by Frank Iudiciani On Wednesday, July 29th, the NEAA Dodgers team of 13-15 year old boys faced a team of elite Japanese youth in the Boston Red Sox Foundation’s Annual Japan-Boston Baseball Exchange. The day once again began at Puopolo Park with a baseball clinic conducted by members of the Boston Parks League for both teams. Read More…
For 25 years, Boston’s North End and sister city North Adams have held the annual LaFesta Baseball Exchange Tournament. The teams celebrated the anniversary on Saturday night at Puopolo Park as part of this year’s exchange. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh presented co-founder George Canales with a plaque dedicating “George Canales Way.” Co-founders Joe Sgarano and John Fiumara from Read More…
Mayor Martin J. Walsh greeted the Charlestown and North End 11-12-year-old teams during the Mayor Cup Baseball Tournament division playoffs held at the Parkway Little League Complex in West Roxbury July 18 and 19. More than 600 youngsters on 44 teams took part in the tournament representing South Boston, East Boston, Parkway, Roslindale, Savin Hill, Read More…
Once again the North End Athletic Association’s Dodger baseball Program will host a game in the North End between the North End Dodgers and a team of similar age boys from Japan. The Boston Red Sox US-Japan Baseball Exchange is an annual Red Sox Foundation funded and operated program that brings young Japanese youth to Read More…
What a series the North End All Stars played against the South End in winning a 2 game sweep to take the annual North2 South series! Led by Head Coach Luigi Natale, Assistant Dennis Lacolla and Assistant Dan Shea, the North End came out ready to play in game one, shutting the South End down. Read More…
(Photos by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) On Friday June 26th, the NEAA celebrated our annual All-Star game. The game was played in honor of the memory of long time NEAA Coach, Director and President Joseph “Coach Dom” Campochiaro. The day started off with the six Minor League teams playing their final games. There were Read More…
Action photos from the North End Athletic Association Major’s Playoffs this past week.
NEAA 21U Dodgers Open Season With a Victory The NEAA 21U Dodgers opened their Lou Tompkins All-Star Baseball season with a stirring 2-1 victory over the South End Astros. The Dodgers opened their season with ace Vincent Lopriore on the mound. He faced off against Astro ace Rivera. The two were dominant throughout the game. Read More…
Virtually every night of the week you can see the North End Athletic Association’s youth baseball program in full swing at both the Langone and Puopolo Parks on Commercial Street. On a recent evening, I had an hour or so to spend at the park and watched some of the Major’s game at Langone Park and Read More…
As you know, our good friend Dom Campochiaro – affectionately known as Coach Dom to thousands of North End/Waterfront children and parents, passed away last year. We will be honoring Dom by playing this years’ NEAA All Star game in Dom’s memory. We will honor Dom’s memory in a ceremony before the game around 6:30pm on Read More…
The baseball season is in full swing for the North End Athletic Association. Here is an action photo gallery. Photos courtesy of NEAA.
So many kids signed up for T-Ball this year, the North End Athletic Association program had to move from Langone Park over to the “grown-up” Puopolo Field on Commercial Street. The 4 and 5 year olds are coached by Jim Carey and other volunteers every Saturday morning. (Photo by Matt Conti) “Neighborhood Photo” is Read More…