Elizabethtown Navy upsets SWS to make Junior-Midget final

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer

The LNP Tournament can often turn history on its ear, upsetting the assumed order of things.

Such was the case Friday night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field, as one night after ousting No. 2-seeded Lititz VFW, E-town Navy eliminated the top-seeded Strasburg/Willow Street White …

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Mountville Angels, Elizabethtown Navy move on

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer

Buttressed by a three-homer outburst and shutdown — albeit not without drama — relief, Ty Vaughn pitched, and hit, the Mountville Angels into the Junior-Midget championship of the 70th LNP Tournament.

Vaughn pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and two runs, both coming on solo …

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SWS, Mountville get off to winning starts

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer

The Mountville Angels scored a titanic victory in their LNP Junior-Midget opener Wednesday night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field.

Titanic in that yes, winning a 13-11 marathon over Lititz VFW was a huge victory. Also, Titanic in that VFW was sailing along, hit an …

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Manheim Township holds on to LNP Midget-Midget title

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer

Confined to the pine by an elbow injury, Kyle Musser watched most of this season unfold without him.

Dylan King spent the season looking for his first home run.

Each player went deep Friday night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field, and the Manheim Township …

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Manheim Twp. back in championship game

Warwick ousts Mountville, will face Solanco next for trip to final

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer

The defending LNP Tournament Midget-Midget champions are back in the title game.

Entering the tournament as the No. 4 seed, the Manheim Township Blue Streaks have slugged their way through the quaifying …

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Manheim Township, Solanco White earn Midget-Midget wins

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer

As Richie Ashburn often moaned, “Oh, those bases on balls!”

Four Mountville Indian pitchers issued 11 free passes Monday evening. Not a good way to conduct business on a night in which the Manheim Township Blue Streaks banged out 16 hits.

Township, seeded fourth, …

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Junior-Midgets prepare to take the LNP Tournament stage

BY DAVE BYRNE
Sports Writer
While the field of four is set for the LNP Midget-Midget tournament, which begins Monday evening, the Junior-Midgets are not too far behind.

The Elite eight of the U-14 set began their best-of-three qualifying series on Wednesday, July 1, a series that continues …

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