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New Jersey takes second semifinal at BRWS

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – Atlantic Shore, New Jersey, made a statement by beating Tallahassee-Leon, Florida, 9-4 in pool play Wednesday to claim the National Division’s No. 1 seed at the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series. That victory earned them a bye through Thursday’s ...

Hawaii, Florida take final games of pool play

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Mililani, Hawaii, completed a perfect 4-0 run through pool play with a 13-3 six-inning, mercy-rule victory over Westfield, Massachusetts, in Game 21 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Thursday morning at Diethrick Park. The Pacific Southwest Region champions ...

Upon further review, Bok has company

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Upon further review, Karlie Bok has company. The teenager from Woodlands, Washington was believed to be the first girl to play in a Babe Ruth World Series in Jamestown when the Pacific Northwest Regional champions stepped on the field at Diethrick Park for the first ...

WEST MIDDLESEX — Kate Shippee paced the Warren girls golf team with a ninth-place finish out of 32 players at the Hickory Hornet Invitational held at Oak Tree Country Club on Wednesday, as well as a sixth-place finish out of 55 contestants on Thursday at the Warren Dragon Girls Invitational held at Cable Hollow Golf Course. "Kate has had a very good start to the season and has been striking the ball very solid with four top-10 finishes in a row the last two weeks,” reported Warren girls coach Scott Pearson. “I see her gaining confidence in her shot selection and is always ...

Moving day at Diethrick

Janesville, Wisconsin, trailed for most of Thursday’s first quarterfinal at the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series. The Ohio Valley Region champions made up for it late. Wisconsin used a pair of bunts to plate the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning en route to a 7-6 win over ...

Skenes has fallen back to earth in 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes insists he has had stretches during his still-burgeoning career when he has had to grit his teeth and grind through it. The problem is, it rarely seemed like it. Spending two seasons doing things few pitchers in the history of the game have done — as Skenes did while winning NL Rookie of the Year in 2024 and the NL Cy Young in 2025 with a dazzling arsenal that was frequently unhittable — has a way of raising expectations. Maybe unfairly so to someone only a few months removed from his 24th birthday. The towering and remarkably mature right-hander ...