Summer Baseball is a Hit in Scarsdale

Scarsdale Baseball Club had a great summer season playing a challenging schedule of both local and regional select teams. Over 40 high school age players participated on the 14u and 16u squads. Open rosters made it easy for the boys to play and also make time for vacation, camp, internships or college visits.

Both teams began practice in early June and played for nine weeks through the 1st week of August. The two teams combined played close to 50 games over the summer months.

Highlights included lots of great hits, spectacular catches and two walk off home victories. The 16u team had key wins against local rivals like New Rochelle, Eastchester and Cortland as well as memorable victories against select travel teams like NY Angels, Hardball, Diamond Buddies and Highlander Academy.

This all led to a strong run to the semi finals at the New York Elite Baseball tournament in Newburgh NY in July and falling just short to Rye in the semis during the Westchester Baseball Association playoffs in August. It was a great summer of competitive ball and the boys got exposure to Raider baseball working closely with Scarsdale High Varsity Coach Doc Scholl and JV Coach Jeff Weigel (the high school Varsity and JV coaches respectively).

Summer ball and the great weather may be a fond memory now, but baseball in Scarsdale is alive and well as the fall season gets underway in two weeks.

Contributed by Sean Kelly