By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
For a change, the Mountville Indians aren’t wearing the favorite’s target coming into the New Era Midget-Midget baseball tournament. Not that that changes the way the Indians’ opponents play the 7-time tournament champions.
After a couple years wandering in the Under-12 baseball wilderness, …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Baseball is truly American.
Like this great nation, baseball affords one the opportunity to, with each new day and new game, wipe the slate clean and start all over again.
Which is welcome news around the Totaro household where, 24 hours after the …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Hunger.
It is one of the most primal desires.
Hunger burned within the St. Leo Lions as they took the field in the second game of a New Era Tournament Midget division semifinal contest.
And it fired the belly of pitcher Adam Zipko, …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Ray Lopez wasn’t everywhere Thursday night.
It just seemed that way.
Lopez, shortstop for the Strasburg/Willow Street White Sox, had a key role in each of the three biggest plays of the game as the White Sox edged Rheems Gray 4-3 and advanced …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Over the course of his long coaching career, it hasn’t been very often that Mountville’s Bob Sauders has been on the receiving end of an inning like the one Manheim VFW dropped on his Indians Monday night.
In the second game of a midget-midget …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
For five innings, the Lititz Oddfellows were knocking at the door.
They sprayed baseballs all over the yard, racking up eight hits — but no runs. Only one runner reached third base, and just two made it to second.
Meanwhile, their LNP Tournament midget …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Over the course of the season, Hempfield Black and the Strasburg/Willow Street White Sox had played three times with each game decided by one run.
So, it will come as no surprise that the fourth meeting between these LCYBL rivals was also decided by …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Prior to Tuesday night’s New Era Tournament midget-midget title game, Strasburg/Willow Street had faced Manheim VFW three times — and lost all three.
Tuesday night was the Cardinals’ time to shine.
Paced by an oustanding effort from pitcher Brett Brooks and a clutch …
