDay)The Kiwanis play in the North Palm Beach Youth Athletic Association. They are in the Major League, which is for youngsters 10, 11 and 12 years old. Saturday the Kiwanis won their first game of the season. The 9-2 victory raised their record to 1-3. t The manager of the Kiwanis is Warren Blancherd. This is his first year of coaching and he thinks it's just great. He has other coaches that help him out, Ed Pelzar and Ed Preti. "It works out real well," Blanchard said. -` ` We three are very busy but one of us can always be at practice." Betty Green also helps out the team by being the Team Mother. Blanchard feels the NPBYAA offers the children quite a lot. "A lot of our players have never played organized ball. Thisgives them the opportunity to play under supervision and . it lets them learn to win and lose." WeekDay April 21-27, 1982 KIWANIS TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE Coaches Ed Pelczar,, Warren Blanchard, and Ed Preti. Back row [1-r] : Richard Blanchard, Gary Pelczar, Paul Kubiak, David Homey, aid David Szmukler. Front row [I-r] : Sam Lucido, Danny Bussert, Chris Preti, Terry Green, Matthew Back, and Matthew S wverc_ 1Mmners The Panthers are sponsored by Kendall Construction. They are members of the , North Palm Beach Little League and Frank Russo is the manager. The Panthers have been very uccessful. Last year they won the. ,eague Championship and this year L Ley are in first place with an tnbienzished 3-0 record. In their last game, the Panthers had an eight run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning to post a 10-2 victory. Manager Russo has been coaching little league ball for 15 years. Nine of those years have been here, but the other six years he coached in New Jersey. Russo is helped by the assistant coach of the Panthers, Don Ayers. The team mother is Dorothy Fasulo. Russo (-aid that he had a very young team and that only four of the players eurned from last year's squad. Russo also commented that he had a very attentive bunch. "Most of them listen, and that's the . most important thin ' . " THE KENDALL CONSTRUCTION PANTHERS are: Back row, left to right: Coach Don Ayers, Scott Garuis, John Hildreth, Brian Fasulo, Mike Ayers, John Yohanan, Marc Cook, and Manager Frank Russo. Front row, left to right: Todd Brosius, Tom Kelleher, Jamie Vignone, Scott Didia, Mike Beebe, and Scott Renshaw.