Monday, June 14, 2010

Lehigh Valley Carpenter Cup baseball team roster announced

The Lehigh Valley Carpenter Cup team opens the 2010 tournament at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Philadelphia's Richie Ashburn Field in FDR Park against Chester County.

This is the 25th anniversary of the 16-team, single-elimination tournament.

Phillies catcher Brian Schneider, a Northampton graduate, is this year's honorary chairman.

The Lehigh Valley team consists of 25 players from schools in the Lehigh Valley Conference, Colonial League, Mountain Valley Conference and Tamaqua. Ted Plessl returns as the head coach.

With a win, the Lehigh Valley team will advance to the quarterfinal round June 21 at Ashburn Field. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Citizens Bank Park.

Lehigh Valley won championships in 1998 and 2001.

The 2010 Lehigh Valley roster:

Bethlehem Catholic: Matt Bahnick, Alex Longernecker, Pat Walshe

Easton: Kevin Nemeth, Justin Pacchioli

East Stroudsburg South: James Hartman

Liberty: Matt Albright, Tyler Brong

Nazareth: Drew Hercik, Karl Keglovits, D.J. King, Jordan Smith

Northern Lehigh: Joey Seremula

Parkland: Joe Abeln, Andy Brandstetter, D.C. Castillo, Casey Cooperman

Pleasant Valley: Drew Borger, Derrick Walling

Stroudsburg: Robert Bennie

Tamaqua: Ryan Palsgrove, Matt Streisel

Whitehall: Ryuta Amaike, Pat Bet

General manager: J.F. Pirro
Head coach: Ted Plessl
Assistants: Mike Grasso, Jack Potosky, Andy Simock, Lance Mueller

From the Express Times

1 comment:

chellebelli231 said...

Finally someone published the roster. I've seen every other team in the papers, not Lehigh Valley. Thanks!