YOUTH ACHIEVEMENTS

Baseball champs honored by Chandler Council

Chandler National Little League representatives were at their City Council’s Sept. 14 regular meeting to be recognized for their 12-and-under all-star team’s state championship and regional competition this summer. In front is the lone member of the team at the meeting, Alex Yu. In back, from the left, are Vice Mayor Angel Encinas, Councilmembers Christine Ellis and Jane Poston, CNLL board members Mark Ingram and Austin Given, Mayor Kevin Hartke and Councilmembers Jennifer Hawkins and Matt Orlando.

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The Chandler National Little League’s 12-and-under all-star team’s state championship banner was recently hung outside field No. 7 at the south Chandler complex.

Courtesy of Chandler National LL

Chandler’s highest-achieving Little League of the past several years was honored at the City Council’s Sept. 14 regular meeting.

Mayor Kevin Hartke read a description of the Chandler National Little League’s 12-and-under all-star team as “driven by hard work, teamwork and dedication.”

The team went undefeated through all-star play at the local and state level this summer, frequently outscoring its opponents by wide margins en route to the Arizona state 12U championship.

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