Thu. Mar 28th, 2024

Gardners Candies won both cycles of the Tyrone Youth Baseball Major League’s 2008 split-cycle season, clinching the TYBA Major League championship. With the crown, Gardners also wins the automatic bid to the Dean Patterson Little World Series to be held at Logan Township at the end of this month. The team went 13-3 for the year, losing only to the Hookies team for all of their losses. First row (left to right): “Baby Z” Soellner, Drew Hunter, Blake Brooks, Silas Crawford, and Mikayla Ewing. Second row: D.J. Wunder, Freedom Sprankle, Collin Gardner, Drew Albright, Nathaniel Soellner and Tristan Lingafelt. Back row: Coach Ray Brooks, Coach Jeremy Hunter and Manager Kevin Soellner. (The Daily Herald/Courtesy Photo)

By Rick