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The Middle Village Vipers are RGMVM champions
Th e Middle Village Vipers boys baseball
team became the Ridgewood, Glendale,
Middle Village, and Maspeth (RGMVM)
Little League Junior World Series champions
by beating a very talented and wellcoached
Garity Post baseball team in a
tough three-game series.
Th e fi rst game was a battle as the Vipers
won in extra innings. Pitcher Michael
Bardales started off the game well, recording
several strikeouts. Dante Gargiulo (P)
came on in relief and notched the victory
with craft y pitching, striking out seven.
Th e game-winning run was driven in by
the tough-headed Andre Elias (2B) in the
top of the ninth. Th e defensive play of the
fi ery Neil O’Donnell (RF) saved the fi rst
game as he made a spectacular leaping
stop in right fi eld preventing Garity Post
from scoring.
Garity Post dominated the second game
of the series with the Garity Post boys
providing exceptional pitching, timely
fi elding, and clutch hitting for the victory.
In the fi nal and deciding game of the
championship series, the gutsy and hard
throwing Th omas Jankowski was lights
out, taking control of the game, having
command of his fastball, cutter and forkball,
going the distance and notching 12
strikeouts in leading the Vipers to the
championship victory.
Th e Vipers, refusing to lose, came out
on top early in the fi rst inning, scoring
four runs. Th e consistent hitting and cunning
speedsters John Amore (SS) and
Dante Gargiulo (C) started off the game
each stroking singles and advancing on
the base paths with both runners poised
in scoring position.
Th e clutch-hitting Gianluca Chiodi
(1B), in true winning fashion, executed
a perfect squeeze play to bring in the fi rst
run of the game. Th e next batters, power
hitters Th omas Jankowski (P) and Mike
Hubert (CF) each muscled ropes to the
Rinaldo’s Sporting Good team wins RGMVM World Series title
The Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle
Village, and Maspeth (RGMVM) league has
a new Major League World Series champion:
Th e Rinaldo’s Sporting Good team.
Manager/Head Coach John, with assistance
from Coaches Mike, Steve and
Orlando, guided their team in a nearly
undefeated season to become the World
Series champions.
Th e Rinaldo’s Sporting Good team consisted
of the following players: Matthew
Amatulli, Christian Audelo, Danny Hickey,
Ricky Hubert, Peter Kurre, Christian Marte,
Sammy Rivera, Daniel Torres, Dominic
Vassallo, Chrstopher Villalona, Owen
White, and Dylan Younghese.
Th e parents of the players want the
team and the coaches to know how
proud we are of them for the all their
hard work and dedication.
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Photo courtesy of The Rinaldo’s Sporting Good team
Photo caption: The RGMVM Major League World Series champions.
outfi eld to drive in more runs. Th e fi nal
run of the inning was brought in by the
confi dent and hot hitting Th omas Breen
who crushed a line drive past third base.
Th e Vipers executed perfect defense
throughout the game, but the outfi eld
play of Mike Hubert (CF), Th omas Breen
(RF) and Neil O’Donnell (LF) provided
good stops and perfect throws to the
Vipers confi dent infi elders John Amore
(SS), Anthony Agosta (3B) and Michael
Bardales (2B) who each relayed the ball to
the plate on three diff erent occasions for
catcher Dante Gargiulo (C) who executed
perfectly with tough, acrobatic play for
three put outs at home plate.
In the third inning the Vipers scored
two more runs when the hard-hitting
Mike Hubert (CF) started off the inning
with a hard hit drive and stole second
and third. He was driven home by the
super talented Anthony Agosta’s (3B)
single up the middle. Th e clever Mike
Bardales (2B), who has been swinging
a strong bat, doubled to left bringing
Agosta home.
In the fourth inning the number three
hitter, Gianluca Chiodi (1B), a great contact
hitter and smart player, started a
two out rally with a drive to the outfi eld
and stole second and third. He was driven
in by a hard hit line drive by Th omas
Jankowski (P) who advanced on a sharp
hit ball by Mike Hubert (CF).
Th e Vipers fi nal run came in the fi ft h
inning when Mike Bardelos (2B) hit a
monster shot over the left fi elder’s head
to the fence for a triple. Mike was driven
home by Th omas Breen (RF) who
lined a hard hit ball to the outfi eld and
was advanced on the base path by Andre
Elias’s (LF) smart at bat.
In the bottom of the last inning great
pitching and defense closed out the game
as the Vipers became the 2017 RGMVM
Junior Division Little League Champions.
Photo courtesy of the Middle Village Vipers
The Middle Village Vipers captured the 2017 RGMVM Junior Division Little League Championship.