Fellows, Ferri, Halas & Ruffolo Head to
Cary, North Carolina for the USA Baseball NTIS
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Congratulations goes out to Future Elite players Drake Fellows, Sam Ferri, Tyler Halas and Michael Ruffolo on their recent trip to Cary, North Carolina for the 2011 USA Baseball NTIS. Fellows, Ferri and Ruffolo tried out this summer and were selected to play on the Great Lakes 13U Regional Team coached by Nelson Gord and Justin Stone at the September 9-11th event.
Tyler Halas made his return to Cary, North Carolina, just less than one month after returning from Venezuela with the USA 14U National Team which won Gold at the 2011 Copabe A/14U Pan-American Championships. With their participation this fall it makes a total of six Future players that has competed in the USA Baseball NTIS. In 2009 Nick Dalesandro competed in the NTIS and Ke'Bryan Hayes Competed in Cary in 2010.
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Ruffolo, Ferri try out for Team USA
BY DANNY CARLINO Contributor August 29, 2011 7:40PM
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Norridge has a chance to make some noise on the national baseball scene when two of its young residents will take part in the 14U National Team Trials. Michael Ruffolo and Sam Ferri, both 13 years old, have excelled on the baseball diamonds of Norridge, and they qualified along with 16 other players out of hundreds who tried out from the Great Lakes Region based on their impressive showing at their tryout at Schaumburg’s Alexian Field.
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The team trials take place at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C., Sept. 9-11 with the qualifiers making the squad and competing as part of Team USA in the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic later next summer. Ruffolo is a shortstop and pitcher in Norridge, but will be looked at as a pitcher and outfielder at the national tryouts while Ferri pitches and plays first base at home, but will catch and pitch at nationals. Ruffolo is a lead-off hitter while Ferri was the offensive anchor of the 13U Norridge team hitting in the third spot.
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