From Mirror reports

The Altoona entry in the Babe Ruth 13-15 Middle Atlantic Baseball Regional Tournament is hoping the saying “home sweet home” is proven accurate.

Altoona will be the host team for the tournament, which begins Wednesday. All games will be held at the Altoona Teener Baseball League’s Seitz Field.

“This is a huge opportunity,” Altoona manager Brian Bell said. “The kids are all excited.”

Altoona won the state championship in Williamsport recently, and a majority of the players were on last year’s 14U team that made it to the Middle Atlantic Regional championship game in Somers Point, N.J.

Team members are Paul Wedel, Gavin Bell, Dontae Emerick, E.J. Ulery, Connor Cobaugh, Justin Herman, Elijah Shade, Brayden Winters, Braxton Zitsch, Cayden Gibbons, Jay Albarano, Brady Steiner, Michael Cacciotti, Vincent Cacciotti and Will Sankey. Bell is assisted by Andrew Wedel, Chris Cacciotti and Tom Cobaugh.

“We’ve been here; we have experience,” Bell said. “We do have some high expectations — we ultimately would like to get to the championship game, and hopefully win it this year and become the first team from Altoona to advance to the Babe Ruth World Series (which will be held in Stafford, Va.).”

Altoona is in Pool A and will face South New Jersey runner-up Hopewell/Ewing in its first game at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Altoona will then play Maryland runner-up Frederick County at 8 p.m. Thursday and Williamsport’s West End, whom Altoona beat in the state final, at 8 p.m. Friday.

The semifinals are Saturday with the championship slated for 2 p.m. Sunday.

Hollidaysburg falls

BEDFORD — The Bedford Hurricanes broke open a 2-2 game in the fifth inning with eight runs and went on to beat Hollidaysburg, 12-2, in six inning in the Pa. American Legion Region 7 Tournament at Bedford Area High School.

Matt Whysong delivered three hits and three RBIs for Bedford. Zac Barton had two hits and an RBI for Hollidaysburg.

Bedford finished as the runner-up in its pool and will face Philipsburg in the semifinals at 2 p.m. today. Latrobe and Bushy Run meet in the other semifinal at 11 a.m. The winners will play in the championship at 5 p.m.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hollidaysburg 001 010 X– 2 5 2

Bedford 110 082 X–12 6 1

Records: Hollidaysburg (0-3); Bedford (2-1).

Sheetz gets top seed

Sheetz clinched the top seed for the George B. Kelley Federation playoffs after sweeping Stuckey Automotive Collision Center, 11-10 in eight innings and 10-6, at Stout Field.

Sheetz finished the regular season at 12-6 and will get a first-round bye in the playoffs.

Alex Yost delivered two hits and two RBIs in the first game, and Kyle Wilson drove in three runs in the nightcap.

FIRST GAME

SHEETZ (11): Diehl ss-p-rf 421, Harbaugh 2b 311, Yost p-ss 422, Winters 2b 000, Lindsey c 421, Gochnaur 3b 200, Shehan 1b 300, Wilson ss 100, Ferguson rf 200, Detwiler p 100, Ledford rf 321, Chaplin cf 220, Zitsch lf-1b 401, Chaplin cr 000. Totals — 22-11-7.

STUCKEY AUTOMOTIVE (10): McGraw p-1b 411, Mountain 3b-ss 501, Casteel 1b-cf 511, Harshbarger ss 222, Sanders rf 000, Naglowsky cf 322, T. Schnarrs lf 311, J. Schnarrs 2b 310, Socie c 421, Empson p 302, McCabe 3b 000, Levri rf 100, Strawmier rf 200. Totals — 35-10-11.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Sheetz 000 154 01–11 7 3

Stuckey’s 100 540 00–10 11 7

2B-Diehl, Harshberger, Casteel. RBI–Yost 2, Zitsch 2, Diehl, Shehan, McGraw, Harshbarger, Naglowsky, Socie, Empson. WP–Detwiler. LP–Naglowsky. SO–Yost 6, Diehl 1, Detwiler 6, McGraw 8, Naglowsky 3. BB–Yost 4, Diehl 1, Detwiler 1, McGraw 2, Empson 2, Naglowsky 1.

SECOND GAME

SHEETZ (10): Chaplin cf 311, Harbaugh lf 310, Wilson ss-3b 311, Detwiler p-1b 401, Winters 2b 101, Yost 2b-ss-2b 300, Gochnaur 3b 312, Shehan 301, Lindsey c 310, Diehl rf-2b 322, Ferguson p 100, Zitsch 1b-rf 332, Ledford cr 000. Totals — 33-10-11.

