Norristown Slow Pitch League Championships
Norristown Softball Championships (Civic/Elmwood Park/Boro/A) -From 1968-1981, all leagues/divisions/sections/conferences combined playoffs to crown an overall League Champ -From 1976-83, the league was divided into 2 equal playoff flights (Blue & Gold) which played two separate double elimination playoff tournaments with the 2 winners emerging to play the final series -Since 1982, each separate league or division crowned it's own separate champ with separate playoffs -Note- In 1992, the league crowned (2) separate A Champs (A1 and A2) Year (League) Champ Runner-Up Results 1968 (Civic) Triple S Club Crosstown Tavern 2-1 1969 (Civic) Crosstown Tavern (B) Meadowbrook Tavern (A) 2-1 (Section-A) Meadowbrook Tavern Al's Cold Cuts 2-1 (Section-B) Crosstown Tavern Triple S Club 2-0 1970 (Civic) Crosstown Tavern (A) Triple S Club (B) 2-0 (Section-A) Crosstown Tavern Meadowbrook Tavern 2-1 (Section-B) Triple S Club Norristown Post Office 2-0 1971 (Civic) Crosstown Tavern (A) Dante's Restaurant (C) 2-0 (Section-A) Crosstown Tavern Rossi's Bar 2-0 (Section-B) Luciano's Tavern Norristown Post Office 2-0 (Section-C) Dante's Restaurant Stony Creek Tavern 2-0 1972 (Elmwood Park) Ragusa Hauling (School Area) Al's Cold Cuts (Borough) 2-0 (Borough) Al's Cold Cuts Hughie's Blue Ribbon Bar 2-1 (School Area) Rugusa Hauling Charlie's Pizzeria 2-0 (Suburban) Triple S Club Rossi's Bar 2-0 (Church) Visitation BVM St. Titus 2-0 1973 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (2) Ragusa Hauling (1) 2-0 (Division-1) Rugusa Hauling Valley Forge Finance 2-1 (Division-2) Al's Cold Cuts Triple S Club 2-1 1974 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (1) Gambone Brothers (2) 2-0 (Division-1) Al's Cold Cuts Rugusa Hauling 2-0 (Division-2) Gambone Brothers Rossi's Bar 2-1 1975 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (Amer.) Services Unlimited (Nat.) 2-0 (American) Al's Cold Cuts Continental Reality 2-1 (National) Services Unlimited Tony Rich 2-0 1976 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (Gold) Tony Rich (Blue) 2-1 (Gold) Al's Cold Cuts Ply Mar Construction * (Blue) Tony Rich DePallo's * 1977 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (Gold) Ply Mar (Blue) 2-1 (Gold) Al's Cold Cuts Triple S Club * (Blue) Ply Mar Construction Tony Rich * 1978 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (Blue) Triple S Club (Gold) 2-0 (Gold) Triple S Club Caparo Real Estate * (Blue) Al's Cold Cuts Talone Insurance * 1979 (Civic) Al's Cold Cuts (Gold) Vince's Tavern (Blue) 3-1 (Gold) Al's Cold Cuts Tony Rich * (Blue) Vince's Tavern Ply Mar Construction * 1980 (Civic) Norr. Sp. Goods (Gold) Organski Masonary (Blue) 3-0 (Gold) Norristown Sporting Goods Al's Cold Cuts * (Blue) Organski Masonary Talone Insurance * 1981 (Civic) Charlie G's (Blue) Al's Cold Cuts (Gold) 3-2 (Gold) Al's Cold Cuts Norristown Sp. Goods * (Blue) Charlie G's Tony Rich * PLAYOFFS Separated by Division from 1982 1982 (Boro-A) Al's Cold Cuts (Gold) Triple S Club (Blue) 3-2 (Gold) Al' s Cold Cuts Marchese Honda * (Blue) Triple S Club Norristown Sp. Goods * 1983 (Boro-A) Al's Cold Cuts (Gold) Norristown Sp. Goods (Blue) 3-0 (Gold) Al's Cold Cuts Eagles Home Association * (Blue) Norristown Sporting Goods Tony Rich * 1984 (Boro-A) Al's Cold Cuts Marchese Honda 3-1 1985 (Boro-A) Al's Cold Cuts DSI 3-1 1986 (Boro-A) Al's Cold Cuts DSI 3-0 1987 (Boro-A) Marchese Honda Mosteller's Seafood 3-0 1988 (Boro-A) Al's Cold Cuts Little Pub Lounge 3-2 1989 (Boro-A) Woodstream Grand Slam USA 3-1 1990 (Boro-A) Woodstream/People's Riley Sales 3-1 1991 (Boro-A) American Collision Woodstream/Big Al's 3-1 1992 (Boro-A1) American Collision Woodstream 3-1 (Boro-A2) Swedeland Fire Company Holy Saviour Club 3-1 1993 (Boro-A) TNT/Steppy's Lounge J.P. Mascaro 3-1 1994 (Boro-A) TNT Sports Club Triple S Club 3-1 1995 (Boro-A) TNT Sports Club Jo-Mark 3-1 1996 (Boro-A) Cannon Roofing Sumney-West Tavern 3-1 1997 (Boro-A) Cannon Roofing (A1) American Building (A2) 3-1 (Boro-A1) Cannon Roofing Jo-Mark 3-1 (Boro-A2) American Building MAD Exterminators 3-1 1998 (A) TNT Sports Club Hooters King of Prussia 3-1 1999 (A) TNT Sports Club Cannon Roofing 3-1 2000 (A) Cannon Roofing Berry Mowing 3-1 2001 (A) Cannon Roofing Mel's Pub/Stadium Sports 3-2 2002 (A) Mel's Pub Little Brown