Colts

The Hagerstown Colt League will be getting a new backstop, fencing and one light pole at Hellane Park, according to a loan agreement City Council members approved Tuesday. Council members voted 4-1 to loan $18,150 to the league for five years at no interest. Councilman William M. Breichner cast the sole dissenting vote. Breichner said council members should consider funding these types of improvements for the league and similar groups. His no vote concerned a previous decision by the council to pay to install lighting for lawn bowling facilities at Pangborn Park that are used mainly be senior citizens.

Hagerstown 'C' extracted revenge in a big way against Anne Arundel in the final two games of the Colt Section Tournament. Having lost its first-round game to the Black Barons on Friday, Hagerstown battled through the losers' bracket and beat them twice, incuding Monday's 13-9 victory for the championship. Tim Leather slugged a two-run homer and finished with three hits and four RBI for Hagerstown. "Everybody underestimated our 'C' team," Leather said. "It's amazing how some people put us down and then we came back.

Hagerstown Colt League/South High baseball will hold a bonanza Friday at the Elks Lodge on Robinwood Drive. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $40 per couple, which includes two meals. A cash prize of $1,500 will be available.

The Hagerstown Colt League White All-Stars came up on the short end of both a pitchers' duel and a slugfest on Sunday, and the lights went out on the 2007 season. Brad Comport's solo home run in the sixth inning gave North Allegheny a 2-1 victory and spoiled Brandon Knight's gem in the first game of the East Zone West Regional championship round, forcing a deciding game at Hellane Park. Playing their third game of the day and fifth in two days, North Allegheny never let up, scoring six runs before Hagerstown ever swung a bat and rolling to a 14-7 victory and the title.

Hagerstown A out of Colt tourney By JACK HILL III / Staff Correspondent The Hagerstown A Colt League all-star team fell one victory short of reaching the championship round. The Erlanger (Ky.) Jets scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to come from behind and eliminate Hagerstown A 3-1 on Sunday in the losers' bracket final in the Colt League Region Tournament at Hellane Park. Erlanger pitcher Brian Kraft gave up one run and five hits, while striking out nine batters, in seven innings to get the win. "They played great defense," Hagerstown A manager Duane Myers said.

YOUTH BASEBALL STRUTHERS, Ohio -- Nick Stubbs had three hits and Brian Lesher, Austin Yost and Blake Miller combined to pitch a one-hitter as Hagerstown blanked West View (Pa.) 15-0 Thursday in the first round of the Colt League regional tournament. Jack Schwartz, Jake Bachtell, Ryan Sword and Brock Heiston each had two hits for Hagerstown, which plays Youngstown (Ohio) today at 9 a.m. Rally at Valley 7-8 Sharpsburg 6, West End 2 Sharpsburg: Dalton Shank 3 hits; Ryan Nolan, Cameron Cline, Josh DeRocher 2 hits each.

HEIGHT="6" ALT=" " NATURALSIZEFLAG="0" ALIGN="BOTTOM"> YOUTH LEAGUES Colt Zone Tournament GREENSBORO, N.C. - Scott Keasey and Chris Henson homered to lead Hagerstown Colt League to a 5-2 victory over Greensboro in the Colt League Zone Tournament on Wednesday. Les Martin had a pair of hits and P.J. Hiser threw a complete-game four-hitter for Hagerstown. Hagerstown plays again Friday at 4 p.m. Thomas Evans Tournament National 9, Maugansville 8: Gary Wolfe homered to lead National over Maugansville in an eight-inning game.

I found out after the fact that The Daily Mail published a couple of local photos that were taken with someone's camera phone. The photos were e-mailed to the paper. A camera phone. I don't think it was sprinkled with megapixels either. It's funny how technology seems to seep into your everyday life whether you want it to or not. And Americans don't seem to mind. We pay for "minutes" with our cell phone plans. We've been buying special water - bottled water, that is - for years.

It was an all-Hagerstown showdown in the championship game of the Colt League Region Tournament on Sunday, and Hagerstown 'A' survived a tough battle to defeat Hagerstown 'C', 14-9. Hagerstown 'A' finished 3-0 in the tournament and advances to the Zone Tournament at Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, N.C. Hagerstown will play Greensboro on Thursday at 8 p.m. "First of all, I would like to say that we have a lot of respect for Hagerstown 'C'," Hagerstown 'A' manager Brad Himeman said.

Nerves might have gotten the best of Hagerstown 'A' Thursday evening as it lost its opening game of the Colt League region tournament 3-1 to Canon-Mac of Canonsburg, Pa. "We played well defensively," Hagerstown manager Steve McLucas said. "Our pitchers did well. We just couldn't get the hits when we had runners on base. During our first game, I think that we were a little bit nervous and we had a little bit of tournament jitters. " Columbia (Md.) defeated Lawrence County (Pa.)