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Altoona’s Tanner Stroup leads Mainline Pharmacy in AAABA tournament

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JOHNSTOWN — Altoona Area High School product Tanner Stroup enjoyed a monster game in helping Johnstown AAABA League champ Mainline Pharmacy dominate New York, 13-3, in seven innings in the national tournament at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point on Monday night. Stroup went 3-for-4 with two triples and five RBIs for Mainline, while Xander Richardson went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Trey Wingard, Landon Hamer, Bryce Roberts and Aiden Snowberger each added two hits, and Chase Williamson went five innings to earn the win. New York’s Jasmark Munoz homered twice and drove in ...

Shiho Kuwaki wins first major at Women’s British Open

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LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Shiho Kuwaki of Japan saved par to stay alive in a sudden-death playoff Sunday and won with a par on the second extra hole to claim the Women’s British Open over Esther Henseleit of Germany for her first major title. Kuwaki closed with a 1-under 70 and looked ...

West Suburban 14U wins Junior League opener

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KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Johnstown West Suburban 14U team, with several players from the Mirror coverage area, opened play in the 2026 Little League Junior Softball World Series with a 7-1 victory over On Field, a team from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada. Olivia O’Roark gave up just two hits and one run over five innings to earn the win, and Portage’s Reese Pinizzotto and Central Cambria student Kylie Ferguson each threw a scoreless inning of relief. Offensively, Kylie Sweeney led the way with two hits and two RBIs, O’Roark, Jerzy Bopp and Cambria Heights student Reagan Bills each had ...

Hollidaysburg Little League reaches end of road

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PITTSTON — Hollidaysburg saw its run end in the Little League Baseball 12U Pennsylvania State Tournament on Saturday with a 9-3 loss to East Side of West Chester. Hollidaysburg finished 2-2 in the double-elimination tournament with both losses coming to East Side. Ryan Donnelly went 3-for-3 with two home runs and three RBIs for East Side, and Cole Warner homered and also tossed a complete-game victory. Aiden Anderson had two hits for Hollidaysburg. East Side went on to beat Newtown-Edgmont, 10-0, on Sunday and will now play undefeated Blue Mountain in the championship at 5 p.m. ...

Imler’s, Cumming open AAABA nationals today

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JOHNSTOWN — Altoona AAABA teams Imler’s Poultry and Cumming Motors open play in the AAABA National Tournament with noon games today. Imler’s, the Altoona league champion, will play Zanesville at Roxbury, while Cumming, the Altoona league runner-up, faces Brooklyn at Portage. Imler’s is in Pool B with Johnstown champion Mainline Pharmacy, Buffalo, Cleveland, New York, Schenectady, Younstown and Zanesville. Cumming is in Pool B with Johnstown runner-up Martella’s Pharmacy, Brooklyn, Butler, Columbus, Maryland State, New Brunswick and New Orleans. Imler’s will play Buffalo ...

Fink, Helsley prevail in playoff at Summit Country Club

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CRESSON — Artie Fink Jr. has established himself as one of the legends in area golf circles. Nick Helsley showed Sunday evening that he may possess the earmarks of someday becoming one. Playing as a team for the first time ever, Fink Jr. and Helsley captured the championship in the 33rd ...