Jug 3-0 2003 (A) Cannon Roofing Little Brown Jug 3-0 2004 (A) Bridgeport Pizza Mel's Pub/Whitpain Tavern 3-0 2005 (A) Mel's Pub Cannon Roofing 3-0 2006 (A) Cannon Roofing Mel's Pub/Primo's Pizza 3-2 2007 (A) Paragon Alliance Mel's Pub/TNT Sports Club 3-2 2008 (A) Pepper's Restaurant Cannon Roofing 3-2 2009 (A) Steppy's/TNT/Worcester HVAC Pepper's Restaurant/FAI 3-0 2010 (A) Paragon Alliance/Cannon T-Bones/Peppers/Dr Foleys 4-2 2011 (A) Paragon Alliance/Cannon Tribe Reloaded 4-1 2012 (A) Steppy's/Worcester HVAC T-Bones/JFCC/DBA Associates 3-0 2013 (A) Paragon Alliance Steppy's/Worcester HVAC 4-2 2014 (A) Natale & Onufer/Hopsons Paragon Alliance 3-2 2015 (A) Bridgeport Bullies K&C Insulation/Bridgeport Beer 3-1 2016 (A) Bridgeport Rib-House Tosco's/Bridgeport Beer 3-0 2017 (A) Swing Mafia/Inferno Sports Tosco's Pizza 4-1 2018 (A) Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers Paragon Alliance/Autobahn 4-2 2019 (A) Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers John Kennedy Collision 3-1 2020 (A) Powell Masonry MKS/Creekside 3-2 2021 (A) Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers Powell Masonry 3-2 2022 (A) Powell/Nick's Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers 3-1
Norristown A-Division Final Series MVP Award Playoff MVP Award for the League- Boro, A, A1 and A2 Division Started in 1993 by Vince Romano and has been given out every year since by Sully 'Heels' Gelet. Anything prior was awarded by the team or manager. Year Div Champ-Runner-Up MVP, Team 1968-81 - Nothing documented (however upon reading accounts of the finals, these players were deserving 1977 - Al's - Ply Mar Charlie DiNolfi (3B), Al's Cold Cuts 1982-87 A Nothing documented 1988 A Al's Cold Cuts - Little Pub Brian Becker (C), Al's Cold Cuts 1989 A Woodstream - Grand Slam Gary "Augie" Mauger (LC), Woodstream 1990 A Woodstream/People's - Riley's Gary "Augie" Mauger (LC), People's Choice (9 HRs) 1991 A American Collision - Woodstream Joe Tomchick (P), American Collision (13-15, .867) 1992 A1 Amer. Collision - Woodstream Steve Phipps (2B), American Collision (10-12, .833, 2 HRs) A2 Swedeland - Holy Saviour Ed Gear (C), Swedeland Fire Co. (3 HRs, 10 RBIs) OFFICIAL 1993 A TNT Sports Club - Mascaro's Rob Wisner (P), TNT Sports Club 1994 A TNT Sports Club - Triple S Club Bobby Ray (SS), TNT Sports Club 1995 A TNT Sports Club - Jo-Mark Ivo Salvi (LC), TNT Sports Club (11-15, .733) 1996 A Cannon Roofing - Sumney-West Ed Keebler (1B), Cannon Roofing 1997 A Cannon Roofing - Am. Bldg. -No MVP awarded A1 Cannon Roofing - Jo-Mark Ken Shemonski (RC), Cannon Roofing A2 American Building - MAD Ext. Karl "Kat" Janetka (1B), American Building 1998 A TNT Sports Club - Hooters K.O.P. Mike Lombardo (SS-2B), TNT Sports Club 1999 A TNT Sports Club - Cannon Roofing JR Williams (EH), TNT (18-22, .818, 3 HRs, 18 RBIs) 2000 A Cannon Roofing - Berry Mowing Pete Luzi (LF), Cannon Roofing (12-15, .800, 3 HRs) 2001 A Cannon Roofing - Mel's Pub Karl "Kat" Janetka (2B), Cannon Roofing (16-21, .810, 2 HRs) 2002 A Mel's Pub - Little Brown Jug Clarke Farrell (LC), Mel's Pub (13-15, .867, 2 HRs) 2003 A Cannon Roofing - Little Brown Jug Joe DiCicco (RF), Cannon Roofing 2004 A Bridgeport Pizza - Mel's Pub Jeff Neamand (P), Bridgeport Pizza 2005 A Mel's Pub - Cannon Roofing Dave "Killer" Kwiatkowski (2B), Mel's Pub 2006 A Cannon Roofing - Mel's Pub Tom Pagel (1B), Cannon Roofing 2007 A Paragon Alliance - Mel's/TNT Craig Borzillo (3B), Paragon (9 HRs, 18 total-10 Playoff games) 2008 A Peppers Restaurant - Cannon Mike Trimble (SS), Peppers Restaurant (21-24, .875) 2009 A Steppy's/TNT - Pepper's Shawn Remish (P), Steppy's/TNT Sports Club/Worcester 2010 A Paragon/Cannon - T-Bones/Peppers Anthony "Skitz" DiFliore (P), Paragon Alliance/Cannon 2011 A Paragon/Cannon - Tribe Reloaded Anthony "Skitz" DiFliore (P) -AND- Paul Garber (SS), Paragon 2012 A Steppy's/Worcester - T-Bones Gerry DiNolfi (OF), Steppy's/Worcester HVAC 2013 A Paragon Alliance - Steppy's Paul Garber (SS), Paragon Alliance 2014 A Natale & Onufer - Paragon Mike "Hoppy" Hopson (EH), N&O (23-24, .953) 2015 A Bridgeport Bullies - K&C/Beer Lenny DelGrippo (1B), Bridgeport Bullies 2016 A Bridgeport Rib-House - Bpt Beer Josh Serfass (P), Bridgeport Rib-House 2017 A Swing Mafia - Toscos Ryan Dolga (SS), Inferno Sports/Swing Mafia 2018 A Swing Mafia - Paragon Alliance Steve 'Meatball' Maniscalco (P), Swing Mafia 2019 A Swing Mafia - JK Collision Kevin O'Keefe (3B), Swing Mafia 2020 A Powell Masonry - MKS Morgan Funstein (OF), Powell Masonry 2021 A Swing Mafia - Powell Masonry AJ Welk (P), Swing Mafia 2022 A Powell/Nick's - Swing Mafia Brian Leon (1B), Powell/Nicks (5 HRs in final 2 games)
