9-10 Year Old Butler Township Sanction Little League Team



Front Row Left to Right: Clint Regal, Chris Gamble, Michael Mikula, Ryan Denny, Nick Patten, Jacob Lenhardt, Cory Wheeler, Mark Gross, Luke Baranchak, Adam Schaffner. On vacation but part of team: TJ Rice and Jesse Savisky

Back Row - Left to Right: Manager: Daryl Patten, Coach: Curt Gross

Butler Township 9-10 year olds are not afraid to swing their bats. They work hard, and hit the pitches they encounter from every team, standing at the plate like they want to play baseball. Defensively they show the same enthusiasm. The pitching is deep, considering they are a 9-10 year old team, and the pitchers have a lot of gloves ready to make the plays behind them. They are a great group of boys and their love of the game paid off as they won the District 25 Championship.

11-12 Year Old Butler Township Sanction Little League Team



Members of the team: Left to Right First Row - Spencer Murray, Kevin Clapper, Dante Dorcy, Dalton Koebler, Alex Ziegler and Michael Connelly

Second Row - Manager John Baranchak, Tommy Bruce, Chris Cotton, Matthew Baranchak, Cody West, Colin McKee, David Tompkins, Scorekeeper Bruce Ziegler and Coach Jim Murray

Butler Township traveled to Plymouth Meeting, PA and had a 7-5 come-from-behind win over Lehigh Valley. They will now travel to Bristol, Connecticut and the Mid-Atlantic Regional as Pennsylvania's representative in the Little League World Series. Butler Township will face New Jersey on Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 8:00 PM. Season record for Butler Township is 12-1 so far. They will also face Delaware on Monday, Maryland on Tuesday and Washington, D.C. on Thursday in pool play. Based on record and run differential, it will move on to the semifinals August 13 which will be televised on ESPN.