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Portage’s Miko lifts Mainline

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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, ...

Greenwood Meadows downs Sylvan in Courtesy Kia

Local Sports

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 ...

Putting in the work

Football

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 ...

Givens remains in San Francisco

Professional Sports

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 ...

O’Hearn's grand slam helps lift Pirates

Pennsylvania Sports

PITTSBURGH — Ryan O’Hearn hit a grand slam on his 33rd birthday, and the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Sunday to avoid being swept in the three-game series. The Cubs nearly erased a six-run deficit. Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run home run with one out in the ninth inning ...

Steiner helps Imler's Poultry capture Altoona AAABA title

Local Sports

Imler’s Poultry and Cumming Motors went the distance in their best-of-three Altoona All American Amateur Baseball Association championship series, but Sunday’s deciding game really came down to the first inning. Cumming Motors got its first two runners on, but Imler’s pitcher Brady ...