Local youth baseball team heads to national tournament

Posted: August 7th 2024

A youth baseball team with local ties is set to begin playing for a national championship this week.

The Atlantic Shore 13-and-under team will be in Glen Allen, Va., for the national Babe Ruth World Series, which is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug. 18.

The team is made up of players from Cape May and Atlantic counties. The players include (in alphabetical order) Henry Bogle, Corey Clemens, Brad DeFeo, Mikey Fritsch, Easton Iames, Dillon Kelly, Chase Kern, Brady Malloy, Gavin McDonnell, Charlie Matthews, Nick Matteucci, Bayan Ricci, Nathan Stocker, Trent Stefano and Connor Thomas.

Atlantic Shore heads to the tournament having finished as the runner-up at the Babe Ruth Mid-Atlantic Region Championships, held in western Pennsylvania earlier this summer.

Atlantic Shore is coached by 97.3 sports radio personality Mike Gill, a former high school baseball standout at Mainland Regional.

Pictured in the above team photo are (from left): back row - Easton Iames, Brady Malloy, Dillon Kelly, Gavin McDonnell, Corey Clemens, Brad DeFeo, Bayan Ricci, Henry Bogle, Mikey Fristch; front row - Nick Matteucci, Trent Stefano, Nathan Stocker, Charlie Matthews, Connor Thomas, Chase Kern.