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Line Mountain makes most of trip to Glendale

FLINTON — Line Mountain, which went 11-1 and won a District 4 Class 1A title last season, made the 2-hour, 30-minute bus trip from Herndon in Northumberland County to Flinton on Friday. The Eagles made the most of their trip to Dr. Roy F. Baker Field. Line Mountain (2-0), sparked by a running game that amassed 351 rushing yards, scored three unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away in a close game and win, 42-8. “It was just a poor showing to put it lightly,” Glendale coach Chase Hill said. “We told them all week you do your job, you take care of the ball, ...

Jones, Mangum do their job to help Bucs get another win

PITTSBURGH — Jared Jones pitched six strong innings, Jake Mangum had an RBI double in the second inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding Los Angeles Angels 1-0 on Friday night. The MLB-worst Angels (53-88) lost for the 10th time in 11 games. The Pirates have won five of six ...

Curve bats not able to back up pitching

HARRISBURG — Strong pitching from Peyton Stumbo, Jake Shirk, Mike Walsh and Christian Tortosa wasn’t enough for Altoona to pick up a third straight win, falling 2-0 to the Harrisburg Senators on Friday night at FNB Field. Peyton Stumbo turned in his first scoreless outing since June 10 ...

Pitt preps for season opener

Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. Where: Acrisure Stadium TV: The CW Radio: The FAN 93.7-FM Satellite: SiriusXM Ch. 113 & 235 Game notes: The Panthers and the RedHawks will meet for only the third time in history. Against the Mid-American Conference, Miami’s home, the Panthers are 35-6. … This is ...

Lady Bears, Bobcats win big

The Great Commission girls soccer team improved to 2-1 Friday afternoon, thanks to a 5-1 win over Johnstown Christian in high school action at the Valley View Field. Grace DiBiase scored two goals and added an assist in a game it led, 2-0, at halftime. Teammate Alexa Hall added two goals. SCORE BY HALVES Johnstown Christian 0 1 -- 1 Great Commission 2 3 -- 5 First Half: GC–Hall (DiBiase); GC–DiBiase (unassisted) Second Half: GC–Hall (unassisted); GC–DiBiase (Miller); GC–Miller (unassisted) Records: Great Commission (2-1), Johnstown Christian (0-1) Kennedy keys ...

Tradition big part of NBC, JV football

Juniata Valley and Northern Bedford have been two of the most successful Class 1A high school football programs in the area over the last decade, and they will meet tonight in Loysburg in a big Inter-County Conference matchup. Northern Bedford is coming off a win over Curwensville while ...