Norristown A-Division Regular Season MVP Award MVP Award for the A-Division started in 1998, elected by vote of League Managers Year Div Player, Position Team 1998 A Mike Lombardo, SS TNT Sports Club 1999 A Tom Coughlin, OF Little Brown Jug 2000 A Warren Grant, OF Mel's Pub 2001 A Tom Coughlin, OF Little Brown Jug (Called Tony Chiccino Memorial MVP) 2002 A John Brooks, EH Mel's Pub 2003 A Tom 'Kegger' McCauley, 3B Cannon Roofing 2004 A Ken Shemonski, C Cannon Roofing 2005 A Jason Williams, OF Bridgeport Pizza 2006 A John Brooks, C Mel's Pub 2007 A Brian Dunlap, P Paragon Alliance 2008 A (Co-MVP) Steve Moloney, P Peppers Restaurant A (Co-MVP) Joe Santucci, OF Cannon Roofing 2009 A Joe McFarlane, OF Steppy's/TNT 2010 A AJ Welk, IF Peppers/Hopson's 2011 A Paul Garber, IF Paragon/Cannon 2012 A Dann Welsh, IF Cartel 2013 A Brett Hanby, IF Steppy's/Worcester HVAC 2014 A Paul Garber, IF Paragon Alliance 2015 A Brian Rorick, OF Charlies Pizza 2016 A Dave Miller, 1B Bridgeport Rib-House A (Offensive) Nick Bucha, OF Bridgeport Rib-House A (Defensive) Tim Wagner, OF Paragon Alliance 2017 A Jason Rompola, SS Tosco's Pizza 2018 A Ken Shemonski, C Paragon Alliance/Autobahn 2019 A Dennis Rudzinski, SS John Kennedy Collision A (Defensive) Ryan Dolga, SS Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers 2020 A Mike Gers, 2B Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers 2021 A Jake Gronsky, SS Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers 2022 A Tony Leon, OF Powell/Nick's A AJ Welk, P Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers
Norristown A-Division Regular Season Home Run Leader Official league stats started in 1998 for the A-Division, Upper Division, National Division 1982-1997 are just guesses from various players Year Div Player, Team HRs 1968 A Charlie DiNolfi, Crosstowne Tavern ? 1969 A Charlie DiNolfi, Crosstowne Tavern ? 1970 A Charlie DiNolfi, Crosstowne; Richie Bellam, Foreman's Ranch House Tavern 1971 A Charlie DiNolfi, Crosstowne; Richie Bellam, Foreman's Ranch House Tavern 1972 A Ken Nadwodny, Triple S Club 11 1973 A Charlie DiNolfi, Al's Cold Cuts; Ernie Thomas, Wit's Bar 1974 A Richie Bellam, Al's Cold Cuts 32 1975 A Charlie DiNolfi, Al's Cold Cuts 27 1976 A Charlie DiNolfi, Al's Cold Cuts 20 1977 A Charlie DiNolfi, Al's Cold Cuts 25 1978 A Tom Clarke, Talone's; Mike Gouck & Butch Martin, Tony-Rich; Mike Mazza, Triple S 1979 A Tom Clarke, Talone's; Mike Gouck & Butch Martin, Tony-Rich; Mike Mazza (14) & Charlie Kish (14), Triple S 1980 A Tom Clarke, Talone's; Bob Koch, Norristown Sporting Goods, Mike Gouck & Butch Martin, Charlie G's 1981 A Danny Fisher, J&L Towing 20 (Clarke Farrell, Bake Meister-18) 1982 A Danny Fisher, Eagles/J&L; Bob Koch, Norr. Sporting Goods; Tom Clarke, Talones 1983 A Clarke Farrell, Al's (14) Ed Keebler & Ken Shemonski, DSI; Dan Fisher, Al's 1984 A Clarke Farrell, Al's (11); Tom Longo, Triple S; Ed Keebler & Ken Shemonski, DSI 1985 A Ken Shemonski, DSI 24 1986 A Ken Shemonski, DSI; Clayton Blank, Tech Ed; Ed Keebler, DSI 1987 A Brian Becker, Ken Shemonski, Al's; Rick Petschelt, Little Pub; Steve Doyle, Triple S 1988 A Ken Shemonski, Al's Cold Cuts 43 (All time League Record) 1989 A Ken Shemonski & Clayton Blank, Grand Slam; Gary Mauger, Woodstream; Ed Keebler, GVR 1990 A Ken Shemonski, Grand Slam; Gary Maugher, Woodstream; Ed Keebler, American Collision 1991 A Ken Shemonski, American Collision; Gary Maugher, Woodstream; Tom McGrath, Triple S 1992 A Ken Shemonski, American Collision; Gary Maugher, Woodstream; Tom McGrath, Triple S 1993 A Chuck Rotelli & Jimmy Kitchen, TNT; Ken Shemonski & Warren Grant, American Collision; 1994 A Chuck Rotelli & Jimmy Kitchen, TNT; Gary Maugher, Woodstream; Ken Shemonski, Woodstream 1995 A Chuck Rotelli & Jimmy Kitchen, TNT; Ken Shemonski, Cannon; Warren Grant, Jo-Mark 1996 A Warren Grant, Jo-Mark; Ken Shemonski, Cannon Roofing; JR Williams, Sumney-West 1997 A Ken Shemonski, Cannon Roofing; Warren Grant & JR Williams, Jo-Mark