Category: Tournament Stories
Cocalico, Lititz are LNP Tournament’s final twosome
Garden Spot, Lititz move into LNP Midget semifinals
Hempfield Black, Cocalico advance in LNP Tournament
Hempfield Black is the favorite again
BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer
As Bullwinkle would constantly reassure Rocky, “This time for sure!”
It’s far from sure that top-seeded Hempfield Black will win the Midget division of the 70th LNP Tournament — there are seven other teams that will have a say, after all.
But Black can’t …
Mountville uses fast start to win Junior-Midget championship
BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer
The Mountville Angels changed their shirts and changed their lineup, changing the tempo of the LNP Junior-Midget championship game No. 2.
Scoring five runs in the first two innings, the Angels rolled to an 8-5 victory over Elizabethtown Navy, Tuesday night at Mount Joy’s …
Seventh-inning uprising earns E-town Navy second shot at title game
BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer
Long-time Donegal baseball coach Al Brooks often opined that more baseball games were lost than won.
Whether the Mountville Angels (26-5) lost Monday night’s LNP Junior-Midget championship game No. 1, or E-town Navy won it will be left for debate years down …
Elizabethtown Navy upsets SWS to make Junior-Midget final
BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer
The LNP Tournament can often turn history on its ear, upsetting the assumed order of things.
Such was the case Friday night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field, as one night after ousting No. 2-seeded Lititz VFW, E-town Navy eliminated the top-seeded Strasburg/Willow Street White …
Mountville Angels, Elizabethtown Navy move on
BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer
Buttressed by a three-homer outburst and shutdown — albeit not without drama — relief, Ty Vaughn pitched, and hit, the Mountville Angels into the Junior-Midget championship of the 70th LNP Tournament.
Vaughn pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and two runs, both coming on solo …