Denelex / Stallions
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Elected : USSSA New York Hall Of Fame in 2017
Inducted : March 2018 Smithtown, NY.
The team originated in 1988---in the Smithtown teen league. Players were ages 14-15 during the first season. The team went on for (25) seasons with several core players participating in all (25).
Sponsored by: Several bars during the night league----Denelex for the final (4) tournament seasons.
Team has been featured in Newsday, the Smithtown News (several times), Smithtown
Messenger and a local New Jersey paper---Also: USSSA National Magazine, Softball
Magazine (several times) and played on Cablevision on (4) separate occasions.
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Teen League—1988-1991
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Completed all (4) seasons with a combined record of (33-19)---first season (1988) finished 4-10 and the final season (1991) finished with a 14-0 record.
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Completed all (4) seasons with a combined record of (33-19)---first season (1988) finished 4-10 and the final season (1991) finished with a 14-0 record.
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College League—1992-1996
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Won the league championship in 1993 and 1996---went to the finals in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
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Won the league championship in 1993 and 1996---went to the finals in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
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Sunday Morning League 1992-1996
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League Champions in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996. (1996 was our final season on Sundays)
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League Champions in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996. (1996 was our final season on Sundays)
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Men’s Night League 1997-2011:
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Started in league 1—top league first season at ages 24-25-- Won the league championship in 1998 (summer and fall), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 (qualified for the playoffs every season from 1998-2011)
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Started in league 1—top league first season at ages 24-25-- Won the league championship in 1998 (summer and fall), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 (qualified for the playoffs every season from 1998-2011)
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USSSA tournaments----
- 1999 USSSA Class E World champions
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2008: Ranked #2 in the Country in USSSA D---Ranked #1 in New York and Northeast
- Finished with an overall tournament record of (50-17)
- Won (7) Tournaments
- Finished (4th) out of (256) teams in the USSSA D World Tournament—losing in the semi-finals to the eventual champion from Florida (20-17)—left the bases loaded with a 3rd out that went over the fence--
USSSA D State Champions: 2001 & 2003
USSSA C State Champions: 2006, 2008 & 2009
USSSA NIT Winners:
2004: 2 D NIT’s
2005: 3 D NIT’s----Ranked 2nd overall in the Northeast
2006: Ranked 2nd overall in the Northeast
2007: 1 C NIT
2008: 1 D NIT & 1 C NIT----Ranked 1st in the Northeast---2nd in the country
2010: 1 C NIT
During the holiday seasons between 1999 and 2008 the team visited the sick children at the child-life-center in Stony Brook hospital. Our pitcher dressed up as Santa Claus and each player brought gifts to distribute to all the kids. Eventually received donations from several organizations and we were able to provide the top gifts to the children. The players also visited other floors including the children that did not have families and played games with them for several hours.
Started the team bowl-a-thon to raise money for the team and Stony Brook hospital----eventually raised money for the Marty Lyons Foundation that grants wishes to sick children. (2001-2010)