OFFICIAL 1998 A Ken Shemonski, Cannon Roofing 18 1999 A Tom Coughlin, Little Brown Jug 25 2000 A Warren Grant, TNT Sports Club 22 2001 A Tom Coughlin, Little Brown Jug 25 2002 A John Brooks, Mel's Pub 26 2003 A Tom 'Kegger' McCauley, Cannon 18 2004 A Ken Shemonski, Cannon Roofing 18 2005 A John Brooks, Mel's Pub 18 2006 A John Brooks, Mel's Pub 23 2007 A Craig Balmer, TPM/ODL 14 Weirman Field and others --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 A Matt O'Hara, Peppers Restaurant 18 * Heels Field Only (* record) 2009 A Joe McFarlane, Steppy's/TNT 26 * 2010 A Joe McFarlane, T-Bones/Peppers 27 * 2011 A Ken Shemonski, Paragon/Cannon 30 * A Steve Webster, T-Bones/Black Horse 30 * 2012 A Kevin O'Keefe, Steppy's/Worcester 18 2013 A Jimmy Bugsy Martin, N&O 22 2014 A Matt Cybularz, Modern Tactical 20 2015 A Brian Rorick, Charlies Pizza 36 * 2016 A Dave Miller, Bridgeport Rib-House 29 2017 A John Bellis, Archon Investments 24 2018 A Ken Shemonski, Paragon/Autobahn 38 * 2019 A Ryan Piercy, Depaul Brothers 25 2020 A Brian Leon, Powell Masonry 12 2021 A Brian Leon, Powell Masonry 16
Norristown B-Division League Championships Note- from 1992-1999, the league crowned (2) separate B Champs (B1 and B2) Year (League) Champ Runner-Up Results 1982 (Central-B) Via Veneto Pizza Bruno's Towing 3-0 1983 (Central-B) Norristown Recreation Luciano's Tavern 3-0 1984 (Central-B) B.J. Sportsworld Via Veneto Pizza 3-0 1985 (Central-B) Hoagie Experience Bridgeport Sports Club 3-0 1986 (Central-B) Bruckner Insurance Victor's Cleaners 3-0 1987 (Central-B) Metzgar Painting Luciano's Tavern 3-0 1988 (Central-B) TNT Sports Club Victor's Cleaners 3-2 1989 (Central-B) TNT Sports Club Swedeland Fire Company 3-1 1990 (Central-B) Eagle's Home Association Swedeland Fire Company 3-0 1991 (Central-B) TNT Sports Club Falcone Painting 3-2 1992 (B1) Brass Rail Quigley Painting 3-0 (B2) Lou's Auto Conicelli Auto 3-2 1993 (National-B1) Reality One Holy Saviour 3-2 (American-B2) Capitol Mortgage Russo Real Estate 3-2 1994 (National-B1) Brook Tavern Luciano's Tavern 3-2 (American-B2) Eagles Home Association Steppy's Bar 3-0 1995 (North-B1) Asko Roofing Brook Tavern 3-1 (South-B2) Eagles Home Association South Side Café 3-0 1996 (North-B1) Fifth Street Pub MAD Exterminators 3-2 (South-B2) Old Tyme Saloon Main Street Café 3-1 1997 (B1) Main Street Cafe Steppy's Bar 3-2 (B2) We Three Pets Mark Melice Contractors 3-1 1998 (B1) Horgan Brothers Penn Square Tavern 3-2 (B2) The Club (Mt. Carmel) Steel Curtain/Toto's 3-1 1999 (B1) Little Brown Jug Fryer Construction 3-2 (B2) Steel Curtain/Toto's Franchise 3-2 2000 (B) We Three Pets Swedeland Fire Company 3-1 2001 (B) Hitmen Franchise 3-0 2002 (B) Franchise Direnzo's Tavern 3-1 2003 (B) TNT Sports Club Maro & Maro 3-1 2004 (B) Maro & Maro Peppers Restaurant 3-1 2005 (B) Paragon Alliance Norristown Rec 3-0 2006 (B) Paragon Alliance Thunder Softball 3-2 2007 (B) T-Bones/SVS Joe Chicco's Down & Dirty 3-1 2008 (B) T-Bones Softball Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts 3-0 2009 (B) Down & Dirty/Spectrum Black Horse Tavern-I 3-0 2010 (B) Norristown Rec Black Horse Tavern-I 4-1 2011 (B) Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts Norristown Rec 4-0 2012 (B) Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts Altomare Precast/Wilson 4-0 2013 (B) Bridgeport Beer Iacovino's Reloaded 3-0 2014 (B1) Bridgeport Beer Bridgeport Rib-House 3-0 (B2) Facenda-Whitaker Norristown Rec/J&J 3-2 2015 (B) Norristown Rec/Bauman Pitts Depaul Brothers 3-1 2016 (B) Facenda-Whitaker Steppy's/Altomare 3-1 2017 (B) Depaul Brothers Steppy's/Altomare 4-0 2018 (B) JDM Materials Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home 3-2 2019 (B) Creekside/MKS Whitpain Tavern 3-0 2020 (B) East Coast Facilities Steppy's/Gibbons Legal 3-1 2021 (B) Steppy's/Gibbons Legal Franchise 3-0 2022 (B)
