Sports Section :: Page 31

• Slipping and sliding at T-ball

  By Jimmy ChesireAugust 4, 2016

  

  It was raining steadily, heavily, when I got to Gaunt Park at 6:20 p.m. The park was empty. Just me and the steady rain. Then around 6:30 p.m., two cars pulled into the parking lot.

• Foul weather into foul balls — rain no damper for Perry League

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 1, 2016

  

  Click for video of this year’s penultimate Perry League night, played amid rain and mud.

• Pirates are champs of Minor League

  By Tim SherwoodJuly 21, 2016

  

  They led wire to wire, leaving no doubt that 2016 was their year to shine. And shine they did, as the Tom’s Market Pirates last week clinched the 2016 Minor League Championship.

• The mysterious ways of T-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  Julia Camard, 2, came to the tee and picked up the ball, taking it off the tee, and reached for the one I held in my right hand. “Okay,” I said, and switched balls with her.

• Birthday madness at T-ball

  By Jimmy ChesireJuly 14, 2016

  

  What is truly remarkable about this T-ball program? It is the kids themselves.

• Race is on for championships

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  The race for the 2016 Minor League regular season championship tightened up going into the final week of play, although the Tom’s Market Pirates still held on to the lead.

• Pre-season soccer tournament kicks off this weekend

  By YS News StaffJuly 11, 2016

  

  The annual YSHS pre-season boys’ soccer tournament will be held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 15–17, at Morgan Fields and YSHS. Twenty-six teams from the Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton areas will participate in the competition.

• Pirates, Indians lead Minors, Majors

  By Tim SherwoodJuly 7, 2016

  

  Despite suffering their first defeat of the season, the Tom’s Market Pirates managed to hang on to first place in the Minor League standings as the 2016 season enters its final weeks of play.

• International night at t-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  They’re considerate, these T-ball kids. Cruz Drew, 6, took me aside around 7:30 p.m. to explain to me he was sorry.

• Love! Love! Love! at T-ball

  By Jimmy ChesireJune 30, 2016

  

  It was another wonderful night at T-ball.