Dynasty … done

Mountville’s 3-year stranglehold on the Midget-Midget championship is broken by Hempfield Black, which will take on Mount Joy Blue in the final after ousting the defending champs.

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

In the classic baseball film Bull Durham, pitching phenom “Nuke” Laloosh whines to his catcher/mentor, “Crash” …

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MT Black claims LNP crown with help from ‘X-Man’ Medina

By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent

If the LNP Tournament awarded a tournament MVP award, the hands-down winner for the Junior-Midget Division would be Manheim Township Black’s Carlos “X” Medina.

If the tourney awarded a single-game citation for championship-game merit, Medina would share it with teammate Tyler Deshong.

Given the …

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Tourney debut at ‘The Clip’ leaves lasting impression

By Jeffrey Reinhart
New Era Sports Writer

The New Era Midget Tournament has found a new home.

And here’s hoping Clipper Magazine Stadium will be the tournament’s home for a long, long time.

The gorgeous two-year-old stadium, which is the home of the Atlantic League’s Lancaster Barnstormers, hosted its …

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Once again, Hempfield looks like team to beat

By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent

After several near misses in the ’90s, Hempfield Black has made a habit of winning the New Era Tournament’s Midget division.

Black, the defending NET champion, has won five titles since 1997, four in the last five years, and appears poised to repeat …

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Championship is up for grabs

By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent

Gazing into the crystal ball last year our fearless forecaster foresaw a New Era Tournament Junior-Midget championship game that would be a repeat of 2004, pitting Lititz VFW against the Mountville Angels.

So Lititz went out in the first round and Mountville exited …

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Usual suspects ready to battle in M-M tourney

By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent

Hopefully, when Ron Wagner elects to retire from his day job, it will last longer than his retirement from coaching youth baseball.

By all appearences, Mt. Joy Blue’s venerable coach went out on top last year as his team defeated Hempfield Black 5-0 …

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Manheim VFW downs Mennonite

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Manheim pitcher Jeff Knosp went from gem to jam Wednesday night, but with a little help from his friends, came away the king of the diamond.

Knosp won his eighth game of an undefeated summer as Manheim VFW (17-3) outscored Lancaster Mennonite 9-6 …

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Garber leads E-town past Hempfield Black

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Among the dugout chatter you’ll likely hear at a baseball game is this: “Come on, have a day!”

Brad Garber had a day Thursday night, going 3-for-4 at the plate with five RBI and two runs scored. Included in his offensive outbreak was …

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