BELLWOOD - The Bellwood-Antis High School baseball team won its first game of the season, 7-4, over Juniata Valley on Friday night.
The Blue Devils were led by Dan Beech's seven strikeouts and two RBIs from Alex Dionis.
Juniata Valley's Jordan Pearson had a five-strikeout performance in the opening- day loss.
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JUNIATA VALLEY (4): C. Patterson ss 511, Ormsby lf p 210, Perow p 100, Edmiston cf 401, Morrison ph 101, Musser 3b 401, Carper c 401, Norris 1b 2b 401, Varner rf 200, Green ph 101, Pearson p lf 210, Brown cr lf 101, Belinda 2b 200, Johnson 1b 212. Totals - 37-4-10.
BELLWOOD-ANTIS (7): Gray ss 410, DeGennaro cf 301, Shaw 3b 000, Lender dh 400, Krepps c p 412, T. Patterson rf 1b 422, Beech p rf 302, Stapleton cr 020, Lynn lf 301, Wolfe c 000, Stuby 1b p 212, Dionis 2b 201. Totals -29-7-11.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Juniata Valley000 013 0-4 10 1
Bellwood-Antis110 140 x-7 11 7
E-Belinda, Gray 2, Shaw 2, DeGennaro, Beech, Dionis. 2B-Norris, Johnson, T. Patterson, Stuby. RBI- C. Patterson, Edmiston, Carper, Dionis 2, T. Patterson, Stuby. WP-Beech. LP- Pearson. SO- Pearson 5, Ormsby 3, Perow 1, Beech 7, Krepps 1. BB- Pearson 1 Perow 1; Beech 3 Stuby 1 Krepps 1.
Records: Bellwood-Antis(1-0); Juniata Valley (0-1).
Central7
Bald Eagle Area3
MARTINSBURG - Tyler Ferguson struck out 10 batters in just four innings, and Luke Blattenberger and Kasy Hamm each drove in a pair of runs for Central as the Scarlet Dragons won their season opener over Bald Eagle Area.
Kyle Womer hit a solo home run for the the Eagles.
BALD EAGLE AREA (3): Koleno cf 300, Williamson 3b 310, Womer rf 412, Taylor ss-p 301, Cowles p-ss 402, Bennett 2b 300, Snook 1b 300, Hoffman ph 101, Granite lf 300, McKane lf 100, Reese c 411. Totals - 32-3-7.
CENTRAL (7): Schon rf 211, Cunningham ss 411, Baird 1b 310, Runk cf 322, Blattenberger dh 211, Johnson 3b 000, Hamm c 201, A. Kreider pr 000, Ferguson p 200, Negley pr 000, Stern 2b 200, C. Kreider 2b 100, Knisely 2b 000, Long lf 100, Smith ph 100, Croft ph 100. Totals -24-7-6.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Bald Eagle Area001 101 0-3 7 2
Central004 030 X-7 6 4
E-Taylor, Snook, Schon, Cunningham, Johnson, Stern. HR - Womer. RBI-Womer, Taylor, Cowles, Runk, Blattenberger 2, Hamm 2, Stern. WP-Ferguson. LP-Cowles. SO-Ferguson 10, Baird 4, Cowels 8, Taylor 1. BB-Ferguson 4, Cowles 3.
Records: Central (1-0); Bald Eagle Area (0-1).
Portage15
Bishop McCort0
JOHNSTOWN - Andrew Maul had five strikeouts and three singles with five RBIs in the Portage season opening win over Bishop McCort.
Evan Price had two doubles, a single and three RBIs to go with Tyler Nesbella's two hits and four runs. Jeremy Piatek and Derek Cyran both had two hits.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Portage940 11X X-15 15 0
Bishop McCort000 00X X- 0 3 2
WP-Maul. LP-Antolik. SO-Maul 5 (P), (B) Vardian 3, E.Nederhiser 1. BB-Maul 2 (P), Antolik 2, N. Nederhiser 2, Vardian 3, E.Nederhiser 2 (BC).
Records: Portage (1-0); Bishop McCort (0-1).
