CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel set the tone in the first inning of its District 6 Class 2A quarterfinal game with Penns Manor. The Lady Bulldogs pounded five hits, including three for extra bases, and scored five runs to stake itself to a much bigger lead than they would even need. C-K rode ...
EBENSBURG — The Central Cambria High School softball program had endured rough sledding in the first round of the District 6 playoffs over the past two years, losing opening-round games in both seasons. On Monday afternoon, freshman Rowyn Ruddek took it upon her shoulders to make sure that the slide didn’t continue. Ruddek’s two-run, two-out homer with two strikes against her in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Central Cambria a 12-11 victory over Huntingdon in a District 6 Class 3A quarterfinal game at the Central Cambria High School softball field, ending a marathon ...
TYRONE — The Tyrone softball team has come a long way in the four years seniors KK Brodzina, Allison Beeman and Tiffanie Tuskovich have been part of the program. Hosting Monday’s District 6 Class 3A quarterfinal game against Philipsburg-Osceola was perhaps one of the bigger accolades the trio helped the Lady Eagles achieve. P-O came out on top, 9-3, but the big crowd and the atmosphere surrounding the game were positive signs for Tyrone. “It means we’re going in the right direction,” Tyrone coach Hilary Soellner said. “We want to contend in the playoffs and for district ...
JOHNSTOWN — Portage’s softball team was looking to extend its remarkable late-season surge heading into Monday afternoon’s District 6 Class 1A quarterfinal playoff game at Conemaugh Valley. The seventh-seeded Mustangs had won five in a row and held a 1-0 lead over the second-seeded Blue Jays after four and a half innings of play, but Conemaugh Valley had too much offensive firepower down the stretch and ended Portage’s playoff run with an 8-1 comeback victory. “You couldn’t have asked for a better first half of the game,” said Portage coach Makena Baumgardner, whose ...
MARION CENTER — The Cambria Heights Highlanders weren’t giving up, giving in or going down without a fight. Unfortunately, they didn’t get the final result they wanted. Sixth-seeded Cambria Heights tied the game on Hallie Hayes’ single to right field in the fifth but a bases-loaded walk pushed No. 3 Marion Center to a 3-2 victory in the first round of the District 6 Class 2A softball playoffs at Marion Center Park on Monday. “We hung in there with one of the better teams in the area,” Highlanders head coach Drew Thomas said. “I look for (Marion Center) to make a pretty ...
PORTAGE — With two runners in scoring position and a chance to extend her team’s slim lead in the fifth inning, Portage’s Lyndsey Castel took a called third strike that eventually led to the end of the Mustangs’ threat. Instead of staying down, the Mustangs junior was able to rebound by showcasing her status as one of the veteran leaders on the roster while fulfilling her role as the No. 3 hitter in the lineup. Following Tori Harrison’s one-out single in the bottom of the ninth, Castel delivered a walk-off double to give the No. 7 seed Mustangs a 5-4 victory over No. 10 ...
