Baseball

For the first 5 1/2 weeks of the baseball season the Gov. Mifflin Mustangs could do no wrong. They scored 10 or more runs five times in their first eight games, clinched the Berks League Division 1 title with a week to go, won…

The jinx of the Berks Baseball League champion continues. Five days after Muhlenberg swept through the league playoffs its season ended with a stunning 8-7, 10-inning loss to 16th-seeded Gettysburg Monday night at Gochnauer Field. …

Parker Nein collected as many hits as he allowed, throwing a six-inning two-hitter as fourth-seeded Berks Catholic advanced with a 10-0 District 3 Class 3A quarterfinal win over fifth-seeded Bermudian Springs at Berks Catholic Monday.…

(This story has been updated, with time change for Thursday's quarterfinal game.) Wilson threw fifth-seeded Dallastown a curve Monday in a District 3 Class 6 opener. The hard-hitting Wildcats, who have five players batting .333…

CLASS 6AFirst round(9) Hempfield6(8) Cedar Cliff0(12) Wilson1(5) Dallastown0(7) Central Dauphin12(10) Carlisle3(6) Red Lion2(11) Penn Manor1BYES: (1) Gov. Mifflin, (2) Warwick, (3) Cumberland Valley, (4) Manheim Township. CLASS…

Justin Freese laid it on the line for his Exeter baseball team Monday afternoon. Down a run to Twin Valley heading to the bottom of the seventh the long-time Eagles coach let them know it was now or never. "Guys, this is it,"…

CLASS 6AFirst round(9) Hempfield6(8) Cedar Cliff0(12) Wilson1(5) Dallastown0(7) Central Dauphin12(10) Carlisle3(6) Red Lion2(11) Penn Manor1BYES: (1) Gov. Mifflin, (2) Warwick, (3) Cumberland Valley, (4) Manheim Township. CLASS…

Top-seeded Camp Hill ended the fourth-seeded Kutztown's season for the second year in a row, scoring a run in the bottom of the ninth Monday to beat the visiting Cougars 2-1 and advance to the District 3 Class 2A championship game. …

Parker Nein collected as many hits as he allowed, throwing a six-inning two-hitter as fourth-seeded Berls Catholic advanced with a 10-0 District 3 Class 3A quarterfinal win over fifth-seeded Bermudian Springs at Berks Catholic Monday.…

All the close games this season prepared Wilson well for the District 3 Class 6A baseball tournament. After losing five one-run games during the regular season, the tide seems to be turning for the 12th-seeded Bulldogs, who edged…