Potter Pirates Summer Baseball Tour To Hold Clinics In Area (06/20/18)
The Potter Pirates Summer Baseball Tour will be at several locations around the area, in July.
The tour will be in Corsica on Wednesday, July 4th. They will be spending most of the day there helping with anything and everything they can.
Then on Thursday, July 5th, the Potter Baseball Tour will offer a clinic at Clarion. The clinic, open to all players 12 and under, will feature instruction on fielding and base running, as well as, position specific exercises. The clinic will be held at Paul A. Weaver Park, located on the East end of town, behind Clarion Ford, from 4:00-6:00PM. Proceeds from the clinic will go toward two great causes, members of the U.S. Military and the Arthritis Foundation, in honor of Gary Matus. The day will conclude with an old time baseball game between the Potter Pirates and local Clarion players.
Registration will be by donation. To contribute to the Military donation (which is for care packages to active duty military, the following items are requested: decks of playing cards, packages of jerky, Nutella and packages of jumbo flower seeds. Or you may make a donation to Juvenile Arthritis in honor of Gary Matus. Pre-registration is encouraged. Registration flyer and form can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article.
The Potter Pirates Summer Baseball Tour’s day, at Clarion, will include community service in the morning, a talk by local Veteran Dave Hartley, a workshop with the 537 Learning Center, the clinic, and the baseball game.
This is the second year of Clarion’s involvement in the tour and there are several area players on the tour: Noah DiTullio from Clarion, who is tour captain, Gary Matus from Shippenville, Seth Apel from Knox, Espen Bonfardine from Summerville and Lee Beary from Oil City.
The Tour will return to the area on Monday, July 16th. They will do community service and clinics for Rimersburg/Sligo (contact is Scott Kindel) and Parker (contact is Tom Cooper). There will be a game at Parker at 6:00PM.
Clarion’s Potter Summer Baseball Tour Director, Scott DiTullio described the Potter Baseball Tour this way, “Coach Jeff Potter, puts a team together of 24 boys to do a summer tour for 31 days on the road, doing community service along with the baseball. The basic idea is learning from life lessons and giving back – based upon four tenants: RESPECT, HARD WORK, SELFLESSNESS, AND PASSION. Check out Coach Potter’s website at: jeffpotterbaseball.com
DiTullio said, “I hope that Clarion and surrounding communities will come out to support this great opportunity. Let’s show the Potter Baseball Tour what baseball is like in Clarion County!!!!! Let’s fill the fields with players and then enjoy some baseball under the lights watching the older kids play!!”
If you have any questions, you can contact Coach DiTullio at 814-229-9764.