0714 Joy League
2014 Rookie Cards Nicholas Roitman, Sean Stanton, Kai Sorge, Luke Matteo and Nathan Matteo are among a third generation of players who have learned how to play baseball in the Joy League.
Joy League baseball recently wrapped up its 57th consecutive season of daytime baseball. Commissioners Perry Akins and Ted Hagler awarded trophies to the teams that won their division championship.
The 2014 champions are:
A –Bucs, coached by John David Owen and Jim McMillan
AA –Bucs, coached by Britt Vibber
AAA –Sox, coached by John Cucinotta.
Each division champ played a game against an All-Star team composed of 12 players from its division. In addition, All-Stars from the Bucs and Cards played All-Stars from the Sox and Yanks in a T-Ball Rookie All-Star game. 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 nearly 200 boys and girls played in the league 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 how to play baseball.
-Submitted by Ashley Matteo
