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Emporium has overcome schedule conflicts to open the American Legion Baseball season with a 3-3 record heading into Friday night's doubleheader with Bradford. Sports camps. work obligations and other activities have prevented Emporium from operating at full strength. More ... Ryan Bresslin led the heavy hitters from Emporium's Alle- Catt baseball team to another lopsided win Sunday afternoon. Bresslin had one of the most impressive games in Alle-Catt Amateur Baseball League history, with four home runs and a single, along with 10 runs batted in. More ... Outstanding 16- to 18-yearold baseball players from the region will be on display for college and professional scouts on Saturday at Berwind Park in St. Marys. Tryouts for the Pa. Region 8 American Legion All- Stars were held last week in St. Marys. More ... Potter-McKean returns to action Saturday afternoon in Austin at 3:00, as the Pa. District 15 Little League Baseball (ages 11-12) playoffs resume. The squad opened with a dramatic 9-8 win over Elkland Tuesday night on the Austin diamond. Sammy Kysor (Port Allegany) and John Michael Rigas (Coudersport) shared mound duties, striking out nine and walking just two. More ... High school basketball season is still five months away, but the Coudersport girls are already preparing. They swept through the weekend's American Youth Basketball Assn. tournament in Coudersport with an unblemished record. More ... Pitcher Mark Corey of Austin is knocking on the door of major league baseball once again as a member of the Indianapolis Indians, the Class AAA minor league affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. During his major league career, Corey, 32, has appeared in 81 games for the Pirates, Rockies and Mets. More ... Preston Mullens and Justin Moose were the kings of the hill during last weekend's Men's Member/Guest Tournament at the Emporium Country Club. They claimed the Championship Flight crown with a two-day accumulated score of 123. Second place went to McGinnis/Dillon, while McCallen/Adams placed third. More ... Proceeds from a July 9 golf tournament at Bradford's Pine Acres Country Club will benefit Helping Hands Retreat, a bereavement camp for children, located in Eldred. The Pine Acres/Bradford Hospital Foundation Pro Am, which dates back to 1990, raises funds for charitable causes. Sponsors hope to surpass a goal of $6,000 this year. More ... There may be no bigger Pittsburgh Pirates baseball fan in the region than Coudersport's Irvin Duell. A former Pittsburgh resident, Duell moved to Potter County to be closer to his family more than a decade ago. When he's not watching the Pirates on TV, he's usually seen on the streets of Coudersport, walking his dog with one hand while holding his transistor radio in the other -- tuned, of course, to the Pirates game. Duell was all smiles recently when he made his annual visit back home to catch a game at Pittsburgh's PNC Park. More ... |
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