By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
It was hotter than the sweatband in a fireman’s helmet Thursday night in the opening game of the 66th New Era Tournament’s Junior-Midget division.
And so was Hempfield Black pitcher Jon Peterson.
Figuratively and literally.
Bringing fastball heat in the mid-70s, in the stifling …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
The Warwick Phillies’ tenuous grip on the No. 1 seed was loosening with every curveball Mount Joy Blue’s Collin Brown threw.
And then he threw one too many.
With his team trailing 3-2 with two out in the fifth inning, and buried 0-2 on …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
St. Leo pitcher Ian Bentley showed up hungry Friday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
No, seriously, the lad was hung-gree. Jonesing for sustenance.
“My dad’s tried this new (nutritional) program. You’ve got …
By Kevin Freeman
Assistant Sports Editor
Had Ryan Dornes been aiming at a flagstick while playing another of his sports — golf — he may have used a 7-iron or 8-iron.
But Dornes was playing baseball and was using a …
By Aaron Griffith
Staff Writer
Manheim Township faced off against Hempfield, while Mountville took on Manor Ridge in the 66th New Era Midget-Midget baseball tournament Friday.
Township (21-7) defeated Hempfield 16-6 and Mountville came from behind to steal the win against Manor Ridge, 5-4.
Manheim Township head coach Jason …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
At some point during Strasburg/Willow Street’s three-hour pummeling of Solanco Gray, a press box observer said, “Somebody forgot to tell SWS they were the eighth seed.”
Indeed.
Upstart SWS Blue (10-7) continued its sustained assault on the New Era Tournament Midget division bracket with …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Strasburg/Willow Street coach Dan Herr summed it up succinctly when he observed, “They’re the No. 1 seed for a purpose.”
“They,” being the Hempfield Black, had just defeated his White Sox 9-4, rallying for six runs in a fifth-inning bat around plus three, to …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
The Donegal Midget-Midget team does not appear to have an official nickname.
Perhaps Bulldogs?
Because, like the bulldog, Donegal does … not … stop.
In a game that featured 10 pitchers, 40 runs, 32 hits, eight lead changes and took two hours and 50 …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
There can be little argument that the Lititz Oddfellows and Strasburg/Willow Street Blue were seeded seventh and eighth in the New Era tournament on merit.
There is also no argument that these two programs are among the …
By Dave Byrne
Sports Staff
Tuesday night was a “Sgt. Pepper’s” kind of night for Tyler Russell, as he got by with a little help from his friends.
Russell bulldogged his way to a complete-game victory and his teammates made four sterling defensive plays behind him as Manheim Township …
