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Altoona’s Tanner Stroup leads Mainline Pharmacy in AAABA tournament

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 ...

Fourth inning gives Eldorado lead in Teener Major series

Sometimes, you just need one swing to change a baseball game around, whether that’s a key hit, key play or a key inning. The latter happened for Eldorado Civics Association Monday night in game one of its Altoona Teener League 15U Major Division Championship Series. Eldorado used a ...

Let’s get two

Sheetz second baseman Jaxon Nordick forces out Dom Pyo of Eldorado Civics Association on an attempted double play in Game 1 of the Altoona Teener Major League finals Monday at Seitz Field. Read the story here. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

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

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 ...

Castillo gets walk-off victory for Curve

Jesus Castillo’s walk-off single gave the Altoona Curve a 4-3 win over the Chesapeake Baysox Sunday night at PNG Field. A crowd of 3,785 was on hand to see Castillo’s bases-loaded heroics as he scored Titus Dumitru from third base. “He chased a pitch early and then was able to ...

Reds take series over struggling Bucs

CINCINNATI — Chase Burns won his 12th straight decision and Sal Stewart hit his 24th home run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-2, on Sunday to take three of four in the series. Stewart tied Joey Votto for second-most homers by a Reds rookie. Votto hit 24 in 2008. Frank ...