John Raiche – President

Larry Kazmierski – 1^st Vice President

Rick Marneris – 2^nd Vice President

Mike Boyle – Treasurer

 

It has been a very interesting and challenging four years with the Orland Youth Association. We have seen a surge in the popularity of basketball, and a fall but then resurgence in baseball. During this time, we have made many improvements and expansions to our program. Among these are:

 

Baseball:

>         The institution of a Shetland League

>         The expansion and splitting of High School into separate Colt and Palomino Leagues

>         The use of neighborhood fields for Shetland and Pinto

>         The renovation of Schussler, Humphrey, and Centennial Parks, High Point and Jerling fields, as well as two new Mustang fields to be available at Centennial Park in 2000

>         The expansion of Fall Baseball

>         The Orland Recreational All Star Tournament

>         The Picnic / All Star Day

>         The World Series Night

>         The right-sizing and improvement of Metro traveling baseball

 

Basketball:

>         The institution of single grade Leagues

>         The expansion and separation of the high school league into two groups

>         The introduction of AAU (traveling) basketball teams

 

All of these changes happened because of the involvement of many members doing a lot of hard work to try and improve things. However, there is more to be done, and much to maintain if we are to continue to provide the excellent opportunities that the community needs.

 

To all of you who have helped in the past – thank you. To all of you who are just starting with the program – Get involved! You’ll be glad you did.

 

 

Shetland – Ray Lipke

Pinto – Jerry Florence / Jim Knawa

Mustang – Bob Zaremba / Tim Brkovic

Bronco – Bob Tooth / Paul Galvin

Pony – Ken Wilkas / Shane Boyle

Colt – Tim Brkovic

Palomino – Derrell Sanders

 

Jun/Sen – Paul Aubin / Rich Sterczek

Frosh/Soph – Jim Jeziorny

8^th Grade – Mike Boyle

7^th Grade – Gary Niehaus

6^th Grade – Ken Silvestri

5^th Grade – Bob Tooth

4^th Grade – Ray Lipke

3^rd Grade – Tim Brkovic