But Tyrone got a glimmer of hope with a win over Somerset in a rescheduled game Wednesday and seemed to carry that momentum throughout the Classic.

The Golden Eagles hung tough against previously unbeaten Hollidaysburg and the Golden Tigers’ top pitcher Vince Boland to rally for a walk-off win in the semifinals and then got to Division I Marshall commit Tanner Stroup and Altoona in the championship game and came away with a 6-3 rain-shortened victory Friday night.

“I think they believe now — beating those two teams Hollidaysburg and Altoona,” Tyrone coach Kevin Soellner said. “I think Hollidaysburg is the front runner for states in 5A, and Altoona is a really good 6A program. For us to fight against Stroup today, that meant a lot to me. That’s what I beg for out of my team — to fight like that. I was really proud of them.”

After falling behind 0-2 in the count to start the game, Tyrone’s Brayden Parsons lined a single to right field off Stroup. Colton Frye came in to courtesy run, and Stroup’s pickoff throw got away allowing Frye to get to third where he scored after a wild pitch to put Tyrone up 1-0.

“Against Altoona, their first pitcher was throwing as hard as anyone we have seen all year,” Parsons said. “But I got the leadoff single and that got us going. He threw the ball away on a pickoff, and I think he was rattled from there.”

Altoona got two runners on in the bottom of the inning, but Tyrone starting pitcher Carter Price, who finished off the win against Hollidaysburg, induced a double play grounder to escape the jam.

Stroup walked the first three batters in the top of the third inning, and Wyatt Kustenbauder followed with an RBI single. Conner McClure hit a sacrifice fly, and Owen Oakes — who had the walkoff single against Hollidaysburg — had an RBI hit. Another run came home on an Altoona error, and Tyrone led 6-0.

“Coming into the Curve Classic at 3-5, nobody really thought we would even make it to the championship let alone win it,” Parsons said. “Our coaches say tip of the spear. Once we start going we have to just finish it, and we finished strong.”

Altoona had three straight hits by Brayden Pike, Conner Pike and Nick Kraft in the bottom of the inning to make it 6-1, but Jon Stroup made a diving stop on a sharp grounder to limit the damage.

Stroup, along with Parsons — who was named the tournament MVP — hit extremely well throughout Tyrone’s wins in the Curve Classic over Bishop Guilfoyle, Hollidaysburg and Altoona.

“They have been hot,” Soellner said. “Brayden got off to a slow start this season. So did Jon. But they have definitely been squaring it up, and hitting is contagious.”

Brayden Pike added an RBI single in the fourth inning and Connor Waite’s RBI double chased Price in the bottom of the fifth inning and made it 6-3.

“We didn’t pitch well. We didn’t field well,” Altoona coach Tom Smith said. “We didn’t make plays. They did. They turned two double plays. Their pitcher threw well and gutted it out. They made another diving play on a grounder that saved some runs. The only positive was that we were down 6-0, and we battled. We couldn’t get that clutch hit, but we had a ton of guys on. It could have been a different situation if we got that clutch hit. To Tyrone’s credit, they got big outs.”

The final two outs came from Logan Seeger, who after walking Alex Glasgow, got a pair of groundouts to end the fifth inning in a driving rain.

“Carter had thrown 16 pitches in the first game, so we knew he wasn’t going to be able to pitch the whole game,” Soellner said. “Seeger — any time we have mud, he’s the guy we go to. He doesn’t stride out as far. He’s our mudder. He beat Punxsutawney a couple years ago in the mud too.”

Altoona Curve grounds crew members met with the umpires following the completion of the fifth inning and determined the field was no longer safe to play on and that the radar did not look good. Because the game had gone five innings, it was considered official.

“Who knows (what would have happened if they played the last two innings)?” Smith said. “We gave up five runs in one inning. We weren’t good in that inning. They had five at bats, and we had five at bats. That’s how you have to look at it. It was a five-inning game, but we had as many at bats as they did. They deserve it.”

