Sports
MBSA Kicks Off Season With Opening Day Parade
'Play hard, play fair, and most of all, play for fun,' president tells teams.
The Montville Baseball & Softball Association opened the 2013 season in a rainbow of color as teams in bright shirts and caps paraded from Lazar Middle School to the municipal fields on River Road.
MBSA President Joe Monetti welcomed everyone to the 61st opening day. The Rev. Charles Bigelow of the Montville Reformed Church gave an opening prayer, followed by the National Anthem sung by high school freshman Emily Michalak.
Monetti thanked MBSA board members, division coordinators and coaches, local officials and staff, sponsors, volunteers, parents and players for the success of the program. He also praised past president Scott Van Koppen's achievements, which include obtaining new scoreboards, a PA system, netting and windscreen, parking lot repaving, and the dedication of the Michele Sullivan Field in what used to be Manchester Park.
