Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Altoona's Brayden Pike scores behind Mifflin County pitcher Chase Hartung on a wild pitch.

Altoona scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take control of its game against Mifflin County at Mansion Park Tuesday in a 5-2 triumph in high school baseball action.

Carter McConnell was the winning pitcher and struck out eight. Eric McAllister, who threw two shutout innings to close out the game, had two hits and drove in a run for the Mountain Lions, who evened their record at 1-1.

MIFFLIN COUNTY (2): Strohecker cf 311, Shirey ss 301, Lepley c 200, Weaver 2b 300, Leister 1b 300, Ruble 3b 301, McKnight dh 300, Christine rf 311, Beamer lf 200. Totals — 25-2-4.

ALTOONA (5): C. Pike cf 200, Kraft c 201, Stroup lf 320, McAllister ss 302, Waite rf 300, Staines 1b 300, Hainsey 3b 300, McConnell p 110, B. Pike 2b 211. Totals — 22-5-4.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Mifflin County 000 020 0–2 4 2

Altoona 100 040 X–5 4 2

E–Hainsey, B. Pike, Beamer, Shirey. 2B–Shirey. RBI–C. Pike, McAllister, Strohecker, Lepley. WP–McConnell. LP–Crownover. SO–Gerwick 4, Hartung 1, McConnell 8, McAllister 3. BB–McConnell 2, Gerwick 1, Crownover 1, Busch 1.

Records: Altoona (1-1); Mifflin County (1-1).

Tigers break out

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg exploded for all five of its runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to come away with a 5-0 win over Johnstown.

Spencer Davis struck out nine in five innings of scoreless work, and Liam Jancula finished off the shutout with two scoreless innings and five strikeouts.

Braden Hatch added a two-run double for the Golden Tigers.

JOHNSTOWN (0): Felosky ss 300, Kobal 2b 100, Hill 1b 300, Beam c 300, Cornelius dh 300, Dunbar lf 301, Jordan 3b 200, Penrod rf 301, Ashcom cf 200, Grassmyer rf 100. Totals — 24-0-2.

HOLLIDAYSBURG (5): Banks rf 201, Mason ss 100, Phillips cf 411, Hartman 1b 310, Miller dh 211, McGough 2b 200, Layton lf 110, Boland 2b 200, Rossman ph 100, Hatch c 311. Totals — 21-5-4.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Johnstown 000 000 0–0 2 2

Hollidaysburg 000 005 X–5 4 2

E–Felosky, Ashcom, Mason 2. 2B–Miller. RBI–Hatch 2, McGough. WP–Jancula. LP–Elliott. SO–Elliott 3, Penrod 1, Spencer 9, Jancula 5. BB–Spencer 3, Elliott 6.

Records: Johnstown (1-5); Hollidaysburg (4-0).

Williamsburg rolls

WILLIAMSBURG — Andrew Clark homered, tripled and singled and drove in three runs to lead Williamsburg to a 12-0 win over Glendale.

Ethan Reffner also had three hits and four RBIs for the Blue Pirates. Anthony Neri struck out nine in earning the win for Williasmburg.

GLENDALE (0): Rhodes lf 200, Venslosky lf 100, Jenkins 3b 200, Nevling 3b 000, Gilbey 3b 000, Hamilton p 301, Kaufman 1b 101, Franks 1b 000, Matish 1b 000, Shaw cf 100, Weld 2b 300, Heffner p 200, Breeden ss 100, Ammerman c 201. Totals — 18-0-3.

WILLIAMSBURG (12): Neri p 322, Clark c 433, McCall 1b 422, Reffner 2b 333, Lower ss 301, Harker 3b 211, McGregor cf 211, Sommers lf 000, Brumbaugh lf 222, Bigelow rf 100, Carper rf 100, Shock rf 100. Totals — 26-12-15.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Glendale 000 00X X– 0 3 2

Williamsburg 335 1XX X–12 15 1

2B–McGregor. 3B–Clark. HR–Clark. RBI–Reffner 4, Clark 3, Neri, McCall, Harker, Brumbaugh, Shock. WP–Neri. LP–Hamilton. SO–Hamilton 3, Neri 9, Lower 1. BB–Hamilton 1, Neri 5.

Records: Glendale (0-3); Williamsburg (2-3).

JV blanks MV

HOUTZDALE — Ethan Scalia threw a complete-game shutout and struck out eight for Juniata Valley in a 7-0 win over Moshannon Valley.

Scalia added a hit and two RBIs for the Green Hornets, who also got two hits each from Kyler Spurlin and Elijah Johns.

JUNIATA VALLEY (7): Scalia p 411, Smith lf 310, Johns ss 402, Spurlin 2b 402, Dick 1b 200, Struble 1b 100, Mease 1b 111, Carolus ph 100, Rodkey cf 321, Harpster 3b 210, Boyd 2b 301, Hess rf 311. Totals — 31-7-9.

