Champions have been determined in the Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department’s eight spring baseball leagues, which ran from March through June and ended with league tournaments.
More than 1,000 players ages 9-14 participated, Tyler Bolton-Fuhrman reported. About 500 players competed in the Mustang League (ages 9-10), 370 in the Bronco League (ages 11-12) and 180 in the Pony League (ages 13-14).
The age 10-12 Bandits and the age 13-16 Rockies have won their Raleigh Parks and Recreation Girls Youth League City Championship titles.
After playing in 12 regular-season games, the champions competed in tournaments that involved teams representing each of the city's four athletic districts, said Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department intern Tyler Bolton-Fuhrman.
The Redskins, the Cowboys and the Tigers recently won their division championships in the Raleigh Parks and Recreation's youth football program.
The Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department recently completed its three fall youth baseball league tournaments at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park.
Age 10-11 champions: The Red Sox defeated the Mets 7-6 in six innings to win the Bronco League tournament on Oct. 8. The No. 7-seeded Sox defeated the top three seeds.
Age 12-13 champions: The Twins defeated the Tigers 6-1 to win the Pony League tournament on Oct. 18.
The Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department recently completed its fall youth softball league tournaments at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park.
Age 11-13 champions: The Orioles outlasted the White Sox 19-14 for the title on Oct. 19.
Age 14-17 champions: The Rangers won their championship by defeating the Yankees 6-5 on Oct. 20.
If you know girls fastpitch softball - or even if you don't - your help is needed when a big tournament arrives in Raleigh this month.
Volunteers are needed for scorekeeping and team check-in July 26 through Aug. 1 when the 18-and-Under ASA Girls Fast-Pitch Softball Southern National Championships are played at Raleigh's Walnut Creek Softball Complex at 1201 Sunnybrook Road.
Big youth track and field meets will take place in the area over the
next few weeks, leading up to the Hershey's Track and Field State
Championships in Raleigh.
The annual Hershey's Track and Field Local Meets will be held Saturday
in Clayton and Holly Springs and June 15 in Raleigh. Entry is free.
The Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department also will host a June 17 regional meet and the June 25 state championships.
Seventy teams competed, but only two went undefeated, and that's how
the Pistons and the Cavs won Raleigh Parks and Recreation boys
basketball championships.
The Junior League Pistons and the Little League Cavs capped undefeated
seasons by winning their divisions in the City of Raleigh Youth
Basketball Championships played March 17 at the Barwell Road Community
Center.
Twenty-eight Junior League teams and 42 Little League teams are divided
over four Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department districts, program
manager David Tugwell said.
A threat of rain failed to keep more than 600 runners and walkers from
turning out for the 28th annual Run for the Oaks on Saturday in
downtown Raleigh.
The race is put on by the Raleigh
Parks and Recreation Department to raise money to plant oak trees in
the city known as the “City of Oaks.”
N.C. State junior Srini Iyer, 20, of Raleigh covered the 5K
route in 15:59, reported race organizer Jim Young of Young & Associates. Kimberly Bowler, 39, of Raleigh led the women with a 19:27 finish.
