Thursday, November 14, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Adams County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame wishes to announce the inductees for the class of 2024. The recipients of this honor are: Barb Jordan, long-time Gettysburg College head field hockey coach and assistant women’s lacrosse coach, and member of National Lacrosse H…
Monday, August 26, 2024
If you are going to travel to Europe for summer ‘vacation’, you might as well bring home some souvenirs.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
The Adams County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame has announced the list of candidates for election into the county Hall of Fame. Five individuals from this list will be inducted at the ACSHOF dinner on Nov. 14, 2024 in the Sterner Building at Gettysburg Recreation Park. Dues-…
Monday, August 12, 2024
Growing up, Daimen Michaels spent some time living in Pirmasens, Germany when his father was stationed there as a member of the United States Army.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
A four-day delay caused by the remnants of Hurricane Debby did nothing to slow Hagerstown in its quest for a second straight South Penn League championship.
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Prior to the first pitch of Game 4 of the South Penn League championship series being thrown, ominous clouds had gathered around Littlestown’s Memorial Field.
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Hagerstown manager Justin Lewis found himself facing a four-run deficit and a dilemma in the top of the fourth inning against Littlestown.
Thursday, August 01, 2024
Coming off of his sophomore season at Juniata College this past spring, Littlestown’s Blake Magill has had a very nice rookie campaign pitching for the Dodgers.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Aside from a late Cashtown barrage in Game 3 to pull away, the Pirates’ South Penn League semifinal series with Littlestown had been nip-and-tuck through four games. Needing a fifth and final game to decide a winner should’ve surprised no one.
Friday, July 26, 2024
Alex Meckley threw just 17.1 innings during his high school baseball career at Gettysburg, but it wasn’t because of his ability.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Cashtown’s Chris Schachle had seen six pitches from Littlestown’s Calvin Benevento with the game hanging in the balance.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Littlestown right-hander Justin Gladhill walked to the mound in the top of the seventh inning with his team clinging to a one-run lead, but there was some drama coming.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Cashtown’s Wes Coolbaugh served as the closer for the Gettysburg High School baseball team this past spring, nailing down all five saves chances that he was given by Warrior head coach Eric Ketterman.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Littlestown 11, Brushtown 1
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Nate Holt prefers to let his fastball do the talking.
Brushtown jumped on North Carroll in the early going, building a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the third on Tuesday when Mother Nature filed an objection.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
When the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up after 20 rounds on Tuesday, Gettysburg’s Zach Ketterman hadn’t heard his name called. He also wasn’t picked up as an undrafted free agent, either, but that doesn’t mean that his dream of playing professional baseball is over.
The longest championship drought in the South Penn League belongs to Littlestown, as the Dodgers haven’t sat atop the mountain at the end of the playoffs since 1993. They haven’t even played in the championship series since 2010.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Biglerville’s lefty/righty combo on the hill of Eli Weigle and Joey Serafin combined to author a four-hit shutout as the Black Sox got by visiting New Oxford, 2-0, in the wild card round of the South Penn League playoffs on Tuesday night at Oakside Community Park.
Alexander Meckley, a 2021 Gettysburg High School graduate, was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 12th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday. Meckley, a right-handed pitcher, was the 350th overall pick.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Neither Cashtown or Hagerstown had anything to play for when the two teams met in the South Penn League regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Neither Cashtown or Hagerstown had anything to play for when the two teams met in the South Penn League regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Mason Dixon pitcher Tanner Byers had an accomplished six-year career for the Biglerville Black Sox, capped off by winning the South Penn League Pitcher of the Year Award in 2023.
It was but a year ago when the New Oxford baseball squad pulled off a rally in the 7th inning of the York-Adams American Legion championship series to send the best-of-three draw into a Game 3.
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
Littlestown catcher Jake Saylor is in his third season as the Dodgers’ starting backstop, and he’s gotten progressively better each year.
Monday, July 08, 2024
Solid defense and small ball proved to be the difference for New Oxford in its 7-4 eight-inning victory over Hanover in the opening round of the York-Adams American Legion playoffs at Diller Field on Monday night.
Sunday, July 07, 2024
I have hiked many miles on many trails, and I have been doing that for many years. It has been one of the great joys of my life, and I intend to keep doing it until my body tells me to shut it down. As I get older, my body is getting louder with that advice, and thus far, I have largely been…
Thursday, July 04, 2024
River anglers in Pennsylvania, including on the Susquehanna, can look forward to catching monstrously tasty blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus.
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
I stated in this column a few weeks ago that all racetracks are unique.
After inheriting the lead after a yellow with 9 laps to go Anthony Macri scored his first win of the week, “I put us behind the 8-ball on Friday.†After a rough start to Speedweek Macri and his team haven’t lost sight of defending the 2023 Speedweek Champion Title, “I told these guys the wee…
Friday, June 28, 2024
An error with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning opened the floodgates and water filled Gettysburg’s boat quicker than Post 202 could bail it out.
Long-time office administrator Monya Guise has announced her retirement from Gettysburg College.
Chris Schachle thought his baseball career was over, but that wasn’t close to his biggest issue when he suffered an injury to his left shoulder after diving headfirst into third base during the South Penn League playoffs in July 2021.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
New Oxford has surely played better games during the 2024 American Legion baseball season, but the result was more important than how the team got there in an 11-4 victory over winless Dover in a York-Adams American Legion baseball contest on Wednesday night at New Oxford.
Monday, June 24, 2024
With the tying run on second and one out in the top of the seventh, Gettysburg reliever Wyatt Sokol tried to pick off Biglerville’s Lane Hubbard and his throw went into center field.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024
By any conceivable measure that one could possibly think of, Littlestown was the team of the decade in the South Penn League in the 1980s.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Needing a W to snap a three-game skid, Cashtown got back in the win column with a 5-2 victory over visiting Biglerville in South Penn League action on Thursday night at the Cashtown Community Fire Department.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Biglerville trailed by a run and was down to its final out when Lane Hubbard kept Post 262’s hopes alive when he reached on an error to start a three-run rally.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Littlestown trailed early, but quickly rallied before holding off visiting Biglerville for a 5-3 victory in South Penn League action on Tuesday night at Memorial Field.
Monday, June 17, 2024
New Oxford took the lead on three occasions, but Shiloh rallied every time until finally, Hunter Chronister singled home Owen Jianniney with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth of an 8-7 victory for Post 791 in York-Adams American Legion baseball action Monday evening at Sunset Park i…
