Consistency winning in sports is one of the most desirable and difficult goals to attain. But for this year’s Garden City Little League District 29 champions, it was certainly unfinished business the team was looking at before its run wound up ending during the Section 5 double elimination tournament. It turns out the team wound up going pretty deep during a stretch run as an 11-year-old team in 2013. This year, Garden City ripped through squads from Garden City South, Franklin Square, Floral Park, and Franklin Square on the way to wrapping up the District 29 championship. And while the next round found the Garden City 12-year-olds starting out positively against Downtown and Rockville Centre, New York City teams Throgs Neck and Staten Island’s South Shore National ended Garden City’s current run. And while this year’s District 29 victors wound up going the way of the Buffalo Bills early ‘90s Super Bowl contenders, it’s a feat that’s no less impressive, especially given the young age Garden City’s ball players are.
—Dave Gil de Rubio
