The Lancaster County District Attorney's office will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. today to discuss Friday's shooting in Columbia.
Stayed tuned for updates.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Breaking news
The Columbia Police Department has just announced the Lancaster County's District Attorney will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. at the court house to discuss Friday's shooting.
Shooting update
Here is an update from WGAL on Friday's shooting.
http://www.wgal.com/video/23506928/index.html
http://www.wgal.com/video/23506928/index.html
Cupcake Contest
Cupcake Contest
Sweet!
Calling bakers of every age group!! Saturday, June 19, the annual Cruisin’ Columbia car show will be held in downtown Columbia. To make this a truly “sweet” event, the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Cupcake Contest to be held in conjunction with this event. We are looking for interested bakers to enter their sweet treats into the competition.The Cupcake Contest will be held in Locust Street Park. Set up will begin at 9:30 am. The contest officially starts at 10:00 when the judging begins. Judges from The Flour Child, The Daily Grind, and Columbia Borough will sample cupcakes and rate them based on appearance and flavor. Awards will be given in a category for Bakers Sixteen and Under and a category for Bakers Over Sixteen. The winner in each category will win bragging rights and a prize package valued at $75.
Following the judging and awards ceremony, cupcakes will be sold to the public. All money collected from the sale of cupcakes will be shared by the Columbia Food Bank, the Wrightsville Food Bank, and the Maytown Food Bank.
Interested bakers need to fill out an application form and submit it along with the $10.00 entry fee to SVCC. Bakers are asked to provide a minimum of 4 dozen cupcakes and must agree to sell them for $.50 each. All money collected must be submitted to SVCC who will remit the donations to the local food banks.
The Cupcake Contest will last until noon or until the cupcakes are gone, whichever comes first. Entry forms must be received before June 11, 2010.
Cupcake Contest Entry Form
Name
Choose one category: 16 and under Over 16
Address:
E-mail:
Phone
Entries must be accompanied by a $10.00 entry fee. Cash, checks made payable to SVCC, or credit cards accepted.
Card Number: Exp.
(Visa, MasterCard or Discover accepted)
By signing below, I agree to make a minimum of 4 dozen cupcakes to sell on June 19, 2010. I agree to collect $.50 per cupcake and to give the money collected to a representative of the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce that same day. I understand that the total monies collected will be divided among the Columbia Food Bank, the Wrightsville Food Bank, and the Maytown Food Bank. My $10.00 entry fee covers the costs of coordinating this event and qualifies me for entry in the Cupcake Contest with a prize package valued at $75. I understand that cupcakes will be judged on appearance and flavor. I acknowledge that the decision of the judges is final.
Signature Date
Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center
address: 445 Linden Street e-mail: svcc@PaRivertowns.com
Columbia, PA 17512 phone: 684.5249
River Towns Working Together
LCB charges local establishment
From Lancasteronline.com http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/254440
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Bsttle of the Bridges in track
Here is a link to last night's Battle of the Bridges track meet at Eastern.
http://www.gametimepa.com/ci_15043622
http://www.gametimepa.com/ci_15043622
Winning wasn't important today
The two were playing a non-league game with proceeds going to the fight against cancer.
In honor of the event, the Tide girls and coaches donned special pink jerseries for the game. Thost shirts as well as special Columbia Softball shirts were sold at the game, with proceeds going to the fight against cancer.
In addition, relatives of players and coaches, who beat cancer were recognized and those who lost relatives to the disease, had a moment of silence held in their honor.
Also, a number of businesses including Kline's Septic, Kleen-Rite, Associate's Real Estate and others donated money for each strikeout Tide fireballer Emily Detz recorded. She had 13 for the game, which raised a little more than $1,000.
And the future of the high school softball program was also on display as the four softball teams from the CBAA program were introduced.
As for the game itself. The Tide less than 24 hours earlier saw their chances for a league playoff berth go out the window with a loss at Annville-Cleona were ready to play.
Detz was brillant in the circle. She retired the first 18 batters she faced, 11 by strikeout, before allowing a leadoff double in the seventh. That runner scored on a stole base and wild pitch.
It was the only headache all day in the Tide's 7-1 win, which was the team's 12 of the season.