Norristown B-Division Final Series MVP Award Playoff MVP Award for the Central, B, B1 and B2 Division Started in 1993 by Vince Romano and has been given out every year since by Sully 'Heels' Gelet. Anything prior was awarded by the team or manager. Year Div Champ-Runner-Up MVP, Team 1982-87 B Nothing documented 1988 B TNT Sports Club - Victor's Joe Viglione, TNT Sports Club 1989 B TNT Sports Club - Swedeland -No Information Available 1990 B Eagles Home Assoc. - Swedeland John Maniscalco, Eagles Home Association 1991 B TNT Sports Club - Falcone's Kevin Alderfer, TNT (19-21, 7 HRs, 20 RBIs) 1992 B1 Brass Rail - Quigley Painting -No Information Available B2 Lou's Auto - Conicelli Auto -No Information Available OFFICIAL 1993 B1 Reality One - Holy Saviour Jeff Belford, Reality One B2 Capitol Mortgage - Russo Real Estate Tom "Dino" D'Innocenzo, Capitol 1994 B1 Brook Tavern - Luciano's Tavern Mike Carfagno, Brook Tavern B2 Eagles Home Association - Steppy's Bar Sean McNamara -AND- Bob Wolfinger, Eagles 1995 B1 Asko Roofing - Brook Tavern Eddie Moyer, Asko Roofing B2 Eagles Home Association - South Side Steve Moloney, Eagles Home 1996 B1 Fifth Street Pub - MAD Exterminators Marty Murray, Fifth St. Pub (13 HRs) B2 Old Tyme Saloon - Main Street Café Jim Natalini, Old Tyme Saloon 1997 B1 Main Street Cafe - Steppy's Bar Logan Ruth, Main St. Cafe B2 We Three Pets - Mark Melice Cont. Bill Bradford, We 3 Pets 1998 B1 Horgan Brothers - Penn Square Tavern Jeff Crist, Horgan Brothers B2 The Club (Mt. Carmel) - Steel Curtain Lou Raieta (P), The Club 1999 B1 Little Brown Jug - Fryer Construction Rob Himes (OF), Little Brown Jug B2 Steel Curtain/Toto's - Franchise Shawn Remish (P), Steel Curtain 2000 B We Three Pets - Swedeland Fire Co. Scott Pennypacker (IF), We 3 Pets (6 HRs) 2001 B Hitmen - Franchise Robbie Himes (OF), Hitmen 2002 B Franchise - Direnzo's Tavern Chris Logan (OF), Franchise (6 HRs) 2003 B TNT Sports Club - Maro & Maro Joe Mayo (OF), TNT Sports Club 2004 B Maro & Maro - Peppers Restaurant Brian "Bear" Allerton (P), Maro & Maro 2005 B Paragon Alliance - Norristown Rec Rob Hires (OF), Paragon Alliance 2006 B Paragon Alliance - Thunder Softball Chris Logan (OF), Paragon -AND- Craig Borzillo (3B), Paragon 2007 B T-Bones/SVS - Chicco's D&D Mike Manieri (SS), T-Bones/SVS (8-9 in final 2 games) 2008 B T-Bones Softball - Maennerchor David Soldano (P) -AND- Joe Keating (OF), T-Bones 2009 B D&D/Spectrum - Black Horse-I Brian "Bear" Allerton (P), D&D/Spectrum 2010 B Norristown Rec - Black Horse-I Jon Hainsey (IF), Norristown Rec 2011 B Maennerchor/Bauman - Norristown Rec John Cresswell (P), Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts 2012 B Maennerchor/Bauman - Altomare Precast Steve Young (3B), Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts 2013 B Bridgeport Beer - Iacovino's Jason Rompola (SS), Bridgeport Beer 2014 B1 Bridgeport Beer - Bridgeport Rib-House Wayne Stem (P), Bridgeport Beer B2 Facenda-Whitaker - Norristown Rec John Bellis (SS), Facenda-Whitaker 2015 B Norristown Rec - Depaul Brothers Dave O'Neil (OF), Norristown Rec 2016 B Facenda-Whitaker - Steppy's/Altomare John Bellis (3B), Facenda-Whitaker 2017 B Depaul Brothers - Steppys/Altomare David Douglass (OF/SS), Depaul Brothers 2018 B JDM Materials - Shaeff Myers Brent Anderson (OF), JDM Materials 2019 B Creekside/MKS - Whitpain Tavern Jordan Mullin (OF), Creekside/MKS 2020 B East Coast Facilities - Steppys Ryan Piercy (OF), ECF 2021 B Steppy's/Gibbons - Franchise Anthony Zeltner (EH), Steppy's/Gibbons 2022 (B)
Norristown B-Division Regular Season MVP Award MVP Award for the B-Division started in 2001, elected by vote of League Managers Year Div Player, Position Team 2001 B Chris Sullivan, SS Franchise 2002 B Ken Hanley, OF Franchise 2003 B Steve Kalbach, OF-SS Norristown Rec 2004 B Steve Shoemaker, OF Maro & Maro 2005 B Anthony 'Skitz' DiFiore, SS Paragon Alliance 2006 B Ryan Mathias, 1B Thunder Softball 2007 B Kevin Heckman, OF T-Bones/SVS 2008 B Eric Rohlfing, OF T-Bones Softball 2009 B Nick Chiccino, OF D&D/Spectrum 2010 B (Co-MVP) Kyle Waldowski, 3B AJ Catagnus B (Co-MVP) Dan Sharapan, 1B Norristown Rec 2011 B Chip Polkowski, OF AJ Catagnus 2012 B Ryan Parfitt, OF Altomore Precast 2013 B (Co-MVP) Lenny Del Grippo, OF Charlies Pizza B (Co-MVP) Dan Lunger, OF Iacovino's Tavern 2014 B1 Nick Bucha, OF Bridgeport Rib-House B2 John Bellis, IF Facenda-Whitaker 2015 B Al Fitch, SS Gibbons Legal 2016 B (Co-MVP) Brett Hanby, SS Depaul Brothers B (Co-MVP) Ryan Piercy, OF Depaul Brothers B (Offensive) John Bellis, 3B Facenda-Whitaker B (Defensive) Mick Marsilio, P Steppy's/Altomare 2017 B David Douglass, OF Depaul Brothers 2018 B Chip Polkowski, OF Gibbons Legal 2019 B Jimmy Mullin, SS Creekside/MKS 2020 B Steve Leonard, OF Steppy's/Gibbons 2021 B (Co-MVP) Nick Delaney, 3B Steppy's/Gibbons B (Co-MVP) Ryan Piercy, OF ECF 2022 B Jay Jabs, OF Steppy's/Gibbons
