Valley West Little League

Let’s start talking baseball! Be ready come spring by participating in some great training sessions! 2021!!!

Your Valley West Little League Board Of Directors would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2021! Let’s go 2021 season!!! Your Valley West Little League Board Of Directors would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2021! Let’s go 2021 season!!!

To All Valley Wester’s: We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. With all that 2020 has thrown our way, take a moment to cherish family, friends and loved ones. Be safe and enjoy this holiday season. On behalf of your Board of Directors,... Daniel Zola, President Valley West Little League

REGISTRATION FEE GRANT PROGRAM Valley West Little Leaguer’s! In these tough times, Little League International has joined with T-Mobile offering grant opportunities to cover little league registration fees! Here at Valley West Little League we want all children to have an opportunity to participate. Very simple application process and completely confidential! On behalf of your Board of Directors,... Daniel Zola, President Valley West Little League https://www.littleleague.org/call-up-grant-program/

Valley West Little League Parents 2021 Spring Registration Form is now available in a fillable pdf version. Click on the link below to start the Registration process. All Registration Forms must be submitted in person at any one of our registering events. Next Event: Thursday, December 10, 2020 @ The Sugarloaf Golf Club 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm... Thank you, Daniel Zola, President Valley West Little League https://pdf.ac/FoEOR

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Valley West Little Leagues first 2021 Registration Event will take place this Thursday, December 10, 2020 at the Sugarloaf Golf Club from 5pm-7pm.

Valley West Baseball - Babe Ruth Registration Forms are now available for the 2021 Valley West Baseball Babe Ruth season! Click the link below for our easy to use registration form. Simply fill out the form and submit at any one of Valley West Little League’s registration events. The first registration event will take place at the Sugarloaf Golf Club, Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 5:00-6:00 pm.... https://pdf.ac/oVtaV

VWLL will hold its annual reorganizational meeting on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 7:00PM at the Little League Field at Whispering Willows Park. The purpose of the meeting is to elect board members and officers for the upcoming year. The newly elected Board will then entertain comments, questions and suggestions from the public. A copy of the Agenda for the meeting is attached. Anyone can serve on the board. If you are interested or know someone who is, please contact... me and we will discuss the nomination process. OUR LEAGUE IS IN NEED OF A NEW PRESIDENT AS I WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING A NOMINATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. It has been an honor to serve this league as President the past 3 years; however I would like to focus my extra personal time with my son during his final season in Little League. Here are the board positions: VOTING PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT (Little League) VICE PRESIDENT (Babe Ruth) SECRETARY TREASURER COACHING COORDINATOR PLAYER AGENT COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR MINOR LEAGUE COORDINATOR SAFETY OFFICER EQUIPMENT OFFICER FIELD MAINTENANCE OFFICER MANAGER REPRESENTATIVE (current seat is Jim Pecora who will remain on the board until the election in March by the Managers of the Major Division) NON-VOTING INFORMATION OFFICER CONCESSION MANAGER (formerly LADIES’ AUXILIARY) T-BALL COORDINATOR DIRECTOR OF REALITY If you have any questions regarding any specifics of a position, please let me know and I can provide you with the position responsibilities. Everyone is encouraged to attend and I hope to see you there. Thank you Joshua Esposito VWLL - President

Progress!!! Phase II of the new Valley West Little League deck was completed this past week! Concrete was poured and lumber delivered. Board Members Adam Staffin and John Welch of High Mountain Hardware Inc. formed out and poured over 2,000 lbs of concrete courtesy of Jay Fegley Metered Concrete Solutions, LLC. A huge thank you to Jay Fegley for donating not only the concrete but his unique metered concrete trailer! His system allows for specific metered mixtures of conc...rete for transport and delivery where smaller batches are needed. Adam Staffin, John Welch and fellow Board members Jon Klinger and Pat Knelly also delivered the brand new pressure treated lumber for the project. Phase III construction also began this week. Keep posted for updates! As always, we ask that you recognize and support those businesses that support Valley West Little League. If you need concrete, contact Jay Fegley at Metered Concrete Solutions, LLC. Visit Metered Concrete Solutions, LLC on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com//Metered-Concrete-Solutions-1169/ Or contact Jay Fegley by telephone at Metered Concrete Solutions, LLC: (570) 233-3290 For general contractors in need of the highest quality doors, frames, and hardware for commercial, institutional, healthcare, and industrial applications contact High Mountain Hardware Inc. Owner Adam Staffin and his company have been involved with Valley West Little League for years, donating resources and volunteering time to make the League better. Visit High Mountain Hardware Inc. at their website: https://www.hmhdoor.com (t) 1-570-929-2040 On behalf of your Board of Directors, Daniel Zola, President

That’s a wrap! VWLL season concluded last night with the final game of a 3 game championship series. McNelis Law are the 2020 season champions with Valley Pharmacy coming in 2nd! Congratulations to both teams for playing your best and showing good sportsmanship! We hope everyone has a great off season. Stay safe, stay healthy and keep working towards your personal-best baseball goals for next season! See you on the field next Spring!