Columbia had a big chance to break the game open right from the start. They loaded the sacks on a walk to Detz and base hits off the bats of Jenna Plastino and Allison Michener, but failed to score.
In the second, Brittany Germer doubled with one out, but RCC threw some leather around, getting a fly ball double play to end the inning.
In the third, Columbia got on the scoreboard.
Detz and Vallesa Carollo walked to start the inning and they dented the dish on a booming double to left off the bat of Ashlyn Phillips. Platino followed with a single and Alexis Eckman running for Phillips scored when Michener singled. A sac fly off the bat of Germer scored the fourth run of the inning.
The Tide salted the game away with a two spot in the fifth.
Plastino crished a triple to center. She was replaced by Emily Nobile, who scored when Michener grounded out. Another one plated following aq single off the plate of Kayla Lambert, a walk to Germer and Emily Groft reaching on an error.
Columbia scored its final run of the game in the sixth on a double by Phillips and run scoring single from Plastino.
The Tide girls will close the regular season Monday with a home game against Lancaster Mennonite at 4:15 p.m. and then sit idle until May 21 when District Three playoff action starts.
Another must see
I took this photo this morning from the Scoop Mobile on my way in town. It is of the former Harvey T. Makle Legion on South Fifth Street. I noticed this earlier in the week that the legion post, which has been closed for a few decades now, now has plywood over its front doors with no trespassing signs.It is not a good look for our town.
Looky here!!!!
Earlier this week, I posted about the lack of work repairing the ADA areas along Route 441 through Columbia.
The project hadn't been worked on for up to 15 days. Low and behold, the concrete was poured yesterday, so hopefully, the work will be completely shortly.
One shot, one being sought
According to a press released issued by the Columbia Police at 6:30 a.m. this morning.
Columbia Police said they received multiple calls at 10:30 p.m., last night aboiut shots being fired at 29 North Fourth St., which is the former Keystone Fire Company.
Upon their arrival, police founbd a victim laying to the rear of 20 North Fourth St. with a single gunshot wound, The victim was transported to Lancaster General Hospital.
The victim, police said, is a 20-year-old black man from Lancaster.
During the investigation, police learned there was an "after hour" party at the former firehouse and there was an altercation inside the building. Three individuals, allblack males in their late teens to early 20's were asked to leave the building. The three then went to the rear of the former fire house where one of the individuals shot the victim as he exited the backdoor and then fled the scene.
The suspects, police said, were wearing white shirts and dark pants. An early 90s Toyota Sedan, red or orange in color, is also belived to be involved in the incident.
Assisting Columbia Police are investigators from the Lancaster County District Attorney's office, West Hempfield Townbship Police and the Lancaster County Forensic Team.
Anyone with information is asked to call Columbia Police at 684-7735.
Last night, the area arond the shooting was shutdown around 10:30 into the wee hours of the morning while police investigated. In asddition to Columbia police, officers from West Hempfield, Susquehanna Regiomal and Mount Joy Borough were on the scene.
Also involved were SVEMS and the Columbia QRS as well as the Columbia No. 1 Fire Department, for lighting and washing down the area.
This morning at the scene of the shooting there were no visible signs of the incident in the area, other than a couple of water puddles in the Columbia Post Office parking lot and a light blue glove laying in the middle of the street.
A block down at the Columbia Police Department, there were numerous police vehicles and county vehicles parked. Last night, the entoire municipal building was full as investigators were questioning people and putting information together.
Stay with COLUMBIA TALK for updates.
Links to story on COLUMBIA girls' softball game
with all the excotement last night, I was unable to post anything on the Columbia girls' softball game with Annville-Cleona. Here are some links.http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/7884435254533629746/annville-cleona-clinches-lancaster-lebanon-softball-berth-with-convincing-win-over-columbia/
http://www.ldnews.com/ci_15042290?source=rss
Hope to see everyone out at Glatfelter this morning at 10 a.m.
http://www.ldnews.com/ci_15042290?source=rss
Hope to see everyone out at Glatfelter this morning at 10 a.m.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Breaking News
Lots of crooked numbers in baseball
As Phillie announcer Chris Wheeler might say on any given night, "there are a lot of crooked numbers on the scoreboard."
