Congratulations to the Ozone Howard Little League Pee Wee Boys Division First Place Team and World Series Champions, Thunder. The team was coached by Jose Torres and Rocco Sapia and sponsored by John’s Pizzeria. The team was undefeated in the Playoffs and World Series. There were phenomenal pitching performances by John Sapia and Chris Kollmer, as well as timely hitting from Emmanuel Hernandez, Aidan Baglino, Christian Tai, Marcello Martinez, and Harrison Hutter. There was outstanding fielding by Christian Torres, Justin Notargiacomo, Matthew Valdez, Lucca Pollisi, and Jaiden Kacir.
Team members pictured are, kneeling from left to right, Harrison Hutter, Jaiden Kacir, Matthew Valdez, Christian Tai, Marcello Martinez, and Lucca Polisi. Standing from left to right are: Aidan Baglino, John Sapia, Chris Kollmer, Emmanuel Hernandez, Justin Notargiacomo and Christian Torres.