Utica Post 229 Legion Baseball

Outback Fundraiser February 4th

ggaeta27 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:21:06 +0000

Utica Post 229 Baseball Fundraiser

At Outback Steakhouse

Saturday February 4^th from 11-12

Must be seated by 12:00

Tickets $15

Lunch buffet including steak and chicken, mashed potato,

salad, bread and non-alcoholic beverages

Tickets must be purchased by Jan 26th.

You can reserve a ticket by emailing up229@roadrunner.com.

DeBernardis Earns National Honor

ggaeta27 — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:28:25 +0000

Thomas DeBernardis, a 4 year member of the Utica Post 229 American Legion Baseball Team, was named the ‘Captain of the All Academic Team’, a national scholarship awarded to one player each season.

DeBernardis was selected to represent the Utica Post 229 American Legion Baseball team as its applicant for the Department of New York Scholarship. Tom was one of three winners of the Department scholarship and subsequently was selected to advance and represent the Department for the North East Regional Scholarship. Tom was awarded the North East Regional Scholarship and then advanced to the National level and was named the ‘Captain of the All Academic Team’.

Congratulations to Tom on his well deserved achievements. Tom will be attending Cazenovia College in the fall.

All Star Selections

ggaeta27 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:15:27 +0000

Congratulations to the Gary McConnell, Mike Obernesser, Justin Hall, and Dan Priore for being selected for the District 5 All Star team for being one of the best in the league at their respective positions.

The All Star game will be held Monday August 1st at 7PM at Delutis Field.

Utica Post falls in Championship Game

ggaeta27 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:15:01 +0000

Friday July 22

Utica Post reached the District 5 championship game for the third consecutive year, with this year being a rematch of last season. Last season Utica Post fought through the losers bracket to defeat Whitestown twice.

This year followed the same path with Utica coming through the losers bracket with a walk off win against Roberts, a two run victory over Moran, a one run victory over Helmuth, and a walk off victory against Smith Post. After defeating Smith Post, Whitestown was waiting as the undefeated team, only this time Whitestown proved to be too much and defeated Utica 15-3 to capture the District Championship and move on to the NYS Championship Tournament in Binghamton.

Utica Post finished the season with a 21-11 overall record.

Utica advances

ggaeta27 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:21:27 +0000

The scoring happened early and often for both teams with Utica jumping out to a 9-4 lead. In the 5th inning Helmuth scored 4 runs to pull within 1 run at 9-8. Neither team would score over the last 4 innings. Ben Rolewicz shut down the Utica offense and the combination of Sal Carollo and Nick Maldanado kept Helmuth off the board for the final 4 innings.

Utica got 3 hits and an RBI from Mike Obernesser. Justin Hall added a hit and 2 RBI while Matt Scotellaro added 2 hits and an RBI. Ben Rolewicz had 2 hits and an RBI for Helmuth and Kinnon Nolan Finkel had a hit and 2 RBI.

Utica advances to play Smith Post Friday at 430 at Delutis Field. The winner of that game will then play Whitestown at 8PM. Should Whitestown lose that game, the two teams will play for the championship on Saturday at 6PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Helmuth	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	10	1
Utica	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	13	0

WP – Ismael Morelles

LP – MIke Wilson

Heat Causes Schedule Changes

ggaeta27 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:29:30 +0000

Due to the extreme heat today the District 5 Championship Tournament schedule has been modified to the following:

Thursday July 21

Game 12: Helmuth-Ingalls vs. Utica @ 7pm

Friday July 22

Game 13:Winner Game 12 vs. Smith @ 4:30pm
Game 14:Winner Game 13 vs. Whitestown @ 8pm

Saturday July 23

Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Whitestown @ 6pm (if necessary)

Utica Eliminates Moran

ggaeta27 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:30:50 +0000

Utica Post outlasted Moran Sylvan Beach in a slugfest that saw the teams combine for 31 hits and 19 runs. In an elimination game that pitted the top two seeds against each other, Utica got 7 solid innings from starter Mike Lackey who allowed only 2 earned runs. The star of the day for Utica was Nick Maldanado who had 4 hits and an RBI and came in the game with the bases loaded and a 1 run lead in the 8th inning to earn the save. Utica Post also got offensive help from Jordan Treen who added 2 hits and 2 RBI and Mike Obernesser had 3 hits and an RBI. Moran got 3 hits from Jake O’Rouke and 2 hits and 3 RBI from Jake Clark.