Softball
Juniata Valley2
Bellwood-Antis1
BELLWOOD - Juniata Valley's Heather Carper tossed a one-hitter in a season-opening win over Bellwood-Antis in high school softball.
Carper struck out seven and walked two, while B-A's Taylor Payne struck out eight and walked two.
JV's Taylor Grove belted a single to right field to score the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Juniata Valley100 001 0-2 5 0
Bellwood-Antis000 010 0-1 1 4
2B-Stewart (JV), Shawley (BA). RBI-Grove (JV), McVicker (BA). WP-Carper. LP-Payne. SO-Carper 7 (JV), Payne 8 (BA). BB-Carper 2 (JV), Payne 2 (BA).
Records: Juniata Valley (1-0); Bellwood-Antis (0-1).
No. Cambria11
Saltsburg 10
Northern Cambria - Bre Sabella was the winning pitcher, as Northern Cambria beat Saltsburg.
Ashley Kanouff drove in three runs in the win. The game winning run was scored by Sabella.
It was the season opener for both teams.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Saltsburg100 161 1-10 11 2
Northern Cambria202 005 2-11 8 2
2B-Sabella, M. Butterworth, Ashurst (NC); Saltsburg, Weinell (S). Multiple hits- Harsh 3, Weinell (S); Sabella Kanouff (NC). RBI-Lingenfelter, Weinell 2, Okapal 2, Harsh (S) Sabella, M. Butterworth, Kanouff 3 (NC). WP-Sabella LP-Harsh. SO- Okapal 4, Harsh 2 (S); M. Butterworth 4, Sabella 2 (NC). BB- Harsh, Okapal (S) M. Butterworth 3 (NC).
Records: Saltsburg (0-1); Northern Cambria (1-0).
Boys Tennis
Tigers sweep Panthers
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Hollidaysburg won four singles matches and three doubles matches to hammer, Lewistown, 7-0, in the season opener in high school boys tennis.
Cameron Humphrey, Steven Dodson, Amir Alkhafaji and Donnie Vonada won their singles matches. Brian Schultz and Robbie Vonada, Jared Kimble and John Johnson and Zach Ottaway and James Mackley all won their doubles matches.
SINGLES: 1, Humphrey, H, def. Boozel, 6-0, 6-2; 2, Dodson, H, def. Hendricks, 6-0, 6-0; 3, Alkhafaji, H, def. James, 6-2, 6-0; 4, D. Vonada, H, def. Moist, 6-4, 6-0.
DOUBLES: 1, Schultz-R. Vonada, H, def. Boozel-Hendricks, 8-5; 2, Kimble-Johnson, H, def. James-Moist, 10-0; 3, Ottaway-Mackley, H, def. Knepp-Shinskie, 10-3.
Records: Lewistown (0-1). Hollidaysburg (1-0)
Tussey triumphs
SAXTON - Peter Riley, Joram Schrama, Thomas Keifman, Ryan Hays and Ryan Turner all picked up singles victories for Tussey Mountain in a 6-1 victory over Huntingdon.
Micah Dowdy and Daniel Santos won a doubles match for the Bearcats.
SINGLES: 1, RIley, TM, def. Johnson, 10-1; 2, Schrama, TM, def. Dowdy, 10-7; 3, Keifman, TM, def. Santos, 11-9; 4, Hays, TM, def. Acker, 10-2; 5, Turner, TM, def. Forsha, 10-3
DOUBLES: 1, Schrama-Keifman, TM, def. Johnson-Acker, 10-1; 2, Dowdy-Santos, H, def. Hodge-Duvall, 10-2
Records: Tussey Mountain (1-1)
JH volleyball
Carroll sweeps
ROARING SPRING - Bishop Carroll defeated Spring Cove, 25-8, 25-14, in junior high girls volleyball.
Sarah Gomish had 10 kills, and Ellie Yahner had six kills and 16 service points for the Lady Huskies. Carroll's Jess Shaffer added 12 assists.
JV: Bishop Carroll, 23-25, 25-16, 15-12.
