When you’re down 2-0 in a best-of-5 series the way defending Altoona Greater City League champion Conrad Chiropractic/Lilly American Legion is, sometimes the best thing to do is break down the series into best-of-ones. Thursday night in a contest where both pitchers put on a superb ...
JOHNSTOWN — Imler’s Poultry came into the Altoona portion of its All-American Amateur Baseball Association season with little expectations. With a young squad and a manager in Adam Plummer who had not been at the helm long, the goal was simply to get some experience, bond as a franchise ...
KIRKLAND, Wash. — The West Suburban 14U softball team reached the end of the road in the quarterfinals of the Little League Juniors World Series Thursday night. West Suburban fell to Hudsonville, Mich., 2-1, and was eliminated from the tournament. Teener Minor CM survives Cumming Motors scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and edged Furrer Beverage, 9-8, in the Altoona Teener Minor double-elimination playoffs at Seitz Field on Friday. Trailing 8-7, Dirk Pardee singled in Avery Sowers with one out in the seventh to tie the game. Then, with two outs, Jase Kosicki ...
MILWAUKEE — Dustin May won his Milwaukee debut and Jackson Chourio and Gary Sánchez hit home runs as the Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-2, on Thursday afternoon. After losing the opener, the Brewers (72-43) won the final three games in the series. May (6-7), acquired from the ...
ERIE — Altoona swatted three home runs on it way to a 10-6 win over the Erie SeaWolves in an Eastern League baseball game on Thursday night at UPMC Park. Matt Ager turned in a brilliant start for the Curve, needing just 56 pitches to work through five scoreless innings. Ager earned the win ...
LOYSBURG — The Inter-County Conference held its annual high school football media day at Northern Bedford County High School on Wednesday, and there were plenty of new faces leading programs along with other teams entering the season with big expectations. One of those teams — ...
