2004 Champions Picnic
Category: 2004
2004 Tournament Results
Donegal, Lititz move on
They take different paths to get there, but Donegal and Lititz both reach the Midget semifinals
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
Two widely divergent pitching performances spiced up the opening night of the New Era Tournament Midget Division quarterfinals.
Darin Gorski threw a 1-hitter as Donegal (16-5) dominated …
Knights of the future: Mountville and Hempfield Black, who will someday make up the Hempfield high-school team, both win Junior-Midget openers
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
The Mountville Angels had a devilish time at the expense of Pequea Valley, while Hempfield Black made E-town Blue, well, blue.
Staring down intermittent pre-game showers, the New Era Tournament’s junior-midget division officially got under way Friday night as Mountville pummeled Pequea Valley …
Mounting another charge: Indians seem to be the class of the midget-midget field again
By Harold Zeigler
New Era Sports Writer
One night into the 59th annual New Era Midget Baseball Tournament a familiar pattern appears to be taking shape.
The Mountville Indians seem to be the class of the midget-midget field again.
The defending champs in the 10-12 age group opened defense …
1 blowout, 1 nail-biter: Comets Blue hammers Terre Hill 25-1, while Township outduels Hempfield Black 1-0 to reach Midget semifinals
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
Occasionally, preconceived notions about the outcome of a baseball game can be dead wrong.
But you didn’t have to be Nostradamus to predict how Friday’s New Era Tournament Midget quarterfinal games would play out.
Hempfield Black and Manheim Township Black in the second …
After topping Solanco, Lititz is in semifinals
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
Last Friday, Solanco Gold coach Steve Foley ran into a friend who inquired, “How are you doing in the New Era?”
“I’m in the middle of a game right now,” was Foley’s reply.
A reply met, no doubt, with a slightly tilted head …
Getting defensive: Solid pitching and a handful of great defensive plays carry Manheim VFW and the Warwick Phillies into the Midget-Midget semifinals
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
Mark this under the heading of biting the hand that feeds you.
Lowen Johnson, the 12-year old ace of the Manheim VFW Maroon Midget-Midget baseball team, is one of a group of pitchers tutored by Millersville University baseball coach Glenn Gallagher.
Friday night …
Township reaches final: Reserves play key roles as Black defeats Penn Manor and sets up showdown with Donegal in Midget title game tonight
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
A key ingredient to a successful baseball team is having depth on the bench.
Even more important, however, is knowing how and when to use that depth.
That’s something Manheim Township Black’s Lyle Hosler is learning in his first head-coaching endeavor.
For Township’s …
Donegal beats Lititz – and rain
Donegal wins 12-0 to earn berth in Midget final, but the Township-Penn Manor nightcap is suspended by storms
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
Donegal beat Monday’s unsettled weather to the finish line in the first game of a New Era Tournament Midget semifinal doubleheader.
Led by the strong …