By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
In his pregame instructions Mountville Angels coach Ron Brubaker challenged his team to come out and attack the ball.
They listened.
Mountville mounted a six-hit, eight run first-inning assault on E-town Blue and starter Travis Epply and went on to record a 13-5 …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Jake Rutt’s nickname is “Diesel.”
He’s not really sure why.
“Probably from pitching,” he offered. “There’s a major league pitcher, I guess that’s where they got it.” Monday night, in the New Era Tournament Midget-Midget semifinals, Rutt’s pitching was the engine that pulled …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Henry Ford once remarked, “History, for the most part, is bunk.”
But there was no bunk to the history the Lititz Oddfellows have written in the New Era Tournament.
Dating back to the 2000 tournament, Lititz achieved the semifinals of the Midget division …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Darren Yoder hadn’t pitched much this summer.
Recovering from an arm injury, he’d taken it slowly, throwing an inning of relief here and there for Manheim Township Black.
“We brought him along slowly,” said Black assistant Lew Chillot. “Finally, with the layoff between …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
After an absence of one year, Mountville has returned to a familiar setting – the New Era Tournament’s Midget-Midget championship game.
The Indians (40-13) unseated defending champ Mt. Joy Blue 4-1 in the second game of a semifinal doubleheader Monday night at Kunkle …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
For Skylar Gingrich, the summer baseball season has been one long waiting game. Wednesday night the waiting ended for Gingrich.
And for his team, the Lititz Oddfellows.
Sidelined all summer by issues with his pitching elbow, Gingrich made his first appearance of the …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Patrick Welsh had a lot of fun pitching the Mountville Indians to the LNP Tournament Midget-Midget title in 2004.
He knew if he had the chance to pitch in the title game again, he wouldn’t be sorry.
As it turned out, he was right. …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Not even Mother Nature could stop Norlanco.
After waiting 68 minutes to begin play, sitting through two brief …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
The New Era Tournament’s first year at Clipper Magazine Stadium was a rousing, unqualified success. Especially for the Lititz Oddfellows, who rode the top seed position of the tournament to a first-ever NET title.
Can they make it two in a row? The …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
There’s no Angels, there’s plenty of Black and, by next Tuesday night, everybody may be feeling Blue as the Junior Midget Division of the New Era Midget Baseball Tournament gets underway tomorrow night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field.
The 2006 Junior Midget champion …
