North Salem Rec Baseball Team Wins Championship

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. – The North Salem Tigers 23 and Under baseball team won the Westchester Putnam Baseball Association Summer Collegiate Championship on Monday.

North Salem blanked the Shrub Oak Storm, 7-0, to capture the 2012 championship. Each player received a championship jacket.

The Tigers defeated Cortland, 7-2, at Volunteers Park in the quarterfinals and then edged the Shrub Oak Diamondbacks, 4-3, in the semifinals. The Diamondbacks were the first place team in the WPBA and will play in the national collegiate tournament in Youngstown, Ohio.

Here is the full roster, along with ages and colleges, for the champion Tigers, coached by manager Kevin Loftus and assistant coaches Phil Wissel and James O’Hare.

Dan Loftus                   22                     Holy Cross University

Matt Mackenzie            23                     Springfield College

Phil Campagna              21                    SUNY Westchester

Corbin Wissel               22                     East Carolina University

Chris Krisa                   22                     Keene State College

Jeff Bastone                19                      Springfield College

Mickey Putillo               18                     SUNY Oswego

Brian Casey                 18                     Duquesne University

Taylor Creazzo             19                     SUNY Albany

Bryan Smadbeck           22                    SUNY Purchase

Danny Paesano            22                     Keene State College

Zach Shea                  22                      SUNY Westchester

James O'Hare               21                     Syracuse University

Ron Stenz                   23                      Cornell University

Matt Mastroianni          18                      SUNY Oneonta

Jimmy Bowler               21                     Villanova University

From a submission by Jeff Bastone

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