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Softball

Lady Spartans jump out early, beat Northern

MCCONNELLSBURG — Both regular season games between Northern Bedford and McConnellsburg were tight-contested affairs. Unfortunately, for the Lady Panthers Wednesday’s afternoon’s District 5 Class 1A quarterfinal didn’t follow suit. NBC found itself in a six-run hole after the first ...

Mounties pull off upset of top-seeded Devils

EBENSBURG — The District 6 Class 3A softball quarterfinals between top-seeded and 19-0 Central Cambria and eighth-seeded Philipsburg-Osceola on Monday in Ebensburg appeared to be a mismatch. But the Lady Mounties, who were 7-13 and had lost six straight games to end the regular season, ...

Ellis’ 2 home run blasts spark Central comeback

MARTINSBURG — Central’s Bralyn Ellis had been struggling to make contact during some of her recent at-bats. But the junior catcher bounced back in a big way Monday, slugging a pair of long home runs in consecutive innings and driving in five runs to lead the Lady Dragons to a 10-4 ...

Panthers shut out in quarterfinal game

MIFFLINTOWN — The District 6 Class 3A softball quarterfinals took place on Monday afternoon as Juniata got the best of Penn Cambria in six innings, 10-0, thanks in part to 17 strikeouts from Elizabeth Gaisor. Gaisor started in the circle for the second-seeded Indians. She continued to ...

Glendale ends JV’s season on Peterson’s 1-hitter

FLINTON — Glendale sophomore pitcher Madison Peterson said after Monday’s District 6 Class 1A quarterfinal game that she’s playing for the seniors in the playoff run for the second-seeded Lady Vikings. “I’m really close to these seniors, and I don’t want them to leave,” Peterson ...

Run-crazy ’Dogs shut out Crushers

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel had a hitting session on Sunday in preparation for its playoff game against Bishop McCort. The extra work paid off as the Lady Bulldogs jumped all over Lady Crusher starter Belle Toth from the start. The third-seeded Bulldogs scored in all but the fourth ...