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Hollidaysburg wins VFW baseball state title

Courtesy photo Hollidaysburg won the VFW State Baseball Tournament Sunday. Team members include (from left): First row—Gage Boland, Noah Stains, Conner Pike, Mason Mierley, Vince Boland, Braden Hatch, Beau Rabel. Second row—Coaches Mark Boland, Matt Mierley and Mike Reffner, Carter Muth, JJ Stultz, coach Brad Hatch, three tournament representatives, Alex Glasgow, Gavin Treon. Absent for photo were Breckin Boland, Rocco Cacciotti and Ty McGough.

HUNTINGDON — Hollidaysburg went 4-1 and won the VFW Baseball 16U state tournament this past weekend when it downed Lebanon Valley in the championship game, 15-0, in five innings.

On Saturday, Hollidaysburg beat West Branch, 10-0, in five innings with Mason Mierley going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Alex Glasgow firing a three-hitter. Hollidaysburg then lost to host Huntingdon, 6-4, with Gavin Treon getting two hits.

On Sunday, Hollidaysburg beat West Branch, 10-2, behind Connor Pike’s two-hitter with nine strikeouts. Mierley and Vince Boland each had two hits.

Hollidaysburg then topped Huntingdon, 11-5, to advance to the finals. Glasgow went 3-for-4, Mierley and Beau Rabel each drove in two runs, and Braden Hatch and Carter Muth each had two hits.

In the championship game, Hollidaysburg banged out 13 hits with Mierley and Muth each getting two. Treon, who threw four shutout innings to get the win, Hatch and Mierley each drove in two runs.

SUNDAY

HOLLIDAYSBURG 10, WEST BRANCH 2

HOLLIDAYSBURG (10): Treon cf 311, Pike p 300, Glasgow 1b-3b 311, Hatch 3b 401, Stains 1b 210, Mierley ss 202, Stultz ss 211, V. Boland 2b 222, G. Boland 2b 210, Muth rf 311, Rabel lf 310, B. Boland c 311. Totals — 32-10-10.

WEST BRANCH (2): McDowell cf 200, Kio p 300, Ryen 1b 300, Leskovansky ss 311, Hudson 3b-p 301, Esposti 2b 200, Reitz 000, Hartzog 100, Kindleberger dh 100, Reichard dh 100, George c 200, Stavola lf 200, No. 10 010. Totals — 23-2-2.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hollidaysburg 140 310 1–10 10 2

West Branch 000 101 0– 2 2 4

RBI–Treon, Hatch, Muth, B. Boland. WP–Pike. LP–Kio. SO–Pike 9, Kio 3, Hudson 4. BB–Pike 2, Kio 2, Hudson 2.

HOLLIDAYSBURG 11, HUNTINGDON 5

HOLLIDAYSBURG (11): Treon lf 411, Pike cf 400, Glasgow 3b 423, Hatch c-p 322, Stains 1b 220, Mierley ss 321, V. Boland p 210, Muth rf 312, B. Boland, 1b-rf-c 301, Stultz 1b 100, Rabel 2b 301. Totals — 32-11-11.

HUNTINGDON (5): Lang 400, Gutshall p 300, Reck p 410, Rupert 310, Snare 020, Sunderland 100, Morningstar 300, Mojta 312, Valentina 200, Payne 301. Totals — 26-5-3.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hollidaysburg 103 030 4–11 11 3

Huntingdon 000 230 0– 5 3 4

2B–Treon, Hatch, Glasgow. RBI–Mierley 2, Rabel 2, Pike, Hatch, V. Boland, Muth, Morningstar, Mojta, Valentina, Payne. WP–V. Boland. LP–Reck. SO–V. Boland 6, Hatch 4, Reck 1, Gutshall 4. BB–V. Boland 4, Reck 2, Gutshall 3.

CHAMPIONSHIP

HOLLIDAYSBURG 15, LEBANON V. 0

HOLLIDAYSBURG (15): Treon p-cf 301, Pike cf-3b 321, Glasgow 3b-rf 331, Hatch c-2b 301, Stains 1b 401, Mierley ss-1b 412, V. Boland 2b 211, G. Boland c 221, Mutch rf-p 312, Rabel lf 221, Stultz lf-1b-ss 131. Totals — 30-15-13.

LEBANON VALLEY (0): Wenger cf 201, Auker 3b-p 201, Parker lf 201, Ortiz lf-p 000, Weiler dh 100, Gilmartin dh 101, Miranda ss 200, Peters p-3b 200, Minnick 1b 100, Brown 1b 000, Cook rf 200, Keener c 100. Totals — 16-0-4.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hollidaysburg 133 35X X– 15 13 1

Lebanon Valley 000 00X X– 0 4 6

2B–Treon, Mutch, Hatch, Glasgow, Wenger. 3B–Mierley, Stultz. RBI–Treon 2, Hatch 2, Mierley 2, Pike, Glasgow, Stains, Muth, Rabel, Stultz. WP–Treon. LP–Peters. SO–Treon 2, Peters 3, Ortiz 1. BB–Muth 1, Ortiz 1.

Records: Hollidaysburg (4-1).

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