SWS Pioneers advance to Midget semis

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

Ephrata Pride and the Strasburg-Willow Street Pioneers advanced to the Midget semifinals of the 67th New Era Tournament Friday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The Pride (14-3-1) got a yeoman effort from pitcher Seth Griffith and a three-RBI night from Brady Sipe to subdue …

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Lititz exits; Elizabethtown, SWS advance

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

As the top two seeds in the Junior-Midget division of the New Era Baseball Tournament, it would be logical to see the Strasburg/Willow Street White Sox and Lititz VFW face each other.

But in a knockout game?

In an NET turned upside down, elimination …

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Indians advance to final; Manheim, Warwick in elimination game

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

Logan Givler pitched a scoreless inning to close out the Mountville Indians’ victory over Manheim VFW on Monday night. He was just getting started.

Givler pitched the Indians (31-9) into Friday’s New Era Tournament Midget-Midget championship game, limiting the Warwick Phillies to Justin Byler’s …

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Warwick outlasts Manheim

Phillies’ 10-9 win sets up game vs. Mountville Friday

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

Baseball has always been, will always be, a funny game.

Holding a 10-4 lead, and having scattered two hits over two innings of relief, Nick Breznak was three outs away from pitching the Warwick Phillies …

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Manheim, SWS have a history

Tonight’s Midget finalists met in 2008 M-M championship

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

The Midget finals of the 67th New Era Tournament will be a rematch of the 2008 Midget-Midget finals.

Top seed Manheim VFW will face sixth-seeded Strasburg/Willow Street tonight at 7 p.m. at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

As …

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White Sox force rematch for Junior-Midget title

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

Now we’re all square.

Bear Shank threw five innings of relief behind starter Dan Eshleman and Eshleman knocked in three runs — two of the insurance variety in a three-run seventh inning Monday night — as the Strasburg-Willow Street White Sox forced a decisive, …

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Manheim VFW Midget king

Fry, Sanchez star in 8-7 nod over SWS

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

Rudyard Kipling never played in the New Era Tournament.

But his poem “If” resonated across the Midget final of the 67th New Era Tournament.

“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing …

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White Sox roll ends with title

SWS defeats E-town for J-M crown, 8-2

By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff

This year’s change in the format of the New Era Junior-Midget tournament happened just in time for the Strasburg/Willow Street White Sox.

Going from single elimination to double elimination in the championship series proved fortuitous for the …

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