MOSHANNON VALLEY (0): Kephart p 300, Reifer 1b 100, Tekely ph 101, Abernethy c 202, Mihalko 2b 300, Dunlap ss 300, Smith 3b 100, Lovell rf 100, Dunsmyer lf 200, Cervenak cf 200, Mital cf 200. Totals — 25-0-3.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Juniata Valley 140 020 0–7 9 3

Moshannon Valley 000 000 0–0 3 2

E–Harpster, Smith, Abernethy. RBI–Scalia 2, Johns, Spurlin, Harpster, Boyd, Hess. WP–Scalia. LP–Kephart. SO–Dunlap 8, Scalia 8. BB–Dunlap 1.

Records: Juniata Valley (2-2).

NBC edged

WARFORDSBURG — Southern Fulton scored five times in the fourth inning to finish with a 7-5 win at home over Northern Bedford.

NBC (2-2) got three RBIs from Nevin Lloyd.

NORTHERN BEDFORD (5): Feathers cf 421, Lloyd 2b 301, Watson 1b-p 300, Kagarise p 200, Zellers 1b 100, Bowers lf 311, Swanseen 3b 300, Free ss 311, Weitzel c 000, Snider dh 311, Baker rf 300. Totals — 28-5-5.

SOUTHERN FULTON (7): C. Mann cf-p 322, L. Hendershot rf 321, P. Hendershot 1b 3011, A. Mann c 301, Cain p 000, Oakman dh 200, Saunders 3b 300, Norris ss 311, Shipley lf 210, Dressel 2b 312. Totals — 25-7-8.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Northern Bedford 003 110 0 — 5 5 1

Southern Fulton 200 500 X — 7 8 4

E–Norris 2, Saunders 2, Zellers. 2B–Norris, C. Mann, Dressel. RBI–Lloyd 3, P. Hendershot 2, A. Mann, Oakman, Saunders, Dressel, Feathers, Snider. WP–C. Mann. LP–Watson. SO–Cain 4, Watson 4, C. Mann 3, Kagarise 1.

Records: Northern Bedford (2-2); Southern Fulton (4-1).

Westmont victorious

CRESSON — Westmont Hilltop outlasted Penn Cambria, 12-8, in a slugfest.

Caden Gibbons had four hits and drove in a run for the Panthers, and Evan Latterner drove in three runs for Penn Cambria.

WESTMONT HILLTOP (12): Weir cf 241, Goodman 1b 322, Ray 2b 423, Oakley ss 402, Wesner rf 510, Chiodo c 300, Gartner p 101, Byer dh 311, Subich 3b 000, Valente lf 420. Totals — 29-12-10.

PENN CAMBRIA (8): Vinglish c 411, Davison 2b 410, Gibbons ss 524, Foreman ss 000, Talko p 221, Himmer 3b 402, C. Gides cf 402, Latterner lf 311, Price 1b 301, Maybush lf 000, Mento 1b 000, G. Gides rf 310, Jones cr 000. Totals — 32-8-12.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Westmont Hilltop 130 510 2–12 10 2

Penn Cambria 311 012 0–8 12 3

2B–Goodman, Himmer. RBI–Weir 2, Oakley 2, Byer, Latterner 3, C. Gides, Talko, Gibbons. WP–Gartner. LP–Jones. SO–Gartner 1, Wesner 4, Jones 3, Mento 1, Eckenrode 3, Talko 2. BB–Gartner 5, Wesner 3, Jones 5, Mento 3, Eckenrode 3.

Records: Penn Cambria (0-3).

Heights holds on

PORTAGE — Lucan Shuniak had two hits and three RBIs for Portage in a 6-5 win over Cambria Heights.

Heights got two RBIs each from Bryce Lewis and Nolan Clawson, who also contributed two hits alongside Noah Wirick.

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (5): Snyder cf 401, Lobick 1b 211, Clawson ss 212, Lewis c 411, Swander dh-p 400, Gwizdak p 000, Thomas 3b 400, Dutko 2b 402, C. Orosz rf 310, Wirick lf 312, B. Orosz cr 000. Totals — 30-5-9.

PORTAGE (6): Berardinelli p 221, O. Slanoc 2b 411, E. Slanoc cf 210, Shuniak dh 212, Burkett ss 200, Sciko 3b 300, Gathers lf 200, Klein 1b 310, Ciokota c 200, Phillips c 100. Totals — 23-6-4.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Cambria Heights 300 002 0 — 5 9 1

Portage 010 040 1 — 6 4 4

2B–Lobick, Shuniak. RBI–Clawson 2, Lewis 2, O. Slanoc, SHuniak 3, Burkett, Gathers. WP–Burkett. LP–Swander. SO–Gwizdak 7, Berardinelli 1. BB–Gwizdak 3, Swander 2, Berardinelli 4.

Records: Cambria Heights (3-3), Portage (2-2)