Millville American edges Pennsville in winner-take-all pool game to claim second division spot in District 3 bracket stage

DISTRICT 3 TOURNAMENT
Saturday’s Games
Millville American 5, Pennsville 2
North Vineland 5, Buena 3

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – As Pennsville manager Jay Weatherbee watched the final out of the game disappear into the glove of the right fielder from the third base coach’s box, his head slumped and his body bent at the waist. He was hoping his Little League All-Stars could add to the legacy set by their predecessors last year, but they just couldn’t pull it off.

The Little Eagles had a shot to advance to the District 3 Tournament finals and were in it to the end, but fell to Millville American in a winner-take-all game for the second seed out of the American Division 5-2. Millville now plays National No. 1 East Vineland in Monday’s 8 p.m. opening round bracket game at Elmer Little League.

When Penns Grove rallied from a two-run deficit to beat Millville Friday and win the American Division pool, it set up Saturday’s last-day showdown between Millville and Pennsville for the final playoff spot. The winner also would be 3-1 in pool play, but Penns Grove held the head-to-head tiebreaker over whichever team won to earn the division’s No. 1 seed.

“They beat us,” Weatherbee said. “Again, small mistakes we make early on in the game come back to bite us, just like every game.

“This time we just couldn’t overcome it.”

Millville took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but Pennsville tied it in the bottom of the inning. Chase Dolden led off with a double, moved to second on Pat Galloway’s ground out to short and scored on Brayden Weatherbee’s ground out to third. Starting pitcher Trey Sam followed with a solo homer to tie the game.

“That felt great,” Sam said. “I thought we had a chance, but our defense …”

After the home run Pennsville managed only four hits (all singles) and five baserunners the rest of the game against three Millville pitchers. Hard-throwing Nate Shelton, who finished the Penns Grove game Friday, pitched the final three shutout innings, giving up two infield hits, walking none and striking out four.

“The kids bounced right back after last night’s (loss),” Millville manager Dan Shelton said. “I was definitely a little worried about it, but they came with the heads ready to go and they got the job done.”

Dolden followed Sam to the mound for Pennsville in the third “really hyped” and threw only three pitches to get his first three outs. He kept Millville off the board in the fourth and fifth innings before the visitors pushed a final run across in the sixth.

“Just come in and do what I normally do,” Dolden said of his mindset. “I really wanted to win because I wanted my revenge on Penns Grove.”

Millville manufactured its other three runs to get and extend the lead. C.J. Tipton raced home on a wild pitch in the second inning to break the tie, Lucas Campachano scored on Noah Rodriguez’ sacrifice fly in the third and Nate Shelton stole home in the sixth.

Sam said the Americans were “probably the most aggressive team” he’s faced. They had seven hits in the game and took nine extra bases.

“I play baserunning, baserunning is my thing,” Millville manager Shelton said. “I manufacture runs by baserunning. If a man gets on base, my job is to score them any way possible. That’s just my job. I teach it hard.”

MILLVILLE AMERICAN 5, PENNSVILLE 2

Millville American	211 001-	5	7	1
Pennsville	200 000-	2	6	3

District 3 standings

AMERICAN		NATIONAL
Penns Grove	3-1	East Vineland	2-1
Millville	3-1	South Vineland	2-1
Pennsville	2-2	Elmer	1-2
North Vineland	1-3	West Cumberland	1-2
Buena	1-3

DISTRICT 3 FINALS
(Double-loss elimination)
Monday at Elmer
G1: Penns Grove vs. South Vineland, 5:45 p.m.
G2: East Vineland vs. Millville American, 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Millville
G3: Winner G1 vs. Winner G2, 5:45 p.m.
G4: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2, 8 p.m.
Wednesday at North Vineland
G5: Loser G3 vs. Winner G4, 7 p.m.
Thursday at South Vineland
G6: Winner G3 vs. Winner G5, 7 p.m.
Friday at South Vineland
G7: If necessary, 7 p.m.

SECTION IV TOURNAMENT
At West Deptford LL
(Double-loss elimination)
(Opening games)
July 11
District 3 vs. District 16, 6 p.m.
District 14 vs. District 15, 8 p.m.
July 12
District 3-District 16 winner vs. District 13, 5 p.m.

Program that hadn’t won a district tournament game or gone to district finals in 14 years completed 3-1 run in pool play to claim top seed from American Division

DISTRICT 3 LL TOURNAMENT
Friday’s Games
Penns Grove 7, Millville American 3
South Vineland 11, Elmer 1

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

MILLVILLE – A Penns Grove Little League program that hadn’t won a district tournament game or gone to the district finals since 2011 – two years before any of their current players were even born – completed a 3-1 run in pool play Friday night to claim the No. 1 seed from the American Division into next week’s District 3 finals.