Such was the case Friday afternoon at Glatfelter Field as Columbia hosted Annville-Cleona in the final home game of the season.
The Little Dutchmen had innings when they scored 10 and 7 runs. The Tide put up three runs in an inning twice and five in another.
But here are some more numbers:
* The two teams combined for 33 runs.
* There were 31 hits in the game.
* There were six homers in the game.
* There were 12 walks issued by pitchers used in the game.
* There were a combined 19 strikeouts.
* There were a combined eight errors.
The final score -- Annville-Cleona 20, Columbia 13.
And all but six of the runs scored came in the final four innings.
The first three innings of Friday's three-hour marathon were calm.
A-C scored twice in the first, coming on a long home run. Columbia answered with one of their own in the bottom of the first when Michael Burke hit his fourth dinger of the year.
In the third, after Tide starter Jimmy Lee got out of a bases loaded, no out jam, the Tide broke the game open for a little.
Burke led the inning off with a single, moved to third on a double off the bat of Seth Lefever and both scored on a double off the bat of Tyler Arida. Aruda scored on a base hit off the bat of Lee.
Leading 4-2, Columbia was feeling pretty good about themselves,esppecially when they got two easy outs to start the top of the fourth.
That's when all came to a crashing end for the Tide. The next 12 A-C batters reached and by the time the inning ended, 10 runs had crossed the plate and the Little Dutchmen had a 12-3 lead. In the big inning, A-C hada a three-run homer, rippedfour singles, a double, benefitted from four walks and two Columbia errors.
But on this afternoon, this game was a long way from being over.
That's because Columbia kept the game going in the fifth.
Lefever singled and Johnny Vazquez walked. Up stepped Jake Sentz and the ball off his bat flew into the trees in leeft for a three-run bomb and it was 12-7.
The good mood in the Columbia dugout didn't last long.
That's because A-Cscoerd seven runs in the sixth, four coming on a grand slam and two more on a two-run bomb.
Now trailing 19-7, it looked as though this one would end as the result of the 10-run rule.
\WRONG.
In the bottom of the sixth, tere was a walk, three straight singles by Burke, Lefever and Arida with no outs. After two outs were record, Brandon Arnold unloaded a triple to center to plate two runs and Josh Elliot drove in another run with a double and it was 19-12 heading into the final inning.
A-C got one in the top of the seventh and in te bottom of the seventh, Burke, singled for his fourth hit of the game, swiped a couple bases and scored on Aruda's third hit of the game, but Columba could get no closer than a touchdown and extra point.
Such was the case Friday afternoon at Glatfelter Field as Columbia hosted Annville-Cleona in the final home game of the season.
The Little Dutchmen had innings when they scored 10 and 7 runs. The Tide put up three runs in an inning twice and five in another.
But here are some more numbers:
* The two teams combined for 33 runs.
* There were 31 hits in the game.
* There were six homers in the game.
* There were 12 walks issued by pitchers used in the game.
* There were a combined 19 strikeouts.
* There were a combined eight errors.
The final score -- Annville-Cleona 20, Columbia 13.
And all but six of the runs scored came in the final four innings.
The first three innings of Friday's three-hour marathon were calm.
A-C scored twice in the first, coming on a long home run. Columbia answered with one of their own in the bottom of the first when Michael Burke hit his fourth dinger of the year.
In the third, after Tide starter Jimmy Lee got out of a bases loaded, no out jam, the Tide broke the game open for a little.
Burke led the inning off with a single, moved to third on a double off the bat of Seth Lefever and both scored on a double off the bat of Tyler Arida. Aruda scored on a base hit off the bat of Lee.
Leading 4-2, Columbia was feeling pretty good about themselves,esppecially when they got two easy outs to start the top of the fourth.
That's when all came to a crashing end for the Tide. The next 12 A-C batters reached and by the time the inning ended, 10 runs had crossed the plate and the Little Dutchmen had a 12-3 lead. In the big inning, A-C hada a three-run homer, rippedfour singles, a double, benefitted from four walks and two Columbia errors.
But on this afternoon, this game was a long way from being over.
That's because Columbia kept the game going in the fifth.
