
On This Date (July 2, 1996): Tamaqua tops SH – tnonline.com

Published July 02. 2020 12:15PM
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Since May of 1999, the Times News Sports Department has featured an On This Date practically every day, highlighting an event that happened in the past. With the coronavirus putting a halt to sports locally and nationally, the On This Dates have been expanded to the stories that actually ran in the next day’s newspaper. Today’s On This Date story is from July 2, 1996).
By Joe Plasko
TIMES NEWS Staff
Tamaqua knew it couldn’t take its District 18 Little League 11-12 year-old opener at Summit Hill for granted.
The Hillers handed Tamaqua an opening loss a year ago, and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in Tuesday’s first round clash.