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Sheetz rolls into Greater City Baseball League finals, beats Pro Fab Solutions

Local Sports

In the first four innings of play, Sheetz left 10 runners on base and managed just a 1-0 lead after four innings in its best-of-3 deciding semifinal game against Pro Fab Solutions in the Altoona Greater City Baseball League playoffs at Vets Field Monday night. “I was getting a little frustrated because that is a lot of runners left on in a game deciding who gets in the finals,” Sheetz coach Kyle DeGennaro said. “Luckily, we got a couple across eventually, and I was happy with the way our guys kept battling.” Sheetz scored one in the third, three in the fifth and then pulled ...

Irish, USC agree to resume football rivalry

National Sports

The Notre Dame-Southern California college football rivalry will start again in 2030. The schools announced Monday they have agreed to a four-game home-and-home series. Notre Dame will play in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2030, and the Trojans will visit South Bend, Indiana, on Aug. 30, 2031. The ...

West Suburban 14U softball team shut out in second World Series game

Local Sports

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Johnstown-based West Suburban 14U softball team fell to 1-1 in the Little League Junior Softball World Series with a 2-0 loss to Foothill of Palo Cedro, Calif., on Monday. Foothill’s Kylie Kenyon was a one-person wrecking crew as she fired a complete-game five-hit shutout with no walks and also delivered a two-run first-inning home run for the only runs of the game. Cameron Mash, Camdyn Westover, Abigail Claar, Reese Pinizzotto and Irelyn Scott managed to get singles off of Kenyon, but West Suburban was not able to get a key hit. West Suburban will continue ...

Altoona’s Tanner Stroup leads Mainline Pharmacy in AAABA tournament

Local Sports

JOHNSTOWN — Altoona Area High School product Tanner Stroup enjoyed a monster game in helping Johnstown AAABA League champ Mainline Pharmacy dominate New York, 13-3, in seven innings in the national tournament at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point on Monday night. Stroup went 3-for-4 with two triples and five RBIs for Mainline, while Xander Richardson went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Trey Wingard, Landon Hamer, Bryce Roberts and Aiden Snowberger each added two hits, and Chase Williamson went five innings to earn the win. New York’s Jasmark Munoz homered twice and drove in ...

Shiho Kuwaki wins first major at Women’s British Open

Professional Sports

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Shiho Kuwaki of Japan saved par to stay alive in a sudden-death playoff Sunday and won with a par on the second extra hole to claim the Women’s British Open over Esther Henseleit of Germany for her first major title. Kuwaki closed with a 1-under 70 and looked ...