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Lady Hornet bats put up big numbers in victory

WILLIAMSBURG — Brooklyn Harman homered, Kelsey Ersek had three hits and four RBIs and Lexey Smith had three hits and three RBIs to lead Juniata Valley to a 16-3 win over Williamsburg Tuesday in high school softball play. Abby Sneath added two hits and three RBIs for the Lady Hornets. Rylee Stultz had a hit and drove in two runs for the Lady Pirates. SCORE BY INNINGS Juniata Valley 024 37X X—16 14 1 Williamsburg 003 00X X— 3 2 6 HR—Harman (JV). RBI—Stultz 2 (W); Ersek 4, Sneath 3, J. Devore 2, Harman 2, L. Smith 3, G. Smith, B. Devore (JV). Multiple hits—B. ...

Altoona grad named to AMCC volleyball first team

Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball’s sophomore opposite hitter Caleb Fries was voted to the first team of the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad this week. Fries, an Altoona graduate, played in all 26 matches for the Lions in his sophomore season, appearing in 92 of the team’s 94 sets. Among all players in the AMCC, he ranks first in service aces (49) and aces per set (0.53), second in attacks per set (8.22), third in points (357.0), points per set (3.9), and kills (280), fourth in kills per set (3.04) and total attacks (756). Fries was voted the AMCC Preseason ...

Softball program turning the corner for Blue Devils

BELLWOOD — Early on in Heather Quick’s tenure as Bellwood-Antis softball coach, there were many tough years where wins were hard to come by. There was only one win in a two-year span at one point. Those days seem to be very well in the rear-view mirror, and the Lady Blue Devils crossed ...

Frosh Sahlaney hits the ground running for Tigers

Name: Jaclyn Sahlaney School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 15 Grade: Freshman Sport: Track and field Athlete of the week achievement: Sahlaney set a school record in the 200 dash with a time of 25.58 and ran the 100 dash in 12.53 to finish first place in both events at the 20-team Lady Spartan ...

Tyrone’s Stroup delivers all-around effort

Name: Jon Stroup School: Tyrone Area Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Baseball Athlete of the week achievement: Stroup went 9-for-15 (.600) with eight RBIs, eight runs scored and two doubles for Tyrone in five games last week, including a 6-3 win over Altoona in the Curve Classic ...

Skenes, offense get it done as Bucs earn win No. 10

PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes allowed one hit in six strong innings and Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two games, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates steamrolled the Washington Nationals 16-5 to begin a four-game series Monday night. Skenes (3-1) struck out six and walked ...