By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
After an absence of one year, Mountville has returned to a familiar setting – the New Era Tournament’s Midget-Midget championship game.
The Indians (40-13) unseated defending champ Mt. Joy Blue 4-1 in the second game of a semifinal doubleheader Monday night at Kunkle …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
For Skylar Gingrich, the summer baseball season has been one long waiting game. Wednesday night the waiting ended for Gingrich.
And for his team, the Lititz Oddfellows.
Sidelined all summer by issues with his pitching elbow, Gingrich made his first appearance of the …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Patrick Welsh had a lot of fun pitching the Mountville Indians to the LNP Tournament Midget-Midget title in 2004.
He knew if he had the chance to pitch in the title game again, he wouldn’t be sorry.
As it turned out, he was right. …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Not even Mother Nature could stop Norlanco.
After waiting 68 minutes to begin play, sitting through two brief …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
The New Era Tournament’s first year at Clipper Magazine Stadium was a rousing, unqualified success. Especially for the Lititz Oddfellows, who rode the top seed position of the tournament to a first-ever NET title.
Can they make it two in a row? The …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
There’s no Angels, there’s plenty of Black and, by next Tuesday night, everybody may be feeling Blue as the Junior Midget Division of the New Era Midget Baseball Tournament gets underway tomorrow night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field.
The 2006 Junior Midget champion …
By Dave Bryne
New Era Correspondent
When its comes to the 2007 New Era Tournament’s Midget-Midget scrum, one thing is certain. There will be no repeat by last year’s champion.
The Norlanco Redbirds have left the building, graduated to the Junior-Midget division. So while there will definitely be a …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Karnac the Magnificent will now divine the answers having never before seen the question.
Wrigley Field, on days when the wind is blowing out.
Citizens Bank Park, any day.
Kunkle Field, when the junior-midgets set up shop.
The question?
Name three baseball …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Michael Houseal approached perfection while Ian Bentley approached exhaustion.
In the end, both embraced victory on the first night of the 62nd New Era Midget Baseball Tournament.
Houseal threw a no-hitter, losing his perfect game on a one-out walk in the fifth inning, …
By Jeff Reinhart
New Era Sports Writer
Lititz is out to defend its New Era Midget championship, and in its quarterfinal game Thursday night in Clipper Magazine Stadium, the Oddfellows certainly played like a team on a mission.
J.T. Garner had three hits and knocked in three runs and …
