PARSIPPANY — The rain didn’t stop the parade of Little Leaguers on Saturday, April 22 as Par-Troy Little League East prepared for their opening day games.
Par-Troy East President Jeff Levine welcomed the attendees to the Par-Troy East Little League Complex to celebrate the official opening of the 2017 Little League season and their 55th year in Little League.
Among the attendees were family, friends, parents, and dignitaries. The dignitaries included Mayor James Barberio, Council Vice President Robert Peluso, Councilman Paul Carifi, Jr., and Councilman Michael dePierro. Also in attendance was Past President and Superintendent of Recreation Joe Plescia, Past President John Bucciarelli, Past President Tracy Waffenfeld, Mr. & Mrs. Delio (Whom Delio field is named after), Past President Peggy Clayton, Par-Troy West Little League President Frank Neglia and Mike Revette, SBVP Par-Troy West Little League.
In addition, the Lorencovitz family was in attendance. Noah will always be in our hearts and we pray for you and your family everyday.
Levine then introduced the 2017 Executive Board: Mike Plescia, Player Agent; Paul Furfaro, Vice President Baseball; Patsy Feola, Vice President Softball; Chris Mazzarella, Information Officer; John Corforte, Vice President Development; Ed Weiss, Treasurer; Jeff Sherry, Safety Officer and League Secretary, Tiffany Hiltz.
Levine also thanked the Mayor and the Township for all of their support. Anytime they need something done at the complex from tree work, line painting, black top patch work. It’s nice to know we have a partner in Town Hall.
“The league can’t operate without our board of directors. These are the men and women who volunteer their time to run the league. Thank you for everything that you do. I also want to thank all the managers and coaches for volunteering their time all for the benefit of the kids in our league,” said Jeff Levine.
“I’d also like to thank the Township of Parsippany, Recreation Department, Parks and Forestry and the Board of Education for the use of their fields, and support of our league and the PAL for the use of there facilities,” he continued.
“We rely on our sponsors to help support our league. Most of them are local but a few are from out of town. One sponsor that deserves a special thank you is Stop & Shop. They generously donated a pallet of water and Boars Head Hot Dogs which are at the concession stand saving the league about $2,000. Thank you Stop & Shop we appreciate your support. I also want to thank Modell’s for there support. Modell’s has been a partner with Par-Troy East for many years from selling T-shirts the Little League World Series team and donating every penny back to the league. They also have the 20% off coupons and donate 5% back to the league. They also donate gift cards for today’s event. We have so many sponsors who have sponsored for many years, I would thank each one but that may take a while. Please look around and take notice of the banners, team sponsors, and sponsors on the website. Please frequent these establishments and thank them for their support of Par-Troy East,” he continued.
Levine ended by saying “There are so many people who volunteer so much around here but a few that need special thanks. I can go on for hours about everything these volunteers have done for our league not just this year but in many prior years as well. Mike Wisniewski, Dom Colossauno, Dave Deckert, Rich Leitner, Mike Plescia, Bob Devens, and Kevin Hansberry. There are many more but like I said we would be here for hours. A special thank you goes out to these gentleman who have done so much for our league and continue to do so.”
Every opening day Par-Troy Little League honors a second year majors baseball and softball player with the Michael Weist Sportsmanship Award. Michael was a player who had great sportsmanship, teamwork and dedication to Par-Troy East. The managers from majors baseball and softball from the previous season choose the award recipients. This year on the softball side the recipient is Olivia Marto. On the baseball side the managers had a hard time choosing one recipient. So this year they had two. The recipients for baseball are Dylan Preston and Derek Furfaro.
