Yankees even up their series, while Owls advance to Finals...

Saturday, July 31

Northern Yankees 14, Limeport 3 -- Rick Seltzer was 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored, Mike Venarchick was 3-for-4 with three 2Bs and 2 runs scored and Charles Swenson struck out 10 as the Yankees mauled the Bulls to tie the best-of-5 series at 2-2...Scott Garger was 2-for-4 with a 2B for Volpe's Limeport...

Game 5 is being played at 7:30 Sunday night at Limeport with the Yankees as home team...

Gabelsville 6, Boyertown 2 -- Mike Schwager was 2-for-3, Brett Umstead was 2-for-3 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI and Justin Konnick picked up the win...Mike Lloyd was 3-for-3, Dan Wolfgang was 2-for-4, Ethan Moser was 2-for-3 and Cory Berghardt was 2-for-3 for the Metz...

The Owls advance to the Finals and are 3 wins away from a 3-peat...

Northern Yankees stay alive, erase 4-0 deficit to defeat Limeport 5-4 in 8 innings...

Friday, July 30

Northern Yankees 5, Limeport 4 -- Joe Abeln was 2-for-4 and drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth with two outs to lift the Yankees to an exciting come-from-behind 5-4 victory in 8 innings over the Bulls...Casey Cooperman threw 6 1/3 innings of stellar relief, allowing just 3 hits (2 infield hits) and no runs to get the win and Adam Sandt was 2-for-4 for the Yankees...Cary Zimmerman was 2-for-4 and Mike Cudwadie was 2-for-5 for the Bulls...

Limeport still leads the Best-of-5 series 2-1...Game 4 is at Scherersville #5 at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday...

Owls win 3-1 to go up 2-1 in series vs. Metz...

Thursday, July 29

Gabelsville 3, Boyertown 1 -- Mike Schwager was 2-for-2 with a RBI, Brock Laubenstine got the win and Todd Stapleton got the save to give the Owls a 2-1 edge in games in the best-of-5 semifinals series...Cory Berghardt was 2-for-3 and Dan Wolfgang was 2-for-3 for the Metz...

Owls even series, Limeport goes up 2-0 vs. Yankees...

Wednesday, July 28

Gabelsville 10, Boyertown 4 -- Josh Martin was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI, Jon Kalejta was 3-for-3, Gary Hessler was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI and Shawn Betz got the win to pull the Owls even at a game apiece in the Best-of-5 Semifinal series...Alex Speilman was 2-for-4 for the Metz...

Limeport 4, Northern Yankees 2 -- Dan Hemberger and Ben Swatsky had back-to-back triples to lead off the bottom of the 5th for a big insurance run and Matt Wiltrout scatted six hits for the complete-game victory as the Bulls went up 2-0 in the other best-of-5 semifinals series...

Limeport & Boyertown win playoff openers...

Monday, July 26

Limeport 7, Northern Yankees 5 -- Ben Swatsky hit a 3-run homer and had 4 RBI total and Dan Hemberger added a 2-run double as the Bulls jumped to a 7-1 lead and then hung on late for the win...Scott Bolasky went 6 for the victory...Mike Fignar went 4-for-5 in defeat for the Yankees...

Boyertown 9, Gabelsville 5 --

Trico semifinal round of the playoffs set to go Monday...

The Tri-County League playoffs are ready to start on Monday...

Boyertown visits Gabelsville at 5:45 p.m. and Limeport visits the Northern Yankees at 5:45 in a pair of Best-of-5 semifinals series...

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Cetronia gets 5 in the 7th to beat Limeport for the 3rd time...

Tuesday, July 20

Cetronia 7, Limeport 4 -- Travis Corman hit a 3-run 2B to key a 5-run 7th inning as the Longhorns rallied to defeat the Bulls for the third time this season.

Boyertown 10, Jordan Creek 1 --

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Anthony Clemens wins battle of Owen J. Roberts at Limeport...

