Northern starting pitcher Oskar Dees worked out of two jams and an early offensive spark lifted the Polar Bears to a season-opening 3-1 win over Cumberland Valley Wednesday.
The Thundering Herd charged to a 16-4 victory over Big Spring in Newville Tuesday afternoon.
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Local players talk expectations, excitement, goals for the 2023 baseball season at a spring media session Wednesday at Cumberland Valley.
Cumberland Valley baseball held its first practice of the 2023 season Monday. The first competition date is March 17 and make sure to look for spring season previews in the coming weeks.
East Pennsboro alumnus Jake Madden was selected in the fourth round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels in one of The Sentinel's top sports stories of 2022.
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Cumberland Valley graduate Justin Williams has been promoted to the Asheville Tourists, the High-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.
“It’s a job at the end of the day ... and if you're not having fun, you're not gonna like your career or your job, and that’s something I've been able to really hold through Cumberland Valley and three years in the minors. I just always have fun.”
Madden signed his contract with the Angels Friday morning. It included a $997,500 signing bonus.
Three years of injuries made East Pennsboro alumnus Jake Madden unsure of his baseball future. Monday, Madden was selected by the Angels in the fourth round of the MLB Draft.
Paxton defeated Hampden 10-0 in five innings during the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 4 Tournament Monday.
Carlisle's Thomas Davenport was named the Big 26 Baseball Classic series MVP this weekend. He hopes to set open doors for current and upcoming players in the Herd program with his top nod.
Madden was selected as the 118th overall pick by the Los Angeles Angels in the fourth round. The 118th selection comes with an estimated signing bonus of $512,700.
Since they were 4 and 5 years old, a connection on the baseball diamond has come naturally for Shippensburg brothers Tucker and Troy Chamberlin. And this weekend's Big 26 Baseball Classic only magnified their unbreakable bond.
Carlisle's Thomas Davenport was awarded the series MVP but Pennsylvania dropped a 7-6 walk-off decision in Game 3 of the Big 26 Classic.
Team Pennsylvania clinched the Big 26 series over Maryland Saturday with a 7-2 Game 2 win
Team Pennsylvania clinched the 2022 series win with a 7-2 win over Maryland Saturday.
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Mechanicsburg's Shawn Karpaitis dropped in a two-RBI single in the seventh inning Saturday to help lift Team Pennsylvania to a Game 2 win in the Big 26 Baseball Classic.
Team Pennsylvania rallied to defeat Team Maryland 7-6 in Friday's Big 26 opener.
“I think it's awesome,” Luke Parise said of Pennsylvania’s Game 1 7-6 win over Team Maryland, “and we're really happy about it going into these next two days. We're just gonna have fun."
Carlisle's Thomas Davenport, Camp Hill's Luke Parise, Cumberland Valley's Paddy Hernjak, Mechanicsburg's Shawn Karpaitis and Shippensburg brothers Tucker and Troy Chamberlin will represent Pennsylvania in the three-game series.
After helping Cumberland Valley soar to the PIAA Class 6A semifinals, senior catcher Logan Sauve flighted his own path to All-Sentinel Player of the Year honors. See who else was named to this year's All-Sentinel Team.
East Pennsboro opened head baseball coach Tyler Comp’s position as of June 30. The Panthers forged an 18-5 season and won the District 3 Class 4A title this spring.
The Warriors defeated the Eagles 9-0 at Earl Wenger Field in Fredericksburg.
Warwick broke the game open with a five-run third inning that saw Matthew Williams and Seth Adomnik drive pitches into the hazy late-spring twilight.
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