Lefever singled and Johnny Vazquez walked. Up stepped Jake Sentz and the ball off his bat flew into the trees in leeft for a three-run bomb and it was 12-7.
The good mood in the Columbia dugout didn't last long.
That's because A-Cscoerd seven runs in the sixth, four coming on a grand slam and two more on a two-run bomb.
Now trailing 19-7, it looked as though this one would end as the result of the 10-run rule.
\WRONG.
In the bottom of the sixth, tere was a walk, three straight singles by Burke, Lefever and Arida with no outs. After two outs were record, Brandon Arnold unloaded a triple to center to plate two runs and Josh Elliot drove in another run with a double and it was 19-12 heading into the final inning.
A-C got one in the top of the seventh and in te bottom of the seventh, Burke, singled for his fourth hit of the game, swiped a couple bases and scored on Aruda's third hit of the game, but Columba could get no closer than a touchdown and extra point.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
District 3 changes power rating system
The PIAA District 3 committee has approved changes in its power rating system. Also, there's talk of spring football practice for high schools in Pennsylvania. Here are a couple of links.http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/-1681397185920572910/district-3-goes-with-new-power-rating-system-on-limited-basis/
http://www.rodfrisco.com/
http://www.rodfrisco.com/
When will it be finished?
Sometime this month or next month, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and its sub-contractor McMinn's Asphalt will pave Route 441 in Columbia Borough to Washington Boro. But when?
Well, a better question might when will the intersections along the project get finished and will they be finished correctly.
For some reason, PennDOT has decided to repair the street corners and make then more handicap accessible. But its not like they weren't before. They are taking our the concrete and installing the bruick handicap accessible ramps.
And the work is of very poor quality.
At one intersection, in the area of Third and Locust streets, the corner wasn't done right. Across the street, the new curbs were installed more than three weeks ago and work hasn't been done in at least 15 days according to one business owner, whose front door is almost unaccessible. Not to mention its dangerous for those walking because they now have to walk out into the streets to cross the street.
There were also reports of a tile sidewalk damaged in one area and a building damaged in another area when they were taking the old concrete out. Also, in another area when the new concrete was poured, it was splashed on a building.
Business owners have called PennDOT about the problem and are getting no where,. Hoepfully, all the work will be done soon. There's a Memorial Day Parade upcoming along with a car show and craft show. That will look really nice when thousands visit our town.
Well, a better question might when will the intersections along the project get finished and will they be finished correctly.
For some reason, PennDOT has decided to repair the street corners and make then more handicap accessible. But its not like they weren't before. They are taking our the concrete and installing the bruick handicap accessible ramps.
And the work is of very poor quality.
At one intersection, in the area of Third and Locust streets, the corner wasn't done right. Across the street, the new curbs were installed more than three weeks ago and work hasn't been done in at least 15 days according to one business owner, whose front door is almost unaccessible. Not to mention its dangerous for those walking because they now have to walk out into the streets to cross the street.
There were also reports of a tile sidewalk damaged in one area and a building damaged in another area when they were taking the old concrete out. Also, in another area when the new concrete was poured, it was splashed on a building.
Business owners have called PennDOT about the problem and are getting no where,. Hoepfully, all the work will be done soon. There's a Memorial Day Parade upcoming along with a car show and craft show. That will look really nice when thousands visit our town.
Let's take back our streets!
Is it time that true Columbians ban together and take back our town?
Here are just a few examples of the need to take our town back.
Within about the last month, there have been numerous incidents in the 400 block of Locust Street where car windows have been broken out as the result of disagreements. At least one business had a window broken out and about two weeks ago was raided by the Lancaster County Drug Task Force and is now closing.
There was a fight Wednesday night that resulted in a car being confiscated. Not sure of there were arrests.
Earlier this week, allegedly there was another brawl in the 300 block of Walnut Street.
Tuesday and Wednesday, police were called five times to the 600 block of Plane Street for multiple fights. Yesterday and last night they were in the area four times with numerous citations for simple assault, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief issued. Tuesday night, baseball bats were the weapons of choice. Last night, apparently the weapons of choice were a crow bar, pellet gun and stun gun.
Last night, one person was take n to Lancaster General Hospital. Tuesday night, emergency crews treated at least one person.
