NORTH SALEM, N.Y. The North Salem Tigers 23 and Under baseball team won the Westchester Putnam Baseball Association Summer Collegiate Championship on Monday.
North Salem blanked the Shrub Oak Storm, 7-0, to capture the 2012 championship. Each player received a championship jacket.
The Tigers defeated Cortland, 7-2, at Volunteers Park in the quarterfinals and then edged the Shrub Oak Diamondbacks, 4-3, in the semifinals. The Diamondbacks were the first place team in the WPBA and will play in the national collegiate tournament in Youngstown, Ohio.
Here is the full roster, along with ages and colleges, for the champion Tigers, coached by manager Kevin Loftus and assistant coaches Phil Wissel and James OHare.
Dan Loftus 22 Holy Cross University
Matt Mackenzie 23 Springfield College
Phil Campagna 21 SUNY Westchester
Corbin Wissel 22 East Carolina University
Chris Krisa 22 Keene State College
Jeff Bastone 19 Springfield College
Mickey Putillo 18 SUNY Oswego
Brian Casey 18 Duquesne University
Taylor Creazzo 19 SUNY Albany
Bryan Smadbeck 22 SUNY Purchase
Danny Paesano 22 Keene State College
Zach Shea 22 SUNY Westchester
James O'Hare 21 Syracuse University
Ron Stenz 23 Cornell University
Matt Mastroianni 18 SUNY Oneonta
Jimmy Bowler 21 Villanova University
From a submission by Jeff Bastone
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