SPORTS
By Bill Free and Bill Free,Sun Staff Writer | April 17, 1994
It seems that Francis Scott Key middle infielder Dave Johnson can do no wrong these days.He's batting .474, has been moved into the No. 3 hitting position by coach Bob Caples, steals bases and plays superb defense at second base or shortstop.Johnson (5-foot-9, 141 pounds) is doing all he can to help the Eagles live up to early-season expectations.But it hasn't been easy with most of the other Key players off to sluggish starts."Dave Johnson and Dan Stephenson [pitcher and cleanup hitter] are carrying us," said Caples, whose team is off to a disappointing 2-4 start.
SPORTS
By Rich Scherr | August 10, 1993
Baseball* 13-14 boys -- Brad Sunshine of Ellicott City was the only player from Howard County to make the Putty Hill travel team this season.But at last week's National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series in Northville, Mich., the 13-year-old reliever appeared in four games, adding a local flavor to the team's second consecutive national championship.Sunshine pitched two hitless innings to earn a save against Renton (Wash.) in the semifinal round.In all, Putty Hill (32-17, including 22-6 in the Baltimore Metro League)
SPORTS
By Derek Toney and Derek Toney,Staff Writer | August 2, 1992
After winning three consecutive Baltimore County recreation league titles with Cockeysville in 9-10 and 11-12 baseball, coach Keith Heaps wanted a new challenge. So, with players from Cockeysville and some others from around the metropolitan area, he took over the Putty Hill 13-14 team and joined the competitive Baltimore Metro Sophomore Baseball League."We knew that we would be respectable, but I never expected this," said Heaps."This" was the 13-14 National Amateur Federation World Series title won in Northville, Mich.
NEWS
By Michael Jefferson and Michael Jefferson,Contributing Writer | July 5, 1992
Last summer, Rick Sapp and Jim Benner, head coaches of the Fallston Cubs 15-16 summer travel baseball team, entered the Cubs in the highly competitive Baltimore Metro League on Friday evenings.They wanted to see how the players would fare in such tough competition.The players, mostly 15-year-olds, surged through the one night a week, 10-game schedule, taking first place and advancing to the first round of the state tournament sponsored by the Maryland Amateur Baseball Congress (MABC).The experience last summer has paid dividends this season.
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By Mike Nortrup and Mike Nortrup,Contributing sports writer | April 22, 1992
And then there was one.Westminster will not field a team in the American Legion's Western Maryland District this season, leaving Mount Airy Post 191 as the only Carroll team remaining in the baseball league for players ages 16 to 18.Randy Biden, who coached the squad from 1987 until last year, said there were insufficient players to form the team this season.Legion officials said the lack of players also was responsible for the breakup of Taneytown's Legion team two years ago and the failure of Sykesville's post to start its own team around the same time.
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By Mike Nortrup and Mike Nortrup,Contributing sports writer | December 18, 1991
Since entering the Baltimore Metro League two years ago, Carroll baseball squads have been solidly competitive in that loop, which fieldssome of the premier youth teams in the Baltimore area.But a local group of youth baseball officials wants to improve that showing andmake Carroll's teams synonymous with the best the Baltimore area canoffer.In September, it took the first step toward that goal by forming the Carroll County Amateur Baseball Club.The club's aim essentially is to provide the best coaching and the best competition to the county's best young baseball players.