- March 6, 2025
The Generals coached by Kevin Sosa are ready for Palm Coast Little League's Opening Day. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Warren Scales, the Parkview Church's children's pastor, gives the invocation. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Teams walk onto the field for the Palm Coast Little League's Opening Day ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Chris Kinsella leads his team onto the field for the Opening Day ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Softball teams walk onto the field for the Opening Day ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Jaclyn and Emerson Centofanti and James and Amy Gagliano with the Bumble Bees tee ball team, coached by Ed Beckett. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Tee ball players wait to enter the field for the opening ceremonies. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Daytona Tortugas mascot Shelldon was on hand for the festivities. Shelldon takes a picture with Tanner Goodwin, 5. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin gets ready to throw his first pitch. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin throws a first pitch. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas throw a first pitch. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler County Sheriff's Office Deputy Alex Wolfe tosses a first pitch.
Tyler Wilson, a 20th-round draft pick of the National League's San Diego Padres in 2014, throws out one of the ceremonial first pitches. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast Little League board member Chris Kinsella throws out a first pitch at the Opening Day ceremony. Kinsella is the PCCL's umpire manager, social media coordinator, uniform coordinator and machine pitch baseball coordinator. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast Little League President Tiffany Schmidt ran the Opening Day ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Tee ball players walk onto the field for the Opening Day ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Ben Hurley of the Rhinos in the Major Baseball division warms up before the game against the Stingers. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Michael Baker of the Stingers in the Major Baseball division warms up before the game against the Rhinos. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Kyra Crawford and Emily Warren. Warren and Nolan Schmidt served as the catchers for the ceremonial first pitches. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Teams line up for the opening day ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Dan Whitling, a member of the maintenance crew for Palm Coast Parks and Recreation at the Indian Trails Sports Complex, throws a first pitch during the ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast Little League’s baseball and softball players, ages 4 to 16, were grouped by their teams’ colorful uniforms as they waited beyond the outfield fence for the March 2 Opening Day ceremony to begin.
When the gates opened, the players and coaches, representing 10 divisions, paraded onto Field One at the Indian Trails Sports Complex. They lined up with their teammates at the edge of the infield making a colorful ring around the diamond.
The national anthem was played. Warren Scales, the children’s pastor at Parkview Church, gave the invocation. PCLL President Tiffany Schmidt introduced the league’s Board of Directors. And several dignitaries threw ceremonial first pitches.
The first pitches were thrown by:
Kinsella also planned Movie Night in the Park. “He is always asking me if he can help me with anything,” Schmidt said. “He is very much appreciated.”
Softball and baseball players Emily Warren and Nolan Schmidt, who are aging out of the league, served as catchers for the first pitches.
The season runs through the end of April. Fifteen games were played on Opening Day.
After the morning ceremony, the teams that were scheduled to play in the early games began to warm up. It was time to Play Ball!