Penns Grove rallied from a two-run fourth-inning deficit to beat Millville American 7-3 to win their division and set up a winner-take-all showdown between Millville and host Pennsville Saturday for the pool’s second spot. The winner also would be 3-1 in the pool, but Penns Grove owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over both.

Penns Grove will play National No. 2 South Vineland in Monday’s opening round of bracket play at the Elmer LL complex. The Millville-Pennsville winner gets National No. 1 East Vineland. It’s the first time in 18 years they won more than one game in pool play.

“I just told them it’s the first time in 14 years (they’d won in the tournament), 29 straight losses, and now we’re going into the bracket,” Penns Grove manager Steve Raymond said. “I told them they’ve got to realize what they got here. It’s a good team and you saw tonight it’s not just one person. Everybody comes in clutch.”

Penns Grove, which had to win Friday to advance after laying an egg in its last game at Buena, took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Aiden Robertson get it started with a leadoff triple into the right field corner and scoring on Achillius Vong’s RBI ground out.

Vong made his first start since no-hitting Pennsville last Saturday and held Millville scoreless for three innings with the help of five strikeouts and a couple nice defensive plays by his teammates. But Millville reached him for three in the fourth to take the lead and get him off the mound.

Vong came out after 61 pitches so Penns Grove could have him available Monday.

“We had a gameplan that we came in with (and) we ended up sticking with it,” Raymond said. “Towards the middle when they were starting to get to Achillius, I was kind of bouncing around like should we leave him in and let him finish it and we lose him for the bracket, or do we save him and we get him for the second game.

“We decided to save him. It was a group thing. When I went to the mound I told him we’re thinking of bringing Jimmy (LaPalomento) in so we can have you for the bracket. He was he was good for it. Everybody’s a team player … As long as they come out here fired up with energy they’re going to win. They find a way to win. Whatever we need it happens.”

LaPalomento kept Millville off the board for the rest of the game. He threw 2 1/3 innings of no-hit relief and struck out four of the eight hitters he faced.

“I was a little scared at first, but I had the bottom of the lineup so I just tried to gun them all down,” LaPalomento said.

Penns Grove gave their reliever the lead in the bottom of the fourth when they went through three Millville pitchers to score three runs. The runs came on consecutive bases-loaded walks to Tanner Raymond, LaPalomento and Nolan O’Brien (for the lead). They had only two hits in the game but took advantage of nine walks and a hit batsman.

Their other hit, S.J. Poindexter’s two-run bases-loaded double, broke it open in the sixth, a hit for which manager Raymond dug into his bag to present the left fielder a brand new game ball. Vong drove in the final run with another infield out.

“I thought it was going to be caught at first until I saw it heading toward the fence and finally hit the fence,” Poindexter said. “I didn’t think I was going to hit. I struck out a lot of times and lost all my confidence, but once I gained my confidence back by getting the hit I felt good about myself.”

“Shawn hit like that during the season,” Raymond said. “That’s what we expect out of him. He’s a hitter. He’s fast. He’s a hitter. I saw it all season. I think now that he did that we’re going to start seeing a lot more of it.”

Each of the last three years Poindexter, his father and granddad have made the trip to Williamsport to take in some of the Little League World Series. After celebrating his team’s historic win Friday he readily stated his goal going forward.

“I just want to go to Williamsport,” he said.

And he wasn’t talking about as a fan.

“That’s awesome,” Raymond said. “They’ve got goals and hopefully the three of us coaches can get ‘em there.”

PENNS GROVE 7, MILLVILLE 3

Millville American	000 300-	3	3	2
Penns Grove	100 33x-	7	2	3

SOUTH VINELAND 11, ELMER 1: South Vineland ended Elmer’s run in the tournament by taking advantage of seven walks and holding their visitors to two hits.

The winners took a 1-0 lead in the first with four walks and broke it open with four runs in the third. They eventually walked it off with four runs in the fifth.

Brandon D’Agostino and Cash Williams had Elmer’s two hits. Cayden Becker scored their only run when he led off the fifth with a walk, then stole second, third and home.

South Vineland will play Penns Grove in the opening round of bracket play Monday at Elmer.

