Sports Section :: Page 44

• Reds B lead the Major League

  By Tim SherwoodJuly 17, 2014

  

  Despite suffering their first loss of the season, The Winds Cafe Indians’ 4–1 record was good enough to hold on to a slim half-game lead over the Sam and Eddie’s Open Books Reds record of 4–2.

• Dragons, Pirates tie in nail-biter

  By Tim SherwoodJuly 10, 2014

  

  The shortened holiday week and another late afternoon thunderstorm resulted in only a single minor league game completed last week, but it was probably the most exciting one of the season yet.

• Sea Dogs are off and swimming

  By YS News StaffJuly 3, 2014

  

  The Yellow Springs Aquatic Club Sea Dogs summer swim team are off and swimming. They won one meet against Forest Ridge, after competing in three swim meets so far this summer. Results are as follows, 6 and under 25 free: first place, Zan Holtgrave; second place, Javin Obringer; third place, Brady Clark; 6 and under […]

• Major League Reds A and B tie

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  The Winds Cafe Indians extended their undefeated record to 4–0 and remain atop the Minor League rec baseball standings after the second full week of play. The Indians’ contest against the Vintage Truck Dragons on June 23 was called after only two-and-a-half innings due to a thunderstorm. Then the first game on June 28 saw […]

• Me the Bridge and the T-ball gang

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  One of the exercises we do as part of our warm-up is to get on our hands and knees in the thick, three-inch long, green, green grass of the right field — “I know,” Tommy Moore, 6, says when we finish touching our noses to our toes, anticipating what comes next. Even before I say […]

• T-ball is up and running for summer

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 27, 2014

  

  Perry League t-ball is taking place every Friday evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Gaunt Park.

• Minor League bats on fire

  By Tim SherwoodJune 26, 2014

  

  The Minor League Winds Cafe Indians finished the first full week of play at the top of the standings with a win and a pair of forfeits. They now stand at 3–0 after forfeits by the Tom’s Market Pirates on Wednesday, June 18, and the Sam and Eddie’s Open Books Reds on Sunday, June 22. […]

• Eye-popping joy at T-ball

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  The children’s capacity for joy is remarkable. Mind-boggling. Like Sophia Purdin, 4, cousin of one of my all-time favorite T-ball alums, Scotty Purdin.

• T-ball is full of kindness, surprises

  By Jimmy ChesireJune 19, 2014

  

  We’re rolling our arms, warming up, but two of our animated, creative and delightful players, Rowan Brown, 5, and Kian Rainey, 5, are doing their own variation of this exercise.

• Minor League’s Reds trump Pirates

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  The 2014 Minor League season kicked off Saturday, June 14, with a decisive 14–5 win by the Sam and Eddie’s Open Books Reds over the Tom’s Market Pirates. The Reds jumped out to an early 2–1 first inning lead and never looked back.