Invitation To Sports Hall Of Fame Induction Dinner

Submitted by Thomas J. Serra President, Middletown Sports Hall of Fame
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This letter is an invitation to the citizens of Middletown and contingent communities to attend a very exciting evening of recognition. On Thursday, January 31, 2013, the Twentieth Annual Middletown Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner will be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, 100 Berlin Road, (Route#372) in Cromwell, at 7:00 P.M. The evening will begin at 5:30 P.M. with a Cocktail hour. In the event of inclement weather, please call the Crowne Plaza Hotel at (860-635-2000), listen to Radio station WMRD in Middletown (1150 AM), or log onto our website and click on “Current Information”, or tune into Hartford’s WTIC Fox CT TV Channel 6.

Historic baseball game today! Better late than never reminder-

Just a reminder that this morning: The Norm Way Memorial Classic Baseball game will be held on July 4 at 11 a.m. at Bill Pomfret Stadium at Palmer Field, Middletown. Pregame ceremony starts at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for youth or seniors. Proceeds benefit the Greater Middletown Military Museum.

Athletes Inducted Into Middletown Sports Hall of Fame

(Inductees George Baldwin, Edward McMillan, Leslie Kestenbaum - photos Lucy McMillan)

Sixteen of Middletown's finest athletic achievers were inducted into the city's 16th Annual Sport's Hall of Fame ceremony Thursday night in a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Middletown.

George Baldwin - Former Swimming Coach at Woodrow Wilson High and Middletown High
Robert Michalski - Xavier High track and field standout, and cross-country writer.
Leslie Kestenbaum - Gifted baseball player and swimmer at Woodrow Wilson High, and a current high school basketball referee.
Daniel Maloney - Basketball and football standout at Middletown High.
Matthew Hoey - Baseball and football star for Xavier High School and Weslyean University.
William Glynn - The Voice of Middletown sports on WCNX-AM and WMRD/WLIS-AM.
Amedeo Carta - Star running back, and all-state, all-league team member for Xavier High.
Richard Byrd - Three sport standout at Woodrow Wilson High.
Fred Duval - Three sport star at Middletown High and at Worcester Tech.
Edward McMillan - Brilliant pitcher for Xavier High, American Legion and a star shortstop at UCONN
Jordan Russolillo - Soccer standout at Middletown High and Southern Connecticut State University. He played for the Chicago Fire, Major League Soccer team.
Laurie Boyce - Helped establish girls basketball at Middletown High, and was one of the first school basketball star.
Stanley Krol - Posthumous award for basketball and baseball standout who help start Middletown's softball leagues.
Robert McMahon - State champion track and field performer at Middletown High.