As we look forward to 2011, there are many new and exciting changes coming to Rye Little League. This off season, the Board has decided to implement some new changes that will enhance the future of our league for years to come. This includes a new website, making it more transparent and efficient in the ways we communicate together as a community and a league. On-line registration will also be available. Stay tuned for more information.
NH District II Expands to 16 Teams
The Leagues that comprised the former NH District II are very excited that District II has doubled in size! As of November 2010, District II will include the following teams:
See the
District II web site
for complete
information about this change.
2011 Board of Directors
At the September 22, 2010 Rye Little League Board Meeting,
the following slate of officers was elected:
President - Ray Hindle - rbhindle2@yahoo.com
VP - Paul Predaris - ppredaris@gmail.com
Treasurer - Christin Keehbler - ckeehbler@comcast.net
Secretary - Annie Adams – annieadams@comcast.net
Player Agent - Wade Graham - grahamnh@comcast.net
Safety Officer - Rob Welsh - rwelsh@infiloop.com
Volunteers
Needed
In 2013 (not 2012 as previously posted), Rye will be
hosting the District Tournament for the State of New
Hampshire Little League road to Pennsylvania. We have
been working together as a league to make general
improvements to the field and we appreciate all that you
have contributed both financially and with your time.
Once again, volunteers are needed with skills that can help
us with a new snack shack. We hope to have the new building
in place this fall.
Help is needed in the following areas:
. Light
construction, including but not limited to installing
cabinets and countertops
. Plumbers
to hook up a sink and water line
. Moving
in all new items including but not limited to fridge,
freezer, countertops, cabinets
Donations of the following items are needed:
Refrigerator, stand alone freezer, industrial coffee
machine, and one or two microwaves
Please contact Christin Keehbler at ckeehbler@comcast.net
if
you can help in any way.
We really appreciate your talents to make this happen!
Thank you.
9/10
All Stars
Congratulations
to the 9/10 All Star Team for having such a successful
season! They worked great as a team together, played hard,
and had fun! On July 24 and 25, 2010, they played in the NH
State Tournament, representing District 2, playing against
Windham, representing District 1. Windham claimed the NH
State Championship title this year and will be moving on to
the Regional Tournament in Cranston, RI.
Thank you to all the families who were able to make the
trip up to Laconia to cheer our guys on through the
District 2 Tournament vs. Portsmouth and then through the
State Tournament.
"I would just like to say it has been such a fantastic time
for the coaching staff and we were all so glad to be a part
of the team. They all practiced and played hard and
accomplished something for the Rye Little League system
that has never been done (at least for a few years) and
that alone is something special. I will always be
thankful that I was able to be a part of this team.
I just want to say one more thing, that without
Coach Record, this would not have happened as he was a HUGE
part of this team." Manager Steve Turner
Windham
6, Rye 0 (Saturday, 7/24/10)
Windham 13, Rye 3 (Sunday, 7/25/10)
From
the Portsmouth Herald
Rye Eliminated from Little League 9/10
State Championship Series (7/26/10)
Rye 9/10 Stars Falls in Opening Game of
State Championship Series (7/25/10)
Rye Little Leaguers Seeking Encore in
State Final (7/23/10)
Rye Little League Steps Out of
Portsmouth's Large Shadow (7/22/10)
Rye 9/10s Make History with
Sweep (7/19/10)
Rye 9/10 All Stars Stun Portsmouth in
Game 1 (7/18/10)
9/10
All Star Team
Manager Steve Turner, Coach Derek Malila and Coach Pete
Kendall
Thank you to Del Record for his commitment and dedication
to the team!
Players:
Hunter Adams, Dylan Chase, Trevor Durkin, Cody Graham, Alec
Keehbler, Dylan King, David Kohlhase, Matthew Leger,
Spencer Leger, Hunter LeRoux-Porter, Max Malila,
Michael Sanborn and Caleb Thibodeau
http://www.nhdistrict2littleleague.org
2010 9/10 All
Star Team
Front Row Center:
Max Malila
Second Row: David Kohlhase, Hunter Porter-LeRoux, Dylan
King, Spencer Ledger, Caleb Thibedeau, Alec Keehbler
Back Row: Mike Sanborn, Dylan Chase, Cody Graham, Hunter
Adams, Matt Ledger, Trevor Durkin
Coach Del Record, Manager Steve Turner, Coach Derek Malila
2010
District 2 Games
11/12 All
Stars
Dover 1, Rye 0
Rye 6, Somersworth 1
Portsmouth 10, Rye 0
Laconia 10, Rye 5
Canterbury/Tilton 6, Rye 2
9/10 All
Stars
Somersworth 3,
Rye 2
Portsmouth 13, Rye 0
Rye 11, Laconia 1
Rye 15, Canterbury/Tilton 1
Articles
from the Portsmouth Herald
Expectations Again High for Portsmouth
Little League 11/12 All Stars (July 3, 2010)
Portsmouth 9/10 All Stars Seeking to Get
Back on Top (July 3, 2010)
Rye 11/12 All Stars Fall to Dover in
Pitchers' Duel (July 4, 2010)
Rye All Stars Earn Key District
Win (July 6, 2010)
Portsmouth 9/10 All Stars Rout Rye in
District Opener (July 8, 2010)
Portsmouth All Stars Top Rye
(July 9, 2010)
Rye 9/10 All Stars Earn First District
Victory (July 11,
2010)
Articles
from the Foster's Daily Democrat
Dover LL Wins District 2
Opener (July 4, 2010)
Rye Rebounds: "Lefty" King Paces Win Over
Somersworth (July 6, 2010)
Portsmouth's Bats Punish Rye
(July 9, 2010)
Laconia 11/12s Dominate Rye
(July 11,
2010)
11/12 team
Manager Ron King
and Coach Pete Kendall
Logan Adams, Joey Auger, Carson Crisp, Connor DiCesare,
Zane Keehbler, Charlie Kendall, Carter King, Sam LeCompte,
Jack Leger, Jamie Meade, Grant Shambo and Riley Turner
Flash Jenness Award Winner
The Flash Jenness
Award is presented to the Major League player that has
consistently demonstrated by his/her actions during games,
at practices and at team or League functions, the highest
standards of leadership, sportsmanship and athletic
ability. Congratulations to this year's winner - Charlie
Kendall!
