Parkland High School Baseball

To All Players:  

If anyone is interested in volunteering to help at any of the Miracle League baseball games please contact Mary Ann 610.398.9247 or via email at MACKCOMMUN@aol.com.   Mary Ann will take your information and put your names down for that date.   In case of bad weather please check the Miracle League website at www.miracleleaguelv.org to get the latest on cancellations.   Please go to the handout section of the website and locate the folder called "Volunteer Opportunties" to download the "Nationals" schedule.   

There are really no requirements, just the willingness to help.  We need people that are going to be able to be a 'buddy' to a handicapped child on our team.  Just help them bat and run the bases plus catch in the outfield.  There are no winners or losers and everyone scores a run. We may need some announcers or pitchers from time to time but we will decide that at game time.  

Call if you have any questions
Thanks for your help! Mary Ann

Click on the link to read the full Article in March 20th edition of The Morning Call.  Read excert below...

The Lehigh Valley Conference will feature a new divisional alignment for the 2009 baseball season.

The same teams that met in last year's league title game are still expected to be among the LVC's elite.

Parkland, which won the Lehigh Division and overall league title last season, and Liberty, last year's Northampton Division co-champion, were the teams most often mentioned as contenders in a preseason survey of LVC coaches. Parkland will head up the North Division in the LVC's new three-division baseball format, while Liberty will play in the East Division.

The three four-team divisions, which are the same ones used in the recently completed basketball season, group teams by geography. The three division winners (East, North and West) plus a wild-card team (the non-division winner with the best league record) will play in a four-team tournament to decide a league champion.

PARKLAND

Coach: Tony Galucy (seventh year, 102-34)

Last year: 21-1 overall, 16-0 LVC

Postseason: Won LVC title game against Liberty; lost to Whitehall in District 11 Class 4A quarterfinals.

Top returnees: Jr. P Casey Cooperman (1-0, two saves, 2.27 ERA), jr. OF Andy Brandstetter (.313, .529 OBP), jr. OF/C/2B Joe Abeln, sr. P Jeremy Smith, sr. C Jon Gabriel, sr. 2B Luke Jaindl, sr. 1B/P John Torok, sr. OF/P Ryan Korp, sr. 3B MJ Miorelli (.318, 16 RBIs), sr. 1B Sam Zaccaro, sr. P Ernie Stiegler, sr. SS Dan Klem (.459, 18 RBIs).

Key newcomers: Jr. C JR McAllister, jr. 3B/P Mike Tenaglia, jr. SS Ryan Carlon, jr. P Matt Smith, jr. OF Matt Tulio, jr. P Dan O'Leary, sr. P Andrew Kulp.

Outlook: The Trojans lost three pitchers who went a combined 19-1 for last season's LVC championship squad. They have the returning position players to challenge for the league title again but will need a few arms to emerge.