Between being gone for two weeks, covering the U.S. Women’s Open and working on various other smaller projects, I wasn’t sure how much material I’d have for my third annual “Children of Summer” blog post. Nevertheless, I decided I’d share whatever I had by the time most schools in York County started.
Then I was assigned to cover a local team‘s appearance in the Little League World Series. And they won. And they won again. And then they lost, in the very end. Their incredible run delayed this blog post by a few weeks but also provided even more photos, which appear toward the end.
Now even the Red Land Little League players — U.S. champions and all — are back in school, so it’s time to share “Children of Summer”:
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Aeyla Haddaway, 2 of Glen Rock, dances under the eye of her mother Jade Garcia at the drum circle at Spoutwood Farm’s 24th annual Fairie Festival on Saturday, May 2, 2015, in Codorus Township. The three-day festival, held every year around May Day and attended by over 15,000 visitors, celebrates the coming of spring and features a may pole, art, music, vendors and family-friendly activities. The event benefits Spoutwood Farm’s CSA program and the farm itself.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Camp Cann-Edi-On camper Daniel Taylor, 8, floats with the aid of a pool noodle at the YWCA’s summer program on Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Conewago Township. The camp, which is cradled by a curve in the Conewago Creek, has put a halt to kayaking and swimming and the creek and to using its well water, resulting in campers’ drinking bottled water after nitrates and other contaminants were released into the Conewago Creek in Adams County after a fertilizer business caught fire on June 8. The contamination has killed fish in Adams County. Although nitrates are not toxic to humans, officials have placed restrictions against swimming, boating or fishing downstream from the Hanover area through Adams and York counties.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Briana Hayes, 7 of York, center, plays on a new splash pad at Penn Park on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, before a dedication ceremony. Years-long efforts to update the park, which is the city’s second-largest and oldest green space, have culminated in two new playscapes and a splash pad.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Isla Moran, 2 of Reading, eyes the driver seat of Pennsylvania Posse driver J.J. Grasso of Middletown, Del., on Friday, July 24, 2015, during the first night of Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg. The event, pitting the Pennsylvania Posse against the World of Outlaws, featured 39 drivers.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Da’zya People, 5 of York City, inflates her balloon while waiting in line for a drawstring backpack during National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in the 200 block of East College Street in York City. Various municipalities and police departments in York County teamed up to host National Night Out, an annual, nationwide event designed to strengthen relationships between communities and police. York City, the York City Police Department and other community and religious groups hosted 27 National Night Out block parties throughout the city.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Madison Witman, 7, and her brother Aiden Horn, 4, chase their cousin Caleb Horn, 2, up a hill on July 3, 2015, in Red Lion before the borough’s annual fireworks show.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Hank Maul of Springettsbury Township, right, holds a rainbow flag steady as his grandson Connor Hassa, 4, plays with it in the Bond Building during Equality Fest on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. The second annual Equality Fest, held in the 100 block of East King Street in York, featured a vow renewal ceremony and a wedding expo in the Bond Building, as well as music, crafts, food and games. The festival, which was inspired last year by the legalization of gay marriage in Pennsylvania, is designed to celebrate the diversity of Pennsylvania and York residents.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Lynn Lemon-Witmer of Dover Township holds her 2-year-old daughter Grace Witmer’s hand as they and others walk down the stairs for the naturalization ceremony at the York County Administrative Center on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Thirty-four people representing 23 countries took oaths to become naturalized citizens. Lemon-Witmer is originally from South Africa.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Jeremiah Markline, right, gives his 3-year-old son J’maani a bite of cupcake during National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in the 200 block of East College Street in York City. Various municipalities and police departments in York County teamed up to host National Night Out, an annual, nationwide event designed to strengthen relationships between communities and police. York City, the York City Police Department and other community and religious groups hosted 27 National Night Out block parties throughout the city.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. York Revolution pitcher Stephen Penney relaxes in the dugout with York City Little League players before managing them in a Wiffle ball game on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Santander Stadium. York mayor Kim Bracey managed a team of community leaders against a York City Little League team for two innings of Wiffle ball before the York Revolution’s game against Somerset.