The 44th Hudson Kiwanis Summer Baseball season has come to a close this month.
With the most registrants the program has had in the last seven years, this season was a truly fun and competitive one. We ended the season with our championship tournaments and all-star games and are featuring our champions and runners-Up here.
The Hudson Kiwanis Baseball organization would like to thank the players, parents, and families for their participation.
We’d like to thank our coaches for volunteering their time, energy and dedication to teaching these kids to play with good sportsmanship and camaraderie.
Finally, we’d like to thank our sponsors for their generous contributions that help fund our league: Ault Chiropractic, Clear Vision, Cortland Bank, Kyle Nelman MD of Crystal Clinic, Dairy Queen Streetsboro, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dumont Sports, Equitable Advisors, Family Dental Care Mark Kolosionek DDS, Gionino’s Pizza, Great Clips, Hallgarth Orthodontics, Hershey’s Ice Cream, Jessie Flagg Obert at Howard Hanna, Hudson Wealth Management, Karen Schen DDS, Kurtz & Company Keller Williams Chervenic Realty, Marconi Baseball Academy, McElhinney & Breha Orthodontics, Mertes Pediatric Dentistry, Mobile Locker, Next Generation Films, Ohio Organics & Nature, Personnel Solutions Of Cincinnati, Plastiwin, Relace My Glove, RXA, Sedan Or Van Transportation, Shipalytics LLC, Smiles By White, Smiths Curated, Stark & Knoll Co., Summit Home Lending, Sweeping Corp Of America, Tullio Construction, Union Capital Mortgage, Verizon, Dave’s Cosmic Subs.
We hope to see your kids for our next baseball program, the Tournament Season. Sign up at http://hudsonkiwanis.website.sportssignup.com/.
AA-League (7/8 yrs)
Championship Team: Hot Rods
Pictured: Coaches from left to right are Jon Kuznicki, Andy Robinson, Nick Abernathy, Wes Alexinas. Players left to right are Luke McGahee, Mason Swanson, Jameson Meikle, Levi Kuznicki, Lyncoln Alexinas, Owen Abernathy, Santino Alonzo, Caden Thies, Alex Robinson, Finn Alexinas. Missing from the picture is Ben Gotts.
Runners Up: Grasshoppers
Front row, L to R: Anthony Tortorici, Leighton Maksim, Lucas Nithang, Luke Garofalo, Evan Lerner, Weston Lane, Parker Bishop, Jack Gladman, William Lane
Second row, L to R: Coach Jim Lane, Coach Oscar Gladman
AAA-League (9/10)
Champion: Angels
Row 1 L to R: Gus Haritakis, Owen Morvillo, Gavin Graybill. Row 2 L to R: John DeBlaey, Torin Gondek, Will Mize, Andrew Krysiak, Nick Wojnowski, Zack Fitzgerald, Evan Rhoa, Max Chottiner. Coaches: Jeff Krysiak, Rob Morvillo.
Runners Up: Orioles
Row 1 L to R: Connor Vincent, Matthew Stralka, Brody Korff, Gavin Anisinis. Row 2 L to R: Colin Curran, James Naples, RJ Takacs, James McGahee, Lucas Bauer, Alex Urrea, Jason Fink, Davis Leipzig. Coaches: Mark Stralka, Kevin Bauer, Greg Curran. Missing Ben Donatelli
AAA-League All Stars Red Team – Runner Up
Row 1 L to R – Dominic Maksim, James Naples, Abram Gallegos, Nick Wojnowski, Lilly Buynak, Landon Knight. Row 2 L to R – Brady Besso, John DeBlaey, Lucas Bauer, Alex Urrea, Josh Gross, Andrew Krysiak. Back – Coaches Geoff Besso, Kevin Bauer, Kevin Gross
AAA-League All Stars Blue Team – Winner
1st Row L to R : Alex Sredinski, Max Hainrihar, Augie Loboda, Sammy Nithang, Jackson Ratliff, Dylan Rettig. 2nd Row L to R: Jacob Aurand, Mason Rodgers, Maximus Amato, Markus Pilch, James Chandler, Adam Beam, David Morgan. 3rd Row L to R: Jim Sredinski, Alan Pilch, Aaron Nithang, Dave Ratliff. Not shown Nick Melfi.
Major League (11/12)
Champion: Braves
Front: Ben Sykes, Matt Yurak, Justin Brown and Mike Lacey
Middle: George Haritakis, Jackson Babers, Charlie Lawrence, Liam Graham, Matthew Krysiak, Alex Parker, Nolan Ramey
Coaches: Head Coach Chris Lawrence, Jonathan Hunsicker, Assistant Coach Jeff Krysiak
Runners Up: Giants
R to L: Jackson Fordenwalt, Nolan Maxwell, Noah Shaffer, Hart Clepper, Roman Shaffer, Mathias Morvillo, Aiden Buterbaugh, Landin Noggle, Grant Clepper, John Stralka, Ryan McNeill. Coaches: Rob Morvillo, Shawn Buterbaugh.
All Stars: Winner Against Aurora All Stars