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Juniata Valley battles back, but defeated

ALEXANDRIA — Trailing by three entering its last at-bat, Juniata Valley rallied for two runs but couldn’t muster any more in a 5-4 season-ending loss to Homer-Center in District 6 Class 1A semifinal action on Friday afternoon. The top-seeded Green Hornets fell into a 4-1 deficit as the fifth-seeded Wildcats put up one run in the top of the first and three more in the second. JV tied the score at 1-1 when Robert Hess was walked by HC pitcher Dom Shimko with the bases loaded to allow Elijah Johns to cross the plate. The Hornets pulled within one run in the bottom of the fifth as ...

NBC falls short to Berlin

BERLIN — The Northern Bedford County High School softball team’s season reached an end on Friday with an 8-1 loss to top-seeded Berlin Brothersvalley in the District 5 Class 1A semifinals. Mylee Mitchell struck out 13 batters for the Lady Panthers, who committed six errors. The Lady Panthers, which finished the season at 12-8, got a two-out single from Callie Miller in the top of the first that scored Emilee Beach to account for the lone NBC run. Elena Ritchey tossed a one-hitter with nine strikeouts for Berlin, which will play Meyersdale in the championship game Tuesday at ...

Foursome wins Summit tournament

CRESSON — The team of Shawn Smay, Jim Singer, Frank Hribar and Ryan Richardson won the Summit Country Club’s 11th annual Sons of the American Legion District 20 Veterans Benefit Outing four-player scramble with a score of 60 last Saturday. Joe Gribbin, Joe Myers, Tony Stombaugh and Aaron Offman were second with a 61, and Tom Squashic, Paul David Myers, Matt Henry and Kory O’Donnell were third with a 61. Sylvan Hills HOLLIDAYSBURG — Gary Long and Jerry Long are the leaders in the Sylvan Hills Thursday Evening Golf League after Week 2. Low gross and net scorer was Nick Matteson ...

Tiger duo bows out in 1st round

HERSHEY — The District 6 Class 3A doubles tennis champions lost in the first round of the PIAA Championships on Friday at the Hershey Racquet Center. Hollidaysburg seniors Garrett Bouchard and Felix Xu fell to Dallastown senior Nirvan Joshi and freshman James Anderson, 7-6 (9), 6-3.

Lady Lions show improvements

EBENSBURG — Altoona softball coach Alyssa Rumberger said the Lady Lions made significant strides in their bid to attain respectability during the 2026 softball season. “I think we took some big strides this year. We had a great core of seniors that have been playing together for several ...

2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41

CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause ...