I know we're rooting for the PA team (outside of philly) but the Maryland team has a kid we all have to root for - #77 Peyton Castellow introduces himself by declaring "I like to wrestle"
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My cousins boy played for team Virginia a couple years ago. He made ESPNs play of the day with a game ending catch he made.
He too likes to wrestle. He's won a few Virginia state wrestling championships throughout his youth.
and he was the smallest dude too. loved it.
if you follow the LL games (not just this age group) the PA (kennett square) rep for the junior division won the east regional and will rep the east in the World series. They beat NY 15-5 in the regional final.
They are solid.
Back to what we are watching,....NJ beat PA and awaits the winner of this game. PA would have to beat them twice to go to Wpt.
yea, he won States on our field - Tuckahoe - think he had a slam in that game.
Team Maryland moves on. And I believe they only have to beat the team who hasn't lost once to make it to the LLWS.
That was a painful inning for PA. I live 25 minutes from Thurmont (cute town just south of Gettysburg) so I was pulling for them, but you hate to see young kids struggle like that PA pitchers did...
Yep. Youth sports would be so much better without the parents.
we would have much better coaching, leagues, reffing, events if parents acted liked parents. Keeps a lot of good people from volunteering.
It's a shame what has happened over the years. Back in the 1970s into the early 1980s I helped coach CYO age group Track & Field and Cross Country teams and the help given by parents was key to our success. We had 4 different age groups, boys and girls, and had a coach for each of those 8 teams plus a specific coach for each field event (high jump, long jump, and shot put) and they were all parents. I don't remember even one problem with a parent.
Parents should have sex and shut up!
theres a woman that shows up to all my kids games that Im going to bring this up too.
Oh, the stories I could tell about youth Track and Field parents, and not stories like Dogwelder mentions, either.
Well, that would make for interesting practices.Parents should have sex and shut up!
Parents are the #1 problem with youth sports. #2 is the coach (usually hell bent on winning, etc) - trying to still reach for glory . This is looking at youth sports when asking what is wrong. Lots of good answers when asking what is right.
. This is looking at youth sports when asking what is wrong. Lots of good answers when asking what is right.
Back in the good old days you could leave your children unattended for hours with a drunk, abusive Walter Matthau. Parents stayed away until you started winning. Also, children smoked cigarettes and rode motorcycles. Little league is totally different now.
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A wise coaching mentor of mine used to say "you don't draft the kids, you draft the families".
Served me well as a youth coach in a variety of sports.
Served me well as a youth coach in a variety of sports.
I coached, umpired and sat on the board of our local Little league and Babe Ruth leagues. I got in a nasty debate on the L.L board when the coaches were cutting roster sizes so they did not have to deal with the mandatory play rules. I said it would come back to have a long term spiral effect on participation. The league is now defunct. Coaches fault.
I then had the pleasure to run our youth basketball program. Almost 250 kids with 24 travel teams. I listed my phone number on the sign up sheets for the parents to contact me with any problems. I could write a book on the idiotic complaints I received. My typical response was," It is not a mandate that your child plays basketball". Parent's fault.
Youth sports should be a teaching tool for real life situations. It should reflect sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. You're going to make mistakes and be made aware of it by a superior.
I think some of the problem kids have today in dealing with life difficulties is related to not being prepared for those situations when they are young.
I then had the pleasure to run our youth basketball program. Almost 250 kids with 24 travel teams. I listed my phone number on the sign up sheets for the parents to contact me with any problems. I could write a book on the idiotic complaints I received. My typical response was," It is not a mandate that your child plays basketball". Parent's fault.
Youth sports should be a teaching tool for real life situations. It should reflect sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. You're going to make mistakes and be made aware of it by a superior.
I think some of the problem kids have today in dealing with life difficulties is related to not being prepared for those situations when they are young.
Would that be in groups, two at a time or if necessity dictates one at a time?Parents should have sex and shut up!
Even when never acted upon, aren't we always thinking of tapping that?
Oh, good Lord. Punctuation matters.
Thanks for sharing. Similar experiences as umpire and coach, though I must say, most (parents) were awesome. Only a couple made it bad for everyone.
If that bro had heard lionlover, Vinnie thinks that bro would want to get through this whole thing as quickly, and with as little pain as possible.
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Holbrook LL from Jackson, NJ wins Mid Atlantic region. Former Holbrook LL All-Star. Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale.
this is from todays world championship
this kennett square team is loaded. saw them in the PA championship tourney
this kennett square team is loaded. saw them in the PA championship tourney
