PORTAGE — After providing heroics at the plate earlier this week, Portage senior pitcher Ty Alexander was instead called upon to lead his team on the mound Thursday night. Alexander, who went 5-for-5 in Monday’s WestPAC championship victory over Rockwood, once again stepped up when his ...
WESTOVER — Williamsburg got a solid pitching performance from Rowan Gorsuch in the Blue Pirates’ 4-3 victory over Harmony in the District 6 Class 1A baseball quarterfinals on Thursday. The Owls committed four errors that resulted in four unearned runs to help lead the Pirates to ...
From Mirror reports Both the Central High School baseball and softball teams earned top seeds for the upcoming District 6 playoffs, which begin Thursday. The Central baseball team, the defending District 6 Class 3A champ, will begin play in the quarterfinals on Thursday at home against Westmont Hilltop. Defending 3A state champion Tyrone is the sixth seed and travels to Forest Hills. Other area teams earning top seeds in baseball were Altoona in 6A (will meet State College in the finals next week) and Portage in 2A (hosts Northern Cambria on Thursday). Also on Thursday, the ...
Altoona captured the Mid-Penn Conference Commonwealth Division championship after beating Red Land, 4-3, in 11 innings on Monday at Mansion Park in high school baseball action. The Mountain Lions, who finished 10-4 in Commonwealth play after starting the season 1-4, will face Mechanicsburg in the overall Mid-Penn championship tournament today in Hershey. Altoona and Mechanicsburg play at 4 p.m. at Milton Hershey, and Camp Hill faces Greencastle-Antrim in the other semifinal at Hershey Stadium with the two winners meeting at 7 p.m. in the final at Hershey. “We’re pretty ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com CRESSON — It’s fair to say Portage’s Tyler Alexander had a five-star day Monday. The senior shortstop had five hits in five at bats and scored five runs while leading the Mustangs to an 18-8 victory over Rockwood to win the WestPAC ...
SIDMAN — Central finished the regular season at 20-0 after downing Forest Hills, 8-5, Monday in high school baseball. Jake Detwiler picked up the win, and Griffin Snowberger led the offense with three hits. Hunter Smith, Ty Helsel and Jonah Snowberger all had two RBIs for Central with Jeff Hoenstine adding a double and two runs scored. CENTRAL (8): Kling cf 411, Hoenstine ss 321, Boyles 3b 300, Smith c 302, Biesinger rf 010, G. Snowberger 3b 423, Helsel rf-p 411, J. Snowberger dh 302, Fisher dh 010, Gregg lf 400, Metzger 2b 301. Totals — 32-8-11. FOREST HILLS (5): Rearick cf ...
