Nick Adenhart

Williamsport senior Nick Adenhart has done it again.For the second consecutive year, Adenhart has been named Gatorade's high school baseball player of the year in Maryland. Adenhart and winners from 47 states and the District of Columbia will be evaluated by Gatorade before a national winner is announced. Adenhart, a potential pick in the June baseball draft and a University of North Carolina signee, posted a 5-1 record with a 0.91 earned run average and 86 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings this year.

We spend much of our lives really trying to get three things. To be loved. To be successful. To be respected. We want to stand out, make our families proud and start some sort of legacy. But before we die, there is only one thing we worry about. That is to be remembered. Everyone wants to feel like they made a difference. Many want to prove their stay on this earth made an impact. What that impact is depends. Some do it with the families they raised.

o Share your condolences and memories of Nick Adenhart on a page celebrating his life and accomplishments. o Los Angeles Angels' announcement of Adenhart's death David Warrenfeltz considers himself among the lucky ones. When it came to Nick Adenhart, he had all the bases covered. In fact, every time Adenhart took the mound as a budding youth league pitcher, Warrenfeltz had the best seat in the house. He was behind home plate. Warrenfeltz and Adenhart, who spent half their lives together, were neighbors, schoolmates and teammates.

o Share your condolences and memories of Nick Adenhart on a page celebrating his life and accomplishments. o Los Angeles Angels' announcement of Adenhart's death Commentary My heart goes out to the family and friends of Nick Adenhart. I first heard about Nick when he was an 11-year-old pitcher for Halfway Little League. His All-Star team was coming over to play our team, Federal Little League. Even at 11, his reputation preceded him. I remember the coaches talking about this kid who could throw a baseball harder than anyone could recall.

ARBUTUS, Md. - Nick Adenhart threw a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts Tuesday to lead the Halfway All-Stars to a 2-0 win over Frederick American and into the losers' bracket final of the Maryland 11-12-year-old Little League Tournament. [cont. from sports page ] It was Adenhart's second win over the District 2 representative. In the opening game of the tournament, Adenhart held Frederick to one hit in a 1-0 win. "Frederick has a great team, but the matchups just worked against them," said Halfway assistant coach Bob Weaver.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, a 2004 Williamsport graduate, gave up four runs on four hits and a walk while striking out two in 3 1/3 innings Monday against San Francisco. "He's something. I like him a lot," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick had two-run doubles to lead the Angels to an 8-5 victory. Hunter had a two-run double in a three-run first inning off Jeremy Affeldt, who started when the Giants scratched reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum because of a slight case of the flu. Lincecum is to make his next start Wednesday in place of Randy Johnson, who will be skipped because of biceps soreness, manager Bruce Bochy said.

WILLIAMSPORT -- Like any father, Jim Adenhart spoke of his son in glowing terms. "Nick constantly challenged himself," an emotional Adenhart said Friday night. "Every inning, every batter, every pitch ... he challenged himself and he came through. " It was with both pride and pain that Adenhart spoke through tears during a memorial service at Williamsport High School attended by nearly 1,800 people. Most of the crowd sat solemnly and some wept as the local pitcher who overcame arm surgery to play for the Los Angeles Angels was remembered.

Friends and fans from Washington County and around the world turned to the Internet to say their goodbyes to baseball player Nick Adenhart. Some offered condolences to the family on The Herald-Mail's Web site at www.herald-mail.com. By Friday afternoon, 49 tribute groups memorializing Adenhart had been created on Facebook, a social networking Web site. Some of the groups were created by Adenhart's high school friends, others by fans from across the country. Almost 9,000 people from around the world had joined the largest of the groups, and more than 600 messages had been written in Adenhart's memory.

koelble@herald-mail.com BOONSBORO - Boonsboro sophomore Zach Shifler had an early indoctrination to varsity baseball. Making his first appearance and facing the area's fourth-ranked team, the lefty overcame a shaky start and the Warriors took advantage of some shoddy Williamsport defense for a 5-4 victory Friday in an MVAL Antietam game. Shifler allowed an infield hit to Ben Jordan and balked him to second before retiring Josh Bowers on a grounder. Then, on a 1-0 pitch, Nick Adenhart greeted Shifler with a 365-foot homer to left-center field to give the Wildcats (12-3, 8-3)

If the news that broke Saturday proved only one thing, it's that there are no sure things. Nick Adenhart's status as a top-5 pick in the upcoming Major League Baseball amateur draft looked like a sure thing. Based on everything that was written about him - from The Herald-Mail to The Washington Post to USA Today - it sounded like a sure thing, too. I was always taught if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck ... The news that Adenhart will undergo "Tommy John" surgery to repair a torn elbow ligament in a few weeks put an end to - or at least a three-year hold on - that sure thing.