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The District 2 Major Division (11-12) Little League action continued Saturday. Following are results from recent games:
ä Hermitage 6, Reynolds 0 — At Reynolds Friday, the visitors rode the pitching of Brady Leunis and Louie Derloni to victory. Leunis went 5 innings, yielding 4 hits, while fanning 4 and walking 5. Derloni finished up, giving up 1 hit, while striking out 1 and walking 1. Jack Leipheimer took the loss, going the distance, while giving up 8 hits and 1 walk, while fanning 3. For Hermitage, Brandon Rhoades homered, Derloni had 2 doubles, Tommy Cannon added 2 singles and Andrew Pursel, Leunis and Chris Galantis singled. For Reynolds, Leipheimer poled 3 singles, while Garrett Amman and Sankey each singled once. Patrick Moldovan played stellar defense in the outfield.
ä Hermitage 12, Sharpsville 1 (4 inn.) — At Hermitage Thursday, Austin Aikins went the distance for the victory, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks, while whiffing 1. Titus, DelFratte and Lawler pitched for Sharpsville. Pacing Hermitage at the plate were: Louie Derloni homer and single, Brady Leunis homer and double, Toni Stigliano, Matt Perrico and Andrew Pursel doubles, Aikins 2 singles, and Evan Baughman and Brandon Rhoades singles. For Sharpsville, Edeburn and Eckles doubled, while Enos and Calleja singled.
ä Grove City 20, Farrell 3 (4 inn.) — At Grove City Friday, the hosts scored 10 runs in the second inning and never looked back. Chet Simoni went the distance for the win, allowing 1 hit and fanning 6. Terrance Holloway and Kahlig Ragster pitched for Farrell. Leading the winners at the plate were: Simoni a homer and 3 singles, Jesse Hodge homer, double and 2 singles, Spencer Marnich a homer, Ryan Guaarnieri and Noah Hazy doubles, Ryan Bodnik 2 singles, Boone Lyons and Marcus Snow singles. Malici Newell homered for Farrell’s lone hit.
ä Sharpsville 8, Mercer 7 — At Sharpsville Friday, the hosts pulled off an extra-inning win with a run in the bottom of the 7th. Anthony DelFratte singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, moved ot third on a single by Ricky Christoff and scored on a hit by Dylan Edeburn.
Edeburn, Mitchell Fyffe, DelFratte and Logan Eckles all toed the rubber for the winners, while Nate Guiler and Isaac Adams pitched for Mercer. Sharpsville was paced by Chris Enos, inside-the-park homer and 2 singles, Christoff triple and single, DeFratte and Tyler Lawler 2 singles each, and Morgan Titus and Edeburn singles. For Mercer, Adams doubled and added 2 singles, Nat Cameron doubled, and Isaac Williams, Guiler and Mark Peters singled.
ä West Middlesex 13, Lakeview 2 (5 inn.) — At West Middlesex Friday, Andrew Long went 4 innings and Riley Atterholt 1 for the hosts. Long whiffed 6 and Atterholt 1. Anthony Bigley, Hunter Armstrong and Kyle McCartney pitched for Lakeview. For the winners, Chaz Burger poled a pair of homers and single, Trey Staunch homer, triple and single, Atterholt homer, double and single, Long homer, Jared Horgos 3 singles, Chris Mulkerin single. Logan Snyder homered for Lakeview’s lone hit.
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COLLEGIATE NOTEBOOK: Woods has banner year throwing shot
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The former Grove City High standout and multiple PIAA placewinner and gold-medalist improved as the season progressed in Mid-American Conference, NCAA and ultimately, national-caliber competition.
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Landino, Gramley qualify for Kings finals
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AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK: Mike Lutz is chip off the old (engine) block
A FEW WEEKS ago I wrote about racing legend Lou Blaney and his sons, Dave and Dale, who followed him into the sport.
Another local legend is Andy Lutz — and his son is also making his mark on area dirt tracks. Mike Lutz, 40, who was born in Hermitage and currently lives in Mercer, has been around racing his whole life and has racked up 87 career wins in 24 years of racing. -
Grove City Senior LL All-Stars earn berth in state tourney
Grove City Senior Division Little League All-Stars are headed back to the state championships for the second straight year.
The locals scored 10 runs in the 4th inning and went on to defeat Woodland Hills, 13-9, in the Section 2 title game Sunday at Grove City.
The state senior tournament is being held for a 35th straight year in Emporium. At 1 p.m. Thursday, Grove City will play Section 1 winner DuBois. -
Outdoors: Paddling into the Allegheny River headwind
The deep gorge of the Middle Allegheny River evolved from glacial action thousands of years ago, but Mother Nature still plays tricks out there today. Such as the surprising and powerful upstream headwinds that five of us encountered last Saturday in Warren County during a 10-mile float for smallmouth bass.
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SPORTVIEW: Greenville B&I Day features long-drive event as part of 60th anniversary
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And local golf fans will have a chance to see them up close and personal on Aug. 2 during the 1st Northwest Pennsylvania Long Drive Classic which marks the 60th anniversary of Greenville Business & Industry Day.
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Donofrio heads up Kennedy Catholic football
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Little League All-Star action
Sharpsville All-Stars will open play in the Section Senior/Junior (14-under) tournament in Swissvale today.
In Major Division (11-12) sectional action recently, Hermitage was eliminated by two close losses, falling to Bullskin Township, 7-6, and West Point-Greensburg, 2-1.
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Necastro golf event will continue 1 more year for the kids
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Tony Necastro, who founded the benefit event in behalf of his late wife Nicky 14 years ago, made a sad announcement at the conclusion of this year’s tourney at Avalon Golf and Country Club’s Squaw Creek layout Friday: “One more time!” -
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK: Cleveland fans need to realize about LeGone: It's not a tragedy!
FANS of the Cleveland Cavaliers and other teams need to put their love of the sport back into perspective.
There was far too much hoopla this week over the announcement by LeBron James that he is leaving the Cavs to play for the Miami Heat.
Understandably, Youngs-town-area TV stations interviewed fans after LeBron’s hour-long special on ESPN Thursday night.
One woman actually shed tears.
Another fan said it was “the worst thing that ever happened” in his life.
Really? I’m glad he’s never been injured or ill or jobless or hungry or grieved for a loved one. - More Sports Headlines
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