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George Dutton	President, Baseball Director 14 years, Basketball Ref and Scorer – 14 years
Doug Bianchi	Baseball Director – 8 years, coach and umpire 14 years
Bob Ruggles	President, Founder Pop Warner Football – First team in NH
Dick Yergeau	President, Baseball Director, coach, Equipment Manager, soccer coach, Treasurer, Concession Stand construction Project leader; creator Fair Share Program
Ed Nichols	President – twice, First voted Lifetime Member, Baseball coach, Basketball coach, referee Soccer coach , 20+ years of service
Paul Dion	MCAA VP, Babe Ruth Director 4 years, established MCAA Babe Ruth Clinic program , Baseball coach, Pop Warner coach
Bill Duffy	MVP, Baseball coach 8 years, Instructional & Clinic Dir. 6 years, Pop Warner coach – 6 years
Russ Monbleau	MVP, President twice, NRR Fields creator, project leader, Rewrote Constitution - 1982, Fields Dir. 20 yrs, Baseball Dir. 5 years, Babe Ruth Dir. 6 years, Co-founder – Soccer, Soccer Dir. 12 years; coach 8 years, Creator, Minor & Instructional, Baseball coach 14 years, Softball Dir. 4 years, UIC – 4 years, Established first soccer camps, baseball camps. Lifetime Member, Service since 1978 & counting
Jack Danhoff	Past President, Baseball Director 3 years, Wrestling Director 6 years
Ron Rojo	Basketball Dir – 8 yrs & counting
Shirley Sayward-Campbell	Soccer coach 18 years and counting, Soccer Director 6 years, Travel Soccer Coordinator 7 years, Baseball coach 5 years, Awards Night Committee 6 years

Historic Dateline

1956	MCAA conceived and designed by 7 Milford Civic Groups
1957	MCAA Charters with State of NH – First Year of activity. First program – Biddy League Basketball
1970	MCAA establishes first Pop Warner football team in NH
1980	MCAA establishes Baseball Minor league – instantly doubling enrollment.
	MCAA takes over Soccer program established by Milford JCs in 1978 (Russ Monbleau, Dean Jackson, Ed Nichols). MCAA Fields Project proposed and MCAA Breaks ground on North River Road
1981	First completed field named in memory of James York
1982	Opening Day at North River Road. MCAA Initiates State’s longest running Recreational Soccer Invitational Tournament. Constitution completely revised
1983	Kaley Diamond completed
1984	Perham Diamond completed
1985	Baseball Clinic program established – first year enrollment 76 players. MCAA establishes first two softball teams, Stars and Belles
1986	Begin Construction of Concession Stand at NRR
1987	Concession Stand open for business
1992	MCAA joins Babe Ruth Bambino Division
1993	MCAA establishes Travel Soccer Program. MCAA sponsors Youth Wrestling program until Schools can fund it
1994	MCAA lights up Kaley Soccer Field at NRR
1995	MCAA finally achieves Federal Tax exemption status
1996	MCAA assumes control of Souhegan Softball League; doubles program size in first year – expands to 7 towns
1997	MCAA upgrades softball program
1998	MCAA aligns Softball with Babe Ruth MCAA Hosts Babe Ruth Softball 16U New England Regionals
1999	MCAA Bambino All Stars win New England Regionals – advance to World Series in Vincennes, Ind. Softball expands to cover ages 7-18
2000	Cal Ripkin (Formerly named Bambino) All Stars win Districts
2000	Souhegan Valley 10U Softball All Stars runners-up in State Championship Tournament
2001	MCAA Hosts Babe Ruth Softball 12U New England Regionals Souhegan Valley Softball 12U All Stars win New England Regionals – advance to World Series in Pine Bluff, Ark. Former MCAA coaches and players now fill all baseball, softball, and soccer coaching slots at MHS
2002	MCAA creates Ed Nichols Memorial Community Service Award
	MCAA Souhegan Valley Babe Ruth Softball 14U All Stars win District, State and New England Regional titles.
	MCAA installs irrigation system at North River Road facility.
2008	MCAA dedicated the North River Road fields complex to longtime volunteer, coach, umpire, director and board member (to name a few) Russ Monbleau. The newly named "Russ Monbleau Youth Sports Complex" will serve to honor Russ's 30 plus years of service and devotion to the MCAA.
2008	New pavillion and picnic tables built at the Russ Monbleau Youth Sports Complex.