Eric Epler

Sports writer at PennLive/The Patriot-News, cheese wheel racer, award winning podcaster, multiple APSE/Keystone winner, handicapper. I met David Hasselhoff

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https://t.co/vtz9FWGmkS Quarterfinal sites/times updated @Pa_Preps

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https://t.co/ELdgVhsCXq @CASDAthletics

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Chambersburg skipper Scott Folmar is marked man after Trojans beat Downingtown West 5-0 Monday, securing first PIAA win since 2004. @CASDAthletics @pa_preps

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PIAA 6A Base Final: @CASDAthletics 5, Downingtown West 0. Trojans back in action Thursday vs. Butler in quarterfinals. LHP Hayden Lyons comes in and collects final out via strikeout. @Pa_Preps

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OK, Chambersburg in the field in Top 5. Trojans lead Downingtown West 5-0. RHP Mills will be done likely after Whippets lead-off hitter. At 103 pitches

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PIAA 4A Base: Mid Valley 7, East Pennsboro 6 ... Spartans rally for 3 runs in bottom of the seventh for walk-off. District 2 champs to Thursday's quarterfinals. @Pa_Preps

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Whippets get first two guys on Top 6, but Mills, approaching 100 pitches, retires three straight to preserve Chambersburg's 5-0 cushion. @Pa_Preps

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RBI double from Braedyn Danner has pulled Lower Dauphin even with Pittston Area, 4-4, in Top 6. Seconds later, Max Hoopes drives in 2 with a single to center. @Pa_Preps

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PIAA 3A Base: Trinity 15, Philadelphia Academy Charter 0 -- Final. Shamrocks will play ND-Green Pond/Mifflinburg winner in Thursday quarterfinal. @Pa_Preps

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Bonner gets Chambersburg 1-2-3 in the home half of the 5th. Trojans lead Downingtown West 5-0. @Pa_Preps

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Chambersburg still leads Downingtown West 5-0 through 4 1/2 innings. @Pa_Preps

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5A Base: Greencastle-Antrim closes out Upper Perk 2-1. Zane Saeger cracked a one-hit triple in the last of the 7th but Blue Devils' reliever Cam Rakaczewski retires next two to send G-A to quarterfinals. @Pa_Preps

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Chambersburg's Mills back tothe mound to start the 5th inning at Greene Township Park. Righty has only allowed two hits so far. @Pa_Preps

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PIAA Base final: Butler 2, Mifflin County 1. Butler will play winner here -- Chambersburg or Downingtown West -- in Thursday's quarterfinal round. @Pa_Preps

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Downingtown West loads the bases in T4 but Mills rolls a 6-4-3 grounder to end the threat with no harm. Trojans retain 5-0 lead over the Whippets. @Pa_Preps

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Another Chambersburg run has cross after Konner McMullen ripped a single to right in bottom half of the third. 5-0 Trojans up on Downingtown West. @Pa_Preps

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MPC baseball update:
6A: Mifflin County 1, Butler 1 (Bot 6)
5A: Greencastle-Antrim 2, Upper Perkiomen 0 (Top 6)
Lower Dauphin 3, Pittston Area 3 (Bot 3)
4A: East Pennsboro 3, Mid Valley 2 (Top 5)
Boiling Springs 8, Conwell-Egan (Final)
3A: Trinity 10, Phila. Acad. Charter 0 (T3)

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After 2 1/2 innings, Chambersburg leads Downingtown West 4-0. Winner of this PIAA 6A baseball opener gets Mifflin County-Butler winner in quarters. The Huskies are knotted 1-1 with Butler in Top 6. Golden Tornadoes are threatening. @Pa_Preps

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After Aaron Vasquez connects on an RBI single to right, Ryne Mills gives Chambersburg a 4-0 lead on Downingtown West with this sharp 2-run poke up the middle. @pa_preps

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Chambersburg strikes first. B2: Brycen Murray slaps single to left, advances on Bryce Deneen sac bunt, and scored on Aiden Appleby's smoked BI double to right. @Pa_Preps