By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com When Evan Alwine first stepped on to a pitching mound as a sophomore for the Altoona Area High School baseball team back in the spring of 2020, veteran Mountain Lions coach Tom Smith saw a young athlete that possessed all the physical ...
WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg resident Jerry Palmer was appointed as the varsity baseball head coach by the Williamsburg Community School Board during its meeting Tuesday evening. This will be Palmer’s second year helping out with the district’s varsity baseball team — he was a volunteer for the 2021-22 season. His appointment will be effective immediately, and he will receive a stipend of $2,554. As head coach, Palmer will be replacing Robert McCall, whose resignation was accepted by the board during its July meeting. — Rachel Foor
From Mirror reports BELLWOOD — The Bellwood-Antis school board approved Adam Plummer as its new varsity baseball coach Tuesday night. Plummer takes over for Steve Conlon, who led the Blue Devils for the past 20 seasons and won a PIAA Class 1A championship in his first season as the B-A coach in 2003 with the help of Plummer who was on the team. Plummer pitched a two-hitter to lead Bellwood-Antis past Elk Lake, 2-1, in Harrisburg. Plummer also drove in a run with an RBI single in the game.
UNIVERSITY PARK — Central senior Ty Helsel led off the fifth inning of Friday’s PIAA Class 3A baseball championship by scorching a line drive that tore Lancaster Catholic third baseman Dylan Banzhof’s glove in half. That play defined the Scarlet Dragons’ 13-2, five-inning victory ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Central baseball had some history when A.J. Hoenstine took over as head coach 15 years ago, but most of that was centered around a run to the PIAA Class 3A championship game in 1984 that the Scarlet Dragons lost to Chambersburg, 3-1. Since Hoenstine has taken over, ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Central senior Paxton Kling may hear his name during the early rounds of the Major League Baseball draft this July, but when asked following the Scarlet Dragons’ 13-2 victory over Lancaster Catholic in the PIAA Class 3A ...
