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YOUTH PROGRAMS EXPAND USE OF PADAVAN‑PRELLER FIELDS
Padavan‑Preller Fields, a nine‑field baseball and softball complex in Bellerose, Queens, now serves as the venue for PEGS Baseball’s Vipers summer training sessions and HBQVB Little League programming. The Vipers program will operate Monday evenings throughout June and July, offering age‑specific skill training, baserunning, pitching, hitting, fielding, and conditioning drills (pegsbaseball.com). Concurrently, the HBQVB Little League program will run for seven weeks, accommodating children ages 3 to 12 with designated time slots for younger and older age groups (pegsbaseball.com).The club’s use of Padavan‑Preller Fields highlights the facility’s ongoing role in supporting youth baseball and softball development. The complex is also the longstanding home of the Hollis‑Bellaire‑Queens Village‑Bellerose Athletic Association (HBQVB), which has managed the site since its founding in 1954 (wikibin.org).