Metro

HARRISBURG — Altoona exploded for five runs in the first inning and went on to defeat Central Dauphin, 7-1, Saturday in a high school baseball game.

Winning pitcher Gavin Albright pitched into the seventh inning and struck out six. Tanner Stroup recorded the final three outs. Albright and Will Sankey each collected two hits for Altoona while Eric McAllister drove in two runs.

ALTOONA (7): Pike rf 411, Albright p 422, Stroup cf 211, Smearman ss 411, Kraft c 301, LaRocco 3b 210, McAllister 2b 200, Speece 1b 401, Sankey lf 312. Totals — 28-7-9.

CENTRAL DAUPHIN (1): Collins 1b 302, Powell 2b 400, Long ss 400, Smith rf 311, Hevel lf 300, Linares 3b 100, Peterson 3b 100, Mazzatesta dh 202, Harris c 300, Scaringi cf 100. Totals — 25-1-5.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Altoona 511 000 0–7 9 0

Central Dauphin 000 100 0–1 5 1

E–Reeser. RBI–Mazzatesta, McAllister 2, Smearman, Kraft, LaRocco, Speece, Sankey. WP–Albright. LP–Reeser. SO–Scaringi 4, Musselman 3, Shrader 1, Reeser 1, Albright 6. BB–Albright 2, Stroup 1, Reeser 2, Shrader 3, Musselman 1.

Records: Altoona (11-8); Central Dauphin (6-11).

Tyrone shines

SPRING MILLS — Brandon McClure had two hits and drove in two runs to lead Tyrone to a 12-5 victory over Penns Valley in high school baseball on Saturday.

Landon Hamer, Owen Oakes, Lincoln Shirey and Conner McClure also had two hits for the Golden Eagles.

TYRONE (12): Hamer c 502, B. McClure 2b 422, Seeger rf 000, Walk ss 300, Kustenbauder 3b 300, Oakes rf 412, Parsons cf 101, Jones dh 421, C. McClure 1b 412, Shirey lf 402, Miller cf 321. Totals — 35-12-13.

PENNS VALLEY (5): Birge cf 321, Karc ss 221, H. Feltenberger c 302, Miller p 301, Parsons rf 201, Winkleblech 2b 201, P. Feltenberger p 200, Neideigh 1b 400, Conklin 2b 210, Harpster lf 200, Kortz c 100. Totals — 26-5-7.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Tyrone 110 360 1–12 13 2

Penns Valley 230 000 0– 5 7 6

E–C. McClure, Ewing, Karc 2, H. Feltenberger 2, Parsons, Neideigh. 2B–Jones, Hamer, H. Feltenberger. RBI–Feltenberger 3, Parsons 1, Winkleblech, Hamer, B. McClure 2, Walk, Parsons, C. McClure, Miller. WP–Price. LP–Miller. SO–H. Feltenberger 1, P. Feltenberger 1, Price 7, Ewing 2, B. McClure 1. BB–H. Feltenberger 3, Miller 1, P. Feltenberger 1, Price 3, Ewing 3.

Records: Tyrone (13-5).

PC rallies

CRESSON — Penn Cambria rallied past Bishop Guilfoyle Academy, 8-4, with a six-run bottom of the fifth inning Saturday in high school baseball.

Corbin Vinglish had a two-run single during the big inning, and Ayden Himmer earned the win in relief — surrendering no runs for the Panthers. Caden Gibbons had two hits and two RBIs for Penn Cambria.

Jesse Georgiana tripled for the Marauders, and Rocco Cacciotti had two hits.

BISHOP GUILFOYLE (4): Chwatek p 310, Dixon 2b 301, Gartmann lf 411, Georgiana 3b 311, R. Cacciotti 1b 402, Foor ss 110, Warmath c 101, Marasco rf 300, M. Cacciotti cf 300, Imler cr 000, Farabaugh cr 000. Totals — 25-4-6.

PENN CAMBRIA (8): Hanlon p 320, Gibbons cf 322, Vinglish c 411, Farabaugh 1b 111, Mento lf 300, Himmer 3b-p 301, Davison ss 210, Conrad dh 210, Nagle 2b 100, Latterner 2b 200. Totals — 24-8-5.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Bishop Guilfoyle 010 030 0–4 6 2

Penn Cambria 000 161 X–8 5 0

3B–Georgiana. RBI–Gartmann, Georgiana, R. Cacciotti, Marasco, Gibbons 2, Vinglish 2, Himmer 2, Farabaugh. WP–Himmer. LP–Chwatek. SO–Chwatek 4, Foor 1, Himmer 3, Hanlon 1. BB–Chwatek 5, Hanlon 4, Himmer 1.