SOUTH VINELAND 11, ELMER 1

Elmer	000 01-	1	2	0
South Vineland	104 24-	11	7	0

District 3 standings

AMERICAN		NATIONAL
Penns Grove	3-1	East Vineland	2-1
Millville	2-1	South Vineland	2-1
Pennsville	2-1	Elmer	1-2
Buena	1-2	West Cumberland	1-2
North Vineland	0-3

Friday’s Games
Penns Grove 7, Millville American 3
South Vineland 11, Elmer 1
Saturday’s Games
Millville American at Pennsville, 5 p.m.
Buena at North Vineland, 5 p.m.
(End of pool play)

DISTRICT 3 FINALS
(Double-loss elimination)
Monday at Elmer
G1: Penns Grove vs. South Vineland, 5:45 p.m.
G2: East Vineland vs. Millville American or Pennsville, 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Millville
G3: Winner G1 vs. Winner G2, 5:45 p.m.
G4: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2, 8 p.m.
Wednesday at North Vineland
G5: Loser G3 vs. Winner G4, 7 p.m.
Thursday at South Vineland
G6: Winner G3 vs. Winner G5, 7 p.m.
Friday at South Vineland
G7: If necessary, 7 p.m.

Pennsville holds District 3 LL Tournament destiny in their hands after walk-off win, combined no-hitter over North Vineland

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

VINELAND – Pennsville manager Jay Weatherbee could spend hours trying to figure all the scenarios that would get his team to the bracket round of the District 3 Little League Tournament, but he reduced it all to three words made famous by a legendary NFL owner.

Just win, baby.

Pennsville put itself in a position to advance to the next stage of the tournament with a 10-0 four-inning no-hitter over host North Vineland. As much as the next two days will have a bearing on the seedings, as near as Weatherbee can figure his team just has to win its pool play final against Millville to get in.

“(All those scenarios) doesn’t really matter,” Weatherbee said. “My boys have to come ready to play Saturday. I told them out there win-win, lose we go home. It might come down to run differential and all that, but they don’t need to know that. If we win, we’re good.”

But first Millville and Penns Grove play a huge game in the American Division Friday to set the stage for Saturday’s showdown. There are scenarios for any of the three teams to finish No. 1.

Regardless of what happens Friday, as long as Pennsville wins Saturday it figures to be in. There’s even a scenario that if they lose Saturday they could come out of a three-way tie with the 2 seed (if they give up fewer runs to Millville than Penns Grove).

The National Division pool is a lot less complicated. East Vineland is the 1 seed even after getting routed by West Cumberland Thursday, while the winner of Friday’s Elmer-South Vineland game will claim the division’s second seed.

In any event, Pennsville had to win Thursday to make any of the weekend scenarios possible. They jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings and Pat Galloway and Brayden Weatherbee combined on a no-hitter.

The defending district champs walked it off in the fourth when Trey Sam scored on Landon Nazar’s two-out shot into the right centerfield gap. Nazar produced the first two runs of the game when his speed forced a bad throw on a bases-loaded roller to short.

“They played well,” Weatherbee said. “Pat pitched well. He did what I asked him to. I told him he’d come out at 65, save him for Monday if we make it.

“I had him all year on Penn Tire. I relied on him a lot during the season. I know what he can do out here. I know what he had. I know I was comfortable with him putting him out there. He did his job.”

Galloway, who pitched the final two innings of the win over Buena Monday, threw 61 pitches over the first 3 1/3 innings. He walked four and struck out seven. North Vineland put only two balls in play against him, a grounder to second baseman Mason Seaver for the final out of the first inning and a grounder to shortstop Sam in the third.

Brayden Weatherbee got the final two outs on a strikeout and a rundown on the bases.

“I felt amazing,” Galloway said. “Everything was going my way the whole day. I just had to throw strikes and try to get the team a win.”

PENNSVILLE 10, NORTH VINELAND 0

North Vineland	000 0-	0	0	8
Pennsville	350 2-	10	9	0

District 3 standings

AMERICAN		NATIONAL
Millville	2-0	East Vineland	2-1
Penns Grove	2-1	South Vineland	1-1
Pennsville	2-1	Elmer	1-1
Buena	1-2	West Cumberland	1-2
North Vineland	0-3

Thursday’s Games
Pennsville 10, North Vineland 0
West Cumberland 11, East Vineland 1
Friday’s Games
Penns Grove at Millville, 5:45 p.m.
Elmer at South Vineland, 5:45 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Millville at Pennsville, 5:45 p.m.
Buena at North Vineland, 5:45 p.m.
End of pool play

AMERICAN DIVISION PLAYOFF BREAKDOWN

On Friday:
if Millville beats Penns Grove: Millville 3-0, Penns Grove 2-2, Pennsville 2-1
If Penns Grove beats Millville: Penns Grove 3-1, Millville 2-1, Pennsville 2-1

On Saturday:
Millville beats Penns Grove and Pennsville (and Buena beats North Vineland): No. 1 Millville 4-0, Penns Grove/Pennsville/Buena 2-2 and the 2 seed determined by run ratio (fewest runs allowed based on 6-inning game. Pennsville would be 2 if it gives up fewer runs to Millville than Penns Grove).

