Two weeks of rain jumbled the schedules for MAA baseball and soccer teams. But one afternoon when it stopped long enough for some games to be played, the writer of this column had a chance to bicycle around to all the fields to see what activities were taking place.

The lasting impression, after observing parts of majors, minors and farm baseball games and a girls' soccer match, was that there was some sensitive, caring, informed coaching taking place. The executive board would like to thank all volunteers who are helping make sports a positive experience for so many of our children.

Here are a few game reports based on information furnished by winning coaches:

Barron Body Works won three games, beating Harry Katz, 5-4 and Smith and DeGroat, 9-4 and 19-7. In the first game, Andrew Montanez' double to left drove in Chris Williams with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth. Chris Sallie had two hits and Louis Tramontano, Jimmy Francis and Frank Aguis each had one hit. In the second game, pitchers Montanez and Williams combined to strike out 12. Call-up Tiego Rodriguez had two hits. Tramontano and Aguis had three and Montanez and Danny Vezo had two each. The third game featured good pitching by Danny Larose and five batters who combined for 20 hits: Williams, Larose, Montanez, Aquis and Sallie.

Mineola Florist beat European-American Bank (EAB) 6-5, helped by strong pitching by M.C. Oswald and timely hitting by Liam Clark and Patrick O'Callahan.

Nassau Chromium edged EAB 7-6 in extra innings for its fourth win. It got three hits each from Joey Cusker and Kevin Tiseo and strong pitching by Chris Harnett, Steven Keener and Tiseo. Jamison Canning made a key catch in the outfield.

Chris and Caitlin Orlando combined to pitch a no-hitter as Astoria Federal Savings edged Nassau Chromium, 2-1, running its record to 2-2-1. Caitlin Orlando struck out nine of the 10 batters she faced and drove in both runs with a pair of doubles.

Tsontos Furs opened its season with two exciting games against American Legion and Total Health Chiropractic. Vincent Campanalos, Brendan Bartley, Gregory Klein and Alex Greene made good fielding plays. T.J. Gessner, Michael Brady, Michael Lacava and Daniel Lamonica supplied timely hitting. Bryan Vesley and Edward Lopresti showed their hustle on the bases. A goal late in the second half by Chris Sallie and superb goaltending by Brendan Canavan gave the Mineola Red Heat a 1-1 tie with the Floral Park Renegades in a Long Island Junior Soccer League game on May 2. The Red Heat has an 0-1-3 record with five games to play, beginning with a May 30 road game against the Elmont Rambos at 12:30 p.m.