The Greencastle-Antrim entry in the Little League Inc. District 14 Junior (13-14) League Tournament won the title last week. This was the third Little League Inc. District 14 title for Greencastle teams at three different age levels this summer.
The hot streak that served up the Greencastle American Legion Post 373 baseball team the Franklin County title last week cooled off over the weekend in the Regional AL Tournament.
The District 14 Little League Inc. 11-12 champions from Greencastle saw its tournament run come to the end Sunday with an 11-2 loss to Glennmore Eagle in Pennsylvania Section 7 play.
5Ks scheduled in Greencastle and Shippensburg Saturday
The Farmer's Union Co-op team won the State Line Youth League title with a 14-2 record. From left, are: front — Carrie Fisler, Josiah Fisler, Caleb Fisler, Ben Sargent, Austin Kayser, Koby Durbin; second row — Sage Hepfer, Caleb Root, Luke Robertson, David Fisler, Shane Kinsey; third row — manager Tom Fisler, coach Herm Fisler, and coach Tim Fisler.
Greencastle’s entry into the Little League Inc. Junior (13-14) Division won the Seciton 7 Tournament in Kennett Square last week, advancing the team to the PA State Tournament. Greencastle went 3-1 in the tourney, defeating District 23 Octorara, 8-3, and District 28 Oxford 5-3 to earn the top seed. The local team then fell to Oxford 10-3, creating a must-win Monday. Greencastle came through, beating Oxford, 14-4, winning the Section 7 championship. The state tournament is an eight-team bracket beginning July 29 in Robinson Township in Pittsburgh. Team members, are, from left: front — Cody Thompson, Kurt Hansen, Dom Guess, Wayne Kline; Justin Hovey, Ryan Ricci, Ashtin Byers, Jake Crist, Thomas Bowers; back — manager Troy Byers, coach Lew Crist, coach Karl Hansen. Not pictured are Matt Montedoro and Jesse Beeler. All games involving Greencastle in the Pennsylvania State Championship will be broadcast live on the internet. The broadcast is available at www.klinetours.com
The Greencastle-Antrim 9-10 Little League Inc. team collected the District 14 title in its division, closing it out with a 10-3 win over South Hanover.
Pa Section 7 play begins for the 9-10 team Wednesday.
The Greencastle-Antrim 11-12 tournament team captured the Little League Inc. District 14 Championship Sunday with a convincing 11-1 win over Shippensburg, its second in as many days. The local team now advances to the PA Sectionals.
Greencastle American Legion Post 373 extended its win streak to seven by taking a twinbill from Shippensburg Saturday.
The Moss Spring Sting Rays hosted their first swim meet in 25 years last weekend. The meet was held at Moss Spring Swim Club. It was a double dual meet between Moss Spring Swim Club, Fountainhead Country Club and Chambersburg Country Club, which competed at a swim meet for the first time in team history.
Greencastle Little League 11-12 District 14 Tournament Team earned its first win of District 14 double elimanation at York Monday evening with a 18-6 win over Dillsburg. Greencastle exploded for 11 runs in the fourth to put the contest out of reach.
Greencastle American Legion Post 373 had three wins last week in Franklin County League baseball play last week.
The Red Sox captured the 2010 Greencastle-Antrim Little League major division crown on Clary Field.
Greencastle Post 373 had a win and a loss in Franklin County American Legion baseball action last week.
The Greencastle-Antrim entry into the 11-12 Major District 14 Tournament of Little League Inc. has started strongly.
Greencastle-Antrim alumnus Katrina Wright recently competed in the discus event at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals at Irwin Belk Track.
Greencastle-Antrim senior thrower Katrina Wright put a fine exclamation point to her storied Blue Devil track and field career last weekend at the PIAA State Championships. Meanwhile, both the Greencastle-Antrim baseball and softball teams saw their postseason journeys and seasons come to an all-too-abrupt end on a steamy spring afternoon Thursday.
Wright started her championship run with a less-than-her-best distance in the shot put for 14th place, but regrouped to deliver a silver medal in the discus.
Each Blue Devil team had sailed in Tuesday’s opening round of their respective District 3-AAA Tournaments. In Thursday’s quarterfinals not much went right for the baseball team and the softball team saw its hopes of repeating as state champs dashed in extra inning dramatics.
Winning titles was the hallmark for Greencastle-Antrim athletes last week.
The Moss Spring Sting Rays will begin their second season of competitive swimming this summer. The team is coached by Anthony Addlesberger and Kate Miller, and is coming off a successful first season in which it brought back a team that had been nonexistent for over 20 years. The Sting Rays begin official practice Monday, June 14 and will be offering a stroke clinic starting May 31.
Greencastle-Antrim softball and baseball wrapped up divisional championship titles and Katrina Wright continued to make an indelible mark on her sport last week in the world of Blue Devil athletics.