Millville beats Penns Grove and Pennsville beats Millville: No. 1 Pennsville 3-1, No. 2 Millville 3-1

Penns Grove beats Millville and Millville beats Pennsville: No. 1 Penns Grove 3-1, No. 2 Millville 3-1

Penns Grove beats Millville and Pennsville beats Millville: No. 1 Penns Grove 3-1, No. 2 Pennsville 3-1

NATIONAL DIVISION PLAYOFF BREAKDOWN
No. 1 East Vineland, Elmer-South Vineland winner No. 2

Penns Grove All-Stars aggressive on base paths, run to a walk-off win over North Vineland in District 3 LL Tournament opener, their first district win since 2011

DISTRICT 3 LL TOURNAMENT
Friday’s Games
East Vineland 4, Elmer 1 (comp. of susp. game)
Millville 9, Buena 3
Penns Grove 12, North Vineland 2
South Vineland 8, West Cumberland 6
Saturday’s Game
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 5 p.m.

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT – Achillius Vong is a dangerous man, as much of a Shohei as a Little League all-star team can have.

At the plate. On the mound. And on the bases.

North Vineland didn’t give Vong much of a chance to hit in Friday night’s District 3 Little League Tournament opener and he didn’t pitch (that comes Saturday), but the rising seventh grader’s activity on the basepaths led directly to two runs in Penns Grove’s historic 12-2 walk-off win at the Carneys Point Rec Complex.

It was Penns Grove’s first win on the Road to Williamsport in 14 years. They had lost 29 district tournament games in a row. Their last win was a 4-3, eight-inning decision over South Vineland in the opening round of 2011 pool play.

“It feels good for me because these guys all put a ton of hard work in,” Penns Grove manager Steve Raymond said. “They’ve earned it. They definitely earned it.”

Vong walked and was hit by a pitch in his two plate appearances in the four-inning game. Each time he reached third he got North Vineland off its game with his long leads and threats to steal.

The first time, in the first inning, he came halfway down the line on every pitch and eventually forced North Vineland catcher Gianni Gordillo to make a throw that went off third baseman Damien Liberus’ glove into left field. 

He did the same thing in the fourth inning. This time Gordillo ran him back to third, but left the plate uncovered and when the catcher tossed it back to the pitcher Vong broke for home and had it stolen easily. It was part of a nine-run inning that let Penns Grove walk it off.

“I like to get in their head; I want to get them rattled,” Vong said. “I want them to be scared of me and my team and once I get the chance I’m stealing home. I started doing it and then my coach got used to me doing it, so every time I get to third they tell me ‘Do your thing.’”

“He’s been playing baseball a long time and he’s a travel ball player, so he knows what to do out there,” Raymond said of his big first baseman. “He knows what he’s doing. (Third-base coach) Jeff (Robertson) will put the leash on him every once in a while to kind of reel him back in, but he basically can do what he wants because he knows what he’s doing.”

That aggressiveness on the basepaths isn’t just limited to Vong; it’s a trademark of this Penns Grove team. They scored their first six runs without the benefit of a hit and had only two hits in the game – a double by Tanner Raymond, the manager’s son, and two-run single by Nolan O’Brien, the son of Schalick baseball coach Sean O’Brien.

They kept the runs coming by reaching base in other ways, stealing bases and moving up on virtually every pitch that got away at the plate – and there were a lot of them.

“That’s why I put him (Robertson) there, because I know how aggressive he is,” Raymond said. “I play against him during the season, I know how he runs on the bases and that’s why I wanted to get him out there because he knows these kids well and he knows when to send them.

“We are going to be super aggressive on the bases. We told the boys if we call it and you get thrown out that’s on us, that’s not on you.”

Jimmy LaPalomento went the distance to get the win. He gave up one hit – a two-run single by Anthony Ebner in the third inning – walked three and struck out 11.

