URA Under-12 baseball team makes strong showing at Cooperstown Tournament

The Unionville Recreation Under-12 baseball team participated in a tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y. In July of 2021 Unionville Recreation Association had its first team representing the organization in Cooperstown, New York.  Practices started in the winter as soon as the team was announced for the team of twelve-year-olds.  Led by five coaches, Chris Gebhart, Bob Dobie, Shawn Bonsall, Mike Clancy,...

URA to donate funds to pay for new Unionville scoreboards

By JP Phillips, Staff Writer, The Times A rendering of a proposed new scoreboard for Unionville High School’s baseball field. The Unionville Recreation Association has agreed to donate funds to pay for new scoreboards for the schools baseball and softball fields. The three-plus hour Unionville Chadds-Ford School Board work session Monday night was jammed packed with both good news and difficult...

URA baseball registration opens Jan. 5

Union Recreation Association Baseball registration opens Jan. 5. URA Baseball, which is affiliated with Cal Ripken Baseball, is open to boys and girls in Unionville Chadds Ford School District (UCFSD), Kennett Consolidated School District, Avon Grove School District, and parts of West Chester Area School District. Our youth baseball program includes ages 5-12, and features multiple divisions geared...

Youth Field Hockey Coming to Kennett & Avon Grove

With big assist from Unionville Rec., more girls to get chance to hit the field By Kim Chiomento, Correspondent, The Times KENNETT — If they wanted to play field hockey, elementary and middle school girls from southern Chester County area would have had to sign up with Unionville Recreational Association (URA). Now, thanks to the work of many, these young ladies will have two more options starting...

Ex-foster parent waives 2nd preliminary hearing

He is accused of abusing total of  seven victims aged 3 to 10 By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Leroy K. Mitchell, 60, waived his preliminary hearing Monday on a second set of child-molestation charges. For the second time in less than three months, a former coach, foster parent, and corrections officer waived his preliminary hearing on child-molestation charges on Monday. Leroy...