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The Maxwell young Cubbies honor their Moms during the Mother's Day Extravaganza Saturday as they hosted the West Hempfield Pirates.  The Cubs went on to pile up 21 runs against their West Hempfield rival as the boys put on a tremendous offensive display for the Mothers in a 21 - 5 triumph improving their record to 5 wins and 1 loss.

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The Maxwell Spartans 8U Metro team have a modest 3-game winning streak with their Wednesday sweep of Cranberry Township

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Maxwell Cubs / Mean Machine hang out with the Richmond Spiders during break from their Spring Training workouts in Virginia.  

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2016 Fall Ball Champs - Maxwell Mean Machine 14 wins 0 losses

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Remember to check out all the latest stats and box scores for you favorite Mean Machine players by clicking on Roster / Stats and Results / Box Scores tabs under the menu.

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Mean Machine Pay Tribute Before 9/11 Game 

Maxwell and Central Hempfield put on display their respects, appreciation and admiration for all that encompassed the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on our country.   The Mean Machine promptly followed up their tribute with a 13 -4 triumph improving their season record to an unblemished 4 wins and 0 losses.  An explosive offense (65 runs in 4 games) combined with solid defense have been the recipe for their amazing early season success.

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Mean Machine Batting Leaders

BATTING AVERAGE

1. Angelo DePalma                     .946

2. Jacob Pritts                             .892

3. Noah Kuhns                            .871

4. Sam Wood                              .811

5. Preston Bach                          .771

RUNS

1. Jacob Pritts                              27

2. Angelo DePalma                      26

3. Sam Wood                               26

4. Brayden Bookshar                   25

5.  Noah Kuhns                            19

RBIs

1. Angelo DePalma                    40

2. Sam Wood                             20

3. Noah Kuhns                           19

4. Preston Bach                         18

5. Jacob Buchholz                     16

TRIPLES

1. Jacob Pritts                             1

1. Sam Wood                              1

1. Angelo DePalma                     1

DOUBLES

1. Angelo DePalma                    15

2. Sam Wood                              8

2. Jacob Pritts                             8

4. Brayden Bookshar                  7

5. Preston Bach                          5

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YANKEES BATTING LEADERS

BATTING AVERAGE    

1. Angelo DePalma                                   .877

2. Brock Heisler                                        .838

3. Lucas Harshman                                  .797

4. Andrew Bentz                                       .794

5. Owen Buchholz                                    .694

RBI's

1. Angelo DePalma                                   67

2. Brock Heisler                                         61

3. Andrew Bentz                                        20

4. Lucas Harshman                                   19

5. Owen Buchholz                                     18

Runs

1. Lucas Harshman                                     44

2. Brock Heisler                                           43

3. Andrew Bentz                                          39

4. Angelo DePalma                                     33

5. Owen Buchholz                                       19

Hits

1. Angelo DePalma                                     64

2. Brock Heisler                                          57

3. Andrew Bentz                                         54

4. Lucas Harshman                                    51

5. Owen Buchholz                                      34

Home Runs

1.  Brock Heisler                                         6

Triples

1.  Brock Heisler                                       2

2.  Lucas Harshman                                1

Doubles

1. Brock Heisler                                             20

2. Lucas Harshman                                       17

3. Angelo DePalma                                       16

4. Andrew Bentz                                             7

5. Mason Hunter                                             5

(Final regular season statistics - 17 games)

First Graders Grant Carr and Angelo DePalma put on display their baseball skills as they represent the promising youth of Maxwell at PNC Park during the Pirates Play Ball extravaganza.

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The Maxwell Yankees showed their appreciation and admiration for the Westmoreland County gold medal winning Special Olympic basketball team in pregame ceremonies during opening day.  Several Westmoreland Wolverines were on hand to throw out the ceremonious first pitches as our young Yankee ballplayers presented them with game balls and wished them well as they set their sights on another gold medal at the Regional Special Olympics at Carnegie Mellon.