Brooklawn\’s Tyler Mondile was today\’s winning pitcher (photo credit Bruce Darrow)

Fireman\’s Field – Leesburg, VA (August 9, 2015)-–Brooklawn won their 18th Mid-Atlantic Regional title today against Red Land, Pa., in a 10-inning contest by a score of 7-3. Brooklawn was undefeated in the regionals beating Albermarie, Va., 2-0 on Wednesday; Funkstown, MD., 7-1 on Thursday; Red Land, Pa., 12-2 on Friday; and Leesburg, Va., 7-3 on Saturday. 

The World Series, in Shelby, North Carolina, is scheduled to begin Thursday, with Brooklawn (45-5) taking on the Northwest champion in the tournament opener at 12:30. The Brookers have reached the title game in each of the last three seasons.

The tentative World Series schedule is as follows: 

 ST. LOUIS, MO–On Sunday, August 9, 2015, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued charges on suspects Trevion Hopson, 17 years of age, of the 8700 block of Boyce Place, St. Louis, MO 63136, for two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and one count of Resisting Arrest Detention/Stop by Fleeing. Hopson is being held on a $100,000 cash only bond. A photo of Hopson is attached. 

At approximately 12:00 a.m. on August 9, 2015, officers from the Ferguson Police Department were dispatched to a call for shots fired in the area of W. Florissant and Ferguson Avenue. Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol located a male victim, 22 years of age, on the parking lot of Family Dollar (9070 W. Florissant Road) suffering from a gunshot wound and rendered aid. The victim stated he was standing in the parking lot of the strip mall located in the 9100 block of W. Florissant Road, across from the McDonald’s, when he was struck in the arm by a gunshot. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries.