By Dave Bryne
Sports Staff
If it is July, it must be time for the mid-summer classic.
No, not MLB’s bloated All-Star extravaganza.
“This Time It Counts!!!”
Puhleeeze!
No, it is time, once again, for the New Era Midget Baseball Tournament.
The 64th edition of the icing on every …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
After they rubbed the stars from their eyes and got settled in, the lads in Donegal green had themselves a pretty good time.
Unaccustomed to success after a dismal season that saw the Marietta and Maytown programs, individually, total three wins last year, the …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Packing the equipment for their New Era Tournament Midget Division first-round matchup, the members of Bears Blue brought everything a team needed for a baseball game.
Bats? Check.
Gloves? Check.
Shaving cream for “pie” to prank teammate doing post-game interview after victory?
Check!
Dutifully …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Wood bats?
Si!
The introduction of wooden bats in the Junior-Midget division of the New Era Tournament was a great success, judging from the first night’s action at Mt. Joy’s Kunkle Field.
The Mountville Angels (16-3) earned bragging rights in the borough, defeating the …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
“We didn’t lose the game,” observed a Hempfield assistant. “We just didn’t win it.”
And while that might sound a tad strange, it surely was the best way to cope with a heartbreaking decision.
Daniel Wiederecht out-dueled Jon Peterson as Manheim VFW shaved Hempfield …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Baseball can teach harsh lessons.
As an example, catching a infield pop fly is not automatic.
Even if it seems so.
Baseball also has its redeeming qualities.
Nick Carson knows that firsthand.
When the SWS Blue first baseman let a sure out ricochet off …
By Will Welliver
Sports Staff
Throwing a no-hitter is something few baseball players get to experience at any level of the game. It is a difficult feat to accomplish because fielders have to make plays, the pitcher has to throw strikes and other breaks throughout the game have to …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
He wasn’t the biggest player on the field, but he got the biggest hit of the night.
Ben Wirth’s RBI singled home Ryan Dornes from second base and Manheim Township Black overcame Rheems Blue 6-5 in extra innings in the nightcap of a New …
By Joel Schreiner
Sports Correspondent
Madison Zimmerman admits he was nervous when he took the mound Tuesday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
It showed.
The Ephrata starter was shaky, at best, for the first two innings but survived, eventually got into a groove and threw a complete game as …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Add to life’s certainties, death and taxes, this one truism: Bryan Haberstroh will not pitch any more this year in the New Era Tournament.
Which is good news for Hempfield Black, the Mountville Angels’ opponent in tonight’s New Era Junior-Midget Division championship game.
After …
