Acting Consul General Carmela Conroy addresses the players during the opening ceremonies.

Urasoe City Mayor Gima throws out the first ball.

The City of Urasoe and the American Consulate General cosponsored the third annual Okinawa-wide youth friendship baseball tournament on April 7-8 for junior and senior high school students. Ten Okinawan and two American teams participated. A team representing St. Mary's International School also participated. The Ginowan Ponys won the tournament. The Koza Boys took second place in the tournament. The American All-star team beat the Okinawan All-Star team.

The following players were selected to the All-Star Team.

Okinawan Players:

Yuji Nakamura(Ginowan Ponys), Tsugutatsu Toma(Ginowan Ponys), DaijyuTokumoto(Ginowan Ponys), Choei Hamamoto(Ginowan Ponys), Seigo Mitsuoka(Ginowan Ponys), Yuki Kuwae(Koza Boys), Takuma Nakamura(Koza Boys),Seita Toguchi(Koza Boys), Ryota Chibana(Koza Boys), Kouta Yonahara(Ginowan Marine Boys),Daiki Hisada(Ginowan Marine Boys), Yuya Yabiku(Ginowan Marine Boys), Kei Ozawa(Ginowan Marine Boys), Shingo Nagakura(Ginowan Marine Boys), Kai Kedashiro(Urasoe Brave Boys), Takato Ono(Urasoe Brave Boys), Shogo Ijyu(Urasoe Brave Boys), Ryo Oshiro(Urasoe BraveBoys) and Shoudai Fukuyama(Urasoe Brave Boys).

American Players:

Boomer McCaw (Kubasaki), Mike Fulwiler (Kubasaki), Mike Bennett (Kubasaki), Dillon Mach (Kubasaki), PJ Varner (Kubasaki), Vinnie Sanchez (Kubasaki), Wataru Smiley (Kubasaki), Michael Mizell (Kadena), Mike Ward (Kadena), Jared McNeal (Kadena), James Nelson (Kadena), Alex Weaver (Kadena) and Tyler Huffman (Kadena).

Consul Dan Fulwiler poses with the first place team, Ginowan Ponys.	The second place team, Koza Boys, poses with Consul Dan Fulwiler.	American Consulate General representative Dan Fulwiler poses with the players selected to the All Star Team.