By By ERIKA PICKLES / Niles Daily Star
NILES - The Howard Township 9 and 10 year-olds are hosting an All-Star tournament at Pepper Martin Park all this week with many of local teams participating, including Brandywine.
On Tuesday, the 10- year-old Howard Township All-Stars faced Hartford, but fell 13-9.
Howard was led offensively by Alec Landon who went 2-for-3 with two doubles, Ben Getz went 3-for-4 and Trey Casey went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.
The 10-year-old All-Star team returns to action Friday evening.
The 9-year-old All-Star team will return to the field tonight for a game and a partial make-up game due to rain yesterday. Games begin at 5:30 p.m.