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PONY Baseball and Softball

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PONY Baseball and Softball is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Washington, Pennsylvania. Started in 1951, PONY organizes youth baseball and softball leagues and tournaments, as over 500,000 players annually play PONY in over 4,000 leagues throughout the United States and over 40 countries world-wide. The televised Pony League World Series held annually in August at Washington's Lew Hays Pony Field attracts teenage teams from around the world. Membership is open to children and young adults from age 4 to 23 and the leagues are organized in two-year age brackets with "and-under" programs. Hundreds of PONY players have gone on to Major League Baseball careers, including Hall of Fame inductees Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr.

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PONY Baseball and Softball
Pony Place, North Franklin Township

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The Brownson House is a non-profit charitable organization in providing recreation, education, and character development services in Washington, Pennsylvania. The organization's primary facility provides athletic venues for flag football, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, dance classes, indoor soccer, inline hockey, lacrosse, and volleyball. It is affiliated with the local chapter of the United Way.The origins of the Brownson House date to 1926 when Mrs. Paul Offill and 12 members of the Daughters of current Events Club began giving cooking and sewing classes. In 1928, a Boy's Club was added with the help of Washington & Jefferson College student volunteers. In 1934, the first permanent location was acquired on Weirich Avenue Settlement House; the organization merged with the local Community Chest and renamed the Neighborhood House Association. In 1937, the entity moved to the former Tyler Tube and Pipe Company building, where it currently resides. James I. Brownson, a Washington County judge purchased the building on behalf of the group. Upon his death, it was renamed The Brownson House in his honor. In 1952, Art Sandusky was hired to be director, a position he held for 30 years. The Sandusky family, including Art's son Jerry Sandusky, lived in an apartment in the rec center. The football field is now called "Art Sandusky Field."It housed Kindergarten classes, to be followed by nursery classes when kindergarten was added by local schools. The T. S. Fitch Memorial Gymnasium, named for a prominent benefactor and volunteer, was built in 1962. In 2002, the organization was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of FameThe Brownson House joined with the City of Washington, Pennsylvania to build the Vernon C. Neal Sportsplex, part of Washington Park, in 2004.Following the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky, journalist Marty Griffin from KDKA reported that several individuals had accused Sandusky of assaulting them during his time at the Brownson House.