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Ashlynn Simpson, 4 of Newberry Township, wears a Red Land Little League T-shirt as she eats ice cream with her brother Braydon, 6, and Ford Griffith, 7, far right, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at Reeser’s Soft Ice Cream in Newberry Township. Local businesses, including Reeser’s, have been showing their support for the Red Land Little League team’s appearance in the Little League World Series by donating some proceeds from special promotions to the team.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Land centerfielder Dylan Rodenhaber, far left, glances back during the singing of the national anthem Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, before a Little League World Series game against Pearland, Texas, at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. Red Land, representing the Mid-Atlantic region, defeated Pearland of the Southwest region 3-0 to advance to the U.S. championship game Saturday.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Land relief pitcher Jaden Henline, center, is greeted by teammates Dylan Rodenhaber, left, and Cole Wagner, right, after defeating Pearland Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in a Little League World Series game at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. Red Land, representing the Mid-Atlantic region, defeated Pearland of the Southwest region 3-0 to advance to the U.S. championship game Saturday.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Japan’s Koki Jo, center, waves to his team’s parent section in the stands after he batted in the winning run Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, after the Little League World Series international championship game featuring Tokyo Kitasuna Little League of Japan and Seguro Social Little League of Mexico, in South Williamsport. Japan defeated Mexico 1-0 in a walk-off victory in extra innings to move on to the world championship game against Red Land Little League of Pennsylvania.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Land’s Braden Kolmansberger reacts after scoring the winning run on Chayton Krauss’s hit in the sixth inning Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, during the Little League World Series U.S. championship game featuring Red Land Little League of Pennsylvania and Pearland West Little League of Texas, in South Williamsport. Red Land defeated Pearland 3-2 in a walk-off victory to move on to the world championship game against Tokyo Kitasuna of Japan.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Red Land’s Adam Cramer, center, yells in the outfield Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, after the Little League World Series U.S. championship game featuring Red Land Little League of Pennsylvania and Pearland West Little League of Texas, in South Williamsport. Red Land defeated Pearland 3-2 in a walk-off victory to move on to the world championship game against Tokyo Kitasuna of Japan.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Members of the Tokyo Kitasuna Little League team of Japan and Red Land Little League players, including Bailey Wirt, center, wish each other luck in their games outside Lamade Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, before the Little League World Series U.S. championship game featuring Red Land, Pa., and Pearland, Texas, in South Williamsport.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. From left, Red Land Little League’s Dylan Rodenhaber, Jake Cubbler, Braden Kolmansberger and Jarrett Wisman goof around playing hot potato before their hometown parade celebration Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at the Newberry Baseball Complex in Newberry Township. One week after Red Land won the Little League World Series U.S. championship, local municipalities and businesses teamed up to organize a hometown celebration.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. From left, York YMCA Early Learning Center pre-schoolers Asante Gonzalez, Janae Smith-Lemiso, Kevin Armentilla, Samya Crampton, Camila Toban and Julius Little, all 3 years old, participate in breathing exercises Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at the York YMCA on North Newberry Street. The Pennsylvania Alliance of YMCA is celebrating local branches’ work with an “Advocacy Week,” during which the York branch invited local officials to spend time with the 40 children in the Early Learning Center.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Helen Thackston Charter School sixth-grade math teacher Craig Fish directs Qu’Tez Matai-Weedon, 11, to indicate on the whiteboard how much he loves math Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, during the school’s open house event. After an audit by state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale criticized the school for problems with accountability, transparency and other mismanagement, school officials worked to overhaul staffing and other areas that needed attention.
© 2015 by The York Daily Record/Sunday News. From left, Morgan Srebro, 6 of Manchester Township, and sisters Autumn Vanover, 10, and Brook Vanover, 4, of Red Lion, play together at Springettsbury Township Park on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. School for most York County children resumes in mid-August.
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