Adam Chambers

YOUTH BASEBALL District I Senior League 15-16 Tournament Conococheague 9, South Mountain 1 Steve Gordon threw a one-hitter and Will Bowen led the hitting attack with three hits. Tyson Cline and Brett Bahr added two hits apiece for Conococheague, which travels to Maugansville Sunday at 1:30. Clear Spring 7, Valley 1 Clear Spring stayed alive in the losers bracket and will host South Mountain on Sunday at 1:30. Hagerstown PONY League National Division Championship Jeter Paving 13, Susquehanna Bank 6 Jeter Paving: Aaron Jones 8 Ks, HR, 4 RBIs; Andrew Crampton 3 hits, HR, 5 RBIs.

WILLIAMSPORT -- Joey Miller hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs as Funkstown Post 211 beat Williamsport Post 202 16-8 in a Western Maryland District American Legion baseball game Friday night. Funkstown (6-1, 5-1), which is in first place in the district, got on the scoreboard first with four runs in the top of the first inning on an RBI single to center by Miller and a three-run homer to right by Dwight Boward. However, Williamsport (4-5, 3-5) proved that it was going to make things interesting for at least a little while, scoring all eight of its runs in the bottom of the first to take an 8-4 lead.

Frederick National takes 1-0 lead vs. So. Mountain in 9-10 By DAN KAUFFMAN / Staff Writer The game of baseball, just like most other games, usually comes down to who makes the right plays at the right times. On Saturday afternoon, Frederick National made the better plays at the more critical times, and South Mountain was left hoping for better luck today after losing 5-4 in the opening game of the Section 1 9-10 All-Stars championship series. The best-of-3 series continues today at 6 p.m. "We had a couple of blunders that gave them the lead," South Mountain manager Dave Ferguson said.

BOONSBORO - South Mountain won its fourth district title in seven years on Tuesday night when it edged Sharpsburg 4-2 in the Maryland District 1 11 & 12 All-Stars Tournament championship game. "The effort of the kids is great," South Mountain manager Terry Hartle said. "They wanted it. They went and got it. The boys have got a lot of heart to fight. " South Mountain (6-1) will now represent District 1 in the Maryland state tournament at Salisbury, opening against the District 4 winner on Saturday morning at 10:45.

BLUE RIDGE BASEBALL NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. - Nate Reeser went 5-for-7 with three triples, two doubles and eight RBI over two games, as the Hagerstown Braves opened the Harrisburg Firecracker Tournament with a 9-2 win over Lawnton followed by a 13-2 five-inning victory over the Norristown A's on Saturday. Pat Sweeney went 2-for-3 with three RBI and pitched a complete game against Lawnton, while Kevin Crawford and John Quail each added two hits. Jamus Peterman went the distance against Norristown without allowing an earned run, while Trey Cobb went 3-for-4 and Quenton Rouse went 2-for-3.

TRACK & FIELD INDIANAPOLIS - Tone Belt, a 2005 Berkeley Springs High School graduate, fouled on all three of his attempts in the men's long jump competition Friday evening at the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Belt, who won an NCAA indoor title in the long jump this year as a sophomore at Louisville, is scheduled to compete in the high jump Sunday. GOLF Schultz misses PGA cut BEND, Ore. - Beaver Creek Country Club professional Dirk Schultz missed the cut in the 40th PGA Professional National Championship.

BOONSBORO - In a high-scoring, see-saw battle between the Boonsboro and North Hagerstown baseball teams Wednesday, the Warriors scored the game's final five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge the Hubs, 11-9. Boonsboro (11-7, 9-5 MVAL Antietam) stopped a two-game losing steak. "We're trying to get ready for the playoffs," Boonsboro coach Max Shaffer said. "It was a good way to end the regular season. We hit better tonight than what we did in the last two games. I'm just happy we won. I'm just looking forward to the playoffs right now. " North (8-10, 5-9)

BOONSBORO - It's not often a baseball team gets to enjoy what Boonsboro did on Monday afternoon. It started out with the Warriors batting around in the order in the sixth inning. The enjoyable part is they did it with none out. By the time Williamsport retired the side, Boonsboro had scored eight runs to finish off a 14-9 MVAL Antietam Conference victory, putting the Warriors (7-3, 5-3) in sole possession of second place. "We're down 9-6 and we've hit the ball hard but right at people and then suddenly we get some hits to drop and some help from (Williamsport)

Boonsboro did its share of hitting on a windy Friday afternoon, but it was a case of receiving extra outs from North Hagerstown that opened the doors for the Warriors. The Warriors took advantage of two Hubs errors in the second inning to score four times on the way to a 9-5 MVAL Antietam victory. Kyle Kane and Jake Pendergraft started the inning with soft singles to left. Tim Cole then bounced to third baseman Colby Fisher, who turned what could have at least been a force at third into an error and a bases-loaded, no-out situation.

The battle lines were drawn when West Branch and Hagerstown met on Sunday. The two teams pulled out all the stops, if a combined 32 runs, 30 hits and nine home runs mean anything. But when the battle was over, West Branch, out of Chesapeake, Va., won the war. West Branch used Ben Horan's grand slam and Jordan Kidd's two-run homer in the middle innings to provide too much of a lead for Hagerstown to overcome for a 17-15 victory to win the PONY League East Zone championship at Funkhouser Park.