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By Dale Lolley For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com It’s hard to express the disappointment involved in Washington County not keeping the Pony League World Series championship at home this week. No, not disappointment in the players, manager JP Przybylinski and his ...

About an hour after the final out of the Pony League World Series, the players from the Washington County team were still milling around on the field. They were sharing hugs, handshakes and some tears, seemingly trying to soak up every last moment they could before the lights went out ...

Washington County led by three runs entering the bottom of the fifth inning and with a raucous crowd at Lew Hays Pony Field behind them, it felt like the stage was set for a history-making night. But in the bottom of the fifth, a couple of errors opened the door and Chinese Taipei ...

Coming into the Pony League World Series, Washington County manager John Przybylinski said his team’s strengths would be pitching and defense. Turns out they can hit too. And for power, nonetheless. Washington County put up double-digits on the scoreboard for the third straight game, and ...

Sometimes the best-designed plans can go awry as quickly as the first inning and a drastic change must be made. That’s what happened with the Bay County, Mich., team in the Pony League World Series on Monday afternoon. Bay County never planned to pitch Brody Kuhn. The righthander was ...

It may have been the most impactful one-pitch appearance in Pony League World Series history. Braxten Thompson pinch-hit for Washington County with the bases loaded in the top of the fourth inning and sent the first pitch he saw over the left-field fence for a grand slam. It broke the game ...