TYRONE (6): Parsons c 202, Frye cr 020, Stroup 2b 110, Kustenbauder cf 311, C. McClure 1b 200, Oakes rf 312, Plummer lf 300, Zupon 3b 201, Price p 000, Seeger p 000, Hunter dh 200, B. McClure ss 110. Totals — 19-6-6.

ALTOONA (3): C. Pike cf-p 301, Kraft c 302, Webster cr 000, Stroup p-cf 200, McAllister ss 310, Baer lf 000, Waite dh 301, Glasgow 3b 201, Staines 1b 210, McConnell rf 301, B. Pike 2b 212. Totals — 23-3-8.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Tyrone 105 00X X–6 6 1

Altoona 001 11X X–3 8 4

E–Zupon, Baer 2, Stroup, McAllister. 2B–Parsons, Waite. RBI–Kustenbauder, C. McClure, Oakes, Waite, Kraft. WP–Price. LP–Stroup. SO–Stroup 1, C. Pike 2, Price 3. BB–Price 3, Seeger 1.

Records: Tyrone (6-5); Altoona (4-3).

Lions edge Bearcats

Altoona’s Eric McAllister struck out 14 batters and allowed just one run on four hits in a complete game 2-1 win over Huntingdon in the Altoona Curve Classic semifinals.

Conner Pike had the go-ahead single in the bottom of the fifth inning. Tanner Stroup drove in the Mountain Lions’ first run with a groundout in the first inning.

Matthew Gutshall tripled and had an RBI for Huntingdon. He also was the hard-luck losing pitcher with nine strikeouts and just four hits allowed in six innings.

HUNTINGDON (1): Morningstar ss 200, Herncane ph 100, Reck rf 300, Bryson 1b 312, Gutshall p 301, Rupert 3b 200, Edmiston lf 200, Mykut dh 301, Snare c 200, Banks cf 300. Totals — 21-1-4.

ALTOONA (2): C. Pike cf 211, Kraft c 301, Stroup lf 300, McAllister p 300, Waite dh 301, Glasgow ss 300, Staines 1b 200, McConnell rf 111, B. Pike 2b 200. Totals — 22-2-4.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Huntingdon 000 100 0–1 4 0

Altoona 100 010 X–2 4 0

E–none. 2B–Bryson 2. 3B–Waite, Gutshall. RBI–Gutshall, C. Pike, Stroup. WP–McAllister. LP–Gutshall. SO–Gutshall 9, McAllister 14. BB–McAllister 3, Gutshall 2.

Records: Huntingdon (5-3); Altoona (4-2).

Tyrone rallies

Owen Oakes had a walk-off single to give Tyrone a 4-3 win over Hollidaysburg in the Altoona Curve Classic semifinals.

Jon Stroup, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Golden Eagles, struck out 11 in 6• innings before Carter Price recorded the final two outs to get the win after Oakes’ single.

The loss was the first of the season for Hollidaysburg, which got two hits from Josh Banks and a solid start from Vince Boland, who went 5• innings and struck out nine.

Tyrone rallied from a 3-0 deficit. Brayden Parsons had three hits and an RBI for the Golden Eagles.

HOLLIDAYSBURG (3): Banks rf 412, Mierley ss 411, McGough 2b 200, Miller 3b 301, Phillips cf 300, Rossman dh 200, Hartman 1b 311, Layton lf 301, Hatch c 300. Totals — 27-3-6.

TYRONE (4): Parsons c 413, Stroup p 412, Kustenbauder cf 301, C. McClure 1b 300, Oakes rf 301, Plummer lf 200, Starr 3b 300, Price p 000, Frye 2b 210, B. McClure ss 200. Totals — 26-4-7.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hollidaysburg 002 100 0–3 6 2

Tyrone 000 030 1–4 7 1

E–B. McClure, Banks, Mierley. 2B–Mierley, Stroup. 3B–Layton. RBI–Parsons, Stroup, Oakes, Layton, Miller, McGough. WP–Price. LP–McGough. SO–Boland 9, McGough 1, Stroup 11. BB–Boland 2, McGough 1, Stroup 1.

Records: Hollidaysburg (7-1); Tyrone (5-5).