The Centerville All-Stars Baseball Team was recognized by Mayor Clark Wilkinson and the city council at their Oct. 1 meeting. The first/second-grade team took first place at the Northern Utah All-Star Baseball Championship played July 15-19 at Ellison Park in Layton. The Centerville team played against three Layton teams, two Kaysville teams and a Syracuse team in the tournament.

The Centerville players had to participate in the city’s spring season and try out to make the All-Star team. They practiced throughout the summer before playing in the tournament.

“Thank you for allowing the kiddos to play,” coach Zac Fisher, who had two sons on the team, told the city council. “It was an absolute honor to be able to coach these guys.”

Getting ready for the tournament was a challenge, Fisher said. He had expected he was going to have as many as 40 kids show up for tryouts but just 11 did. That meant they each had to work particularly hard, he said.

“My favorite thing is you know we're talking to the other coaches as we’re playing, and they had 30 and 40 and 150 kids showing up and we had 11 kids and they grinded. We had practice two days a week and we put the effort in.”

The team was composed of Chase Butters, Houston Cook, Jarom Cook, Cy Fisher, McCoy Fisher, Brody Gardner, Cole Hansen, Miles Ingram, Logan Kolendar, Bode Lackey and Everett Reese. 

“The parents have talked [with] me and my assistant coach,” Fisher said. “It was probably the most fun week of our entire life watching these boys just play baseball the way it’s supposed to be: work hard, listen, pay attention. As you know, for first and second graders that's not the easiest thing in the world but it was so fun to watch them.” 

“We’re here tonight because of these guys,” he said. “They absolutely baled out and worked their butts off and are champions and they deserve everything they’re getting.” λ