“We got a great version of Jimmy tonight, a great version,” Raymond said. “That’s all I could ask for what I got out him. Playing against him through the season sometimes he can get wild, but I couldn’t ask for anything more out of him. He pitched a beautiful game.”

“I just like to throw strikes, throw fast and set them down,” LaPalomento said.

EAST VINELAND 4, ELMER 1

VINELAND – Elmer returned to complete the final four innings of Thursday’s suspended game looking to make something happen and erase a one-run overnight deficit, but just couldn’t get anything going.

Manager Bob Baldissero brought starter Grayson Bingham back to pitch the resumption and he put up zeroes until the fifth when East Vineland scored on a double and one-out single. East Vineland extended the lead to 4-0 in the sixth.

Bingham allowed only three hits in five innings-plus (87 pitches). Brandon D’Agostino didn’t allow a hit in his wrap-up inning.

Elmer scored its run in the sixth when Cayden Becker hit a leadoff double, went to second on an error and scored on Penn Aulffo’s grounder to second.

PENNS GROVE 12, NORTH VINELAND 2
North Vineland	002 0-	2	1	5
Penns Grove	300 9-	12	2	1

EAST VINELAND 4, ELMER 1
East Vineland	100 012 0-	4	3	1
Elmer	000 000 1-	1	5	2

District 3 standings

AMERICAN DIVISION		NATIONAL DIVISION
Penns Grove	1-0	East Vineland	1-0
Millville	1-0	South Vineland	1-0
Pennsville	0-0	Elmer	0-1
Buena	0-1	West Cumberland	0-1
North Vineland	0-1

Photo: Penns Grove pitcher Jimmy LaPalomento delivers a pitch during his team’s 12-2 win over North Vineland.

Rain, wet grounds wash out first day of District 3 LL Tournament; Pennsville game moved to Monday, Elmer resumes Friday

DISTRICT 3 LL TOURNAMENT
Thursday’s Games
Buena at Pennsville, ppd.
Elmer at East Vineland, susp.
Friday’s Games
Elmer at East Vineland, 5:45 p.m.
North Vineland at Penns Grove, 5:45 p.m.
South Vineland at West Cumberland, 5:45 p.m.
Saturday’s Game
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 5 p.m.

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

Rain and wet conditions won on the opening night of the District 3 Little League Tournament.

Pennsville and Elmer were both scheduled to play their first games of the tournament Thursday, but the elements conspired against it.

Pennsville and Buena never got started. The skies opened about 15 minutes before the scheduled first pitch and left puddles throughout the infield. The coaches had cleaned up the basepaths, but the rain came again.

The game has been rescheduled for Monday at 5:45 p.m. That makes Pennsville’s tournament opener Saturday at Penns Grove.

At least Elmer and East Vineland got a couple innings in before the weather washed them out. They were suspended with one out in the top of the third with East Vineland leading 1-0. The game will resume at that point Friday at 5:45 p.m.

East Vineland scored a run off Elmer starter Grayson Bingham in the top of the first without the benefit of a hit. Their leadoff man reached on an error, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a grounder to short.

Elmer, meanwhile, had two hits in the game — second-inning singles by Brandon D’Agostino and Roman Allen.

“He was doing great, throwing great,” Elmer manager Bob Baldissero said of his pitcher. “He only had that one baserunner. He was doing great.”

Both pitchers threw more than 20 pitches before the weather hit. It wasn’t immediately known if the suspension would impact their availability for Friday. Baldissero said he would bring Bingham back if the pitcher is eligible to continue.

New-look Pennsville enters District 3 Little League Tournament as defending champions; Pennsville, Elmer, Penns Grove representing Salem County

DISTRICT 3 LL TOURNAMENT
Thursday’s Games
Buena at Pennsville, 5:45 p.m.
Elmer at East Vineland, 5:45 p.m.
Friday’s Games
North Vineland at Penns Grove, 5:45 p.m.
South Vineland at West Cumberland, 5:45 p.m.
Saturday’s Game
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 5 p.m.
Full schedule below

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – Jay Weatherbee is a new manager with a new team stepping into some pretty big shoes. But instead of shying away from the legacy that went before him, the Pennsville Little League 12U All-Star manager is embracing it and looking to expand it.

Pennsville goes into the District 3 LL Tournament that starts tonight as the defending champion. They open their defense at home against Buena.

The Elmer LL All-Stars also play Thursday, traveling to East Vineland. Penns Grove (PG/CP/PED) is the third Salem County team in the nine-team field and its tournament opener is Friday against North Vineland at the Carneys Point Rec Complex.

