The Homewood Joy League recently wrapped up its 56th consecutive season of daytime baseball. Commissioners Perry Akins and Ted Hagler awarded championship trophies to the teams that won the league’s divisions.
The 2013 champions are: A – The Sox; AA – The Bucs, and AAA – The Yanks.
To end the season, each division champ played a game against an All-Star team composed of 12 players from its division.
Following those games, the coaches, players and their families enjoyed a traditional watermelon picnic.
Each year, Joy League games are played on Saturday mornings on the two diamonds at Edgewood Elementary School. A total of 219 boys and girls played in league games this year.
Established in 1958 by the late John J. Smith, Sr., the Joy League provides its third generation of players a fun place to learn the game of baseball.
