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SPORTS WEEKLY
Volume 2 Issue 30 - Wednesday, August 3, 2022
CECIL COUNTY
FUN FOR ALL AGES AT THE CECIL COUNTY FAIR
YOUR #1 SOURCE FOR CECIL COUNTY SPORTS COVERAGE
FAIR HILL - There truly is something for everyone at the Cecil County Fair. The 9-day event draws over 75,000 people each year from across the Tri-State Region and beyond to witness three nights of the popular Demolition Derby, a professionally-sanctioned
rodeo and tractor pulls. This year saw the first Power Wheels Derby for kids which filled up immediately when registration began. The midway is a popular spot for teens and children of all ages with carnival rides and midway games to win prizes.
The local 4-H youth compete in numerous events and show livestock they have raised as projects to auction off. After the tears have dried from parting with their projects they start looking forward to next year and the next animals they will care for to show at the next
Fair.
The food vendors serve up everything from deep fried Oreos to pit beef and pit ham sandwiches with many Cecil Restaurants coming out to the Fair as food vendors.
KIDS CRASH DEMO DERBY PARTY Lightning Strikes in Salilsbury at USSSA Eastern Nationals Championship
See our Power Wheels Derby Gallery on Page 7 from the Cecil County Fair
SALISBURY, MD - The Churchville Lightning 18U squad ran through the field at the 18U USSSA Eastern Nationals winning 8 straight games enroute to claiming championship honors. The Lady Bolts claimed the program's 13th National or World Series Championship in impressive fashion as they won the championship game 13-0 over the East Coast Elite. The Lightning started the event with 3 pool play victories as the team claimed top seed from their PHOTOS BY SCOTT SERIO Pool. Ironically, the double elimination bracket had the Lightning slotted in the top spot and the team was posed to battle down the ladder of the bracket. In the opening round game of double elimination, the Lightning squared off against the East Coast Elite (ECE). The Elite jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to a 2-run homer in the top of the first off of Lightning starter Alesia Doctor. But after that big fly, Doctor stymied the ECE bats for the balance of the game in order to give her Lightning teammates time to
rally. And rally they did. Mikayla Bryant walked to lead off and raced home when Tai Turner’s base hit to left eluded the left fielder and Bryant raced home on the outfield miscue. The Lady Bolts tied the score in the third, when Maddie Buher walked with the based loaded. But after the 3rd inning, a pitcher’s duel ensued and continued into the final frame. Savannah Reedy led off with an infield single and moved to second base on another Buher base-on-balls. Alexis Trzeciak stepped to the plate and laced an opposite field single to left field to plate Reedy and the Lightning advanced to the second round. Waiting in round 2 was the NJ Mystics Premier. The Mystics were runner’s up at the 2021 event and the contest was highly anticipated. The Lightning jumped on top early as Mikayla Bryant and Jessica Bouthet hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game. The Lightning got 3 more runs in the second inning as Continued on A-2