Saturday’s Homerun Derby Winners were Jack Esposito age 11-12 bracket and Christopher Knelly age 9-10 bracket. Way to represent boys!!! Congratulations and a BIG THANK YOU you to ALL of the VWLL Boys who showed up and had some homerun derby fun!! Also, an extra special thank you to all of the VWLL coaches, board members and players fathers who came to volunteer their time to make the derby a fun success!!

VWLL Annual Home Run Derby powered by T-Mobile and Little League is tomorrow, Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Whispering Willows Little League Field!!! Hopefully you marked your calendars when the save the date post was sent out. You’ve heard me say it a hundred times, this season is different from all the others and this year’s home run derby is following suite. Since we cannot have our Annual League Picnic with our traditional home run derby, we elected to register our l...Continue reading

Volunteers still needed for our golf tournament this Sunday. Please consider volunteering your time. Text Gregg Pavlick 570-233-9118. Thank you in advance for your consideration!!

A MUST SEE POST!! FUN and SUPPORT for our league is on its way! VWLL 3rd Annual Golf Tournament - Sunday, September 20,2020 @ Sugarloaf Golf Club We’ve asked you to mark your calendars and now the event is finally here!!! We hope you all (Minor League and Little League families come out and support our League on Sunday. Whether you want to play golf, volunteer your time and help, or donate to our cause, we can’t wait to see you there!!! ...Continue reading

Play off updates. Check it out! Two upsets last weekend as Maylath’s beat the number 3 seed Valley Athletics and Conyngham Builders beat Conyngham Pharmacy. And another great game last night!! ... McNelis Law vs. Maylath Therapy Maylath’s took an early lead and held it all the way til 5th inning and ended up losing to McNelis in bottom of the 6th inning. Way to pull off the win McNelis! They will be advancing to the finals. Tuesday, September 15 at 6:00 - # 2 Seed Valley Pharmacy vs. Conyngham Builders The winner of each game will square off for the 2020 VWLL Championship. Game 1 - Friday, September 18 at 6:00 Game 2 - Saturday, September 19 at 6:00 Game 3 (if needed) - Monday, September 21 at 6:00 Please come out and cheer on our Little Leaguers as we close out the season. We love seeing you all there and rooting for all of the kids!!

We would like to take a moment to recognize VWLL President Joshua Esposito and the Board of Directors for the outstanding job they did in making this season happen! We are grateful for all of your hard work, dedication, time, care and love you put into the league this past season. Without your efforts our children would not have had the opportunity to enjoy normalcy during these difficult times. Hats off to each of you!! Thank you for ‘pitching in’ and making our season hap...pen! Executive Board Members: Josh Esposito, Michael Balay, Bob Tranguch, Gregg Pavlick. Remaining Board Members: Jim Pecora, Adam Staffin, Greg Sniscak, Michael Masias, Pat Knelly, John Klinger, Adam Hoover, John Welch, Russ Canzler and Emil Gennaro.

Baseball is not over yet!! We still have some games to play!! The following is a message from our league president which includes playoff schedule AND annual Homerun Derby info!!!! As the end of the 2020 season is quickly approaching, I want to thank you for your cooperation this season. Everyone did a fantastic job following the Mitigation Plan we put in place. ...Continue reading

Our successful VW baseball season is quickly coming to a close... but we still have some fun in store for everyone! Here are a few SAVE the DATE’s for you to put on your calendars. Play off’s ARE happening this season They will begin Sat, 9/12/20. There will be a championship 3 game series, Fri 9/18, Sat 9/19 and if needed game on Mon 9/21. More details will follow. ... Golf Tournament is also happening this year! Save the Date for Sunday September 20, 2020. We will need volunteers! Start putting together your foursomes! Details will be coming soon!!

Hooray !!! It’s Opening Day for MLB....and Best wishes to Valley West Little League as well !! The Garden Tearoom puts the tea in Team !!! LOL... We are working on some new ideas ... watch for info in August .

Opening Day for VWLL has arrived!!!! Hope everyone has a great day! Good luck to every team, coaches, and coaching staff. The BOD has worked tirelessly to make this the best possible playing situation for all to enjoy! Let’s go Valley Athletics, Valley Pharmacy, Maylath, McNeils Law, Conyngham Pharmacy, and Conyngham Builders (in no particular order) ...And remember to stay hydrated on this hot day!