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Lilly awaiting opponent for City League championship

Lilly Conrad Chiropractic swept its best-of-three semifinal series with Blair County Oil with a 10-4 victory Saturday at Vets Field in the Altoona Greater City Baseball League. Blair County Oil jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning, but Lilly pitcher Aiden Coleman closed the door the rest of the way. He finished giving up just six hits and no walks while striking out 15 in a complete-game victory. Lilly scored three runs in the top of the fifth and then exploded for seven runs in the top of the seventh to put the game away. Ryan Ickes led Lilly by going 3-for-3 and scoring ...

Fink, Helsley prevail in playoff at Summit Country Club

CRESSON — Artie Fink Jr. has established himself as one of the legends in area golf circles. Nick Helsley showed Sunday evening that he may possess the earmarks of someday becoming one. Playing as a team for the first time ever, Fink Jr. and Helsley captured the championship in the 33rd ...

Imler’s, Cumming open AAABA nationals today

JOHNSTOWN — Altoona AAABA teams Imler’s Poultry and Cumming Motors open play in the AAABA National Tournament with noon games today. Imler’s, the Altoona league champion, will play Zanesville at Roxbury, while Cumming, the Altoona league runner-up, faces Brooklyn at Portage. Imler’s is in Pool B with Johnstown champion Mainline Pharmacy, Buffalo, Cleveland, New York, Schenectady, Younstown and Zanesville. Cumming is in Pool B with Johnstown runner-up Martella’s Pharmacy, Brooklyn, Butler, Columbus, Maryland State, New Brunswick and New Orleans. Imler’s will play Buffalo ...

Hollidaysburg Little League reaches end of road

PITTSTON — Hollidaysburg saw its run end in the Little League Baseball 12U Pennsylvania State Tournament on Saturday with a 9-3 loss to East Side of West Chester. Hollidaysburg finished 2-2 in the double-elimination tournament with both losses coming to East Side. Ryan Donnelly went 3-for-3 with two home runs and three RBIs for East Side, and Cole Warner homered and also tossed a complete-game victory. Aiden Anderson had two hits for Hollidaysburg. East Side went on to beat Newtown-Edgmont, 10-0, on Sunday and will now play undefeated Blue Mountain in the championship at 5 p.m. ...

West Suburban 14U wins Junior League opener

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Johnstown West Suburban 14U team, with several players from the Mirror coverage area, opened play in the 2026 Little League Junior Softball World Series with a 7-1 victory over On Field, a team from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada. Olivia O’Roark gave up just two hits and one run over five innings to earn the win, and Portage’s Reese Pinizzotto and Central Cambria student Kylie Ferguson each threw a scoreless inning of relief. Offensively, Kylie Sweeney led the way with two hits and two RBIs, O’Roark, Jerzy Bopp and Cambria Heights student Reagan Bills each had ...

Pirates beat Reds to snap four-game losing streak

CINCINNATI — Braxton Ashcraft gave up two hits over five innings, while a pair of bases-loaded walks during a three-run third helped the Pittsburgh Pirates snap a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night. Steady rain was falling in the third ...