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All-state status for two C-K, CC softball players

The Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association named its all-state team on Monday and two players each from Claysburg-Kimmel and Central Cambria landed on the first team. Catcher Kathryn Scott and outfielder Camryn Matlin were picked as first-team PAHSSBCA all-state in Class 3A, and Central’s Kailyn Gahagan was a second-team selection as a utility player. In Class 1A, Jaylee Swindell was picked as a first-team shortstop, and Isabella Paris made the first team as a utility player to represent Claysburg-Kimmel. Reese Pinnizotto of Portage was recognized on the 1A second ...

2026 Mirror softball all-stars

FIRST TEAM Kaya Sprankle C Sr. Altoona Notable: Two-time Altoona Mirror first-team all-star. … Mirror honorable mention as a sophomore. … Second-team Mid-Penn Commonwealth all-star. … Hit .383, scored 24 runs and had three triples and three home runs. … Had an OBP of .493 and stole ...

Key plays by Lady Blue Jay, home runs lead East in All-Star Game

CLAYSBURG — Conemaugh Valley’s Kylee Ferguson has traditionally manned center field for the Blue Jays during the softball season, but during Tuesday night’s PSBCA District 6 Senior Softball All-Star Game, she ended up taking the corner outfield spots for both halves of the ...

Everett softball falls in PIAA semis

WEST MIFFLIN — Everett got down from the start and never led as its season came to a close in a 9-5 defeat to Laurel on Monday afternoon in PIAA Class 2A state softball semifinal playoff action at West Mifflin High School. The Lady Warriors racked up 12 hits as Morgan Bowser, Baylee Snyder, Kassi Howsare and Anna Cooper notched two apiece. Snyder, Bowser and Lyla Levy each smacked a double for Everett, which finished its season with a record of 20-5. SCORE BY INNINGS Laurel 210 021 3—9 11 0 Everett 020 012 0—5 12 1 2B—Fell 2, Krol (L); Snyder, Levy, Bowser (E). ...

Lady Bulldogs run out of time

WILLIAMSPORT — The art of icing the kicker in football is a well-examined strategy, and an ongoing debate for coaches in the sport to implement the idea. A timeout is usually called just before the snap for a field goal. In the bottom of the ninth in Thursday’s PIAA Class 1A ...

Everett softball team moves to PIAA semifinals

SOMERSET — Everett posted a 3-2 victory over District 7 champ Bentworth in the PIAA Class 2A softball quarterfinals on Thursday at Somerset Area High School. Lyla Levy’s one-out double in the bottom of the sixth inning drove in a run to tie the game at 2-2, and then she later scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. Baylee Snyder, who had two hits, scored the Lady Warriors’ first run on a Levy groundout in the fourth. Everett’s Addison Wood fired a three-hitter. Everett, the District 5 champion, will face District 7 third seed Laurel in the semifinals on Monday. BENTWORTH ...