Baseball on their minds

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, May, 2007 | by TED SILARY silaryt@phillynews.com

They exhibit pretty much identical baseball skills and tomorrow they'll share a field, not to mention a hunger for a Catholic League championship.

But in an era of increasing specialization, their overall approach to high school sports is different.

Andrew Lacovara, a swift junior, plays centerfield for Archbishop Ryan, and he admits to being a year-round baseball player. Tim Edger, also a junior with wheels, mans the same position for St. Joseph's Prep, and it's possible his diamond days will not extend beyond high school.

In sweltering conditions Saturday at Widener University, their respective division-championship squads captured mostly onesided semifinals to set up a title clash tomorrow, also at...