Perennial contenders are back in the field

By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent

When its comes to the 2007 New Era Tournament’s Midget-Midget scrum, one thing is certain. There will be no repeat by last year’s champion.

The Norlanco Redbirds have left the building, graduated to the Junior-Midget division. So while there will definitely be a …

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Junior Midget Tournament opens with a barrage of home runs

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Karnac the Magnificent will now divine the answers having never before seen the question.

Wrigley Field, on days when the wind is blowing out.
Citizens Bank Park, any day.

Kunkle Field, when the junior-midgets set up shop.

The question?

Name three baseball …

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Lititz eyes another title

By Jeff Reinhart
New Era Sports Writer

Lititz is out to defend its New Era Midget championship, and in its quarterfinal game Thursday night in Clipper Magazine Stadium, the Oddfellows certainly played like a team on a mission.

J.T. Garner had three hits and knocked in three runs and …

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Fantastic finish: St. Leo, Manheim Twp. in final

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

It was a classic end to a classic game.

St. Leo centerfielder Travis Jankowski tracked down Joe Good’s deep fly ball to right center, leaped to catch the ball while crashing, hard, into the fence and still had the presence of mind to …

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Township Black, Mount Joy Blue use big sticks in semifinals

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

There was a chill in the air Monday night, but it did little to cool the smoking-hot bats of Manheim Township Black and Mount Joy Blue.

Those Junior-Midget hit machines advanced to tonight’s championship game of the New Era Midget Baseball Tournament.

In …

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It will be Black and Blue in midget-midget final

By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent

Monday night’s New Era Tournament midget-midget semifinal doubleheader was a study in contrasts.

Hempfield Black (32-5-1) scored early and often, dropping hits all over Kunkle Field in a 12-1 victory over Rheems Gray.

Earlier, Mount Joy Blue (29-7) waited until it was almost …

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Township rallies past St. Leo for LNP crown

By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent

His Manheim Township Black teammates call Matt Turman, not surprisingly, the Terminator.

Turman terminated St. Leo’s Cinderella story Monday night, driving in the winning run to give MT Black a 6-5 victory and the Midget championship of the 62nd LNP Tournament.

Turman’s seventh-inning, bases-loaded, …

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