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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend August 17, 2005 Little League stars secure trip to Cooperstown By DON HUNT Mail Tribune For the second time in as many years, two Medford youths have been selected to play on an Oregon all-star team that will tour the East Coast and play in a major tournament at Cooperstown, N.Y. Shaun Whitehead and Kyle Treadway will join a dozen other 12-year-old players from around the state late this month for the eighth annual National Invitational Tournament of Champions. Last summer, Matt Maurer and Colin Sowers became the first local players in six years to earn berths to the tournament. Greg Ireland, director of the Metro Baseball Academy in Portland, put together the Oregon squad. He chose Whitehead, an eighth-grader-to-be at Hedrick Middle School, and Treadway, an eighth- grader-to-be at Phoenix Middle School, after watching them perform at a tournament in Bend. The Oregon contingent will visit the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown prior to the tournament’s opening ceremonies on Aug. 27. The eight-day, 64-team event begins the following day. Advertisement Whitehead, a pitcher and catcher, led his Medford American Little League team — the Dodgers — to a 16-0 record this past season. "I can’t wait to see the competition back there," Whitehead said. "Plus, it’s going to be fun using Babe Ruth rules, where we can lead off and use big-barreled bats." Treadway, a 5-foot-7, 160-pound catcher, first baseman and pitcher, has batted over .600 this summer while competing for Phoenix-Talent Little League, Upper Rogue Cal Ripken and all-star squads. He’s struck out just seven times in 55 games. To help defray costs of the trip, the families of the two boys are selling $10 raffle tickets for a basketball signed by John Wooden, a baseball signed by Willie McCovey, a pontoon boat and a three-day, two-night stay at the Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Ariz. To purchase a ticket, call Bob Treadway at 301-1989. Reach reporter Don Hunt at 776-4469, or e-mail Little League stars secure trip to Cooperstown ">[email protected] . Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker dvd-r Distance Education Computer Security Ztech Media Hosting Sports Equipment Online Casino Reviews Student Loans tcg student loan consolidation Online Pharmacy online casino Myspace Home Equity Loans Windermere Van Vleet Rogue Valley Travel Reservationstogo Hotel Reservations Southern Oregon Loans Online Casino News Natto Kinase Nattokinase Casino Gambling Sites Budget Website Templates Investments & Loans Advertisement s