Mid-Hudson poised for Rebels tourney
10th annual tourney this weekend at Cantine Field and Glasco Little League complexes
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. » A field of 46 softball teams competing in four age divisions will descend on the Cantine Field and Glasco Little League complexes this weekend for the 10th annual Mid-Hudson Rebels Rumble tournament.
The three-day tourney covering four age brackets (12U, 14U, 16U, 18U) begins Friday evening, with a pair of games as well as the fourth annual Home Run Derby to benefit the Rebels’ Carmen Congelli Fund.
Congelli, a Marlboro High All-Star and Rebels standout, died from cancer at age 17 in 2011. The Derby will be held on Field 7 with qualifying from 5 to 7 p.m. and the championship round commencing at 7.
There will be 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 17-and-over adult brackets, with male and female divisions in each. To date, $1,200 has been awarded to Rebels players through the fund.
The hosts will be represented by three teams — the U12 Rebels, U14 Rebels Red and U14 Rebels Blue.
Competing in the 10-team 12U bracket will be — the Rebels, Adirondack Xtreme White, Beacon Xtreme, Dutchess Debs, ES Huskies Corbin, ES Huskies Hotle, Geddes Thunder Stix, Monroe Crusaders, New England Shockwave and
Saratoga Thunder 06.
Joing the Rebels Red and Rebels Blue teams in the 18team 14U bracket will be — Beacon Xtreme, Brewster Rockets, Burnt Hills Spartans, Burnt Hills Spartans Ice, Capital Region Reign, EC Bombers, ES Huskies Cubberly, ES Huskies Sottile, Hudson Valley Panthers, Infinity Shock, Miss Shen Alliance, Monroe Crusaders, New England Shockwave, OC Bombers Black, OC Bombers White and Upstate Lady Pride.
Making up the 10-team 16U bracket will be — Beacon Xtreme, Capital District Fusion, Danbury Crush, Dutchess Divas, East Coast Impact, EC Bombers Futures, Lady Charge, MW Crusaders, New England Shockwave and Saugerties Cruisers.
Competing in the 8-team 18U bracket will be — Adirondack Chill, Central Mass. Xplosion, Central Region Reign, Hudson Valley Wildcats, HV Vengeance Blue, New England Shockwave, SC Hurricanes and Show Softball.
Pool play games (69 in total) will be held Friday and Saturday, with elimination play on Sunday. The 12U Rebels open play 12:45 p.m. Saturday against Beacon Xtrenme on Cantine Field 4. The 14U Rebels Red squad opens 7 p.m. Friday on Cantine Field 8 against OC Bombers Black, while 14U Rebels Blue open 9:15 a.m. Saturday on Cantine Field 3 against Hudson Valley Panthers.
The 12U Rebels are 3516-3 this season, including one tournament championship, four second-place finishes, a third place and fourth place finish. Players are Mia Chambers, Madalyn Dodig, Allisyn Kipp, Emma Maxwell, Ella McDonough, Abigail Naccarato, Erin Parete, Caitlyn Sindt, Mackenzie Sullivan, Ayla Terpening, Grace Terpening and Gianna Tisch.
The team is coached by John Parete, assisted by Eric Chambers, Allen Stokes, Rich Terpening and
Errol Tisch.
The 14U Rebels Blue are 37-6-1, with three championships, two second-place finishes and a pair of thirdplace finishes. The team is made up by Amber Banas, Hailee Binney, Devin Fitzpatrick, Alexandra Frenza, Marena Graham, Dylan Lane, Xxaria Makely, Jennifer Mead, Arianna Jane Pahl, Lauren Parete, Emma Schlager and Courtney Schwark.
The Rebels Blue are coached by Boyd Vaughn, assisted by Paul Fitzpatrick, Terry Lane and Kirstyn Vaughn.
The 14U Rebels Red are 24-9-2 this season, with a pair of tournament titles and a second-place finish. Making up the team are Ava DelSalto, McxKenna Fairley, Emma Haller, Barrett Holsapple, Rachel Hoyt, Gianna Koch, Trista Lukaszewski, Abigail Schaffer, Cadence Sickler and Audrey Werba.
Brian Haller is the team’s head coach, assisted by Patrick DelSalto, Thomas Holsapple, Eric Koch and William Sickler.
The Rebels have U10 and U8 teams not competing this weekend.
The U10 Rebels are 9-2 with a pair of second-place finishes. The team is made up by Emily Cogswell, Stefanie Cogswell, Abigail Crantz, Sophia Johnson, Malia Kesick, Joleigh Kozack, Josie Kozack, Grace Madelone, Paige McDermott, Lauren, Schoonmaker, Kendly Short and Elizabeth Sullivan.