Sunday, July 11

Limeport 10, Boyertown 2 -- Former Owen J. Roberts teammates Anthony Clemens (now with Trico's Limeport) and Adam Hartzell (now with Trico's Boyertown) decided to go head-to-head in an afternoon tilt at Limeport Stadium and the Bulls got the best of this one, despite the Metz leading 2-1 after 3 innings...

Cetronia 2, Jordan Creek 1 -- John Torok got the win and Tony Kapinas knocked in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the 5th to lift the Longhorns to victory and hurt the dwindling hopes for a playoff berth for Jordan Creek...Dave Gulick was 2-for-3 for the Gators...

Northern Yankees 7, Gabelsville 1 --Charles Swenson struck out 14 as the Yankees won easily to clinch a playoff spot...

BML edges Trico in 13 innings...

Friday, July 9

BML 2, Trico 1 -- Despite Trico pitchers striking out 15 and allowing just 3 hits through 12 innings, the Blue Mountain League survived two Trico rallies (one in the 1st and one in the 10th) to take it to the 13th and eke out a 2-1 decision, with Ricky Rivera knocking in the game-winning run in the top of the 13th with 2 outs...

Brandon Mazzie was 2-for-3 for Trico and was the game's lone player with two hits...

The BML has won 2 of the last 4 and 5 of the last 9 meetings in this series...

2010 Trico All-Star Team...

Starter, Reserve

1B Ben Swatsky (Lime), Dan Hemberger (Lime)
2B Jon Kalejta (Gab), Cary Zimmerman (Lime)
SS Adam Sandt (NY), Brandon Sullivan (Gab)
3B Ryan Zakszeski (Gab), Justin Godusky (Lime)
OF Tom DeAngelis (Gab), Mike Fignar (NY)
OF Ethan Moser (B'Town), Brandon Mazzie (JC)
OF Alex Speilman (B'Town), Ron Wentz (JC)
C Jeremy Faust (NY), Blake Shortall (Lime)
DH Darrin Lenhart (NY), Tony D'Ambrosio (Sox)

Pitchers

Scott Bolasky (Lime), Caleb Calarco (NY), Adam Hayes (NY), Joel Hockman (Sox), Mike Lloyd (B'Town), Dan Niehls (B'Town), Mike Orban (Lime), Ryan Schmidt (Cet), Kevin Thompson (B'Town)

Late additions

Jake Argue (NY), Dana Hegman (NY), Dan Wolfgang (B'Town)

Coaches

MGR -- Brian Polaha
Coach -- Matt Danner
Coach -- Pat Lane

Corona, Flores & the Hoyles lead Mezza Luna to victory...

Wednesday, July 7

Mezza Luna Black Sox 7, Cetronia 1 -- Matt Corona was 2-for-4 with a 2B and 3 RBI, Will Flores was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, Rob Hoyle was 3-for-3 and Greg Hoyle got the win on the hill to lead the Black Sox to victory...

Northern Yankees 5, Boyertown 2 --

Bulls clinch playoff berth with 9-3 win over Gators...

Tuesday, July 6

Limeport 9, Jordan Creek 3 -- Dan Repsher was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and Steve Geisel picked up the win to clinch a playoff spot for Limeport...Ron Wentz was 3-for-4 for the Gators...


Monday, July 5

Limeport 15, Mezza Luna Black Sox 3 -- Dan Hemberger was 4-for-4 with a 3B and 4 runs scored, Ryan Walter was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored, Cary Zimmerman was 2-for-3 with a 2B and 2 runs scored, Brady Sandercock was 2-for-3 with a 2B and 2 RBI and Matt Wiltrout got the win a the Bulls cruised over Mezza Luna...Tony D'Ambrosio homered and Will Flores was 2-for-3 for the Black Sox...

Gabelsville 9, Boyertown 2 -- Brandon Sullivan was 2-for-3, Todd Stapleton was 2-for-2 and Brock Laubenstine picked up the win for the Owls...

Cetronia 2, Northern Yankees 0 -- George Horn smacked a 2-run single with two outs in the top of the seventh for the only runs of the game and Ryan Schmidt celebrated his selection to the All-Star Game by tossing a shutout as the Longhorns snapped a 6-game losing streak...

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