HOMER CITY — Evan Keslar of Walbeck Insurance won the the Tim Adair Memorial MVP Award, as he knocked in three runs to pace the South team to a 7-3 victory over the North in the 29th Annual Indiana County Youth American Legion “Tim Adair Memorial All-Star Game” Friday night at First Commonwealth Bank Field.
Keslar drove in two runs with a single in the South’s three-run fourth inning and plated another run with a groundout in the sixth. Keslar walked and scored in the third inning as the South took the lead for keeps, 2-1.
Lincoln Trusal of SW Jack pitched the fourth and fifth inning and was credited with the mound win.
Following the game, Tim Adair’s mother, Faith, presented Keslar with the MVP Award, and she got some help from Tim’s nephews Noah, Hunter and Chase and niece Emily.
Tim Adair was the recipient of the first all-star game MVP Award in 1991 and tragically lost his life months later that year in a hunting accident. The league has honored the Adair Family since then by presenting the MVP Award in Tim’s memory. All players received souvenir tee shirts from Game Sponsor S&S Screen Printing and the Homer City Area Athletic Booster Club.
Walbeck Insurance is Homer City’s entry in the league. Players from Walbeck, SW Jack (Indiana), Kovacik Insurance (Blairsville) and Young Township made up the South team, and Marion Center, Armstrong, Brookville and Punxsutawney players represented the North.
