RIDGWAY ELKER BASEBALL -2007
                                    TEAM INFORMATION

RECORD LAST SEASON: 7-14 – finished 3^RD in District 9 Playoffs
TOTAL OUT FOR THE 2007 TEAM: 20
RETURNING STARTERS: 7
RETURNING LETTERWINNERS: 8

                                                   COACHING STAFF

Mark Morelli             Head Coach – entering 1^st season
Jeff Stenta                Asst. Coach – entering 1^st season – 13 years total at Ridgway
Note: Coach Stenta was the former Head Coach of the Ridgway Baseball team from 1999 to 2005 where he compiled an 80 - 60 record and placed in the top 4 - 3 times in the D9 playoffs.
Bob Colgan            Asst. Coach – entering 1^st season
Justin Burkhouse Asst. Coach – entering 2^nd season
Travis Menteer      Asst. Coach  - entering 2^nd season

RETURNING STARTING PLAYERS or LETTERWINNERS- 8
Ed Buhler                                                     Hudson Rees
Jerico Weitzel                                            Joe Renaud
Barry Wilson
Aaron Stenta                                              Mike Miraglia
David Casolo                                             

OTHER TEAM MEMBERS - 11
Joe Chittester
Derek Gaffey
Sam Skraba
Ryan Caggiano                                          Jeff Slattery
Hawk Bullers                                     Paul Bowers
Ray Buhler                                        Alan Buehler
Adam McClelland                                      Nate Dornish
Zack Hoyt

TEAM NOTES: Last year, the Ridgway Elker baseball team could easily have been considered ‘schizophrenic’ as they stumbled through the regular season with a 4-12 record only to put things together and finish with a respectable 3^rd place finish in the District 9 playoffs going 3-2 and finishing the season at 7-14.
  However for the 2^nd straight year the Elkers will have a new skipper at the helm as Mark Morelli takes over for the departed Brian Burford. Morelli who is better known as the Elker Football coach, has been involved with the Ridgway Little League Program for over 20 years.
  With 9 returning letterwinners and 7 starters, Morelli is looking to stabilize the program as he has brought back veteran coach Jeff Stenta along with Bob Colgan, Justin Burkhouse and Travis Menteer to assist him.
  ‘I am very pleased with the way our coaching staff has come together, we share the same beliefs and philosophy, pitching and fundamentals win games.’ said Morelli, “We have a pretty good group of talented ballplayers back and I can assure you our team will be a fundamentally sound squad when they take the field this season. We are looking to get more consistency with the program and to play baseball to our staff’s expectations.”