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In another time and another place, Dennis Corapi would have saddle sores. For 27 years, he has participated in what cowboys would call “team roping.” Out west, that's a competition. Here in Hagerstown, it's considered Little League baseball. Corapi is the manager of Federal's 11-12 All-Stars. He's been in the position before, but this time, it's different. “This is my last rodeo,” Corapi said on Thursday. After 27 years of working with young and upcoming baseball talent at Federal, Corapi will be walking into the sunset after this “rodeo.” If this were the movies, it's Corapi's “High Noon.” For now, he stands five minutes before the clock strikes 12. He is there to help a new batch of players learn the game he loves while achieving some success to feel good about.

Just a little bit more was all they needed. The Conococheague Senior League All-Stars needed an extra inning to complete their comeback and eliminate South Mountain from the District 1 Tournament, 8-7. Conococheague will travel to Maugansville on Saturday for the losers' bracket final at 5:30 p.m. South Mountain struck the first blow in the top half of the first. Clayton Myers drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a passed ball and scored on an infield error, giving South Mountain a quick 1-0 lead.

Eleven women from the Boonsboro area completed the Children's Village 5-K race on June 23. The women undertook the challenge as a group in January, and after six months of preparation and fellowship, completed the race together. Each of the women met their personal goal, which was to finish the race. Those who completed the race were Susan Layos, Laurie Metz, Kristy Smith, Melissa Slifer, Brenda Dellinger, Alisa Friend, Karen Cunningham, Stacey Haupt, Lauri Neubauer, Paula Ford and Jane Henry.

If anything, the Hagerstown Suns are trying to make things interesting in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division. After matching wins and losses with Greensboro and trailing the Grasshoppers by 6 1/2 games for the better part of the last month, the Suns are firmly in the division leader's rear-view mirror as they head to the first-half finish line. Alex Meyer controlled Kannapolis for six innings and the Suns used home runs by Jason Martinson and Cole Leonida to build an early lead before settling for a 6-5 victory on Thursday before 1,215 fans at Municipal Stadium.

The city of Martinsburg is scheduled to formally announce the completion of street improvements Friday in the city's north end that are part of economic development efforts there. Mayor George Karos said Monday in a news release that the announcement would be made at 11 a.m. in the vicinity of Schewel's furniture and the city would provide an overview of the project. A $1.7 million construction contract included the extension of Lutz Avenue to Meridian Parkway, along with a traffic circle at the new intersection of the roads.

Growing up in Greencastle, Pa., Jason Kabler was all rock 'n' roll. He said he loved to sing in the style of Axl Rose, former lead singer of Guns 'N Roses. But then something happened - his voice changed and he couldn't hit the notes just right anymore. His mother, who taught her son how to play guitar, introduced him to the music of a new artist. "She's like, 'he's not rock, but he's as close as you're gonna get in country.' And at that time, I was like, 'Country, mom, come on,'" Kabler recalled during a telephone interview from Nashville, Tenn., his home for more than a decade.

The Hagerstown City Council unanimously approved a motion Tuesday evening to contribute up to $400,000 annually over a 20-year period to support the development and construction of a proposed downtown multiuse sports and events center. City funding would match an indirect contribution of $400,000 by the Washington County Board of Commissioners, which agreed to take over the city's yearly $400,000 payment to the 911 emergency communications center. It allows the city to contribute up to $800,000 toward the local share of debt service on the facility that is estimated will cost about $30 million and include an adjacent parking deck.

Martinsburg officials hope to complete as many as 18 street-resurfacing projects this spring and create three handicapped parking spaces at two parks as part of the city's paving program. Depending on the outcome of the bidding process, the work could be awarded May 10 by the Martinsburg City Council. City Manager Mark Baldwin said recently that he hopes the improvements can be completed by June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Two parking spaces for the handicapped are being eyed for P.O. Faulkner Park, and city officials want to put another in War Memorial Park.

Complete, but unofficial, results of local, district and statewide races in Tuesday's 2012 Maryland primary election (candidates in boldface are the projected nominees):   Hagerstown City Council ( With early voting and 18 of 18 Washington County precincts reporting ) Democrats Kristin B. Aleshire - 1,390 Lewis C. Metzner (i) - 1,217 Penny Nigh - 1,124 William Breichner (i) - 1,114 Martin Brubaker (i)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 COLLEGE BASEBALL VERO BEACH, Fla. - Hagerstown Community College played two completely different games Wednesday in the Vero Beach Collegiate Challenge, but still came out on top in both. The Hawks managed just three hits against Penn State-Beaver, but got two of them in a four-run eighth inning to take a 5-2 win. Terrell Thompson had a pinch-hit single, Danny Morris had an RBI base hit and Chris Kulik drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the Hagerstown eighth.