So what is going on? Well, part of the problems deal with rental units and who landlords are renting their buildings too. The other part is dealing with illegal substances.
Those problems are not new town, but it appears to be getting bad again.
It’s time we band together and take back our streets.
We need to force our displeasure to Columbia Borough Council about these problems – with the landlords, with the tenants occupying these buildings and with drugs.
We as citizens don’t want to know what the borough is planning, but what they are going to do to combat the problem and stay on them.
We need to toughen our ordinances and tell those who are violating them they are not welcome.
If we do that and continue to press upon our borough leaders and these individuals we are serious about taking back our streets, they will get the word.
I understand that eviction proceedings have started on the property in the 600 block of Plane Street. But it shouldn’t get to that point. Landlords need to take responsibility for who they rent too and not take on someone else’s problems. If they are evicted or leave another area, not only in Columbia, but other areas a swell, that should throw the red flag up.
Perhaps, the borough needs to evict the landlords as well, as many of the problem types are from out of town.
And just don’t go to one borough council meeting. Keep going and keep asking questions and keep calling police. And, don’t be afraid to testify if needed as well.
Now let’s move on to the next problem. Yes, Columbia has a problem with skateboaders. Not all those who ride boards are bad. But it is the ones who are bad that give our town a bad name and many of them are from out of town or transients.
Late last year, a skateboard park opened in Columbia at an old warehouse on Chestnut Street between Second and Third streets. It has done its job, taken skareboarders off our streets and given them a place to go. But, .there is now a problem. Twice in the last three months there have been after hours’ events held at the facility involving loud music and alcohol. Residents of the area are furious and last Saturday an after hours party was shutdown by police from Columbia and West Hempfield Township.
Again, this needs to stop and the owners of the facility should be held accountable. This is not what Columbia Borough or residents of the area want or need.
We need to get serious about taking back are town and whatever we can do to do it, it has to be done.
If not, all the good to bring people into town and projects such as the River Park expansion and Turkey Hill Experience won’t mean a hill of beans because of the problems being created by those who are only use to one way, which isn’t the COLUMBIA WAY.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Football boosters to meet
The Columbia Football Booster Club will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, at the District Administrative Center, 200 North Fifth St.Tide girls drop key game
For the Columbia girls’ softball team heading into the final four games of the regular season, the mission was simple. Win out and they make the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs for the first time in school history.
They entered the week tied with Annville-Cleona tied for second place in Section 4 – a game behind section leading Pequea Valley.
The cards seemed to be lined up for the Tide. They went through the first half of the Section 4 season unbeaten. Monday they won the first of their final four games over Lebanon Catholic. Today at Glatfelter Field, the Tide hosted Lancaster Catholic.
And now there is a bump in the road for the Tide as Lancaster Catholic scored a 3-2 win over Columbia.
The loss dropped the Tide to 10-4 in league play, a game behind Annville-Cleona, who they play on Friday and two games behind Pequea Valley, who plays A-C on Monday. (Columbia also has a non-league game at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with Reading Central Catholic in am American Cancer Society benefit).
So if the Tide beats A-C on Friday and Lancaster Mennonite on Monday and A-C falls to PV on Monday, the Tide gets second place. So, Friday is now the biggest game of the season.
Wednesday’s game can best be described as frustrating for the Tide. They left 14 runners on base, including the bases juiced in the third and fifth innings.
Here’s how it went at the dish for the Tide:
First inning – Jenna Plastino and Ashlyn Phillips walked with two outs and didn’t score.
Second inning: Columbia trailing 2-0 rallied to tie the game. Alexis Eckman led the inning off with a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and made it to third on a bunt single off the bat of Emily Groft. With two outs and Emily Detz at the dish, the Tide hurler launched a long drive to center for a triple. The next batter, Valessa Carollo walked, but the two runners were left stranded.
Third inning – Phillips led the inning off with a single and with two outs, Eckman and Kayla Lambert walked to load the sacks, but Catholic was able to get out of the inning.
Fifth inning – With one out, Allison Michener reached on a bunt hit, was sacrificed to second by Eckman. Lambert then reached on an infield hit and Brittany Germer was hit by a pitch. But Catholic got out of the jam when Groft bunted into a fielder’s choice with Michener just getting tug out at the plate.
