Pike Creek Little League history

In 2019, Midway and Capitol Little Leagues began discussing a possible merger. Both leagues had seen a dwindling number of players for many years and had interleagued at the Majors level since the early 1990s. In most seasons, 13–16-year-old Capitol players also played in Midway. The leagues were advised to begin combining.

During the 2020, 2021, and 2022 seasons, the two leagues combined in most ways but maintained separate Boards and finances. Regular season teams were selected from a combined pool of players from both leagues, and the leagues combined for All-Star play under the name Midway-Capitol, often shortened to Mid-Cap.

In 2022, the combined Mid-Cap 9-year-old All-Star team won a District title — the first for either league in many years.

In the fall of 2022, Little League International approved the full merger, and in a close vote the new league name was chosen: Pike Creek Little League.

In 2023, PCLL All-Star teams got off to a strong start. The 8-year-old team won the District title, and the PCLL Intermediate (50–70) team earned a free pass to the Eastern Regionals when all other leagues in Districts 2 and 3 dropped out (and District 1 received a host bid since the Regional was in Dover). PCLL claimed its first state title without playing a game, then proved worthy of the opportunity by winning three games and finishing 4th out of ten teams.

Midway Little League history

Midway Little League was founded in 1965. The league originally operated on a number of school and parkland fields before consolidating at the current Forest Oak / YMCA complex. Despite being one of the smallest leagues in Delaware’s District II, Midway produced many strong All-Star teams, especially between 1989 and 2001.

Some of the top All-Star teams in Midway history include:

1. The 1996 Senior All-Stars won the District II title, the Delaware State Championship, the Eastern Regional Championship, and finished 3rd in the World Series in Kissimmee, Florida.
2. The 2001 Major All-Stars won the District II title the hard way, winning seven straight games in the losers bracket, then captured the Delaware State Championship and went 2–2 in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals in Bristol, CT. In Midway’s first game at Regionals, they faced a team from the Bronx, NY and pitcher Danny Almonte. Almonte threw a perfect game and led his team to the World Series. It was later determined that Almonte was actually 14 years old, and all of that team’s games were forfeited.
3. The 1989 Senior All-Stars won the District II title, the Delaware State Championship, and finished 2nd in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals.
4. The 1994 Junior All-Stars won the District II title and finished 2nd in the Mid-Atlantic Regional.
5. The 1993 Major All-Stars won the District II title and reached the state finals.
6. The 1995 Junior All-Stars won the District II title and reached the state finals.
7. Midway won District II 10-year-old titles in 1991, 1992, and 2007.
8. Midway won the District II 9-year-old title in 1998.
9. Midway won the Brandywine Invitational for 11–12 year olds and the Midway Invitational for 13–14 year olds in 2001.
10. Midway won the Canal Invitational for 13–14 year olds in 2004.

Midway has never had a player reach Major League Baseball, but several former players have reached the Minor Leagues. Bob Lenoir is the only Midway player to be drafted (by the Texas Rangers). Pete Grasso was named NCAA Division III Player of the Year in 2017. Midway has also had one player reach the NHL (Mark Eaton, who won a Stanley Cup in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Penguins) and one reach the NFL (the late Chris Gedney, who played for the Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals).