Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 129, Number 27, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 July 2006 — Page 4

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• Advance News • Thursday, July 6, 2006

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The Pirates’ Ashley Myers takes a cut in the Minor League game.

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Mets pitcher Nick Graber fires one in to catcher- Zach Feece during Major League championship action last Thursday at Stauffer Park.

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Nappanee Little League organizer Mike Wagner loads the ball into the pitching machine, while the Pirates’ Katelyn Mishler watches.

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Nappanee Little League President* Bruce Ostrowski hands tie Diamondbacks' Justin Miller his first place trophy.

Little League Championships

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Diamondbacks coach Kip Diemer speaks with this team during the sixth inning of the Major League championship game.

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The Diamondbacks’ Nate Wagner fires one to home plate.

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The Phißes’ Matthew Shorter makes contact.

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Cody Anglemeyer waits on deck while his Mets teammate Alec Chapman takes a cut at the plate. The Mets made a valiant 6th inning comeback against the Diamondbacks, but came up short, los-

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The Phillies’ Trenton Bowers races down the first base line, while the Pirates’ Corbin Johnson looks to get him out.

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The Pirates’ Marcus Hershberger crosses home plate, while Phillies catcher Travis Miller can only watch.

ing 3-2. Earlier in the day at Stauffer Park, the Pirates claimed the Minor League Championship, defeating the Phillies 8-4.

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The Diamondbacks’ Kyle Dijkstra stops at third base, while the Mets’ Bryce Hershberger watches for the bad.

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The Mets’ Cody Anglemeyer scores one of his team’s two runs in the Major League championship game. Unfortunately for Shorter and his teammates, the Diamondbacks scored one more run in the game, winning 3-2.