Four Questions with Matt Arone

Event to focus on history of Ardsley Little League

Matt Arone has been watching, playing, and coaching baseball for most of his life. The Dobbs Ferry resident grew up in Ardsley, where he played Little League from 1978–1984 and played on Ardsley High School’s 1987 and 1988 state championship baseball teams. Arone has coached high school baseball at various schools since 1994. For the past two years, he’s been the assistant varsity coach at Irvington High School, which complements his job as recreation superintendent for the Village of Sleepy Hollow. 

Arone is also on the executive board of the Ardsley Historical Society and serves as its secretary. On Sunday, April 19, he will emcee the organization’s “Conversation on the History of the Ardsley Little League,” which celebrates 70 years of Little League in the village. Topics covered will include youth baseball before Ardsley Little League; founders and champions of the league; Village Justice Wilbur McDowell, the namesake for McDowell Park; and the genesis of the girls’ division. There will be pictures and artifacts from the past, and special guests including former Little League presidents, former girls’ division players, and current Little League board members.