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All across PA last month, batters swung for the fences with their friends and family cheering them on in the Take a Swing Against Breast Cancer® Home Run Derby. Now that the last bat has been swung, we can take a look back at the heavy hitters who made the 2012 derby a smashing success. Click here for a highlight video. Check out our top ten teams, our top three individuals, and some of the records that were broken this year!
Top 10 Teams
- Furlong Boys Team 2—2,105 points (Reading winners!)
- Neuman’s Crew – 2,050 points (Washington Winners!)
- PeoplesBank Team 3—1,895 points (York Winners!)
- Cross’ Crusaders – 1,795 points
- TESCO Tools Team 2 — 1,760 points (Erie Winners!)
- Furlong Boys Team 1 – 1,745 points
- Community State Bank of Orbisonia – 1,580 points (Altoona Winners!)
- Icing on the Lake Team 2 — 1,575 points
- Guns of Roses Team 1 – 1,560 Points (Lancaster winners!)
- UTI Power-1,545 points
Top 3 Individual Batters
- Bill Klenoshek – 675 points
- Blair Beer — 400 points
- Jeffrey Lengle – 375 points
Records Broken:
This year we had a record 40 home runs throughout the derby! 20 of those homers came from three heavy hitters – John Furlong from the Furlong Boys had a record 8 home runs in Reading, Joe Oliphant from Neuman’s Crew had 7 in Washington, and Kevin “Bubba” Becker from the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute team had 5 in Reading! These batters each broke the 2011 record for most home runs by an individual.
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