By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
The last time he pitched against Mount Joy Blue, Sheldon Witmer pitched himself into a corner.
This time, painting the corners, Witmer pitched the Strasburg/Willow Street Cardinals into the finals of the New Era Tournament Midget-Midget division.
With Witmer bedeviling Mount Joy on …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Thursday night, Gabe Abreu had a dream. A dream where he, and his Pequea Valley teammates, climbed the New Era Tournament mountaintop.
Abreu’s dream became the West Lampeter Pioneers’ nightmare Friday at Manheim’s Baron Conplex, as the Braves (34-2), capitalizing on seven errors, …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
As July turned to August, the heat wave that held our area in a choke-hold finally broke. There are, however, scattered pockets of resistance.
The Canadian front that drifted in over the weekend did little to chill the sticks of the Hempfield Black Junior-Midget …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Dan Herr is a deeply religious man and, as coach of the Strasburg/Willow Street Cardinals, he has witnessed those beliefs and instilled them in his team.
And so, with the Cards clinging to a one-run lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, …
