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Dave Byrne

@dbyrneman

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Hall-of-Fame wrestling writer. Fan of English Springer Spaniels. Designated a National Treasure by the late, great Frederick H. 'Chip' Smedley III.

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@dbyrneman
Dave Byrne
4 years
... I treasure every relationship I’ve made over the years and do not regret one candle I burned at both ends over the 26-1/2 years my full time job at Armstrong Industries overlapped my LNP adventure. Until such a time when we meet again - 30 -
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Will Betancourt CHAMPION!!! @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
5 years
The calm before the storm L-L wrestling championships, 2020 ⁦ @LancLebLeague ⁩ ⁦ @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Gas is under $2 and I’m under 200 lbs. It’s the ‘80s all over again !
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Dave Byrne
5 years
PENN STATE BOUND! LS 5, West ChesterEast 2 @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
4 years
reversal with 5 sec. left sends Will Betancourt to the State FInals!!!! Beats Andrew Smith of Nazareth 5-4 @LancasterSports @ManheimCentral
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Dave Byrne
7 years
CV wins in sudden death PKs 6-5 @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Congrats to @hempfield Kaitlin Deck, @MCGirlsSoccer2 Maddie Carper, @EPHgirlssoccer Maddie Root and @ELCOSoccer Ryelle Shuey for being named to PSCA 2018 All-State Team. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Austin Reiff decks Uriah Warner at4:43, fans swarm mat, LS deducted one team point, final LS 39, Manheim 35. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
3 years
it is with profound sadness we learned of the passing, overnight, of coaching legend Neil Turner, father of CV coach Trent Turner, a great coach and a better man. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Wow. Judging by @VILLEfb tweets they’ve recruited a class of what Dr. Gene Carpenter used to call ‘Roadgraders’
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Dave Byrne
7 years
WHAT A MATCH!!!! WIth Two T2s in > :30 Austin DeSanto knocks off Spencer Lee, 6-5 at 3A 126. #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Manheim Central repeats as Dist. 3 3A girls soccer champion Barons win third title in four years @LancasterSports @LancasterOnline @LancLebLeague @BruceMorgan8 @MCGirlsSoccer2
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Dave Byrne
5 years
LS fans can now walk from softball to baseball as soon as the game’s over
@LancasterSports
Lancaster Sports
5 years
Lampeter-Strasburg-Red Land state baseball championship game postponed
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Dave Byrne
7 years
After 25 years, Jude Bervinchak's time coaching Hempfield wrestling comes to an end #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Long ago (longer than I care to admit) after an LS game I approached who I thought was the football student manager. “Can you point me to coach Manion?” I asked. “I am coach Manion.” As Bogie said, the start of a beautiful friendship. Best wishes! @LSFootball1 @LSCoachManion
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Lampeter-Strasburg returns to State softball championship with 5-2 victory over West Chester East. Defending 5A champion Pioneers in final 3rd time in 4 years @LancasterSports @LS_Softball @LSPioneers
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Ballgame. LS back in state finals with 3-0 victory. @LancasterSports @piaadistrict3
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Manheim Central's Will Betancourt wins PIAA Class 3A wrestling title at 120 pounds Penn manor's Nick Baker 6th at 182. Cedar Crest's TJ Moore 7th at 220, Garden Spot's Dustin Swanson 8th @pmgrapplers @CCHSFalcons @baronnation717 @LancLebLeague
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Kaedyn Williams defeats Cael Nasdeo of Williamsport 3-0 to become Manheim Township's first state champion since Dan Blakinger won at 103 in 1970. The Blue Streaks 4th overall. @MTSD_ATHLETICS @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
3 years
McCaskey closes out 27-20 victory First since Sept. 2018 Streak ends at 26 #LNPfootball @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Final, Manheim Central 2, Lower Dauphin 1. Barons on to title game. 2d time in 3 yrs. @LancLebLeague @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
4 years
To be clear ... I have not voluntarily retired But, if that’s what this becomes ... there’s a long ‘honey do’ list waiting
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Kaedyn Williams STATE CHAMPION! @LancasterSports @MTSD_ATHLETICS
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Dave Byrne
7 years
16 L-L wrestlers pursue their dream at the PIAA state championships #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Celebrating our anniversary a day early, lunch at Schaefers Canal House
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Dave Byrne
9 years
Matt Grossmann is National Champion!!! Defeats Chad Bartschenfeld 4-3 to win D-III 133-lb title
