[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15688-15689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         IN HONOR OF THE TOMS RIVER NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM

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                           HON. JOHN H. ADLER

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Mr. ADLER of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
remarkable accomplishments of the Toms River National Little League 
team, who recently returned home from the 2010 Little League World 
Series. I join the constituents of New Jersey's 3rd District and the 
State of New Jersey in displaying an immense amount of pride for this 
inspiring and hard-working team.
  Carrying on a tradition of great Jersey Shore baseball, this group of 
13 young little league stars played their hearts out to win an 
impressive 10 straight elimination games. They went all the way to 
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, representing the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Division 
with spirit and determination. They returned home to the hero's welcome 
they deserve by the Toms River community.
  The team was one of only eight out of some 16,000 Little League teams 
across the country to make it so far in the series. It was the fourth 
Toms River squad and the 10th in the state to ever reach to the World 
Series.
  Regardless of what the scoreboard read, the athletes of the Toms 
River National team are winners. These young athletes learned valuable 
life lessons such as the importance of teamwork and sportsmanship, 
while meeting and developing bonds with other players from countries 
all over the world.
  It is with great honor that I place the names of this year's Toms 
River Nationals Little League team into the Congressional Record. Under 
the leadership of Manager Paul Decegile and coaches Karl Blum and John 
Lazzaro, assistants Russell Petranto Sr., Tom Tiplady, Ronnie 
Marinaccio, Larry Ciervo, Ronnie Marinaccio Jr., Nic Lebar, and Ryan 
Deceglie, team members Anthony Deceglie, Billy Lumi, Russell Petranto, 
Patrick Marinaccio, Joey Rose, Zack Burns, Joey Hertgen, Kevin Blum, 
Johnny Lazzaro, Jake Loffredo, Cody Lebar, Michael Tiplady, and

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Jeff Ciervo made their hometown, their State, and this Congressman very 
proud.

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