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PSU Altoona advances to AMCC championship round

DuBOIS — The Penn State Altoona softball team won both of its games on Friday in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship tournament at Rose & Dennis Heindl Memorial Field. Penn State Altoona, with one loss in the double-elimination tournament, will face unbeaten Penn State Behrend at noon Saturday. A winner-take-all second game will be played at 2 if the Lions win the first game. PSU Altoona will be trying to win its fourth-ever AMCC title. PSU Altoona beat Pitt-Bradford, 11-3, in five innings in the first game on Friday and then avenged a loss to Mount Aloysius ...

Strange play leads C-K softball to another setback

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel opened the high school softball season by winning its first 11 games, including a 16-run rout of fellow Inter-County Conference power Everett. But following Wednesday’s 6-5 loss to Southern Huntingdon, the Lady Bulldogs are just 4-4 in the eight games since. ...

Mielnik family will celebrate senior bowler of the year victory

George Mielnik wasn’t the only one who benefited from winning the Altoona Mirror Senior Bowler of the Year tournament on Wednesday. Mrs. Mielnik got to enjoy it, too. “(Tuesday), I told my wife that when I win bowler of the year (Wednesday), I will take you out for dinner, so …. not too ...

Reports: Rodgers in Pittsburgh

Multiple media outlets were reporting on Thursday that Aaron Rodgers was coming to Pittsburgh this weekend and a decision would soon be made on whether he will play for the Steelers this season. And the speculation from those outlets for the most part seems to dictate that his decision will ...

Curve pitching staff roughed up in loss

BOWIE, Md. — The Chesapeake Baysox hit five homers on their way to a 19-4 win over the Curve on Wednesday afternoon at Prince George’s Stadium. The game began after a one hour 26-minute rain delay, and then the Baysox jumped out to a 5-0 lead on Curve starter Po-Yu Chen. Chesapeake’s ...