Charlie
Kendall
Dodgers are Champions!
The Dodgers were
both the regular season winners and the Del Record
Championship Tournament Winners.
Coach Chris
Reaney, Manager Pete Kendall and Coach Jon
Fox
Closing Day Ceremonies
Click
on the "Pictures" tab on the left to see photos from
Closing Day.
Del Record was honored for his many years of commitment and
volunteering to the Rye Little League. The playoff
tournament will now be named the Del Record Championship
Tournament. Congratulations to Shari Turner who won the
John Sexton Volunteer Award.
Remember
When .... 30 Years Ago!!
If you have old
pictures from Rye Little League, we'd love to have them!
Please contact us at RyeLittleLeague@comcast.net.
Pirate Team
Photo from 1980
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Photos
courtesy of Jay Nadeau
Back row, left to
right: Irving "Flash" Jenness, Mike Cody
(Pitcher/Outfield), Paul Delaney (Outfield), Ricky Matthews
(Pitcher/1st Base), Mark Moray (Short Stop/First Base),
Rich Hackett (1st Base/3rd Base/Pitcher), Assistant Coach
Chris Couch (Flash's son-in-law).
Front row, left to right: David Leland (Outfield/2nd Base),
Matt Denman (Pitcher/3rd Base), John Martin, Robbie Sargent
(Outfield), David Oeser (Pitcher/Outfield), Patrick Dennehy
(Outfield), Tim Moulder (2nd Base/Outfield), Jay Nadeau
(Catcher/Short Stop).
Batboy Chad Couch - Asst. Coach Couch's son and Flash
Jenness's grandson.
1980 Little
League season
Umpire John
Sexton, Jay Nadeau (catching), Paul Predaris (at the plate)
Look at the Rye Rec building!
Positive
Coaching Alliance
Rye LL Earns
Positive Coaching Alliance Seal of Commitment for 2010
Recognition
for providing youth athletes a positive, character-building
experience
Rye Little League
has earned the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Seal of
Commitment for 2010. PCA bestows this prestigious national
honor only upon youth sports organizations and schools that
officially commit to providing youth athletes a positive,
character-building experience by requiring every coach to
be trained and certified as a Double-Goal Coach.
“A Double-Goal Coach strives not only to win (goal
#1), but also to use sports to teach life lessons,”
said Jim Thompson, PCA’s founder and executive
director. “Likewise, PCA’s Seal of Commitment
helps ensure that Rye Little League provides all of its
youth athletes with a positive, character-building
experience.”
Rye Little League boasts certified Double-Goal Coaches,
serving their youth athletes, said Jon Fox, Rye Little
League's Director of Coaching. “Earning PCA’s
Seal of Commitment reinforces our commitment to focus on
the best interests of our youth athletes. It takes work to
get coaches certified, but we owe it to the families
participating in our programs to provide the best
experience possible.”
About Positive Coaching Alliance
Founded as a non-profit within the Stanford University
Athletic Department in 1998, Positive Coaching Alliance
(PCA) has the mission of “transforming youth sports
so sports can transform youth.” To that end,
PCA has conducted roughly 6,000 live group workshops
nationwide for more than 300,000 youth and high school
sports leaders, coaches, parents and athletes.
Workshop attendees have helped create a positive,
character-building youth sports environment for more than 3
million youth athletes. PCA’s partnership network
includes more than 1,100 youth sports organizations, cities
and schools. In 2008, PCA will conduct roughly 1,500 live,
group workshops across the U.S., while assisting thousands
of other individuals via online workshops
at www.PositiveCoach.org.
PCA workshops
train coaches to be Double-Goal Coaches®,
whose first goal is winning and whose second,
more-important goal is teaching life lessons through
sports. PCA sports parent workshops cultivate
“Second-Goal Parents,” who focus on life
lessons through sports. PCA student-athlete workshops
produce “Triple-Impact Competitors,” who work
to improve themselves, their teammates, and their sport as
a whole.
PCA has the support of elite coaches and athletes on our
National Advisory Board (http://www.positivecoach.org/advisoryboard.aspx),
including National Spokesperson, Los Angeles Lakers Coach
Phil Jackson.
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