The Martha s Vineyard Times
Invite a Shark into your home this summer
Host families still needed as baseball season approaches.
The Chatinover-O Connor family have a wall of photographs in their home of the players they ve hosted for the MV Sharks. -Courtesy Beth O Connor
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks have a stacked lineup; now they just need a place to keep those players and time is running out.
With just weeks until the season gets underway on June 3, the Sharks still need 10 to 12 beds for their players, general manager Russ Curran told The Times.
“The only thing that’s required is that the kid has a bed, a place to store food and cook if they want to, and a place to do laundry,” Curran said. If two players are placed at the same house, Curran typically makes sure one of them has a vehicle so there’s no transporting the players involved. “They will become family members for life after a summer with them.”
Holyoke City Council recommends new lease with Valley Blue Sox as Opening Day nears
Updated May 11, 9:15 AM;
Posted May 10, 8:53 PM
Jaron Robinson of the Valley Blue Sox connects during a championship game against the Ocean State Waves at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke in 2018. (The Republican file photo)Freelance
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HOLYOKE The City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday recommended a new lease between the Valley Blue Sox Foundation Inc. and the Parks and Recreation Department.
The Valley Blue Sox, part of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, play their home games at MacKenzie Stadium. The team won the league championship in 2017 and 2018. Its 2020 season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it plans to resume games this summer.
Westerners Looking For Host Families Written by Peter Carey
What is better than saying I knew them when ? Saying, They lived here for a season or three.
The Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League are looking for local families to host a player for this season. The Team is a non profit organization and the youth are collegiate baseball players from around the U.S.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A HOST FAMILY?
• Willingness to open your home to a college athlete.
• Provide a private bedroom for June & July
• Live within 25 miles of Danbury, CT.
• Provide kitchen access & meals as needed.
The North Shore Navigators have announced their schedule for the upcoming New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) season, featuring 21 home games at historic Fraser Field. NECBL Commissioner Sean McGrath and Navs President & General Manager Derek January made Thursday’s announcement.
North Shore returns to its original summer collegiate home in the NECBL for the first time since 2011. The season and home opener is set for Friday, June 4 when the Vermont Mountaineers travel down from Montpelier to Lynn for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch.
Home games at Fraser throughout the summer of 2021 are scheduled to begin at 6:35 p.m. on Monday through Saturday nights and 4:05 p.m. on Sundays.
Local roundup: Hanover’s Stocken shuts down Sunapee
Wes Stocken
Modified: 4/13/2021 9:50:02 PM
NORWICH The Hanover High baseball team rode six innings of four-hit Wes Stocken pitching and made the most of limited offensive opportunities to earn a 3-2 win over Sunapee on Tuesday at the Dresden Athletic Fields diamond, completing a two-game sweep of the Lakers.
Stocken, a junior, struck out four, walked one and didn’t allow a run after Sunapee (0-2) scored in the top of the second inning to erase an early Hanover run. Junior Josh Bucci worked the seventh for the save, allowing an unearned run.