Bill Howerton Inaugural Strikeout Cancer Weekend

Keystone Baseball Playing in Strikeout Cancer Weekend on Saturday at PNC Field

Keystone will play Marywood on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at PNC Field.

Giants to take on Marywood on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in newly renovated stadium

La Plume, PA – Keystone College's baseball team is set to participate in the Bill Howerton Inaugural Strikeout Cancer Weekend this coming weekend at PNC Field, home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees.  The Giants will play Marywood University on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the newly renovated stadium as part of seven college and high school games that will be played Saturday and Sunday at both PNC Field and Christy Mathewson Field at Keystone College.
 
This year's inaugural Strikeout Cancer Weekend honors Howerton, who was a well-known and highly regarded member of the local baseball community for more than 30 years before he passed away this past August.  Howerton served as the head baseball coach at the University of Scranton from 1987 through 2002 and was the go-to guy for sporting good in the local community while working at Battaglia's Sporting Goods in downtown Scranton. 
 
Howerton spent the majority of his life around the sport of baseball.  A transplanted Californian where his father played for the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast League following a stint with Major League Baseball's New York Giants, Howerton attended Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hills.  He was drafted by the Giants and spent a year as a catcher with the team's minor league franchise in Santa Barbara.  Prior to his appointment as the head coach at the University of Scranton, Howerton managed in the Athletic Collegiate Baseball League for 11 seasons, including leading the Scranton Red Soxx to a title in 1975.  He also coached the softball team at nearby Lackawanna Junior College and, in 2002, received a merit award upon induction to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

There will be no charge for admission to the games at PNC Field, though a game-day ad program will be available for a $2.00 donation and T-shirt for the event are being sold by the participating schools.  Additionally, there will be raffles and donation buckets at the event.  All money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
 
To purchase a T-shirt or to make a donation, contact Keystone College baseball coach Jamie Shevchik at 570-945-8234 or jamie.shevchik@keystone.edu. 
 
A complete schedule of Bill Howerton Inaugural Strikeout Cancer Weekend is listed below.
 
Saturday April 13, 2013
 
PNC Field (Moosic, PA)
11a.m.   North Pocono H.S. vs. Pocono Mountain East H.S.
2 p.m.    Keystone College vs. Marywood University
 
Keystone College (La Plume, PA)
10:30 a.m.  West Scranton H.S. vs. Tunkhannock H.S.
1 p.m.          Mid Valley H.S.  vs. Wallenpaupack H.S.
3:30 p.m.     Dunmore H.S. vs. Wyoming Area H.S.
 
Sunday April 14, 2013
 
PNC Field (Moosic, PA)
11 a.m. Susquehanna Community H.S. vs. Old Forge H.S.
2 p.m.   Misericordia University vs. Cortland State University
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