THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 3, 1994 TAG: 9406010173
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 27 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Medium
DATELINE: 940603 LENGTH:
For the first time in about 10 years, Little League has returned and despite various prophets of doom, the season is underway.
{REST} Never mind that the league:
has only two fields in Chesapeake.
has no water or electricity - and therefore no lights - at those fields.
has to play some of its games in Virginia Beach.
It has 235 kids divided into 18 teams, and the league is still taking applications for some baseball and girls softball in the 16-18 age group.
``I rode around the city and looked for sites,'' league president Steve Haywood said. ``After I found a couple at Deep Creek Central Elementary School, I got approval from the city.''
However, Haywood and his group had to rework the fields and put up the backstops in two weeks. Donations for fence posts and building materials are still being sought for the facilities' completion.
Included in the work party were youngsters as well as adult leaders, Haywood said.
One field is for the minor and major league teams while a second field is for T-ball and coach-pitch squads. Girls softball will use the first field until a separate softball field becomes available.
In the first game at opening day April 30, Adam Lindahl pitched his Commerce Bank team to a 7-2 victory over the Colts. Both teams traveled to the Aragona-Pembroke field and defeated two Virginia Beach clubs.
Commerce Bank defeated the A-P Rangers behind the pitching of J.D. Carrico and Glendon Parke, who homered to seal the victory. The Colts rallied from a 7-2 deficit, tied the score in the bottom of the sixth and won the game, 8-7, as David Macklin scored the winning run all the way from first on Jonathan Buday's hit to right.
The Little League has a special Challenger Division, which is comprised of players with physical or mental handicaps that require special assistance in playing baseball.
by CNB