By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Strasburg/Willow Street coach Dan Herr summed it up succinctly when he observed, “They’re the No. 1 seed for a purpose.”
“They,” being the Hempfield Black, had just defeated his White Sox 9-4, rallying for six runs in a fifth-inning bat around plus three, to …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
The Donegal Midget-Midget team does not appear to have an official nickname.
Perhaps Bulldogs?
Because, like the bulldog, Donegal does … not … stop.
In a game that featured 10 pitchers, 40 runs, 32 hits, eight lead changes and took two hours and 50 …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
There can be little argument that the Lititz Oddfellows and Strasburg/Willow Street Blue were seeded seventh and eighth in the New Era tournament on merit.
There is also no argument that these two programs are among the …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Tuesday night was a “Sgt. Pepper’s” kind of night for Tyler Russell, as he got by with a little help from his friends.
Russell bulldogged his way to a complete-game victory and his teammates made four sterling defensive plays behind him as Manheim Township …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
In the history of the New Era Tournament’s Midget-Midget division, no team has been more identified with winning championships than the Mountville Indians.
So it might be no surprise to the casual reader to learn that the Indians (27-10) won their eighth NET overall …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
One of the best lines in the classic film Casablanca, a film redolent with memorable lines, has Claude Rains’ character prefect-of-police Captain Louis Renault, order an underling to, ” … round up the usual suspects.”
As the Midget division of the New Era Tournament …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
As Donegal, the Mountville Indians, Manheim VFW and the Warwick Phillies prepare to open the New Era Tournament Midget-Midget championship series on Monday, their Junior-Midget brothers dip their toes into the tournament pool Thursday night with play-in qualifying games.
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By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Hall of Famer Walter Alston managed the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 23 years, famously on a series of one-year contracts.
Lancaster baseball has its own Walter Alston in Bob Sauders, who has coached the Mountville …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Severe weather left its mark on the first night of the 67th New Era Tournament’s Midget Division schedule.
Not only did Thursday night’s storm postpone the second game of a scheduled quarterfinal doubleheader at Clipper Magazine Stadium, it truncated the …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Back in their heyday, Tom Seaver and Steve Carlton went mano-a-mano in some classic pitching duels worthy of their Hall-of-Fame pedigrees.
Most of which went Seaver’s way, through no fault of Carlton.
For five innings …