STUCKEY AUTOMOTIVE (6): McGraw p-1b 301, T. Schnarrs lf 310, McCabe 3b-p 412, Mountain ss 423, Casteel 2b-3b 411, Naglowsky cf 402, J. Schnarrs 1b-2b 300, Socie c 200, Sanders rf 312, Strawmier rf 300. Totals — 33-6-11.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Sheetz 220 203 1–10 11 1

Stuckey’s 001 104 0– 6 11 3

2B–McGraw, McCabe, Mountain. RBI–Wilson 3, Chaplin 2, Harbaugh, Detwiler, Gochnaur, Diehl, McGraw, McCabe, Mountain, Naglowsky, J. Schnarrs, Sanders. WP–Gochnaur. LP–McCabe. SO–Detwiler 2, Gochnaur 4, Ferguson 3, McGraw 1, McCabe 2. BB–Detwiler 1, Gochnaur 2, McGraw 5, McCabe 2.

Records: Sheetz (12-6); Stuckey Automotive (9-9).

Barton’s prevails

Barton’s Plumbing & Heating scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning and edged Martin Oil, 7-6, in Kelley Federation action at Vets Field.

Lex Dixon went 4-for-4 with two RBIs for Barton’s.

MARTIN OIL (6): Kost p-2b-ss 321, Dorminy cf 300, T. Swogger lf 200, Rabenstein lf-cf 100, Kovac 3b 300, V. Cacciotti 1b 200, Miller p 100, Pier c-1b 311, Cobaugh eh-1b 200, C. Swogger c 111, Bardell 2b-p 100, Walls ph-p-eh 100, Berkowitz ss 010, Gonzalez 2b 201, Reed rf 311. Totals — 28-6-5.

BARTON’S PLUMBING & HEATING (7): Sell cf-p-cf 412, Dixon 2b-lf 414, Beauchamp p-cf 2b 310, DeGennaro 1b-p 401, Williams ss 412, Hofer 3b-1b 402, M. Cacciotti rf 321, Fochler lf 211, Georgiana lf-3b 000, Warmath c 401. Totals — 31-7-14.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Martin Oil 002 002 2–6 5 0

Barton’s 030 003 1–7 14 3

E–DeGennaro, Fochler, Williams. 2B-Williams, DeGennaro, Fochler, Sell. RBI–Gonzalez 2, Kost, DeGennaro 2, Dixon 2, Sell, M. Cacciotti, Warmath. WP–DeGennaro. LP–Miller. SO–Kost 2, Bardell 2, Walls 3, Miller 1, Beauchamp 4, Sell 1, DeGennaro 2. BB–Beauchamp 1, Sell 1, DeGennaro 1, Miller 3.

Records: Martin Oil (7-11); Barton’s Plumbing & Heating (10-7).

Tyrone Legion rolls

Tyrone Legion completed its George B. Kelley Federation regular season with a 5-13 mark after routing Re/Max Realty, 12-1, in five innings at Vets Field.

Conner McClure had two hits for Tyrone, and Gage Miller drove in two runs.

TYRONE LEGION (12): Walk ss 321, Woomer rf-p 221, Light p-cf 120, R. Seeger 1b 100, C. McClure 1b 212, Oakes c 400, Heichel cr 000, Buck 3b 310, Miles eh 211, Lehner 2b-lf 211, Jones lf 200, B. McClure ph-2b 100, Miller cf-p-rf 221. Totals — 25-12-7.

RE/MAX REALTY (1): Carmel ss 201, Nicolini 2b-p-2b 301, Folcarelli p-rf-2b-3b 300, H. Rossman c 311, Lucas cf-p-cf 201, G. Rossman 1b-p 000, Hammel 3b-1b 100, Jenkins eh-lf 200, Wardrop lf 100, Boreman ph 100, Westley rf-cf-rf 000, Wilson rf 100. Totals — 19-1-4.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Tyrone Legion 003 90X X–12 7 1

Re/Max Realty 000 10X X– 1 4 6

E–Walk, Nicolini 3, Folcarelli 3. 2B–H. Rossman. RBI–Miller 2, Lehner, Miles, Buck, Oakes, R. Seeger, Light, Woomer. WP–Light. LP–Folcarelli. SO–Folcarelli 3, Lucas 1, Nicolini 1, G. Rossman 1, Light 1, Miller 2, Woomer 2. BB–Light 1, Miller 2, Folcarelli 3, Nicolini 4.

Records: Tyrone Legion (5-13); Re/Max Realty (8-10).

Gority has big game

Lucas Gority drove in three runs on two hits to lead Sheetz to a 13-4 win over Bavarian Hall in an Altoona Teener Major League game at Seitz Field.

Tanner Stroup and Colton Folckemer each added two RBIs as Sheetz improved to 6-10. Landon Douglas drove in two runs for Bavarian Hall (3-17).

SHEETZ 13, BAVARIAN HALL 4. Multiple hits–Sensenig 2, Gority 2 (S), Conrad 2, Douglas 2 (BH). RBIs–Stroup 2, Folckemer 2, Gority 3, Shields, Friendenberger, Dunmire (S), Douglas 2, Conrad (BH). WP–Friendenberger. LP–McCrystal. SO–Friedenberger 5, Battisti 3 (S). BB — Friendenberger 7 (S), McCrystal 5, Anderson 3 (BH).

Records: Sheetz (6-10), Bavarian Hall (3-17)