Pennsville won its first district title since 2019 last year (and 10th all time) with a robust offense that batted .324 at a team in nine games with 69 runs, 69 hits and belted 12 home runs. Weatherbee wants to keep the line moving.

“We always want to keep the good Pennsville tradition going here,” he said. “I do embrace (what they did last year) a little bit. I embrace it, but I also consider it another chapter in the book. That chapter was last year. We did good. They got the banner. Now it gives me something to strive for with these boys, but it’s a totally different chapter. We’re going to write our own stories this year.”

Only one player returns from last year’s team, Weatherbee’s son Brayden, but the manager had many of the players on the 10U All-Stars. While last year’s team was long on hitting and short on pitching depth, this year’s team has “probably eight or nine who can throw” with “four maybe five” who have shown “real starter quality.”

That’s not to say they lack hitting. Trey Sam and Brayden Weatherbee finished 1-2 in the Pennsville LL’s home run derby.

“Last year they won districts and that’s not a very easy task,” Jay Weatherbee said. “I would just like to follow in the footsteps and start there, but my bigger sights would be, of course, to try to better that. Last year was fun, but, of course like every coach wants to, I’ve got to better that.”

You could call the Elmer team this year’s Killer B’s. Seven of the 12 players (and two of the three coaches) have a B in either their first and last name and according to manager Bob Baldissero, “collectively all those boys have been the driving force on their individual (league) teams.”

In the league championship, Raylan Baldissero threw six shutout innings with 13 strikeouts to force a winner-take-all game and in the clincher Grayson Bingham went 5 1/3 before running out of pitches and Westen Baldissero closed it out. Brandon D’Agostino threw five strong innings for the opposition in the deciding game.

D’Agostino (two) and Raylan Baldissero (one) hit homers during the season.

“If they play to their ability I think we should be in the running to advance,” manager Baldissero said. “I think we have a good pitching staff and hitting-wise I think we’ll be OK as well. We’re just taking one game and at a time and hoping to advance. We’ll take them as they come.”

DISTRICT 3 ALL-STAR ROSTERS
PENNSVILLE
MANAGER: Jay Weatherbee. COACHES: Gino DiMarco, Patrick Galloway, Zack Sedlack.
ROSTER: Tyler Colomy, Dante DiMarco, Chase Doldan, Pat Galloway, Ayden Harris, Jayson Hofacker, Landon Nazar, Trey Sam, Mason Seaver, Jackson Sedlak, Matthew Walker, Brayden Weatherbee.

ELMER
MANAGER: Bob Baldissero. COACHES: Anthony D’Agostino, Bob Baldissero Sr.
ROSTER: Roman Allen, Penn Aulffo, Raylan Baldissero, Westen Baldissero, Cayden Becker, Grayson Bingham, Clayton Bishop, Logan Both, Ryan Coombs, Brandon D’Agostino, Connor Harding, Cash Williams.

N.J. DISTRICT 3 LITTLE LEAGUE
AMERICAN DIVISION: Buena, Millville, North Vineland, Penns Grove, Pennsville
NATIONAL DIVISION: East Vineland, Elmer, South Vineland, West Cumberland

June 19
Buena at Pennsville
Elmer at East Vineland
June 20
North Vineland at Penns Grove
South Vineland at West Cumberland
June 21
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 5 p.m.
June 22
East Vineland at South Vineland, 5 p.m.
June 23
North Vineland at Millville
West Cumberland at Elmer
June 24
Penns Grove at Buena
June 26
Pennsville at North Vineland
East Vineland at West Cumberland
June 27
Penns Grove at Millville
Elmer at South Vineland
June 28
Millville at Pennsville
Buena at North Vineland
FINALS
June 30
At Elmer LL
G1: American 1 vs. National 2
G2: National 1 vs. American 2, 8 p.m.
July 1
At Millville LL
G3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
G4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m.
July 2
At North Vineland LL
G5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
July 3
At South Vineland
G6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.
July 5
At South Vineland 
If necessary, 7 p.m.
Winner to Section IV Tournament in District 15 at Deptford Twp. July 11
State Tournament Deptford LL, July 23-28 (regional Bristol, Conn. July 31-Aug. 8)

SECTION IV TOURNAMENT
(Double-loss elimination)
(Opening games)
July 11
District 3 vs. District 16, 6 p.m.
District 14 vs. District 15, 8 p.m.
July 12
District 3-District 16 winner vs. District 13, 5 p.m.