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Just saw Gene Hale passed away Friday, at 79. He coached wrestling at Garden Spot for over 30 years, softball and inaugurated Spartan football. A member of multiple Halls of Fame, Gene was a character and a man of character who will be missed. @GSSpartanSports @piaadistrict3
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Hanna Garber drives in five runs and Lampeter-Strasburg forces playoff for Sect. 3 title with 9-3 victory over Donegal @LancasterSports @LancLebLeague
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Now that’s what I’m talking’ ‘bout. ⁦ @LancasterSports ⁩ ⁦ @LancasterOnline #LNPFootball #llsports
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Dave Byrne
5 years
LNP Tournament: Penn Manor bests Mountville 4-1 to win Midget-Midget title. Bradyn Eckert goes 5 innings plus for win. Bryce Avery and Cole Miller homer to pace Comets to first M-M title since 1998 @LNPTournament @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
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Dave Byrne
5 years
your winner, and still D3 3A champion, Manheim Central, 3-0 over Mechanicsburg. @LancasterSports @LancasterOnline @LancLebLeague @BruceMorgan8 @MCGirlsSoccer2 @piaadistrict3
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Dave Byrne
6 years
It will be bitterly cold outside, but the action will be hot inside L-S’s gym Monday night as the Pioneers host Manheim Central in a winner-take-all Sect. 2 wrestling showdown. @LancasterSports @ls
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Dave Byrne
8 years
Comeback of a lifetime. Solanco senior Cait Armstrong is all the way back after enduring brain surgery #lnpsports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Zack Zeamer with thrilling overtime fall at 132 books passage to 1/4s. Connor FInkey drops 8-1 dec. at 145. @LancasterSports @LancLebLeague @llleague
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Lily Sugra scores the game winner for Penn Manor in 79th minute and Comets win their 5th overall L-L League title, 2-1. @MTGSOC @MTSD_ATHLETICS @pmgsoccer1 @PMSportsMed @LancLebLeague @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Final: Lampeter-Strasburg wins 4th L-L title overall, first since 2014 with 9-1 decision over Elizabethtown. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
10 years
Growllllllll! Madi Mohr scores twice in 45 seconds, 3-0 E-town with 21:19 left in 1st 1/2
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Dave Byrne
4 years
From December 1979, when Bill Fisher ran my wrestling preview in the Sunday News, this has been an epic, unexpected opportunity to flex ‘muscles’ I didn’t know I had ...
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Dave Byrne
2 years
So, the L-L’s last 2 softball teams standing were ousted by the eventual 6A & 5A state champs. Doesn’t make it sting any less, but something for @Softball_LS and @pmcometssports to hang their hat on. Proud to have chronicled your seasons.
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Gritty effort by Gunner Gehr to come back after devastating football injury as a jr. put together an outstanding sr. season
@SpotWrestling
GS Spartan Wrestling
4 years
Gunner forced to injury default, ending his tournament. Tough way to go out but had an incredible postseason run and an outstanding career as a Spartan.
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Dave Byrne
8 years
9 N. Lebanon wrestlers advance to semis as Vikings take 27-point lead after first day of Mule Classic #lnpsports
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Dave Byrne
7 years
Very classy!
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Spencer Lee
7 years
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Photobomb. This is why there’s a cropping feature.
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NL Wrestling
3 years
Aaron Seidel wins the LL League Tournament Ken Ober Outstanding Wrestler Award!! Congratulations!
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Dave Byrne
11 years
Thomas Haines, the first 4-time champion in the 16-yr history of the Mule Classic http://t.co/guIVmIr7Ig
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Dave Byrne
8 years
Girls soccer: Gianna Yurchak's second half goal is 1st goal allowed by Manheim Township this season. CV remains unbeaten, 1-0. #lnpsports
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Dave Byrne
7 years
Wow! Vincenzo!
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Dave Byrne
8 years
Northern Lebanon advances to quarterfinals of PIAA 2A State Team Wrestling #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
3 years
After some administrative responsibilities, your final score in the Dist. 3 5A championship: Lampeter-Strasburg 5, Twin Valley 1. @piaadistrict3 @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
As they say in the BRC-11 neck of the woods, “What the hang is going on here?!?!?!” Sorry to hear this. You guys did a super, and apparently unappreciated, job. You’ll be missed!
@BRC11SPORTS
Blue Ridge 11 Sports
6 years
We've got some sad news to pass along to all our Twitter followers! Today was News 11's final newscast here at BRC11! It has been an absolute pleasure covering local sports in Northern Lancaster County! 😀👍 Good luck to all our teams in Districts & States! We WILL see ya around!
