League News

LSTAA Mourns the Passing of Umpire Wayne Jewel

Fri Dec 2, 2016 -

Every once in a while you meet a special person in life and Wayne Jewel was one of those individuals. Wayne dedicated over 40 years to youth baseball and was the face of the Hershey Area Umpires Association (HAUA) which officiates our youth baseball and teener baseball games. LSTAA was shocked by the news today of his passing. Wayne's presence on the baseball fields will be sorely missed and LSTAA would like to extend its heartfelt condolences to his wife Jean and the entire Jewel family. Godspeed Wayn

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At last evening's association meeting, LSTAA members elected its 2016 officers for the upcoming season. The following were selected to lead LSTAA for the next year: President -- Jason Wagner Vice President-Baseball -- Jeff Lawrence Vice President-Softba

Fri Dec 2, 2016 -

Many people look to buy their young baseball player a new bat for Christmas. While we don't expect you to do that before playing with us this spring, we wanted to provide this information to you as a suggested guide if you're looking to put a bat under the tree this year. This chart gives you the right size to look for given your player's height and weight. Happy Holidays to you from LSTAA. Bat-Length-Chart

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Township Makes Improvements to Woodridge Field

Fri Dec 2, 2016 -

Woodridge Baseball Field received a facelift this week as the township park and recreation crew installed new clay bricks underneath the batter's box as well as rebuilt the pitching mound. These clay bricks were previously installed at the Memorial Teener Field last year. Adding clay bricks to the base of the heaviest worn parts of the field will not only help preserve the playing surfaces from normal wear and tare and erosion, but enhance safety as well. LSTAA is partnering with the township to install

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LSTAA Thanks Ben Hall

Fri Dec 2, 2016 -

Ben Hall served LSTAA for the past 13 years as a father, coach and softball vice president. Today we salute him and his years of service to LSTAA has he "hangs up his cleats" and moves on to another chapter of his life. Ben Hall has served the entire Lower Swatara community most recently as the LSTAA Vice President for Softball but also as the past President of the Suburban Girls Softball League. Throughout his tenure he coached and helped mold hundreds of girls in our community into young women as they

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LSTAA Remembers on this Day

Fri Dec 2, 2016 -

LSTAA pauses today to remember those that were tragically killed on this day 14 years ago. Baseball was such a huge part is helping our nation heal.

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2015 LPWH All Stars

Fri Dec 2, 2016 -

Congratulations on these four boys from LSTAA who were selected to this year’s LPWH All Star Teams. Best of luck in your upcoming All Star Tournaments: Tim Wagner Nate Kinsey Ray Truntz Michael Tuffy

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