The remaining tournament schedule is as follows:

Thursday July 21st

Game 12: Helmuth Ingals vs. Utica—5:30 pm @ Delutis Field 1
- (Loser Eliminated)
Game 13: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser of Smith v Whitestown—8:30 pm @ Delutis Field 1

(Loser Eliminated)

Friday July 22nd

Game 14: Winner of Whitestown v Smith vs. Winner Game 13—4:30 pm @ Delutis Field 1
Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14—8:00 pm @ Delutis Field 1

(if necessary)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Utica	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	10	17	2
Moran	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	8	14	2

WP – Mike Lackey

LP – Mike House

Updated playoff schedule

ggaeta27 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:42:24 +0000

The District 5 playoffs are underway. All games will be played at Delutis Field.

Wednesday July 20th

Game 9: Helmuth Ingalls vs. Adrean—1:00 pm @ Delutis Field 1
- (Loser Eliminated)
Game 10: Loser of (Whitestown v. Moran Sylvan Beach) vs. Utica—4:30 pm @ Delutis Field 1
- (Loser Eliminated)
Game 11: Smith vs. Winner of (Whitestown v Sylvan Beach)—8:00 pm @ Delutis Field 1

Thursday July 21st

Game 12: Winner game 9 vs. Winner Game 10—4:30 pm @ Delutis Field 1
- (Loser Eliminated)
Game 13: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 11—8:00 pm @ Delutis Field 1

(Loser Eliminated)

Friday July 22nd

Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13—4:30 pm @ Delutis Field 1
Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14—8:00 pm @ Delutis Field 1

(if necessary)

July 23rd & July 24th will be used as Rain Dates if necessary.

Utica rallies to eliminate Roberts

ggaeta27 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:21:05 +0000

Utica Post scored in the bottom of the 9th inning on a pinch hit single by Ismael Morelles to win in walk off fashion. Mike Obernesser led off the inning with a double and scored the winning run. Tom DeBernardis scattered 7 hits and stuck out 7 while going the distance for the victory on the mound. Gary McConnell had 2 hits and Jordan Treen had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Chas Parsons was the tough luck loser as he went the distance, allowing 7 hits and adding 7 strike outs. Chas also had 2 hits and an RBI.

Utica will move on to play tomorrow at 430 against the loser of the game between Whitestown and Moran Sylvan Beach.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	3
Utica	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	7	2

WP – Tom DeBernardis

LP – Chas Parsons

Smith defeats Utica

ggaeta27 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:41:21 +0000

Smith Post used a big 6 run second inning to put Utica in a hole that was too big to climb out of. Smith combined 3 hits with 2 walks and 3 Utica errors to plate 6 runs in the 2nd inning. Tim Saccento had 4 hits and an RBI and Steve Eychner had 3 hits and an RBI for Smith Post. Brandon Bertrand earned the victory on the mound.

Utica was led offensively by Justin Hall with 3 hits, while Matt Scotellaro and Mike Obernesser contributed 2 hits each. Utica stranded 14 baserunners throughout the game.

Utica moves on in the losers bracket to play Roberts Post tomorrow at 1 PM at Delutis Field. Smith moves on in the winners bracket to play Helmuth Ingalls at 430 PM at Delutis Field.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Smith	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	10	13	1
Utica	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	9	3

WP – Brandon Bertrand

LP – Wendell Wright