Cononie Selected to Minor League All-Star Team
Northwest Alumnus to appear in 'Mid-Summer Classic' in Lowell, Mass.
Roughly two months after being selected by the Tampa Bay Rays' organization in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, Germantown native Charlie Cononie has been chosen to represent the Hudson Valley Renegades in the New York-Penn League All-Star Game. The annual contest, also dubbed the Mid-Summer Classic, will take place at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Mass., on Aug. 16. "It's a big honor. I was obviously really excited when I found out I made the all-star team," said Cononie, who graduated from Northwest High School in 2007. "I definitely wasn't expecting anything like this." Cononie said he heard the news after his team wrapped up its weekend series against the Aberdeen IronBirds, where he pitched two scoreless innings in the Renegades' 10-…
Tiffany Arnold
2:56 pm on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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