The squad is coached by Jamie Kesick, assisted by Gary Short and Nick Crantz.
The U8 squad will be playing in their first tournament soon. On the team are Amelia Blazek, Cali Chambers, Kadi Holt, Peyton Kastanis, Lyla Lemister, Caitlin Mendelsohn, Alexis Meyer, Madison Murphy, Gianna Sacino, Makenzie Saracino, Ella Schoonmaker, Molly Stankus and Isabella Turzik. They are coached by Chris Schoonmaker, assisted by Jeffery Holt, Jim Meyer and Paul Roeber. SCHEDULE 12-and-under Pool Play Saturday Field 1 8:15 a.m. — Dutchess Debs vs. Adirondack Xtreme White 9:45 a.m. — ES Huskies Corbin vs. Saratoga Thunder 06 11:15 a.m. — ES Huskies Corbin vs. Adiriondack Xtreme White 12:45 p.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Adirondack Xtreme White 2:15 p.m. — Saratoga Thunder 06 vs. Monroe Crusaders 3:45 p.m. — Saratoga Thunder 06 vs. Geddes Thunder Stix 5:15 p.m. — Monroe Crusaders vs. Geddes Thunder Stix 6:45 p.m. — Monroe Crusaders vs. ES Huskies Hotle Field 4 8:15 a.m. — New England Shockwave vs. ES Huskies Corbin 9:45 a.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Dutchess Debs 11:15 a.m. — Beacon Xtreme vs. Dutchess Debs 12:45 p.m. — Beacon Xtreme vs. Mid-Hudson Rebels 2:15 p.m. — Geddes Thunder Stix vs. Mid-Hudson Rebels 3:45 p.m. — Beacon Xtreme vs. ES Huskies Hotle 5:15 p.m. — Mid-Hudson Rebels vs. ES Huskies Hotle Elimination Play Sunday First round 8 a.m. — No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed (Field 4); No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed (Field 1) Quarterfinals 9:30 a.m. — No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed (Field 4); No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed (Field 1) 11 a.m. — 8-9 winner vs. No. 1 seed (Field 4); 7-10 winner vs. No. 2 seed (Field 1) Semifinals 12:30 p.m. — 8⁄9-1 winner vs. 4-5 winner (Field 4); 7⁄10-2 winner vs. 3-6 winner (Field 1) Championship 2 p.m. — semifinal winners (Field 4) —— 14-and-under Pool Play Friday 7 p.m. — Capital Region Reign vs. OC Bombers White (Field 5); Mid-Hudson Rebels Red vs. OC Bombers Black (Field 8) Saturday Glasco Field 1 8 a.m. — ES Huskies Sottile vs. Upstate Lady Pride 9:30 a.m. — ES Huskies Sottile vs. Brewster Rockets 11 a.m. — EC Bombers vs. Infinity Shock 12:30 p.m. — Capital Region Reign vs. EC Bombers 2 p.m. — OC Bombers Black vs. Capital Region Reign Field 3 7:45 a.m. — Hudson Valley Panthers vs. New England Shockwave 9:15 a.m. — Mid-Hudson Rebels Blue vs. Hudson Valley Panthers 10:45 a.m. — Mid-Hudson Rebels Blue vs. Burnt Hills Spartans 12:15 p.m. — Mid-Hudson Rebels Blue vs. OC Bombers White 1:45 p.m. — Beacon Xtreme vs. Brewster Rockets 3:15 p.m. — Mid-Hudson Rebels Red vs. EC Bombers 4:45 p.m. — Miss Shen Alliance vs. Infinity Shock 6:15 p.m. — Mid-Hudson Rebels Red vs. Miss Shen Alliance Glasco Field 2 8 a.m. — Brewster Rockets vs. Monroe Crusaders 9:30 a.m. — Upstate Lady Pride vs. Monroe Crusaders 11 a.m. — ES Huskies Cubberly vs. Burnt Hills Spartans Ice 12:30 p.m. — ES Huskies Cubberly
vs. Infinity Shock Field 5 7:45 a.m. — ES Huskies Cubberly vs. Beacon Xtreme 9:15 a.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Burnt Hills Spartans 10:45 a.m. — Beacon Xtreme vs. Hudson Valley Panthers 12:15 p.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Upstate Lady Pride 1:45 p.m. — Miss Shen Alliance vs. ES Huskies Sottile 3:15 p.m. — Burnt Hills Spartans vs. Monroe Crusaders 4:45 p.m. — OC Bombers White vs. Burnt Hills Spartans Ice 6:15 p.m. — OC Bombers Black vs. Burnt Hills Spartans Ice Elimination Play Sunday First Round 8 a.m. — No. 16 seed vs. No. 17 seed (Field 3); No. 15 seed vs. No. 18 seed (Field 5) Round of 16
