Photos of the Yonkers Bocce Club and captions by Guy DeSantis.

"Gaetano Taormina delivering another great shot."

"Guy De Santis having a little fun with the youngsters."

Great to see a youth movement in bocce...my experience is that kids take to bocce like you wouldn't believe.

"J.T. Puryear ,Gregor Sayet-Bone, and Peter Sayet 3rd place (Ithaca N.Y.)" - a 2009 tourney - pretty big hardware for 3rd place.

"Bob Bohdan, William Bica, and Tony Pompa 2nd place (Queens, N.Y.)"

Tournament MVP Gabe Franco.

"Gabe Franco, Dino Vitti, and Jack Bilancia 1st place (Yonkers/Mount Vernon Bocce Club)"

"Left to right (Peter Rabito - Vice President of United States Bocce Federation, Guy De Santis - Eastern Sector President of the Federation, Angelo Lotto and Angelo Pastore - co-owners of PIEzano's Pizza & Pasta, with the honorable mayor of Mount Vernon, Clinton Young in between the two."

"The youngest team (in this event) - left to right (Frank De Santis, Bobby Azzari, Gaetano Taormina)."