The North End Athletic Association held its annual Awards Night for the Minor League Baseball Program this week. The league consists of 5 teams: GrassHoppers, Raptors, MudCats, MuckDogs and Hooks. Over 50 children ages 6 to 8 years old, boys and girls participated this spring. The league was sponsored by North End Against Drugs, Inc. “It Read More…
The NEAA (20+under) Dodgers won the 2014 BASE HITZ Championship by sweeping through the playoffs with a powerful display of pitching, defense and offense. The BASE HITZ league is the brain-child of Robert Lewis Jr and pits some of the best teams in the area against each other. Teams from Lawrence, Lowell, South End, Jamaica Read More…
The 2014 North End/North Adams LaFesta Baseball Exchange Game marks its 24th Anniversary of this program. Baseball players age 12 to 15 travel to North Adams in July and the North Adams team travels to Boston in August. This year the North End Team won one game in North Adams, the second game was rained Read More…
For the third year in a row the NEAA Senior Dodgers have finished in first place in the Lou Tompkins All-Star Baseball League. With one regular season game remaining the Dodgers are 14-2-1 and sit alone in first. The Dodgers continued to live their philosophy of strong pitching, solid defense and timely hitting as they Read More…
The NEAA 21u Dodgers ran their record to 6-0 with a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over a very tough Burlington team. The Dodger’s started off slowly as a combination of seeing-eye hits and some sloppy defense led to a 3-0 deficit after two innings. It was the first time the Dodgers have trailed all season. From Read More…
The North End Athletic Association honored Domenic Campochiaro at the NEAA All-star game on Friday June 27th at Campochiaro Field, Langone Park. Dom has volunteered as a coach and mentor for over 50 years. This past year he has stopped doing the clinic program. NEAA Sports Coordinator, John Romano said, “Dom was my coach in Read More…
Under a beautiful summer sky at Langone Park, the Hill House Red Sox won the 2014 Little League Championship over the NEAA Cubs by the score of 10-4 in a well-played game. The Red Sox were led on the mound by Paxton Wong, who pitched 4 strong innings of hitless ball, allowing 3 walks, while Read More…
For the fifth straight year, the Little League organizations of both neighborhoods (NEAA & South End Baseball) will play a home and home all-star game type series starting Thursday, June 26th at Langone Field, starting at 5:30 p.m. The second game will be in the South End at Peter’s Park on Monday, June 30th also Read More…
The NEAA will be honoring Domenic Campochiaro at the NEAA All-star game on Friday June 27th at 6:30pm at Campochiaro Field at Langone Park. Dom has volunteered as a coach and mentor for over 50 years. This past year he has stopped doing the clinic program. Personally, Dom was my coach in Babe Ruth and Read More…
Vin Lopriore threw 5 innings of two hit ball allowing zero earned runs and striking out nine as the 21u NEAA Dodgers beat Framingham 6-1 to run their record to 2-0. Lopriore had a tough act to follow after Bilikas’ opening day gem but he was more than up for the task. With his blazing Read More…
The 21 and Under NEAA Dodgers kicked-off their 2014 season with a solid 5-0 victory over Stoneham. Greg Bilikas, pitching like he was in mid-season form, dominated the Stoneham team going 6 shutout innings while allowing 2 hits and striking out 8. Kurt Martin came in and pitched an uneventful 7th inning. The Dodgers struck Read More…
After the North End Athletic Association Baseball Opening Day was rained out twice, the annual barbeque was held as a Family Day with lots of little league baseball on a sunny Saturday at Langone Park. The late Ralph “Arzie Bo” DeMarco was honored for his lifetime of contributions to the NEAA kids. Many of DeMarco’s Read More…