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Dragons have too much ‘O’

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com MARTINSBURG — The Central High School baseball team, which boasts hitting ability from the top to the bottom of its lineup, is a dangerous squad without receiving any extra outs from its opposition. On Friday afternoon, in a District 6 Class 3A quarterfinal-round playoff game with seventh-seeded Penn Cambria, second-seeded Central scored 15 runs and mashed out 11 hits while benefiting from three Panthers’ errors as the host Scarlet Dragons advanced to the semifinal round with a 15-6 victory. Central (15-6) now moves on to host ...

Base on balls in bottom of seventh leads Claysburg-Kimmel past BG

CLAYSBURG — The longer the Claysburg-Kimmel/Bishop Guilfoyle playoff game remained scoreless, the more obvious it became that one or two runs is all it would take to move on to the next round. Both teams had opportunities throughout but failed to score until the seventh. The Marauders ...

Central Cambria gets historic playoff victory

EBENSBURG — Much of the Central Cambria baseball team wasn’t even in elementary school yet the last time the Red Devils won a playoff game. Fast forward to Friday night when they scored eight runs in the third inning and never looked back as the No. 4 seed Central Cambria blanked No. 5 River Valley, 10-0, in six innings at the Red Devilplex. It’s their first postseason win since 2011 and the first ever playoff game in the multisport complex. “That was a huge moment for us,” Central Cambria coach Dan Beyer said of the experience. “Our pitcher Owen Harringer has been ...

Altoona eliminated by Lions

After two extra-inning wins over State College in the regular season, Altoona looked to go 3-0 against the Little Lions in the District 6 Class 6A semifinals Thursday at Mansion Park. It was not to be for the Mountain Lions, however. State College plated four runs in the first two innings and held Altoona off the rest of the way for a 7-3 win. State College advanced to play Mifflin County in the district championship game next week. Altoona’s season ends at 11-10. After giving up a run in the first, Altoona’s hard-throwing lefty Tanner Stroup left the game with a shoulder ...

Portage advances

PORTAGE — Jacob McCoy pitched a complete-game two-hitter and struck out 10 to lead Portage to a 6-1 victory over Saint Joseph’s in the first round of the District 6 Class 1A high school baseball playoffs. “I feel good for him,” Portage coach Larry McCabe said. “I feel good for these guys. There’s a really good group here. We haven’t had a great year record-wise. They don’t miss practice. They work. They’ve got good attitudes, so I’m happy for them.” Connor Binaut had three hits, including a pair of doubles for the Mustangs, who will travel to second-seeded ...

C-K baseball defeated

CLAYSBURG — The Claysburg-Kimmel baseball team ended the regular season on Wednesday with a 13-2 loss to McConnellsburg in five innings in high school play. Mason Campagna got the lone RBI for the Bulldogs (7-11), who trailed 3-2 before giving up nine runs to McConnellsburg in the top of the fourth inning. Andrew Mellott had two hits and four RBIs for the Spartans, who improved to 15-5. Claysburg-Kimmel opens up District 6 Class 1A tourney play on Friday afternoon at home at 1 p.m. against Bishop Guilfoyle. McCONNELSBURG (13): Mellott ss 322, Fowler 2b 422, Clevenger 3b 310, ...