HOLLIDAYSBURG — Dawn Focht grew up twirling baton, so it was only natural that her daughter, Mikayla, who was 7 at the time, would be put into the same activity as a youngster. There was one problem with that, Mick (as Mikayla was known to many), wanted no part of it. “She said, ‘I ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Everything is set for the first 4Mick 4The Game Memorial Scholarship Softball Tournament. The event, in honor of Hollidaysburg Area High School softball standout Mikayla “Mick’’ Focht, who died in an ATV accident in April, will be held Saturday and Sunday at Legion ...

FIRST TEAM Lindsey Fasolo C Sr. Altoona Notable: Provided the Lady Lions with power behind the plate, hitting four homers and driving in 19 runs in 19 games. Finished with a .339 batting average. Maggie Peck 1B Sr. Philipsburg-Osceola Notable: Became Lady Mounties’ career home run ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Altoona’s Lindsey Fasolo was one of a number of area players who got to play in the Pennsylvania Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Game on Thursday night at Penn State’s Beard Field. And the recent graduate was happy she did. “I thought it was a really cool ...

Central Penn Baseball League champion Hollidaysburg was well represented in the 2017 league all-stars that were announced recently. Hollidaysburg coach Jon Szynal was selected as the coach of the year, and Golden Tigers infielders Lennox Pugh and Cory Storm, and pitcher Sam Servello were ...

CRESSON — Philipsburg-Osceola’s Maggie Peck, who broke school home run records this season and valiantly pitched in relief against South Park in a PIAA Class 3A state semifinal game at Mount Aloysius, fought hard to hold back the tears. “Um, I don’t want to cry,” she said. ...

CRESSON — With Kameryn Harris coming off of her fourth straight shutout in the postseason, the Philipsburg-Osceola softball team just needed a little offense in its PIAA Class 3A state quarterfinal against Deer Lakes on Thursday at Mount Aloysius College. The Lady Mounties certainly got that ...

CRESSON — The Glendale softball team’s memorable 2017 season ended Thursday in a manner the Lady Vikings would probably rather forget. District 5 champion Meyersdale pounded out 17 hits on its way to a 15-2 win over Glendale in a PIAA 1A quarterfinal game at Mount Aloysius College. Four ...

SOMERSET — The West Greene High School softball team brought some daunting numbers into Thursday’s PIAA Class 1A quarterfinal-round matchup against Claysburg-Kimmel. West Greene made it all the way to the state finals last year, and had lost just once in 24 games entering Thursday’s ...

BROCKWAY — All it took was a little time and some patience for the Claysburg-Kimmel High School softball team to notch an 11-5 win over Coudersport in the opening round of the PIAA Class 1A playoffs Tuesday. The Bulldogs (16-7) not only waited through a one-day delay to play Coudersport but ...

CRESSON — Juniata Valley’s 2-1 loss in the first round of the PIAA Class 1A playoffs Monday surprised a lot of people across the state, including several Greensburg Central Catholic parents who were happily stunned their team knocked off the Green Hornets at Mount Aloysius College. Two ...

CRESSON — The best way that a team can guarantee itself of advancing in playoff competition is to perform fundamentally well in all aspects of its game. Glendale left no stone unturned in its first-round PIAA Class 1A state softball playoff game Monday afternoon at Mount Aloysius ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — For Philipsburg-Osceola, the wait to resume its rain and lightning delayed PIAA first-round playoff game against Pequea Valley on Monday night at Penn State’s Beard Field was worth it. After a weather delay of two hours and 10 minutes, including an hour-and-two minutes ...

Name: Lexi Mulhollen School: Glendale Age: 15 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Softball Athlete of the week achievement: Mulhollen went 1-for-3 with a home run and scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Glendale beat Claysburg-Kimmel, 5-4, in the District 6 Class 1A ...

WINDBER — The last three outs of any game are always the hardest to get. That proved true for the Chestnut Ridge softball team on Thursday in its District 5-9 Class 3A subregion championship game against Karns City. After holding the Lady Gremlins to two hits, one run and only three ...

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Keep on truckin’. That was sophomore Lexi Mulhollen’s motto Wednesday afternoon, when she capitalized on a chaotic situation to score all the way from first base with the winning run for Glendale in the bottom ...

By Todd Irwin For The Mirror UNIVERSITY PARK – Philipsburg-Osceola sophomore pitcher Kameryn Harris seems to be at her best in the big games. Last year, she tossed a shutout against Bald Eagle Area in the District 6 2A championship game. Harris came into Wednesday night’s District 6 ...

CLAYSBURG — The District 6 1A semifinal softball game between Claysburg-Kimmel and Bishop Carroll featured one team trying to make it back to the championship game and the other trying to get there for the first time. The team with history on its side prevailed. Claysburg played in six ...

MARTINSBURG — Disappointing. There’s no other way to describe Central’s loss to Ligonier Valley in the District 6 Class 3A softball tournament. The Lady Dragons, the tourney’s No. 1 seed, dropped a tough 1-0 semifinal decision to Ligonier on a cold and dreary Friday afternoon more ...

By Brad O’Hara For the Mirror FLINTON — The Glendale Lady Vikings came out swinging as they took out Homer-Center in five innings, 10-0, on Thursday to punch their ticket into the District 6 1A championship game that will be held at Penn State’s Nittany Lion Softball Park. The game ...