Category: 2009
2009 Tournament Results
Midgets step up in LNP Tournament
By Dave Bryne
Sports Staff
Play in the Midget Division of the 64th LNP Tournament of Champions gets under way this afternoon at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
In order to fit the tournament into a road trip by the Clip’s tenant, the Lancaster Barnstormers, the midgets will play four straight …
JM tourney will have retro feel with wood bats
By Dave Bryne
Sports Staff
There will be a new, but familiar (to us old-timers), sound at the old ballyard tonight when the Junior Midget Division of the 64th New Era Tournament of Champions gets underway at Mt. Joy’s Kunkle Field.
The sweet sound of hickory meeting horsehide.
No …
Diamond days for youth players
By Dave Bryne
Sports Staff
If it is July, it must be time for the mid-summer classic.
No, not MLB’s bloated All-Star extravaganza.
“This Time It Counts!!!”
Puhleeeze!
No, it is time, once again, for the New Era Midget Baseball Tournament.
The 64th edition of the icing on every …
Donegal erases 4-run deficit to top Mountville
Ephrata Pride, Bears Blue advance to semifinals
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Packing the equipment for their New Era Tournament Midget Division first-round matchup, the members of Bears Blue brought everything a team needed for a baseball game.
Bats? Check.
Gloves? Check.
Shaving cream for “pie” to prank teammate doing post-game interview after victory?
Check!
Dutifully …
Angels, White Sox off to running starts
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Wood bats?
Si!
The introduction of wooden bats in the Junior-Midget division of the New Era Tournament was a great success, judging from the first night’s action at Mt. Joy’s Kunkle Field.
The Mountville Angels (16-3) earned bragging rights in the borough, defeating the …
Weiderecht, Flanagan share shutout for Manheim Maroon
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
“We didn’t lose the game,” observed a Hempfield assistant. “We just didn’t win it.”
And while that might sound a tad strange, it surely was the best way to cope with a heartbreaking decision.
Daniel Wiederecht out-dueled Jon Peterson as Manheim VFW shaved Hempfield …
Solanco Gray tops Man. Twp. Black; SWS Blue edges Hempfield Black
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Baseball can teach harsh lessons.
As an example, catching a infield pop fly is not automatic.
Even if it seems so.
Baseball also has its redeeming qualities.
Nick Carson knows that firsthand.
When the SWS Blue first baseman let a sure out ricochet off …