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Hagerstown A defeated Hagerstown B 14-4 in six innings on Sunday to win the PONY League Baseball Section Tournament at Funkhouser Park. Neither team lost, though, as both Hagerstown teams advance to the region tournament in Boardman, Ohio on Thursday. “Anytime that you score 14 runs, you should be able to win the ball game,” said Hagerstown A manager Steve Berger, whose team was 3-0 in the tournament. “I don't think that we played that particularly well today. But still, anytime that you can win by 10 runs, you'll take it.” Riley Arnone drive in four runs, while Tim Hartsock and Sinjin Shoop added two RBIs each for Hagerstown A. Winning pitcher Jordan Stonebreaker hurled four innings before Hartsock closed out the game with two scoreless innings.

Hagerstown A advanced to the championship round of the Pony League Section Tournament by beating Hagerstown B 19-3 on Saturday night at Funkhouser Park. The game was halted after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run rule. Hagerstown B will try to stave off elimination today at 2 p.m. against Chambersburg in the losers' bracket final. Chambersburg eliminated South Adams 17-0 in five innings. The winner of that game will have to defeat Hagerstown A twice in the championship round, beginning at 4:30, to win the title.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 YOUTH BASEBALL Brandon Stotler had the game-winning RBI as Centra Bank defeated Susquehanna Bank 5-4 in eight innings to win the Hagerstown PONY League best-of-3 championship series, 2-1. Riley Lazich had three hits for Centra, while Josh Miller and Conner Litton combined for 10 strikeouts in the victory. Airin Martin had a home run and two RBIs for Susquehanna. Susquehanna had tied the series at 1-1 with an 8-3 victory. Martin had 11 strikeouts in a complete-game pitching effort, and Stephen Ashbury had a home run and three RBIs.

Ravenwood Lutheran Village will host Farm Day from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. The family-friendly event is free. Highlights include a petting zoo, pony rides, live music games, barrel train, food and more. Ravenwood Lutheran Village is behind Food Lion just off Frederick Street, Hagerstown, For information, call 240-420-4133.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Mark Koontz had a plan for the Hagerstown PONY League 14 All-Stars. Play three games in the East Zone Tournament and come home. The All-Stars followed the plan, but not the way thier manager drew it up. Hagerstown followed Friday's rousing victory with a pair of losses on Saturday to be eliminated from a chance to advance to the World Series. Hagerstown fell 10-0 to Chesterfield (Va.) in the winners' bracket final before losing 6-1 to Bergen Beach (N.Y.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Andrew Yacyk said it "was a matter of going out and doing the right things. " On Friday, Yacyk bombed three home runs and drove in eight runs to lead the Hagerstown PONY League 14 All-Stars to a 14-8 victory over Bergen Beach (N.Y.) in the opener of the East Zone Tournament. Hagerstown returns to action at 2 p.m. today in the double- elimination tourney against the survivor of Friday's late game between Woonsocket (R.I.) and Chesterfield (Va.). "It was a solid 15-hit attack and the defense played well," said manager Mark Koontz.

Call it the "gray area. " Andrew Yacyk hasn't quite gotten used to it yet. And yet, Hagerstown PONY League expects nothing less. It's playing baseball on the championship level -- in this case, playing to win the four-team, double-elimination East Zone tournament and an automatic berth to the PONY World Series beginning Aug. 6 in Washington, Pa. The Hagerstown 14 team opens play on Friday at 5 p.m. against the North Region champion...

BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Hagerstown PONY 14 All-Stars' loss on Saturday was just a prelude to a hat trick of victories on Sunday. After losing to Tri-T National 8-5 in the winners' bracket final, Hagerstown pulled out three wins to capture the East Zone West Region title and it included two wins over Tri-T National. In the championship game, Hagerstown pulled out a 12-6 victory as Dylan Stouffer rapped four hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs. Kenny Mack, Andrew Yacyk and Dalton Jobe had two hits apiece and John Britton and Nck Sauble combined on the mound to hold down Tri-T.

YOUTH BASEBALL BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Kyle Dinterman and Dylan Stouffer powered the Hagerstown PONY 14 All-Stars to a pair of blowout victories at the East Zone West Region Tournament on Friday. Dinterman hit two two-run homers and Stouffer had three hits, including a home run, as Hagerstown opened the tourney with an 18-1 win over Tri-T American. Stouffer had four hits, including a grand slam, and seven RBIs, and Dinterman also hit a grand slam as Hagerstown routed East Ohio 19-2.

YOUTH BASEBALL PONY 14 West Region Hagerstown A 14, Chambersburg National 1 Dylan Stouffer had three hits, including a home run, to lead the Hagerstown A All-Stars over Chambersburg National. Dereck Herbert had two hits, including a home run, for Hagerstown. Andrew Yacyk had four hits, Austin Stone homered and John Britton and Nick Sauble combined for eight strikeouts. PONY 13 West Region Hagerstown A 22, Canfield 3 BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Tyler Anders hit two home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Hagerstown A past Canfield, Ohio, for the winners' bracket title on Saturday in the PONY 13 East Zone West Region Tournament.