Norristown B-Division Regular Season Home Run Leader Official league stats started in 2000 for the B-Division Year Div Player, Team HRs 1998 B Bill Gulotta, Steel Curtain 20 * 1999 B Bill Gulotta, Steel Curtain 21 * 2000 B Scott Pennypacker, We 3 Pets 13 2001 B Deih Divinney, Direnzo's Tavern 17 2002 B Ken Hanley, Franchise 10 2003 B Ed Gear, Swedeland Fire Company 13 2004 B Steve Shoemaker, Maro & Maro 7 B Mike Manieri, Peppers Restaurant 7 2005 B Brian Dunlap, Paragon Alliance 13 2006 B Jason Washington, TNT Sports Club 14 2007 B Scooch Pascucci, Chicco's D&D 10 B Rob Hickson, Natale & Onufer 10 2008 B Scooch Pascucci, Chicco's D&D 10 2009 B Nick Chiccino, D&D/Spectrum 14 B Mike Sobeck, Norristown Rec 14 2010 B Matt Cyburlarz, Flashtastics/Picard 14 2011 B Kyle Waldowski, AJ Catagnus/Altomore 23 * 2012 B Ryan Parfitt, Altomore Precast 22 2013 B Lenny Del Grippo, Charlies Pizza 15 2014 B1 Lenny Del Grippo, Charlies Pizza 17 B2 John Bellis, Facenda Whitaker 14 2015 B Vinny Catagnus, Angelos/TNT 15 2016 B Ryan Piercy, Depaul Brothers 18 2017 B Ryan Piercy, Depaul Brothers 13 2018 B Mike Franceschina, JDM Materials 15 2019 B Jimmy Mullin, MKS/Creekside 14 2020 B Ryan Piercy, East Coast Facilities 14 2021 B Ryan Piercy, East Coast Facilities 32 * 2022 B Ryan Piercy, East Coast Facilities 28 B Ken Shemonski, Paragon Alliance 28
Norristown C-Division League Championships Note- In 1993 and from 1995-1996, the league crowned (2) separate C Champs (C1 and C2) Year (League) Champ Runner-Up Results1982 (Rec-C) Staurowsky's Woodworking Little Brown Jug 3-1 1983 (Rec-C) Perkins Restaurant Norristown Orioles 3-1 1984 (Rec-C) Norristown Orioles Little Brown Jug 3-0 1985 (Rec-C) KB Sportswear Capone's Coronet 3-1 1986 (Rec-C) Charlie's U-Turn Tony the Tailor 3-1 1987 (Rec-C) Charlie's U-Turn Capone's Coronet 3-2 1988 (Rec-C) Wooden Nickel Checkers Grille 3-1 1989 (Rec-C) Forest Tavern Capone's Coronet 3-2 1990 (Rec-C) Thorngate Uniforms Maennerchor Club 3-0 1991 (Rec-C) Quigley Painting Russo Real Estate 3-0 1992 (Rec-C) Al's Cold Cuts Sleep N Snooz 3-0 1993 (North-C1) RT Temps Mirable Beverage 3-1 (South-C2) Sleep N Snooz Sports Page II 3-0 1994 (Rec-C) Sports Page II St. Gabe's 3-1 1995 (East-C1) Sleep N Snooz Warrentz Enterprises 3-1 (West-C2) Catagnus Recycle Tee-Shirt People 3-0 1996 (East-C1) Frank's Pub Sleep N Snooz 3-0 (West-C2) Direnzo's Titans MAC Real Estate 3-2 1997 (C) The Franchise MSS Club 3-1 1998 (C) Flex's Gym MAC Real Estate 3-2 1999 (C) Natale & Onufer Falcone's Sports Bar 3-1 2000 (C) Charlie's Pizzeria Kinsey Landscaping 3-1 2001 (C) Kinsey Landscaping Charlie's Pizzeria 3-1 2002 (C) Kinsey Landscaping Charlie's Pizzeria 3-2 2003 (C) Norristown Player's Club Charlie's Pizzeria 3-2 2004 (C) Tuxedo Junction Charlie's Pizzeria 3-0 2005 (C) Whitpain Tavern Thunder Whitpain Tavern 3-2 2006 (C) Joe Chicco's Down & Dirty Whitpain Tavern 3-0 2007 (C) Whitpain Tavern Main Street Pizza 3-0 2008 (C) AJ Catagnus/Rapid Recycle Execupharm/Peppers Rest. 3-0 2009 (C) AJ Catagnus/Rapid Recycle GCS Landscaping 3-0 2010 (C) BuxMont Home Buyers Gibbons Legal 4-0 2011 (C) Depaul Brothers Super-Fit Sports 4-2 2012 (C) Franchise/Sportspump.com Depaul Brothers/Catagnus 4-0 2013 - No C Division, just A and B 2014 - No C Division, just A, B1 and B2 2015 - No C Division, just A and B 2016 (C) Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home CCI 3-0 2017 - - No more C Division
Norristown C-Division Final Series MVP Award Playoff MVP Award for the Rec, C, C1 and C2 Division Started in 1993 by Vince Romano and has been given out every year since by Sully 'Heels' Gelet. Anything prior was awarded by the team or manager. Year Div Champ-Runner-Up MVP, Team 1982-83 C Nothing documented 1984 C Norristown Orioles - Brown Jug Charlie Campbell, Norristown Orioles 1985-90 C Nothing documented 1991 C Quigley Painting - Russo Real Estate Bobby Rodgers, Quigley Painting 1992 C Al's Cold Cuts - Sleep n Snooz - No Information Available OFFICIAL 1993 C1 RT Temps - Mirable Beverage - No Information Available C2 Sleep N Snooz - Sports Page II - No Information Available 1994 C Sports Page II - St. Gabe's Greg Grant, Sports Page II (5 HRs) 1995 C1 Sleep N Snooz - Warrentz Ent. Jim Bruni, Sleep N Snooz C2 