By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
It is said Heaven helps those that help themselves. Which certainly held true Monday evening for Lititz VFW’s Brent Stoltzfus. However, Heaven was powerless to help Hempfield Black.
Stoltzfus ripped a grand slam home run in the first game of a Junior-Midget doubleheader …
By Dave Bryne
LNP Correspondent
For the Warwick Phillies and the Mountville Indians, the path to the LNP Tournament Midget-Midget championship game was a walk in the park.
The park was Mt. Joy’s Kunkle Field complex. The walk was the key to each team’s victory.
For Mountville (43-7), a …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
The evening’s unseasonable chill hinted at the coming of fall, but Donegal’s boys of summer warmed things one last time. And pitcher Darin Gorski brought the heat.
In one of the most dominant performances in New Era Tournament history, Gorski struck out 16 …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
After pitching the Mountville Angels into the Junior-Midget championship game of the New Era Tournament on Monday night, the last thing D.J. Ream expected was a curtain call 48 hours later. And yet, with Lititz VFW making like the ’27 Yankees Wednesday night …
By Dave Bryne
LNP Correspondent
The moment of truth came early for the Warwick Phillies and for Mountville Indians starting pitcher Patrick Welsh.
Phillies pitcher Matt Ruhl led off the top of the second inning with a hit, and pinchrunner Dylan Adams was soon standing on third base, courtesy …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
After a three-year run of championships from 2001-03, Hempfield Black hopes to hoist the New Era Tournament Midget trophy again this year.
Hempfield was eliminated in the first round last season.
This year, the Black (20-3) is one of the favorites to get …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
Mountville held off Lititz VFW in last year’s Junior-Midget championship game for its first New Era Tournament title.
Look for a rematch this year.
Last year’s finalists are favored to return to the title game again as the J-M tournament kicks off Thursday …
By Dave Bryne
LNP Correspondent
Is it the LNP Tournament, or the Mountville Indians Invitational? The 60th installment of the tournament gets underway Thursday with a Midget-Midget doubleheader at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field.
And once again, the big question will be if anyone can unseat the Mountville Indians. Coach …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
The proceeds of highly productive second innings propelled Solanco Gray and the Lititz Oddfellows into the Midget Division semifinals of the New Era Baseball Tournament Thursday night.
Solanco (21-2) batted around plus two in a 5-run second, then backed off the accelerator and …
By Keith Schweigert
New Era Assistant Sports Editor
Brandon Kline just returned from vacation overseas.
Elizabethtown Blue’s players probably wish he had stayed there.
Kline crushed a pair of home runs — a two-run shot and a …
