Utah Little-League Team To Tour Ground Zero

Silver-Medal Olympian, and 9-year Major League Baseball veteran, Cory Snyder, will bring his nationally ranked 12-year-old little-league team, Utah Stars, to the Big Apple July 4.

SPRINGVILLE, UT (PRWEB) July 5, 2003 -- 1984 Silver-Medal Olympian, and 9-year Major League Baseball veteran, Cory Snyder, will bring his nationally ranked 12-year-old little-league team, Utah Stars, to the Big Apple July 4. Snyder will accompany his boys on a solemn and memorial tour of Ground Zero. They will take-in other sites of New York, before capping-off the day with a trip to historical Yankee Stadium, to see the Yankee, Red Sox game.

Final destination for Snyder and his Utah Stars, is Cooperstown, NY-home of Baseballs Hall of Fame-where the team will participate at the week long Cooperstown Dreams Park baseball camp and tournament (www.cooperstowndreamspark.com). The Stars will take their 47-12 season record into the tournament of 64 teams from around the country. They will play two games per day, Sunday -- Tuesday, in an effort to seed high for Wednesday and Thursdays single elimination championship bracket.

The Stars have traveled to Tucson, AZ, and Las Vegas, NV, among other nearby cities, to participate in tournaments this year. The Stars are 19-6 in tournament play this year. And by winning Utahs Memorial Weekend Triple Crown Tournament, they have qualified to play in the Triple Crown World Series (www.triplecrownsports.com), in Steamboat Springs, CO, July 23-27.

Former Cleveland Indian, Giant and Dodger, Cory Snyder, selflessly gives a great deal of his time to the the boys. Drawing upon his 30-plus years of baseball experience, Snyder teaches the skills and fundamentals of the great game of baseball; and how good sportsmanship and hard work can make the boys into better men. Snyder stresses 110% effort in everything they do, and the importance of academic excellence. His goal is that each boy possess the athletic skills and good grades to make them candidates for college scholarships.

The boys are incredibly excited about theyre trip, and they have worked very hard to make it a reality. They have held several fund-raisers, including selling discount merchant cards, a golf tournament, a car wash, and a garage sale. They would be thrilled and grateful for any lunch or dinner invitations offered by the good people and merchants of New York City.

For more information about the Utah Stars, call Anthony Ramon at 801-369-0044 and/or visit their team website at: www.usasportsrankings.com/team/team_qfacts.asp?team_id=15530.

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