Avery County Little League wrapped up another successful regular season of youth baseball and softball action at Hodge Turbyfill Baseball Complex last week. The season has had few road bumps as the league has flourished with 23 teams across its various leagues and close to 300 children participating in the action.“It’s been fantastic. The kids have stayed with it more this year, as the teams have had all their players here through the entire season and have seemed to enjoy it a lot,” said ACLL President Bill Daniels at the fields during action last week. “We have had a great group of coaches and an outstanding umpiring crew. We’ve not lost too many games to rain this year, and we’ve had very few incidents. It’s been a really good year.”
This past Tuesday evening the league chose its Tournament All-Stars for Major League and Minor League Softball and Baseball. The league also announced its end-of-season individual awards and drew the winners of its primary fund raising efforts through this year.
“The fund raisers this season have gone well. Mountain Jewelers generously provided a gift certificate, and The Personal Touch gun shop donated a certificate as well for us to raffle off. All the tickets were distributed for the raffle, and we’ve gotten most of them back,” Daniels stated.
Funds from this season’s efforts are already being invested in worthwhile projects. “Money that we raised has been used toward a new scoreboard which will be used on the girls softball field starting next season,” Daniels said. “We were also able to also repaint and repair the existing scoreboard on the Little League baseball field which hadn’t been operating in three years.”
Following the All-Star announcements, the teams began practicing this Wednesday and will open District 7 Tournament action in two weeks.“We’re excited about the teams we’ll be fielding this year. We hope to go a long way in the tournament this year,” Daniels added.
As a 501c3 non-profit organization, Avery County Little League always is willing and desires to receive monetary donations to assist the league and provide equipment, uniforms, and other needs for the kids playing in the league.
“We accept donations of any sort as a 501c3,” Daniels said. “For anyone who loves the game of baseball, there is no better place to send money and invest than with this group of kids.”
For anyone wishing to assist Avery County Little League, donations may be sent to the league mailing address at