Catagnus Recycle - Tee-Shirt People Dan Matson, Catagnus Recycle 1996 C1 Frank's Pub - Sleep N Snooz Ron Rinker (P), Frank's Pub C2 Direnzo's Titans - MAC Real Estate Will Gundlach, Diranzo's Titans 1997 C Franchise - MSS Club Joe Buono (P), Franchise 1998 C Flex's Gym - MAC Real Estate Wayne Stem (P), Flex's Gym 1999 C Natale & Onufer - Falcone's Mike Zubert (SS), Natale & Onufer 2000 C Charlie's Pizzeria - Kinsey's Steve Clements (P), Charlie's Pizzeria 2001 C Kinsey Landscaping - Charlie's Kevin Singleton (IF), Kinsey's Landscaping 2002 C Kinsey Landscaping - Charlie's Doug Perry (P) -AND- Brian van Buskirk (SS), Kinsey's 2003 C Player's Club - Charlie's Mike Collazo (OF), Player's Club 2004 C Tuxedo Junction - Charlie's Paul Minecci (2B), Tuxedo Junction 2005 C Whitpain Thunder - Whitpain Tavern Jon Corson (OF), Whitpain Tavern Thunder 2006 C Chicco's D&D - Whitpain Tavern Joe Chicco (P), Chicco's D&D 2007 C Whitpain Tavern - Main St. Pizza Ken Hanley (OF), Whitpain Tavern 2008 C AJ Catagnus - ExecuPharm Mike Angelo (P) -AND- Jim Catania (SS), AJ Catagnus 2009 C AJ Catagnus - GCS Landscaping Chip Polkowski (OF), AJ Catagnus 2010 C BuxMont Homes- Gibbons Legal Justin Hammond (OF), BuxMont Homes 2011 C Depaul Brothers - Super-Fit Sports Josh Wernick (IF), Depaul Brothers 2012 C Franchise - Depaul Brothers Greg Cagle (OF), Franchise 2013 - No C Division, just A and B 2014 - No C Division, just A, B1 and B2 2015 - No C Division, just A and B 2016 C Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home - CCI Patrick Hutton (P), Shaeff-Myers 2017 - - No more C Division
Norristown C-Division Regular Season MVP Award MVP Award for the C-Division started in 2001, elected by vote of League Managers Year Div Player, Position Team 2001 C Sean McNamara, OF Trappe Tavern 2002 C Joe McFarlane, OF Montgomery Fitness 2003 C (Co-MVP) Joe McFarlane, OF Montgomery Fitness C (Co-MVP) Chris Monaco, SS Chicco/Down & Dirty 2004 C Rob Wisner, P Tuxedo Junction 2005 C Mike Zubert, SS Whitpain Tavern/Thunder 2006 C Kevin McCarthy, OF Main Street Pizza 2007 C Kevin McCarthy, OF Main Street Pizza 2008 C Tom Gibbons, 1B ExecuPharm/Pepper's 2009 C Frank Panzullo, SS CarVision.com 2010 C Chris Carter, EH DePaul Brothers 2011 C (Tri-MVP) Tom Gibbons, 1B Gibbons Legal C (Tri-MVP) Kevin McCarthy, OF High Life C (Tri-MVP) Ryan Windt, SS Super-Fit Sports 2012 C Chris Sullivan, SS Franchise 2013 - No C Division, just A and B 2014 - No C Division, just A, B1 and B2 2015 - No C Division, just A and B 2016 C Patrick Hutton, P Shaeff-Myers Funeral C (Offensive) Nick Zernone, Utility CCI C (Defensive) Joe Mastrocola, SS Triple M 2017 - - No more C Division
Norristown C-Division Regular Season Home Run Leader Official league stats started in 2000 for the C-Division Year Div Player, Team HRs 2000 C Sean McNamara, Trappe Tavern 9 2001 C Sean McNamara, Trappe Tavern 16 * C Chris Shaw, Charlie's Pizzeria 16 * 2002 C Joe McFarlane, Montgomery Fitness 8 C Chris Monaco, Chicco/Down & Dirty 8 2003 C Joe McFarlane, Montgomery Fitness 9 C Chris Monaco, Chicco/Down & Dirty 9 2004 C Mano Howell, Chicco/Down & Dirty 6 2005 C Scooch Pascucci, Chicco/Down & Dirty 10 2006 C Kevin McCarthy, Main Street Pizza 17 * 2007 C Chris Carter, DePaul Brothers 9 C Kyle Waldowski, Super-Fit 9 2008 C Justin "Z" Zadroga, Romano's 15 2009 C Scooch Pascucci, Execupharm 15 2010 C Chris Carter, DePaul Brothers 15 2011 C Tom Gibbons, Gibbons Legal 12 2012 C Tom Gibbons, Gibbons Legal 17 * 2013 - No C Division, just A and B 2014 - No C Division, just A, B1 and B2 2015 - No C Division, just just A and B 2016 C Joe Gorman, Trappe Tavern 7 2017 - - No more C Division
Other Norristown Regular Season Awards
