| VOLUME XXXII No. 31 | Narrowsburg, NY | August 3 - 9, 2006 |
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Seventh Annual Fremont Center Softball Tournament Softball teams ready to rumble for great cause 16 teams vie for tourney title in Nick Mootz benefit FREMONT CENTER, NY - From the moment that the first pitch heads over the plate on Friday evening, August 4, to the final out of the championship game on August 6, the action will be non-stop and the excitement will build as the Seventh Annual Fremont Center Softball Tournament unfolds. Organized by Loreen Gebelein, the tournament is a benefit for soon-to-be 15-year-old Nick Mootz of Kenoza Lake, who is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. (See riverreportersports.com for an article on Mootz entitled “In between the dark and the light.” The article also appeared in the July 27 issue of The River Reporter.) The tournament will draw legions of fans and supporters to two ball fields in Fremont Center, which offer up concession stands, a beer truck, a recently constructed children’s playground named for the late Gracie Hillriegel and a welcoming shade area. The venueaffords spectators all the amenities they could ever desire to augment a weekend of top-notch softball for the greatest of causes. Another tournament was held in Fremont Center earlier this summer to benefit Lenny Miret. The event raised $4,400 dollars for the youth soccer coach who is battling cancer. Many of the same teams will play this weekend including Matthew’s On Main, (a double winner), Stone Arch Inn, Sidetracks, American Electric, Davis Excavating, Ronny’s Ringers, McGurrin’s Pub, Sutphen East, Fitness Factory, Kohler Lumber, Darder’s Stone Works, Radio Shack of Hamlin, PA, FYI Graphics of Lake Ariel, PA, Indian Country of Hancock, and Westies, another fine team from Pennsylvania. Visit www.riverreportersports.com for a look at the opening-night match ups and the bracket array as well as ongoing slide shows during the weekend of the action. To make contributions to the Nick Mootz Tournament, send checks to The Ballpark at Fremont Center, c/o Loreen Gebelein, 192 County Road 94, Hankins, NY 12741.
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| Joe Meyer, of Matthew’s on Main, gets a key hit in his team’s win over Ronny’s Ringers at the Lenny Miret benefit tournament held in Fremont Center earlier this summer. Meyer and his teammates will defend their title as reigning champions in the Seventh Annual Fremont Center Tournament on August 4-6, a benefit for Nick Mootz and family. Mootz is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. (Click for larger version) |
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| Expect Stone Arch Inn, pictured here, to be in serious contention as the tournament gets underway. (Click for larger version) |
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| TRR photo by Richard A. Ross | |
| Nick Mootz, who is currently in remission from his bout with Hodkin’s Lymphoma, will be visiting the ballpark during the tournament. Doctors have limited his exposure to the sun but Mootz is anxious to see Tim “Chopper”Ackermann play. Mootz and his family are extremely grateful for all of the love and support they have received during the difficult ordeal that began when Nick was hospitalized on April 22. (Click for larger version) |
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| TRR photo by Richard A. Ross | |
| The youth movement, exemplified by teams like American Electric, will be on hand to lend sparks and excitement to the tourney. Pictured here is third baseman Chris Freebes, who held down the hot corner for Sullivan West during the recently concluded spring season. (Click for larger version) |
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