Tommy Butler

STATE COLLEGE — We’ve all dreamed about suiting up and stepping onto a professional baseball field. Imagined digging our cleats into the dirt of the batter’s box as our loved ones look on. The players in the Centre Sluggers baseball league had the opportunity to live that dream this past weekend.  Since 2009, Medlar…

BELLEFONTE — Having played together for most of their lives, the Bellefonte Little League All-Stars team came to play at Webster Field for the final time July 7. The State College team had battled through four straight wins in the major tournament’s lower bracket in order to reach the championship game.  This Bellefonte team…

We’re already nearing the end of the District 5 Pennsylvania Little League tournaments. The victors of each of the three tournament levels will be crowned by this time next week and will move on to their respective Section 4 tournaments. Let’s take a look at the results from this past week. MAJOR DIVISION…

The District 5 Little League tournaments have officially started. There are three double-elimination tournaments in Centre County’s District 5, including Minor 11, Minor 10 and the Major Division tournament. The overall winner of the Major tournament will advance to the Section 4 tournament hosted by PA District 11. MAJOR DIVISION UPPER BRACKET…

There’s just one more week of high school baseball left in the regular season. Here’s a look at recent Centre County PIAA play.   St. Joseph Catholic Academy’s Wolves continued their show of offensive prowess by defeating Bellwood-Antis on the road May 4, 15-8. The team returned home the next day to face Philipsburg-Osceola, taking…

It’s hard to find anything that can bring people together like a day at the ballpark. Baseball is America’s game after all, and the Centre Sluggers Baseball League has been giving players another chance to suit up and take the field for 18 years now.  Centre Sluggers is an eight-team league made up of…

It feels like it only just started, but we’re approaching the end of the high school baseball season. Let’s take a look at recent events in local PIAA baseball. ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY The Wolves’ offense popped off April 26, scoring 32 runs across their double-header with Harmony Area. St. Joe’s won both…

Many local rivalry games were played, though there were few decisive series victories. Let’s take a look at recent high school baseball results: BALD EAGLE AREA The Eagles fell during a three-game losing streak that started April 18 and lasted through April 23. On April 18, BEA traveled to Bellefonte, where the…

With the first full week of baseball came the sounds of strike-three calls and pictures of home-run trots. America’s pastime looks to finally be underway for real in Centre County, but feel free to knock on wood just in case.  BALD EAGLE AREA The Eagles went 2-1 between April 10 and 14, ending…