Manager of the Year Awards (Not awarded some years) Year Div Player, Team 2001 (A) Jerry Cannon, Cannon Roofing (B) Chris "Opie" Hendricks, Hitmen 2002 -- Andy Drobek, Little Brown Jug 2003 -Not awarded 2004 -- Marty Murray, Mel's Pub 2005 -Not awarded 2006 -- Steve Cutler, Paragon Alliance 2007 -- John Cresswell, Maennerchor Club 2008 -- Mark Bale, ExecuPharm/Pepper's 2009 -- Bill Gulotta, Steppy's/TNT Worcester 2010 -- Mike Borkowski, SuperFit Sports 2011 -- Mike Kaufman, Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts 2012 -- Jake Corropolese, Franchise 2013 -- John Onufer, N&O 2014 -- Ryan Windt, Facenda-Whitaker 2015 (A) Tim Bracken, Charlies Pizza (B) Tom Oshinsky, Nonna Rosa Pizza 2016 (A) Chris Judge and Steve Cutler, Paragon Alliance (B) Chris Carter, Depaul Brothers (C) Kevin McCarthy, Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home 2017 (A) Will Harmon, Tosco's Pizza (B) Chris Carter, Depaul Brothers 2018 (A) Chris Judge, Paragon (B) Kevin McCarthy, Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home 2019 (A) Will Harmon, John Kennedy Collision (B) Brian Moose James, MKS/Creekside 2020 (A) Chris Smith, Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers (B) Jimmy Catania, Steppys/Gibbons 2021 (A) Chris Smith, Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers (B) Jimmy Catania, Steppys/Gibbons 2022 (A) Nick Bucha, Powell/Nick's (B) Jimmy Catania, Steppys/Gibbons Sportsmanship of the Year Award (Not awarded some years) Year Div Player, Team 2001 -- Bob Wolfinger, Trappe Tavern 2002 -Not awarded 2003 -- Mike Corliss, Cannon Roofing 2004 -- Dick Moody, Humleville Inn 2005 -- Willy Plant, Outer Design Landscaping 2006 -- Lou Raieta, Main Street Pizza 2007 -- Steve Dimitry, Cannon Roofing 2008 (B) Tom Weisbecker, T-Bones Softball -(Called Mike Gerth Memorial Award) (C) tie Dave Gordon, GCS -(Called Charlie Heinbaugh Memorial Award) (C) tie Scott Acornley, GCS -(Called Charlie Heinbaugh Memorial Award) 2009 -- Chris Carter, Depaul Brothers 2010 -- Bobby Rodgers, Gibbons Legal 2011 -- Donny Douglass, Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts 2012 -- Jared Blair, Iacovino's Tavern 2013 -- Bill Shipe, Gibbons Legal 2014 -- Brian "Moose" James, N&O/Hopson's 2015 -- Mike Angelo, Depaul Brothers 2016 (A) tie Wayne Stemm, Bridgeport Beer (A) tie Nick Chiccino, Bridgeport Bullies (B) tie Donny Douglass, Gibbons Legal (B) tie Gus Sitsis, Facenda-Whitaker (C) Josh Kennedy, Triple M 2017 (A) Andrew Scott, Inferno Sports (B) Justin Hammond, Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home 2018 (A) Mike Gers, Swing Mafia (B) Rob Stutzman, Harry's Tap Room 2019 (A) Josh Kennedy, Charlies Pizza (B) Steve Dimitry, Gibbons Legal 2020 (A) Kevin O'Keefe, Swing Mafia/Clown Bombers (B) Brian Fields, Harry's Tap Room 2021 (A) Ryan Graver, MKS/Creekside (B) Tim 'Woodsy' Wilson, Harry's Tap Room 2022 (A) Brian Leon, Powell/Nick's (B) Anthony Skitz DiFiore, Paragon Alliance Sponsor of the Year Award (Not awarded Every Year) 2001 Earl Metzgar, Little Brown Jug 2002 -not awarded 2003 -not awarded 2004 Sonny Termine, TNT Sports Club 2005 -not awarded 2006 -not awarded 2007 -not awarded 2008 Sal Bello, Pepper's Restaurant 2009 Geno Depaul, Depaul Brothers 2010 -not awarded 2011 -not awarded 2012 -not awarded 2013 -not awarded 2014 -not awarded 2015 -not awarded 2016 -not awarded 2017 -not awarded 2018 -not awarded 2019 Geno Depaul, Depaul Brothers 2020 -not awarded 2021 Geno Depaul, Depaul Brothers 2022 -not awarded Silver Slugger Award (Started in 2008) Year Div Player, Team 2008 (A) Matt O'Hara, Pepper's Restaurant 2009 (C) Scooch Pascucci, Execupharm 2010 (A) Joe McFarlane, T-Bones/Peppers 2011 (A) tie Ken Shemonski, Paragon/Cannon (A) tie Steve Webster, T-Bones/Black Horse 2012 (B) Ryan Parfitt, Altomare Precast 2013 (A) Jimmy Bugsy Martin, N&O 2014 (A/B) Matt Cybularz, Modern Tactical/Charlies 2015 (B) Vinny Catagnus, Angelo's/TNT 2016 (A) Dave Miller, Bridgeport Rib-House 2017 (A) John Bellis, Archon Investments (B) Ryan Piercy, Depaul Brothers 2018 (A) Ken Shemonski, Paragon 2019 (A) Ryan Piercy, Depaul Brothers 2020 (B) Ryan Piercy, East Coast Facilities 2021 (B) Ryan Piercy, East Coast Facilities 2022 (B) tie Ryan Piercy, East Coast Facilities (B) tie Ken Shemonski, Paragon Alliance
Special Awards (Awarded only as necessary) Year Div AWARD Player, Team 2009 (B) Rookie of the Year Gerry DiNolfi, Maennerchor/Bauman-Pitts 2010 -no award 2011 -- Special Recognition Ernie "Big E" Chintalan 2012 -no award 2013 -no award 2014 -no award 2015 -no award 2016 (B) Rookie of the Year Nick Delaney, Steppy's/Altomare 2017 (A) Manager Recognition Chris 'Smitty' Smith, Inferno Sports 2018 (A) Rookie of the Year Connor Burke, Nonna Rosa (B) Rookie of the Year Jimmy Dimitry, Gibbons Legal 2019 -no award 2020 (B) Rookie of the Year Marc Clayton Jr., Franchise 2021 -no award 2022 (B) Rookie of the Year Dale Clayton, Franchise
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