2000 Champions Picnic
Category: 2000
2000 Tournament Results
Comet Blue, Bears Blue make midget semifinals
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Under a dreary sky, the Hempfield Youth Association’s midget baseball program got a bad case of the blues on Saturday.
Hempfield Black and Hempfield Red, the HYA’s travel teams for the 14-to-16 year-old age group, took a double hit in the New Era …
Knockout punches: Safe Harbor outslugs Ephrata, Warwick decisions Reamstown
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
As Safe Harbor’s Phil Texter stepped in to lead off the sixth inning, he got an encouraging word from coach Bruce Perry in the third base box.
“Lay off this stuff,” he said, showing the area to be disdained. “Get your pitch to …
Lititz’s Palomarez one-hits CV after West Lampeter romps
By Keith Scheigert
New Era Sports Writer
Jonathan Palomarez wasn’t perfect Thursday night, but he was pretty darn close.
The Lititz pitcher flirted with a perfect game in the New Era Midget Tournament quarterfinals Conestoga Valley. He settled for a one-hitter in an 8-0 victory in the nightcap of …
Willow Street, Manheim reach LNP semifinals behind excellent pitching
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
It was Nick at night and pitchers’ delight as the Manheim Lions and the Strasburg/Willow Street Pioneers advanced to the junior-midget semifinals of the LNP Tournament .
Each team won games shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule. The Pioneers (18-8) ripped Adamstown …
Township, Safe Harbor open tourney with wins
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Manheim Township Red and the Safe Harbor Cubs posted victories as the 55th New Era Baseball Tournament got under way Tuesday night with a Midget-Midget division quarterfinal doubleheader in Mount Joy.
The Penn Manor League rivals prevailed as Township (19-11) dusted the Ephrata …
LNP’s Midget finals will be a Blue affair
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
The same teams that are locked in a best-of-three fight for the Lancaster County Midget League championship will play for the midget division championship of the LNP Tournament.
Somebody somewhere got this figured out right.
Comet Blue and Bears Blue will meet next Thursday …
Safe Harbor, Strasburg/Willow St. ride pitching into LNP’s junior-midget finals
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
The Safe Harbor Lions and the Strasburg/Willow Street Pioneers will meet next Monday night at Kunkle Field in Mt. Joy to decide the championship of the LNP Tournament ‘s Junior-Midget division.
The Penn Manor League rivals earned their respective berths with a pair of …
Safe Harbor, Manheim VFW storm into LNP Midget-Midget finals
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed.
It was one of those days Friday for the Reamstown and Manheim Township Red baseball teams in the LNP Tournament ‘s Midget-Midget semifinals.
Each team was on the receiving end of a flogging …