Curt Aspril Jr. and Greg Schneider, two architects of the LNP Tournament’s recent changes, announce their retirement as commissioners
By Dave Bryne
LNP Correspondent
Change comes slowly to the local institution that is the LNP Midget Baseball Tournament.
When it does come, it is a notable event.
For only the fourth time in the 62-year history of the tournament, there is a change in administration as two of …
Millersville Blue Jays gather to reminisce on the 50th anniversary of their championship
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
In August of 1963 the Millersville Blue Jays won the New Era Tournament Junior-Midget championship, becoming the third — and last — Millersville town team to claim an NET title.
Flash forward 50 years and eight of the surviving 11 members of that team, …
Junior Midget 50th anniversary
Tonight we turn back the clock 50 years to 1961. The Lancaster Red Roses are playing at Stumpf Field. Teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are locked in a home run battle. And the first New Era Tournament Junior Midget championship game is played at Farnum Field in Lancaster.
The …
60 years ago, New Providence and Martic became 1st LNP champions
By Dave Bryne
LNP Correspondent
The summer of 1946, the first full summer of peace after World War II, was a time of change in America.
In Lancaster County, there was perceived to be trouble with juvenile delinquency – although, when compared to today’s shenanigans, the sins of yesteryear’s …
Angels turn on the power and advance to quarterfinals
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
The Mountville Angels looked heavenly in the first round of the New Era Midget Baseball Tournament Wednesday night in Mount Joy.
They advanced to the Junior Midget Division quarterfinals with an impressive display of hitting, flattening the Pequea Valley Braves 23-0.
Continuing New …
Roberts pitches Hempfield to victory over Reamstown
By John Finger
New Era Correspondent
Two days after his high school baseball season ended, Hempfield’s Matt Roberts sliced the thumb on his pitching hand with a table saw in shop class.
Last night at Manheim Township High School, Roberts sliced through Reamstown’s lineup like a buzzsaw.
The crafty …
MT Cards, Lititz VFW advance
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
The confines of Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field can be pretty friendly for a junior-midget player. Tuesday night, those confines were cuddlin’ close.
A total of 10 home runs cleared the fences during a New Era Tournament junior-midget doubleheader Tuesday at Kunkle. The Manheim …
Manheim Lions, Denver open tourney with wins
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Late-inning heroics were the order of the day as the 51st New Era Tournament of Champions got under way Monday night.
The junior-midgets took center stage with a preliminary-round doubleheader at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field.
The Manheim Lions, two-time defending J-M champions, proved …
Solanco rallies past Manheim to advance to Midget semis
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
They’re young, but experienced. They’ve been to the Midget finals of the New Era Tournament , and they’d like to get there again.
Monday evening in Lampeter, Solanco (23-3) took the first step to achieving that goal with a quarterfinal 9-7 victory over …