PARSIPPANY — Par-Troy Little League East held their opening day celebration for the 2016 season.
A moment of silence was part of the ceremony in memory of Ashley Cistaro. Ashley, a 9-year-old girl, and part of the PTE family passed away in April. She always had a smile on her face and her favorite colors were pink and purple. A paver will be placed in front of the concession stand in her honor. Our prayers go out to the Cistaro family. A paver stone will be placed in front of the concession stand in her memory.
Noah Lorencovitz who has been a PTE player since starting T-ball is 2008 is progressing in his recovery. A jersey was placed above home base in his honor.
Noah has been at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick. In his first week, he has made positive progress. The focus remains one day at a time and we are grateful that he continues to progress in the right direction.
His recovery is expected to take a long time, but what is frustrating is no one can tell exactly how long and how much of his abilities will come back.
Stimulation and familiarity are important components for his recovery. The family encourages friends and family members to continue recording voice messages and sending them to message4noah@gmail.com. (Multiple messages from the same person is ok).
Every opening day they honor a second year major’s baseball and softball player with the Michael Weist award. Michael was a player who gave his all, had great sportsmanship and teamwork. This is exactly what PTE and Little League is about. The managers from major’s baseball and softball from the previous season choose the award recipients. This year on the softball side the recipient is Chloe Budd. On the baseball side there was a tie. The recipients for baseball are Cal Braga and Eric Maciag.
Last year was another special year for PTE All Star Teams. The Little League Softball 11/12-year-old all-star team had a fantastic post season by winning the district title, coming from behind to win the sectional title and playing their hearts out in the state finals falling just short of a state title.
The Senior Softball team of girls from ages 13-16 won the district title, sectional title, and redeemed themselves from the previous year by winning the state title. They played in the regional tournament in Worcester Mass and were in the final 4 of that tournament falling just short of a trip to the Senior League World Series. Congratulations to both teams.
The 2016 Executive Board of Par-Troy Little League are:
- Paul Furfaro – VP Baseball
- Patsy Feola– VP Softball
- Dan Preston– League Information Officer
- Chris Mazzarella – VP Player Development
- Ed Weiss – Treasurer
- Tiffany Hiltz- Board Secretary
- Mike Plescia- Player Agent
- Safety Officer- Bob Pisillo
Par-Troy Little League East was initially chartered with Little League International in 1962. At that time, there were three chartered Little Leagues in Parsippany; Par-Troy West, Par-Troy North and Par-Troy East. The East and West Little Leagues both played their games at the current Par-Troy East complex. The North Little League played it’s games on, what is now, St. Ann Church on Smith Road.