8 a.m. — No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed (Field 7) 9:30 a.m. — No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed (Field 3); No. 5 seed vs. No. 12 seed (Field 7); No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed (Field 5) 11 a.m. — 16-17 winner vs. No. 1 seed (Field 3); No. 4 seed vs. No. 13 seed (Field 7); 15-18 winner vs. No. 2 seed (Field 5) 12:30 p.m. — No. 3 seed vs. No. 14 seed (Field 7) Quarterfinals 12:30 p.m. — 16⁄17-1 winner vs. 8-9 winner (Field 3); 15⁄18-2 winner vs. 7-10 winner (Field 5) 2 p.m. — 4-13 winner vs. 5-12 winner (Field 3); 3-14 winner vs. 6-11 winner (Field 5) Semifinals 3:30 p.m. — 16/17/18⁄9 winner vs. 4⁄13-5⁄12 winner (Field 3); 15/18/2-7⁄10 winner vs. 3⁄14-6⁄11 winner (Field 5) Championship 5 p.m. — Semifinal winners (Field 3) —— 16-and-under Pool Play Saturday Field 10 8 a.m. — Dutchess Divas vs. Beacon Extreme 9:30 a.m. — New England Shockwave vs. East Coast Impact 11 a.m. — Dutchess Divas vs. East Coast Impact 12:30 p.m. — Dutchess Divas vs. MW Crusaders 2 p.m. — MW Crusaders vs. Capital District Fusion Field 7 8 a.m. — Danbury Crush vs. East Coast Impact 9:30 a.m. — Saugerties Cruisers vs. EC Bombers Futures 11 a.m. — Danbury Crush vs. Saugerties Cruisers 12:30 p.m. — Lady Charge vs. EC Bombers Futures 2 p.m. — Lady Charge vs. Saugerties Cruisers
Field 8 8 a.m. — New England Shockwave vs. MW Crusaders 9:30 a.m. — Lady Charge vs. Capital District Fusion 11 a.m. — Beacon Extreme vs. Capital District Fusion 12:30 p.m. — Danbury Crush vs. New England Shockwave 2 p.m. — Beacon Extreme vs. EC Bombers Futures Elimination Play Sunday First Round 7:45 a.m. — No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed (Field 8); No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed (Field 10) Quarterfinals 9:15 a.m. — No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed (Field 8); No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed (Field 10) 10:45 a.m. — 8-9 winner vs. No. 1 seed (Field 8); 7-10 winner vs. No. 2 seed (Field 10) Semifinals 12:15 p.m. — 8⁄9-1 winner vs. 4-5 winner (Field 8); 7⁄10-2 winner vs. 3-6 winner (Field 10)
Championship 1:45 p.m. — Semifinal winners (Field 8) —— 18-and-under Pool Play Saturday Field 10 3:30 p.m. — Central Mass. Xplosion vs. HV Vengeance Blue 5 p.m. — Central Mass. Xplosion vs. Adirondack Chill 6:30 p.m. — Show Softball vs. HV Vengeance Blue 8 p.m. — Show Softball vs. Adirondack Chill Field 7 3:30 p.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Adirondack Chill 5 p.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Hudson Valley Wildcats 6:30 p.m. — Central Region Reign vs. SC Hurricanes 8 p.m. — Central Region Reign vs. Hudson Valley Wildcats Field 8 3:30 p.m. — Hudson Valley Wildcats vs. SC Hurricanes 5 p.m. — Capital Region Reign vs. Show Softball 6:30 p.m. — New England Shockwave vs. Central Mass. Xplosion 8 p.m. — HV Vengeance Blue vs. SC Hurricanes Elimination Play Sunday Quarterfinals 2 p.m. — No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed (Field 7); No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed (Field 10) 3:30 p.m. — No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed (Field 8); No. 2 seed vs. No. 7 seed (Field 10) Semifinals 5 p.m. — 1-8 winner vs. 4-5 winner (Field 8); 2-7 winner vs. 3-6 winner (Field 7) Championship 6:30 p.m. — Semifinal winners (Field 8)