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Lady Lions top Punxsy

Andrea Parrish delivered two hits and three RBIs, and Alexa Young fired a four-hitter with 12 strikeouts to pace Altoona past Punxsutawney, 4-1, in high school softball action at Logan Elementary School on Thursday.

Alyson Adams and Lindsey Fasolo each had two hits for Altoona, which ended the regular season with an 11-9 mark.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Punxsutawney000 100 0-1 4 0

Altoona000 013 X-4 9 2

2B-Parrish, James, Palazzi (A). Multiple hits-Lingenfelter 2 (P); Adams 2, Parrish 2, Fasolo 2 (A). RBI-Aikens (P); Parrish 3, James (A). WP-Young. LP-Ishman. SO-Young 12, Ishman 2. BB-Young 0, Ishman 1.

Records: Altoona (11-9).

Tussey prevails

SAXTON – McKenna Curfman singled home Ashley Clark in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Tussey Mountain High School softball team to an 8-7 win over McConnellsburg in extra innings.

Clark had reached on a triple as Tussey improved to 10-9. Curfman finished with three RBIs.

SCORE BY INNINGS

McConnellsburg101 040 100 – 7 7 3

Tussey Mtn.201 200 201 – 8 10 2

2B-Curfman (T). 3B-Clark (T). Multiple hits-Swope 2 (M), Angelo 2, Fields 2, Clark 2, Stair 2 (T). RBI-Randler, Koontz 3, Lynch 2, Stileman (M), Angelo, Fields 2, Clark, Curfman 3, Stair (TM). WP-F. Barnett. LP-Swope. SO-F. Barnett 9, Swope 4. BB-F. Barnett 4, Swope 1.

Records: Tussey Mountain (10-9).

Altoona blanked

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Lance Pennington hit a grand slam, finishing with three hits and six RBIs, as Punxsutawney downed Altoona, 13-0, in five innings in high school baseball.

Pennington was also the winning pitcher, giving up two hits with four strikeouts and no walks. Altoona (9-11) helped with seven errors.

Altoona got its only two hits courtesy of Catcher Cumming and Elliot Mast.

ALTOONA (0): Becker ss 200, Huber ss 000, Hartman cf 200, Nicolini p 000, Stolarski p 000, Mast dh 200, Cumming 1b-c 201, Plunket 3b 100, Betar 1b 100, Hill lf 100, Miller lf 100, Swales rf 100, Love rf 100, Mackey c 101, Noll 3b 000, Sheetz 2b 100. Totals – 16-0-2.

PUNXSUTAWNEY (13): Giavedoni cf 342, Weaver lf 000, Burkett dh 310, Bender dh 100, J. Matthews ss 301, Pennington p 413, DiPietro c 401, Huey 1b 211, Graham rf 310, Smith rf 000, Ambler 3b 322, B. Matthews 2b 332. Totals – 29-13-12.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Altoona000 00X X – 0 2 7

Punxsutawney173 2XX X – 13 12 1

E-Stolarski, Cumming 3, Swales, Noll, Sheetz, Weaver. HR-Pennington. RBI-Giavedoni, Burkett, J. Matthews 2, Pennington 6. WP-Pennington. LP-Nicolini. SO-Pennington 4, Stolarski 1. BB-Nicolini 1, Stolarski 2.

Records: Altoona (9-11), Punxsutawney (16-4).

Tyrone beaten

CLEARFIELD -The Tyrone Area High School boys tennis team fell to 0-9 with a 6-1 loss at Clearfield.

Ethan Vipond got the Golden Eagles’ only win, a 6-4, 6-0 singles victory over Jason Bell.

SINGLES: 1, Vipond, T, def. Bell, 6-4, 6-0; 2, Schultz, C, def. Lewis, 7-5, 6-1; 3, Spencer, C, def. Grassi, 6-3, 6-2; 4, Wood, C, def. Irvin, 6-4, 6-2; 5, Shaffer, C, def. Fink, 7-6, 6-4.

DOUBLES: 1, Wood-Schultz, C, def. Vipond-Lewis, 8-6; 2, Spencer-Bell, C, def. Meredith-Wertz 8-0

Records: Tyrone (0-9), Clearfield (5-8)

Bavarian triumphs

Joey Grassi tossed a two-hitter and struck out 13 as Bavarian Hall blanked Juniata Civics, 7-0, behind three RBIs from Cooper Otto and two from Logan Margroum in an Altoona Teener League baseball game for 14-year-olds.

BAVARIAN HALL 7, CIVICS 0: Multiple hits-Grassi 2, Margroum 2, Moyer 3 (B). WP-Grassi. LP-DeAngelis. SO-Grassi 13, DeAngelis 3.

Records: Bavarian Hall (8-4); Civics (2-8).

Marasco lifts Lions

Jarod Marasco singled home Zach Kinney with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Altoona Lions Club to a 9-8 win over Locker Room in an Altoona Teener League 15-year-old baseball game.

Marasco finished with three hits.

Locker Room tied it at 8-8 with five runs in the top of the seventh. Joey Corry singled home the tying run. He finished with two hits and four RBIs.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Locker Room003 000 5 – 8 8 1

Altoona Lions330 200 1 -9 10 1

2B-Corry (LR), McClellan, Nebelski (AL). Multiple hits – Joe Corry 2, Chris McGarvey 2 (LR), Marasco 3, Nebelski 3, McClellan 3 (AL). RBI-Nebelski 2, Halbritter 1, Krise 2, Marasco (AL), Corry 4, Barnes (LR). WP-Halbritter. LP-Neumyer. SO-Krise 4 (AL), Barnes 4. BB-Halbritter 1, Krise 7, Barnes 6, Neumyer 1.

Records: Altoona Lions (3-1).

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