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Thur mont Little Lea gue
Goes Further Than Ever Before
James Rada, Jr.
Photo Courtesy of LiSPN.com
From the size of the crowd that winning ways further post season
lined the streets of Thurmont to see than any other Thurmont Little
the Thurmont Little League team League team has since 2005, when
pass by, you might have thought the team finished third in the
the team won the Little League regionals. The team went 3-2 in the
World Series, rather than finishing regional tournament, but lost 8-3 in
as runner up at the Mid-Atlantic the championship to the team from
Regional Tournament in Bristol, Holbrook, New Jersey.
Connecticut. It didn’t matter. These “These boys are competitors,”
boys were hometown heroes and said Coach Ed Lowry. “We lost
Thurmont loved them. our very first game out of the gate
“It was awesome to see the whole in the Mid-Atlantic tournament.
town come out,” recalled Donovan Every game from that point forward
Baker, who played right field for the was an elimination game. Win or
team. “Even though we lost, we still go home. These boys managed
felt like town heroes.” to win three games in a row, and
The team finished its best season send three different states home #54 Will Gisriel, #33 Braden Bell, #4 Griffin Puvel, #13 Donovan Baker, #35 D.J. Shipton, #7 Connor
ever, going 11-2 and taking their …Story continued on page 28 Crum, #21 Joe McMannis, #23 Braden Manning, #3 Josh Skowronski, #34 E.J. Lowry, #17 Logan Simanski,
and #77 Peyton Castellow; Manager Tim Castellow; Coaches Chris Skowronski and Ed Lowry.
Local Auto Shop Owner
Debuts on Discovery Channel
Deb Abraham Spalding
“Russell is the muscle, and Chris Long Island, New York. Chris and is project manager for shop the finished look of each project.
is the hustle!” That was the mantra Russell are co-hosts to Richard renovation and construction, and These auto garages need help with
in the promotional commercials for Rawlings on this series, during Chris evaluates marketing and … Story continued on page 11
the premiere of the new Discovery which, the trio visits nine struggling
Channel television reality series, auto repair garages around the
Garage Rehab with Richard country, invests money in them,
Rawlings that debuted August 30, and helps the owners rehab their
2017, at 10:00 p.m. The reference businesses for success.
to Chris in the commercial is Chris Rawlings is known for his
Stephens, co-owner of Eurotech Gas Monkey Garage and the
Classics, a vintage European auto Discovery Channel’s hit show, Fast
shop on Putman Road in Thurmont. and Loud. He lends his business
Russell is Russell Homes, a savvy and marketing guru ideas Photo by Deb Abraham Spalding
construction project manager from to each project. Russell Homes
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