Records: Bishop Guilfoyle (4-12); Penn Cambria (11-6).

SOFTBALL

Altoona wins two

CAMP HILL — Altoona finished a 9-4 victory over Cedar Cliff from a game that was started on April 15 and then won the regularly scheduled game, 14-4, in high school softball action Saturday.

Charli Schneider went the distance for Altoona, earned the win and struck out nine in the first game. Skyler Reed, the winning pitcher in the second game, went 3-for-3 at the plate in the first game.

Natalie Baker and Bridget Delozier each had three hits for Altoona in the second game, and Jayda Yost hit her third career home run.

GAME ONE

SCORE BY INNINGS

Cedar Cliff 011 020 0–4 7 1

Altoona 203 013 X–9 12 2

2B–Keys (CC); Price, Snyder, Reed, Sprankle (A). 3B–Keys (CC). HR–Martin (CC). RBI–Keys, Brown, Martin (CC); Reed 2, Price 2, Baker, Snyder, Delozier (A). Multiple hits–Keys 2, Martin 2 (CC); Reed 3, Sprankle 2, Snyder 2 (A). WP–Schneider. LP–Vasquez. SO–Vasquez 1 (CC); Schneider 9 (A). BB–Vasquez 3 (CC); Schneider 3 (A).

GAME TWO

SCORE BY INNINGS

Altoona 600 17X X–14 18 1

Cedar Cliff 310 00X X– 4 6 2

2B–Price (A). HR–Yost (A). RBI–Yost 3, Reed 2, Worley 2, Bettwy 2, Baker, Cogan, Price, Delozier (A). Multiple hits–Baker 3, Delozier 3, Reed 2, Cogan 2, Worley 2, Yost 2, Bettwy 2 (A); Heiple 2, Heller 2 (CC). WP–Reed. LP–Keys. SO–Reed 4 (A); Keys 1 (CC). BB–Reed 3 (A).

Records: Altoona (3-15); Cedar Cliff (1-17).

B-A downs JV

BELLWOOD — Palynn Gregg outpitched Braelyn Hall to help Bellwood-Antis edge Juniata Valley, 6-2, in high school softball on Saturday.

Gregg also doubled and drove in two runs for the Lady Blue Devils, and Hall doubled and drove in a run for the Lady Hornets.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Juniata Valley 110 000 0–2

Bellwood-Antis 320 010 X–6

2B–Clabaugh, Gregg, Koozer (BA); Hall, Ersek (JV). RBI–Martin, McKee, Snyder, Gregg 2, Koozer (BA); Hall (JV). Multiple hits–Snyder (BA); Devore, Ersek (JV). WP–Gregg. LP–Hall. SO–Gregg 4 (BA); Hall 8 (JV). BB–Gregg 2 (BA); Hall 2 (JV).

Records: Juniata Valley (8-9); Bellwood-Antis (8-9).

Lady Eagles fall

THREE SPRINGS — Lydia Dell’s three-run home run lifted Southern Huntingdon to a 3-1 victory over Tyrone in high school softball on Saturday.

Jayden Albright had an RBI single for the Lady Eagles.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Tyrone 010 000 0–1 5 0

Southern Huntingdon 000 030 X–3 5 0

2B–Young (SH). HR–Dell (SH). RBI–Dell 3 (SH); Albright (T). Multiple hits–Semple 2 (SH). WP–Young. LP–Rockwell. SO–Rockwell 7 (T); Young 9 (SH). BB–Young 3 (SH); Rockwell 2 (T).

Records: Tyrone (11-7).

VOLLEYBALL

Altoona third

PITTSBURGH — Altoona’s boys volleyball team finished third out of seven teams at the Shaler Varsity Volleyball Invitational after falling, 25-12, to North Allegheny in the semifinals on Saturday.

Altoona defeated Saegertown, 25-21, in the quarterfinals.

Lukas Weathersbee had 20 kills, 15 digs and a block for the Lions. Nino Yohn had 45 digs, and Caleb Terza finished with 48 assists for Altoona.

In pool play, Meadville topped Altoona, 25-7, as did Shaler (25-12), North Allegheny (25-11) and Saegertown (25-10). Altoona defeated Cochranton, 25-16, and Penn-Trafford, 25-22.

SERVICE POINTS

ALTOONA: Terza 13, Coldwell 9, Yohn 8, Weathersbee 7, Huey-Kish 5, Reed 5, Trimmer 4.

JV: Altoona split with South Park, 17-25, 25-17; lost to Montour, 25-13, 25-13; lost to Norwin, 25-17, 25-20 in pool play.

Lost to Franklin Regional, 25-16, in play-in for playoffs.