Sixth inning – Trailing 3-2, Detz and Plastino walked and with one out, Phillips ripped a sinking liner to left, which the Catholic fielder turned into a “web gem” catching the ball before it hit the grass. Then Catholic got a huge break. Michener hit a ground ball to short, it kicked off the shortstop’s glove right to Catholic third baseman, forcing Detz at third.
Seventh inning – Eckman reached on a bunt hit and Kayla Ortman batting for Lambert was hit by a pitch. Again, luck or fate was on Catholic’s side. Catholic got a fielder’s choice grounder for a force and then ended the game with a strike out and ground ball out to pull off the upset.
As for Catholic, they took advantage of their breaks in the second inning when they took a 2-0 lead.
With one out, Catholic had a batter reach on a walk and then next batter reached on a Tide error.
They plated their two runs in the inning when a batted ball went back through the box off Detz’ glove into centerfield for a hit and two runs.
Catholic didn’t get anything else going at the dish until the fifth. Two infield hits, a sacrifice an d a single to right pushed aross the go ahead run.
They entered the week tied with Annville-Cleona tied for second place in Section 4 – a game behind section leading Pequea Valley.
The cards seemed to be lined up for the Tide. They went through the first half of the Section 4 season unbeaten. Monday they won the first of their final four games over Lebanon Catholic. Today at Glatfelter Field, the Tide hosted Lancaster Catholic.
And now there is a bump in the road for the Tide as Lancaster Catholic scored a 3-2 win over Columbia.
The loss dropped the Tide to 10-4 in league play, a game behind Annville-Cleona, who they play on Friday and two games behind Pequea Valley, who plays A-C on Monday. (Columbia also has a non-league game at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with Reading Central Catholic in am American Cancer Society benefit).
So if the Tide beats A-C on Friday and Lancaster Mennonite on Monday and A-C falls to PV on Monday, the Tide gets second place. So, Friday is now the biggest game of the season.
Wednesday’s game can best be described as frustrating for the Tide. They left 14 runners on base, including the bases juiced in the third and fifth innings.
Here’s how it went at the dish for the Tide:
First inning – Jenna Plastino and Ashlyn Phillips walked with two outs and didn’t score.
Second inning: Columbia trailing 2-0 rallied to tie the game. Alexis Eckman led the inning off with a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and made it to third on a bunt single off the bat of Emily Groft. With two outs and Emily Detz at the dish, the Tide hurler launched a long drive to center for a triple. The next batter, Valessa Carollo walked, but the two runners were left stranded.
Third inning – Phillips led the inning off with a single and with two outs, Eckman and Kayla Lambert walked to load the sacks, but Catholic was able to get out of the inning.
Fifth inning – With one out, Allison Michener reached on a bunt hit, was sacrificed to second by Eckman. Lambert then reached on an infield hit and Brittany Germer was hit by a pitch. But Catholic got out of the jam when Groft bunted into a fielder’s choice with Michener just getting tug out at the plate.
Sixth inning – Trailing 3-2, Detz and Plastino walked and with one out, Phillips ripped a sinking liner to left, which the Catholic fielder turned into a “web gem” catching the ball before it hit the grass. Then Catholic got a huge break. Michener hit a ground ball to short, it kicked off the shortstop’s glove right to Catholic third baseman, forcing Detz at third.
Seventh inning – Eckman reached on a bunt hit and Kayla Ortman batting for Lambert was hit by a pitch. Again, luck or fate was on Catholic’s side. Catholic got a fielder’s choice grounder for a force and then ended the game with a strike out and ground ball out to pull off the upset.
As for Catholic, they took advantage of their breaks in the second inning when they took a 2-0 lead.
With one out, Catholic had a batter reach on a walk and then next batter reached on a Tide error.
They plated their two runs in the inning when a batted ball went back through the box off Detz’ glove into centerfield for a hit and two runs.
Catholic didn’t get anything else going at the dish until the fifth. Two infield hits, a sacrifice an d a single to right pushed aross the go ahead run.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Hall of Fame inductees
Monday, May 3, 2010
Tide girls top Beavers
Going into Monday’s L-L League softball game with Lebanon Catholic, there were two concerns.
