By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
The Norlanco Redbirds flirted with perfection while Mount Joy Blue flirted with disaster. Norlanco and Mount Joy broke the ice in the 60th LNP Midget Baseball Tournament of Champions, picking up victories on the opening night of the Midget-Midget division quarterfinals.
Madison Zimmerman and …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
What a difference a year can make.
Donegal and Manheim Township Black, last year’s New Era Tournament Midget finalists, were unceremoniously eliminated from this year’s tournament, Friday night in a quarterfinal doubleheader at Ephrata’s War Memorial Field.
Manheim Townhip Black, winner over Hempfield …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
One of the acknowledged leaders of Manheim Township Black, Carlos Medina, did what a leader should do.
Medina homered twice while going 4-for-4 from the leadoff position, scored three runs and knocked in three as Black (14-12) blanked Mount Joy Blue 9-0 in …
By Harold Zeigler
New Era Sports Writer
With three straight Midget-Midget titles, the Mountville Indians have already written quite a chapter in the history of the New Era Tournament.
Friday night, they were almost involved in another historical chapter, but one much more dubious. The Indians were nearly upset …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Solanco Gray head coach Hobert McMillion is a firm believer that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Which explains why he sent his ace, and nominal championship game starting pitcher, Nate Blough, back out for the eighth inning …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Call it an answered prayer.
With his team down a run in the bottom of the seventh, but with two runners on base, Ben DeMora asked for some Divine Assistance as he approached the batter’s box.
And while it’s likely the great manager …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
In the classic baseball film Bull Durham, pitching phenom “Nuke” Laloosh whines to his catcher/mentor, “Crash” …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
It was last call at the old New Era Midget Baseball Tournament.
Last chance to win an NET title at any level for the players who comprised Solanco Gray, and for most of the members of this edition of Hempfield Black.
Tuesday night …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
If the LNP Tournament awarded a tournament MVP award, the hands-down winner for the Junior-Midget Division would be Manheim Township Black’s Carlos “X” Medina.
If the tourney awarded a single-game citation for championship-game merit, Medina would share it with teammate Tyler Deshong.
Given the …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Hockey (remember hockey?) has a great tradition where the members of the Stanley Cup Championship team kiss the Cup while skating around the rink.
A new tradition was born Tuesday night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field. Following Mount Joy Blue’s 5-0 victory over …