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Dave Byrne
8 years
Jonah Barley advances with 12-5 win at 160. #lnpsports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Funny sidebar note Gabby Drumm’s homer in the state softball championship ... A fan was walking the outside perimeter of Beard Field when the ball left the yard, hitting him on the head. Reportedly, he was fine. #LOOKOUT @LS_Softball @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
7 years
Emily Clapper with the go-ahead goal, 3:24 to play, CV 3-2 @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Those were the days
@ForzaCorrado
Corrado
3 years
@ShenkLarry Better days
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Nick Baker advances to semis with 3-2 win at 182 @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
5 years
152 Penn Manor's Colt Barley v. CD's Tye Weathersby Barley wins 6-5 in utb on locked hands call @LancasterSports @LancLebLeague @piaadistrict3
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Dave Byrne
7 years
Pequea Valley's Gabe Miller wins 132-lb title at NHSCA Sophomore Nationals! #lnpsports
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Braydon Koehler intercepts Matthew Remash at CC 45, returns it to the house, 55yd TD. Crest 21, McCaskey 0, 4:48 to 1/2. @LancasterSports @LancasterOnline #LNPFootball #LLSports
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Middleton gets Bears in order, L-S wins championship 11-4. @LancasterSports @LancLebLeague
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Manheim Township wins 73rd LNP Junior-Midget Championship with 6-5 victory over Manheim. Chris Hixson's diving catch in 7th inning saves day @LancasterSports @LNPTournament
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Dave Byrne
8 years
Jonah Barley gets his 100th career win, by forfeit, when his opponent at 160 fails to make weight. #lnpsports
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Dave Byrne
4 years
2/2 wrestling ended 24 days ago and I have been ‘retired’ as of today in a wave of layoffs that have swept our building, as well as our industry.
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Dave Byrne
10 years
First big upset of the tournament, Manheim Central's Zack Zeamer knocks of No.1-seeded Brandon Harsh of Penn Manor, 8-5, at 120
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Dave Byrne
8 years
Penn MAnor wins 2d game of year, 23-7 over COnestoga Valley. #LNPFootball #LNPSports
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Dave Byrne
6 years
That's it! SWS wins the 73d LNP Midget Championship @LancasterSports @LNPTournament
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Gabe Miller to the 2A 145lb finals! Majors Tristan Pugh, 8-0. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
7 years
Donegal wins Pa. 5A title with 9-7 victory. #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
5 years
Elizabethtown and Lampeter-Strasburg meet for L-L softball championship Bears Kristin Geesey 4-hits Warwick in 1-0 victory. Pioneers outlast Penn Manor 5-4. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
8 years
That's a final, Manheim Twp. 8, Lititz VFW 0. #lnpsports #lnptournament
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Frank was a good man and a super educator. Men like him are irreplaceable and, sadly, growing ever scarcer.
@GSSpartanSports
Garden Spot Athletics
3 years
We are saddened by the passing of longtime Spartan, Frank Herceg. Frank served in countless roles within the Athletic Department. We are extremely thankful for all of his contributions to our athletic programs over his 50+ years of service. @ELANCOSD @LancasterSports @dbyrneman
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Dave Byrne
4 years
Matty Wright - 💰💰💰 @LSFootball1
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Dave Byrne
7 years
F&M rallies to defeat McDaniel, 43-41 behind 5 TD passes by Tanner Erisman #CentConf #LNPSports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
10 years
Bo Spiller defeated Austin Maguire 7-1 for AAA 285 crown, Spiller's 2nd title
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Dave Byrne
6 years
L-S's Tyler Phenegar and Johnny Frankklin break the spell for the LL, and in short time. Franklin pins #3 seeded Fayez Ayoub of Coatesville in 34 sec at 195. No. 3 seeded Phenegar pins TJ Meehan of lake Lehman in 46 sec. @LancasterSports @LSMatMen
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Dave Byrne
11 years
Jordan Harsh fall at 113 delivers Penn Manor's 37-36 win over Man. Twp. #llwrestling
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Colt Barley (152), Nick Baker (182) and TJ Keener (195) advance for Comets. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
5 years
There are no words. LS gets 2 top 6. Penn Manor responds with 9. It’s 17-17 headed to top 7th. @LancasterSports
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Dave Byrne
7 years
Kendal Ream's late goal lifts L-S over Cocalico, 2-1 in L-L Section 2 girls soccer #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
7 years
That was your final, Lititz Oddfellows 11, Hempfield Black 0. #lnptournament #lnpsports @LancasterOnline
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Dave Byrne
11 years
District 3 wrestling underway at Hershey. #llwrestling #district3 http://t.co/BPEB1dgAcB
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Dave Byrne
6 years
SWS defeats Lititz Oddfellows 5-0 to win 73rd LNP Midget Championship. Breadon Karpathios' 3-hit shutout delivers title @LancasterSports @LNPTournament
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Dave Byrne
6 years
Penn Manor's "seniority" delivers 10-0 victory over Hempfield @LancasterSports @LancLebLeague @PMsofty
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Dave Byrne
3 years
Your final McCaskey 60, Lebanon 6 #LNPfootball @LancasterSports
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