The blue outfield wall stands out when looking at West Side Hamilton’s Little League Field. All the banners adorning what locals call, “The Big Blue Monster” stands out more. In fact, that big wall is running out of space. Becoming one of the world’s best Little League programs can ...
Davenport Assumption High School captured the Iowa Class AAA state championship a month ago. Two weeks later, Davenport Central graduate Roger Craig was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And now, the Davenport Northwest Little Leaguers take the spotlight, winning the Midwest ...
Ask anyone who ever played baseball what their dream was when they were a kid and majority will tell you it was hoping to get to the Little League World Series as an 11- or 12-year-old kid. It was the ultimate goal for any kid who played baseball to try and reach the mountain top. Few can ...
Two years ago, Czechia’s Michal Klimes was sitting in the stands at Volunteer Stadium watching the Brno, Czechia team compete against both Santa Clara, Cuba and Santa Cruz, Aruba. He didn’t get to see Czechia win a game, but he got to witness something even nicer: his son playing at ...
LEWISBURG — Freshman Chayse Snyder leveled the match with his first career goal in the 80th minute, but Sean Keane answered only 50 seconds later to send No. 20 Hofstra to a 2-1 win over Bucknell in the men’s soccer season opener on Thursday night at Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium. A young Bison squad missing several key players due to injury held its own against a top-20 opponent, but the Pride avenged a home loss to Bucknell in last year’s opener. Bastian Carlman also scored late in the first half for Hofstra, the preseason favorite in the Coastal Athletic Association. “We ...
LEWISBURG — After struggling to finish off chances in its first two games of the season, the Bucknell women’s soccer team scored early and often in Thursday’s home opener against Mount St. Mary’s, and the Bison delivered coach Kelly Cook her 100th win in decisive fashion. Dani Howard’s goal just seven minutes in was the first of five in the first 40 minutes of the match, and the Bison went on to win 8-1 on a rainy day at Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium. Now 2-1 on the season, Bucknell scored its most goals since an 8-0 win at Iona in 2016, and it was the most at home since a ...
