SWS, Hempfield reach final

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

For the second year in a row, Hempfield Black and Strasburg/Willow Street will meet to decide the Midget Division championship of the New Era Baseball Tournament.

The familiar foes will take the field tonight at 7 at Ephrata’s War Memorial Field.

Hempfield Black …

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Gallagher rescues Township

Stars at plate and on mound as Black reaches finals

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Rain, rain go away…

The spring of 1981 was such a soggy season and the Lancaster-Lebanon League baseball playoffs were postponed so many times, the league championship game was played after the semifinals …

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Mountville, Hempfield in finals

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Fans of Hempfield High School baseball should travel to Mount Joy tonight for a preview of the 2008 Black Knights team.

The Mountville Indians and Hempfield Black will play for the Midget-Midget championship of the 58th New Era Tournament tonight at 7 at …

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Harnick hurls Hempfield to title

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

It’s an old baseball truism: Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting.

It was proven again Tuesday night at Ephrata’s War Memorial Field when Hempfield Black (18-4) defeated the Strasburg/Willow Street Storm 4-1 to win the Midget Division championship of the 58th New Era Baseball …

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Austin powers Township

Gallagher pitches and slugs Black to Junior Midget title

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Austin Gallagher showed up with a new bat Thursday night, but he produced the usual results.

“I broke my bat today,” Manheim Township Black’s superstar explained, “so I had to whip out a new …

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Indians win title-game classic

Mountville edges Hempfield Black to earn the crown

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Time will ultimately tell whether the 2003 New Era Tournament Midget-Midget championship game truly was the classic it seemed Tuesday night.

The Mountville Indians took the full measure of Hempfield Black at Mount Joy’s Kunkle …

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Donegal, Lititz move on

They take different paths to get there, but Donegal and Lititz both reach the Midget semifinals

By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent

Two widely divergent pitching performances spiced up the opening night of the New Era Tournament Midget Division quarterfinals.

Darin Gorski threw a 1-hitter as Donegal (16-5) dominated …

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