On September 5, 2020, Ken Caryl Little League (KCLL) and Potenza Norwick Investment Company (PNIC) teamed up to sponsor an MLB Jr Home Run Derby & Skills Competition. We believe it was the only one in CO this year.

We had over 125 kids come out to participate on the two Community Park fields.  Competitors hit pitches from the pitching machine and had to hit the ball on the fly beyond designated distances for the home run derby. On the other field, players threw pitches at a target, ran the bases, and hit balls off a tee at targets for the skills competition.

HOME RUN DERBY WINNERS

6-8 year olds

1^st – Kellan Benton (7)  

2^nd – Ash Land  

3^rd – Nolan Gardzelewski (3)  

 9-10 year olds

1^st – Sam Gardzelewski (3)  

2^nd – TIE - Finn Todd (2) and Kash Carter (2) and Holden Kurens (2) and Kellan Stenseth (2)  

11-12 year olds  

1^st – Ben Goman (10)  

2^nd – Lachlan Stevens (9)  

3^rd – Jaden Ornelaz (8)  

 13-14 year olds

1^st – Max Matteucci (20)  

2^nd – Landon Deza (8)  

3^rd – TIE – Jaden Bryant (4) and Gregory Oramas (4)   

15-16 year olds

1^st – Carson Hudson (15)  

2^nd – Xavier M (6)  

3^rd – Luka Sullivan (3)


SKILLS COMPETITION WINNERS

Overall Score (Pitch, Hit & Run):  

6-8 year olds   

1^st Place: Blake Koelmel (Total Points – 1,129)  

2^nd Place: Max Diesburg (Total Points – 1,000)  

3^rd Place: Ryan Howes (Total Points – 995)  

9-10 year olds   

1^st Place: Riley Enochs (Total Points – 1,271)  

2^nd Place: Sam Gardzelewski (Total Points – 1,251)  

3^rd Place: Xander Knackstedt (Total Points – 1,235)  

11-12 year olds  

1^st Place: Andrew March (Total Points – 1,428)  

2^nd Place: Hudson Judy (Total Points – 1,401)  

3^rd Place: Dash D'Haenens (Total Points - 1,314)   

13-14 year olds  

1^st Place: Bronson LeBon (Total Points – 1,018)  

2^nd Place: Grady Bahr (Total Points – 979)  

3^rd Place: Gregory Oramas (Total Points – 912)  

15-16 year olds
 

1^st Place: Luka Sullivan (Total Points – 1,366)  

2^nd Place: N/A  

3^rd Place: N/A

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Thank you to all that participated in the competition!!  I hope everyone had a good experience. 

And a SPECIAL THANK YOU to all that helped out during the course of the day.  It was a hot day - and we had volunteers helping to set-up, tear down, run the drills, keep scores, manage registration, and run errands.  Thank you to those that purchased additional water for the dugouts as the line at the HR Derby side got long a few times through the day.

KCLL / PNIC