WASHINGTON, PA (August 1, 2022) - Bay County, MI, has won PONY Baseball’s North Zone to qualify for the 2022 DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series.
Bay County is making its tenth consecutive appearance in the tournament to continue its North Zone dominance. Coach Craig Revette is also no stranger to the World Series. Craig’s father, Dan, was a long-time coach in the Bay County local league and made many trips to Washington, PA, with his Bay County squad.
Although Craig is familiar with the World Series, he believes that Bay County’s biggest strength is its teamwork and focus.
“Our biggest strength is playing together as a team,” Revette said. “We like to focus on being there for each other and having fun together!”
Revette believes that since this is Bay County’s tenth consecutive trip to Washington that this does help with their familiarity of the event.
“I believe our recent trips will help us a lot with the timing of events, familiarity of our surroundings, and the all around atmosphere of the event,” Revette said. “I believe that baseball is a game that can be won by anyone on any given day.”
Bay County has four returning players from last year who are again making the trip to Washington, PA, for this year
For his expectations, Revette wants his players to leave everything on the field.
“The expectations that I set forth for the players are quite simple, we want to go out and play to the best of our abilities while keeping a positive attitude,” he said. “Our goal has been, and will continue to be, to play hard and win as many games as possible while trying to be the last team standing. “
Bay County will play its first game in the 2022 DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series against the East Zone Champion at 5:30 PM/ET on Friday, August 12, at Lew Hays PONY Field in Washington, PA.
DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series
The DICK'S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series is an international youth baseball tournament played annually at Lew Hays PONY Field in Washington, PA. The World Series annually attracts 25,000 fans and contributes over $4 million to the regional economy, with all games livestreamed internationally via MLB.com. The tournament represents PONY Baseball's 13- and 14-year-old age division. PONY has over 500,000 players ages 3-23 in more than 50 countries.