Attorney Hannington hosts annual sports banquet
By Mike BergerCanton Attorney Glen Hannington recently sponsored his 26th annual sports banquet at the Brookmeadow Country Club in which he honored his summer and fall baseball and softball teams.
Several of his teams did very well this season, including the Hannington’s of Massachusetts Over 70 team, which has won several state, regional and national titles in 2012. Other teams included Hannington’s, which won the Canton Men’s Softball League championship, the Hannington’s Bay State Bombers Over 55 team, and the “The Hub” fall baseball team.
Hannington was also a sponsor of the Wareham Gatemen, who won the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League title this summer. The nation’s best college baseball players compete in this league before departing to professional baseball teams. The Gatemen were under .500 for part of the season before they made a great comeback to win the championship.
The Hannington’s Over 70 team, managed by Joe DeFelice — described as the “Red Auerbach” of Hannington’s softball teams — had the most tournament wins in 2012, including the Tournament of Champions in Lakeland, Florida; the Atlantic Coast Tournament in Sterling, Virginia; the Ocean State Classic in Warwick, Rhode Island; the Cape Cod Classic in Harwich; the Bay State Tourney in Wayland; the Canadian-American Tourney played in Mesquite, Nevada; and the World Senior Games in St. George, Utah.
In the Senior Games, Hannington’s was the top team out of 32 over 70 year old teams competing. The roster included Justin McGrath, Bud Dodge, Ed Finnegan, Sheldon Ganz, Charlie Howe, Don Murphy, Art Robinshaud, Angie Scarcella, Tom Silvia, Al Spirdione, Lee Southworth, Rene Vigneault, Spider Walsh, Pat Romano, and Peter Keville.
Hannington has sponsored a team in the Canton Men’s League since 1986, and the team has won the title in nine of the last 10 years. This year’s team came back to win in a dramatic seven-game series to reclaim the title. Greg Lyons was a player manager and led a team that included Paul and Jon Medeiros, Bill Murray, Kevin Aufiero, Ryan Collins, Kyle Yasi, Josh Goodrich, Chris Bell, Marc Alberts, Jeff Shea, AJ Nichols, Jesse Goodrich, Matt Wedge, and Donald Daley.
Hannington also sponsored “The Hub,” a fall team playing in a Boston league. They are the defending league champions and will be looking to repeat again this coming season. This year’s roster included Jon Bunker, Kevin Decelle, Justin Donahue, Jeffrey and Nickolas Dostoomian, Robert Healey, Bryan Holtzman, Cory Johnston, Chris Leaver, Shawn Leonard, Luke Lysak, Dan McNeil, David Muradian, Mike O’Brien, Joseph Pascarelli, Dan Pozner, Michael Rudenauer, and Robert Shea.
The roster for the Hannington’s Over 55 Bay State Bombers included Paul Casey, Bill Curry Sr., Mark Davis, Ken Day, Paul Frigon, Pat Gordon, Andrew Harmon, Ron Kenyon, Wayman Lee, Kevin Lipsett, John McGraw, Larry Moone, George Morse, Fred Shields, Dan Sides, Marvin Sims, Curt Snow, Mike Swinamer, Tony Tager, Tom Veo, and Glen Wilbur. Hannington noted that Curry sent a $1,000 donation, which was matched by the Wareham Gatemen, to send 40 children to summer camp.
The annual George Macari Exceptional Sportsmanship Award was presented to Paul Medeiros of the Hannington’s team in the Canton Men’s Softball League.
The special guest speaker was Jim Corsi, a former Red Sox relief pitcher, Newton native, and NESN TV sports analyst.
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Posted by Mike Berger
on Dec 13 2012. Filed under Beyond CHS, Sports.
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