Athletics win Minor Division title


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The Villa Park Youth Baseball Association celebrated its All-Star Weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The weekend included Saturday’s World Series championship games in the Farm, Minor and Bronco divisions. The Athletics prevailed in the Minor Division title game. They defeated the Rays 7-1 at Lions Field. Players from both teams received trophies after the contest. The members of the Athletics, pictured left to right, are: (front row) Lincoln Jakubowski, Tommy Grove, Caleb Balius, C.J. Allen and Shane Borkowski; (back row) Casey Bieterman, Dylan Borkowski, Aubry Raffen, Anthony Canale and Joseph Shelby. Not pictured is Riley Molloy. Chris Raffen is the team’s head coach. Ric Balius is the assistant coach.