ROARING SPRING — Familiar faces donned the winning circle again this past weekend as Anthony DeGol and Todd Homan took home the championship trophy in the 50th annual Iron Masters Classic. Entering Sunday’s final round, only two teams had a realistic chance of finishing on top after DeGol ...
Vinnie Hite homered, tripled and doubled to go with three RBIs in leading Eldorado Civics to a 14-4 play-in victory over Altoona Moose Lodge 74 in Altoona Teener Major League playoff action at Seitz Field on Sunday. Lucas Farabaugh, Spencer Akins and Dylen Anders each added two hits for Eldorado Civics, which will play Old School Printing in the best-of-three semifinals beginning Wednesday. Westley Kirsch had two hits for Altoona Moose. SCORE BY INNINGS Eldorado Civics 410 044 1—14 13 1 Altoona Moose 003 010 X— 4 6 1 2B—L. Farabaugh, Hite (ECA); Hertzler (AM). ...
JOHNSTOWN — Portage’s Andrew Miko delivered the big hit in helping Mainline Pharmacy capture the Johnstown AAABA League championship on Sunday night at Point Stadium. With his team down 2-0, Miko belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning and Mainline went on to beat rival Martella’s, 3-2, and win the championship series 3-2. Miko finished 3-for-3 in the game. Chase Williamson (six innings) and Bryce Maddeon (three innings) combined on a four-hitter. Both teams will compete in the AAABA National Tournament. In Saturday’s game, won by Mainline Pharmacy 11-4, ...
Sometimes you need just one thing to go your way in a baseball game to achieve a win. That could be one hit, one big play or even one big inning. For Greenwood Meadows of East End in Saturday’s Courtesy Kia Little World Series championship game at Centennial Field, it got the latter as it registered a four-run fourth inning en route to a 7-4 win over Altoona Independent’s Sylvan Veterinary. “We’ve had a lot of games this year where we relied on the back of our lineup,” Greenwood Meadows coach Mike Thrower said. “It was big for Logan (Thrower) to get on, Eli (McGinnis) had ...
Landon Simala of Portage Area High School competes in the big man competition on Saturday at Richland High School in Johnstown, while Northern Bedford’s Trace Baker (right) looks for a receiver in 7-on-7 drills. The teams were two of 16 taking part in summer football activities. Mirror ...
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco 49ers announced Sunday they signed Altoona Area High School graduate Kevin Givens to a one-year deal. Givens, a 6-foot-1, 285-pound defensive lineman from Penn State, originally entered the NFL after signing as an undrafted free agent with the 49ers in ...