First, all the Tide had to do was win their final four league games and they would earn the school’s first league playoff berth.
Second, would there be any letdown by the Tide girls following Friday’s 5-4 loss to Pequea Valley.
Well, on the first point, the Tide girls knocked down the Lady Beavers, 8-2, to keep those league playoff hopes alive.
As for the second point, the letdown lasted until the sixth inning when the Tide finally broke the game open with five runs.
The Tide will host Lancaster Catholic on Wednesday, then travel to Annville-Cleona on Friday before closing out the week with a 10 a.m. Saturday non-league American Cancer Society benefit game with Reading Central Catholic. Columbia will close the regular season on Monday at home with Lancaster Mennonite.
The Tide jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the first inning on a trio of hits by Emily Detz, Vallesa Carollo and Jenna Plastino. However, the Tide left two stranded.
Detz was in the circle for the Tide and was in control until the fourth. The Beavers scored a run with two outs on a single and double. But Detz buckled down and got one of her 15 strikeouts to end the threat. It was the first hits of the game for LC.
Columbia got two more runs in their half of the fourth. Alexis Eckman led off with a bunt single and moved to third when Brittany Germer reached on an error by Lebanon Catholic. Eckman scored when pinch-hitter Sara Burke laid down a perfect bunt and Germer scored on a wild pitch.
The Tide was now ahead 3-1, but the Beavers did not go away, pulling within 3-2 with a single tally in the sixth.
That’s also when the Tide put this one away.
Germer started the inning with a double, Kayla Lambert reached on an error and Emily Groft drove in the second run of the inning with a single. After Detz walked to load the sacks, Plastino and Allison Michener singled to score three more to end any hopes of a Lebanon Catholic win.
First, all the Tide had to do was win their final four league games and they would earn the school’s first league playoff berth.
Second, would there be any letdown by the Tide girls following Friday’s 5-4 loss to Pequea Valley.
Well, on the first point, the Tide girls knocked down the Lady Beavers, 8-2, to keep those league playoff hopes alive.
As for the second point, the letdown lasted until the sixth inning when the Tide finally broke the game open with five runs.
The Tide will host Lancaster Catholic on Wednesday, then travel to Annville-Cleona on Friday before closing out the week with a 10 a.m. Saturday non-league American Cancer Society benefit game with Reading Central Catholic. Columbia will close the regular season on Monday at home with Lancaster Mennonite.
The Tide jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the first inning on a trio of hits by Emily Detz, Vallesa Carollo and Jenna Plastino. However, the Tide left two stranded.
Detz was in the circle for the Tide and was in control until the fourth. The Beavers scored a run with two outs on a single and double. But Detz buckled down and got one of her 15 strikeouts to end the threat. It was the first hits of the game for LC.
Columbia got two more runs in their half of the fourth. Alexis Eckman led off with a bunt single and moved to third when Brittany Germer reached on an error by Lebanon Catholic. Eckman scored when pinch-hitter Sara Burke laid down a perfect bunt and Germer scored on a wild pitch.
The Tide was now ahead 3-1, but the Beavers did not go away, pulling within 3-2 with a single tally in the sixth.
That’s also when the Tide put this one away.
Germer started the inning with a double, Kayla Lambert reached on an error and Emily Groft drove in the second run of the inning with a single. After Detz walked to load the sacks, Plastino and Allison Michener singled to score three more to end any hopes of a Lebanon Catholic win.
Baseball team says thanks
The Columbia Baseball Booster c\Club and Coaches would like to thank the Community for your support on Sunday, April 18 Chicken Barbeque and Saturday, May 1.
Our boys did their first town canvas for the Baseball team.We do not have any programs to post our patrons names, so I hope this message reaches you all.
Again thank you for your support!!!
Columbia Baseball Booster C;lub
Josie, Michele and Angie
Coach Peterson and Coach Redman
Coach Plastino and Coach Grove
Our boys did their first town canvas for the Baseball team.We do not have any programs to post our patrons names, so I hope this message reaches you all.
Again thank you for your support!!!
Columbia Baseball Booster C;lub
Josie, Michele and Angie
Coach Peterson and Coach Redman
Coach Plastino and Coach Grove
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