ARA 8-U Softball 

The Audubon  Recreation Association (ARA) 8-U girls softball team won the 2013 Babe Ruth Pennsylvania State Softball Championship.  The tournament was held at the ARA complex in Audubon and featured 11 teams from across Pennsylvania who had won local district tournaments.  The ARA team defeated the Daniel Boone Inferno team in two straight games to take the championship.  The team will travel to Mount Olive, N.J., to participate in the Babe Ruth Regional Championships held from July 17 to July.  The Regional Championship will feature 10 teams from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Team members include Peyton Kintzley, Jamie Michaud, Frankie DiMichele, Holly Spletzer, Samantha Bruder, Paige Moore, Caitlyn Hennessy, Caitlin Woolbert, Kiersten Pumilia, Coreena Dunham, Maddie Roth and Megan Lineen. The head coach is Chris Spletzer and assistants are Ken Michaud, Casey Moore and Marty Woolbert.