Florence Y’alls Manager Brian White described the culture in the club house as positive despite the adversity the team is facing. The Y’alls losing streak hit double-digits at 10 in a row after the Lake Erie Crushers (21-27 overall) completed a three-game sweep of the Y’alls (17-30) with a 4-0 shutout at Thomas More Stadium […]
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Two big innings doom Y’alls in latest defeat to Crushers
The Florence Y’alls (17-29) put up some nice offensive numbers in the Frontier League game against the Lake Erie Crushers (20-27) on Wednesday. But two big innings from the Crushers pushed the Y’alls to their ninth straight loss at Thomas More Stadium. Lake Erie put up five runs in both the first and fourth innings […]
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Florence unable to close out game in 9th inning in loss to Lake Erie
The Florence Y’alls headed to the top of the ninth needing three outs to end their losing streak. But Florence (17-28 overall) could not close the door, falling 4-3 to the Lake Erie Crushers from Avon (Ohio) in front of 1,740 strong. The Y’alls have dropped eight in a row including six one-run games. Designated […]
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Florence losing skid stands at seven following more road losses
The Y’alls hope the trip back to Florence provides some quick relief from the current losing streak. Florence fell back to 10 games below .500 at 17-27 overall after the Schaumburg (Illinois) Boomers (23-21) completed the four-game sweep on Monday. Florence is half a game back of the Lake Erie Crushers (18-27) in the bottom […]
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Florence drops two one-run games in series against Schaumburg
The Florence Y’alls (17-25) have been in four one-run games out of five in this current road trip. The Y’alls dropped two more on Friday and Saturday against the Schaumburg Boomers (21-21) in Frontier League West Division play. Florence is 13-15 in division play. Florence dropped a 2-1 game Friday. Both teams had 31 at-bats […]
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Joshua takes over Newport Central Catholic girls soccer program
Newport Central Catholic just announced the hiring of Ray Joshua as the new head coach of the Thoroughbreds girls soccer team. He takes over for Hillary Johnson, who took the same position at Simon Kenton. Johnson took her three assistants with her. “I think it’s a great opportunity,” Joshua said. “I enjoy the game and […]
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Florence unable to pick up wins in series against Washington
The Florence Y’alls ventured to Washington (Pennsylvania) to start the six-game road trip hoping to make up some ground in the Frontier League West Division against the division-leading Wild Things. Florence (17-23) came within a run twice, but could not pull off a win losing all three games to Washington (28-14). The sweep drops Florence […]
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Florence wins fifth straight series convincingly
The Florence Y’alls needed a win Sunday in the series finale against the Gateway (Illinois) Grizzlies to claim its fifth consecutive series victory. They got it. Florence (17-20 overall) put another double-digit mark in the runs column pulling away from Gateway for a 15-6 Frontier League West Division victory. The Y’alls have won 10 of […]
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Florence splits first two of home series against Gateway
The Florence Y’alls (16-20 overall) have put themselves in position to win a fifth straight series splitting the first two games of the three-game home series against the Gateway (Illinois) Grizzlies. Florence exploded for a 14-2 win on Friday at Thomas More Stadium. The Y’alls had eighteen hits while holding Gateway to only three. Left […]
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Longtime Campbell County head wrestling coach retiring
Mike Bankemper has been on the staff of the Campbell County Camels wrestling team for 42 years. He is retiring from his role as head coach after 40 years. It is his third retirement in thirteen years. Bankemper retired from teaching in 2009 and retired as cross country coach in 2014. The 63-year old graduated […]
