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Mounties end Dragons’ run

MARTINSBURG — Philipsburg-Osceola took a six-run lead over Central after the first two innings of Thursday’s District 6 Class 3A semifinal game, but the Scarlet Dragons have been there, done that before. Central came back from the same deficit against Penn Cambria in the quarterfinals and looked like it was on the verge of doing it again when Baron Dionis’ two-run double in the bottom of the third inning helped cut the lead in half. But this time, the Mounties added on. And on. And on. There was no comeback on Bean Hill this time for the Scarlet Dragons, who saw a spectacular ...

State cashes in on Altoona miscues, captures D6 title

CRESSON — Losses always hurt. They seem to be even worse when it’s clear the losing team had plenty of opportunity to win, especially in the postseason. Altoona squandered a three-run lead to open the game, regained it in the sixth inning but a defense that has stung the Mountain Lions ...

Cougars overcome Black Panthers

BOSWELL — North Star hasn’t had to play from behind much lately, but down by one late in the District 5 Class 2A semifinals, there was no reason for the Cougars to lose their cool. Glendon Griffith singled in the tying run and scored what wound up being the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the sixth, and Connor Yoder secured the final four outs on the mound to lift North Star to a 4-3 victory over Northern Bedford on Wednesday. “At times, the bats weren’t working great today, so we had to kind of manufacture runs on passed balls and by being aggressive on the base ...

BG moves into semis

After going down 2-0 in the top of the first to Juniata Valley, the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic offense cut the deficit in half with a run in the bottom of the first and only got better from there. BG took the lead with two more in the second, added six in the third and seven more in the fourth, pounding out 14 hits in a 16-4 mercy-rule win over the Hornets in the District 6 1A quarterfinals Monday at Vets Fields. Nick Negola doubled and tripled, driving in three, while Cooper Rother and Hamilton Gates each had three hits and scored three runs. Rother and Owen Dombrosky had two RBIs ...

Intentional walk backfires for Golden Tigers

WINGATE — With the outcome of its District 6 Class 5A championship game in the balance Monday afternoon, Hollidaysburg opted to issue an intentional walk to load the bases and set up the opportunity for a double play. The move backfired, however, as Central Mountain senior designated hitter Kelvin Probst crushed a grand slam homer over the center field fence in the bottom of the sixth inning, breaking open what had been an air-tight 6-5 game and giving the Wildcats breathing room in a 10-5 victory at Bald Eagle Area High School’s Doc Etters Memorial Field. Sometimes those ...

Portage fends off late-game theatrics by McCort

PORTAGE — Sometimes the final out in a playoff baseball game can be the toughest one to get, but that might be a bit of an understatement in Portage’s thrilling 2-1 win over Bishop McCort Catholic in the first round of the District 6 Class 1A tournament Monday. Bishop McCort was threatening with runners at the corners and leadoff hitter Mason Pfeil up to the plate in the top half of the seventh inning. Pfeil ripped a tailing line drive to left center off of Portage pitcher Jake McCoy, which would have tied the game or potentially given the Crimson Crushers the lead, but senior ...