NCLL's Annual ARC All Star Tournament Starts Thursday

The New City Little League hosts the 11/12 All Star Invitational Tournament from Thursday, July 25 through Wednesday, July 31 at Zukor Park. All proceeds of the charity competition, which brings together 10 All Star baseball teams from throughout out Rockland County, go to ARC of Rockland. 

On Saturday, July 27, 11- and 12-year-old players will compete in a skills contest featuring a Home Run Derby, Fastest Man and Outfield Throw and winners will receive trophies. Each player with the participating All Star teams from Nanuet, New City Blue, New City Gold, Nyack/Valley Cottage, South Orangetown, West Nyack, Ramapo, Stony Point, Haverstraw and Suffern receive a tournament t-shirt.

On Thursday and Friday, two games will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by two more at 7:45 p.m. On Saturday two games will be played at 9 a.m. and two at 5:30 p.m. In case of rain, games will be played on Sunday. On Monday, there will be two 5:30 p.m. games and one at 7:45 p.m. Semi finals begin on Tuesday and with the final game and awards ceremony taking place Wednesday.

New City Little League President Lon Hofstein said money is raised through the entry fee paid by each league along with contributions received from the tournament sponsors minus expenses such as trophies, baseballs, t-shirts and programs. Members of the ASA umpires association will be donating their services throughout the tournament. The annual tournament has been played at Zukor Park for more than a decade.

Hofstein said the New City Little League will present the proceeds at the yearly ARC "Taste of Rockland" dinner on September 23rd. The tournament sponsors include: Austin's, Joe Ruback the "Hitdoc," American Burrito, Braunfotel & Frendel, EmbroidMe, Frank Borelli, Jacob J. Katz & Co., King Kone II, Mainly Monograms and the New City Generals.