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Central bats can’t get going against Juniata

MIFFLINTOWN — The second-seeded Indians and third-seeded Dragons squared off in the District 6 Class 3A semifinals Thursday evening. The implications were at its highest on the diamond, the winner moving on to the district championship next week and a berth into the state tournament on the line. Juniata got the best of Central in a hard-fought matchup, scoring early and late to end the Dragons’ season, 6-0. Elizabeth Gaisior was her normal self in the circle, striking out 17 batters while only allowing two hits for the Indians. Regan Lowrey and Gaisior each had three hits, leading ...

One bad inning knocks out Lady Tigers

LORETTO — Central Mountain was in danger of failing to defend the District 6 Class 5A softball championship that it had won last year, after being held hitless and scoreless through four innings in the district title game Wednesday afternoon. But the Wildcats kept their composure, as ...

Lady Spartans jump out early, beat Northern

MCCONNELLSBURG — Both regular season games between Northern Bedford and McConnellsburg were tight-contested affairs. Unfortunately, for the Lady Panthers Wednesday’s afternoon’s District 5 Class 1A quarterfinal didn’t follow suit. NBC found itself in a six-run hole after the first inning and ultimately bowed out of the playoffs with a 12-2 loss in five innings to the Lady Spartans. “This is the third time we’ve played them, and we had a rough inning each of those (first two) games,” Northern Bedford coach Shane Suter said. “… The first time was 10-9 and the ...

Mounties pull off upset of top-seeded Devils

EBENSBURG — The District 6 Class 3A softball quarterfinals between top-seeded and 19-0 Central Cambria and eighth-seeded Philipsburg-Osceola on Monday in Ebensburg appeared to be a mismatch. But the Lady Mounties, who were 7-13 and had lost six straight games to end the regular season, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in District 6 history. Thanks to No. 8 hitter Emily Herr’s three-run home run off of Central Cambria ace and Notre Dame recruit Kami Kamzik in the second inning, Alivia Bizzarri pitching in tight moments and strong defense, P-O stunned the Lady Red Devils, ...

Ellis’ 2 home run blasts spark Central comeback

MARTINSBURG — Central’s Bralyn Ellis had been struggling to make contact during some of her recent at-bats. But the junior catcher bounced back in a big way Monday, slugging a pair of long home runs in consecutive innings and driving in five runs to lead the Lady Dragons to a 10-4 comeback victory over Richland in a first-round District 6 Class 3A girls softball playoff game. Ellis’ two-run homer to right-center field in the fifth inning snapped a 4-4 tie and her three-run blast to left-center in the sixth put the finishing touches on a four-run outburst, as well as Central’s ...

Panthers shut out in quarterfinal game

MIFFLINTOWN — The District 6 Class 3A softball quarterfinals took place on Monday afternoon as Juniata got the best of Penn Cambria in six innings, 10-0, thanks in part to 17 strikeouts from Elizabeth Gaisor. Gaisor started in the circle for the second-seeded Indians. She continued to dominate opposing lineups as she has all season, striking out the side in the top of the first inning. The Indians’ ace had everything going well in the first round of the playoffs. “Being in the playoffs, I think the best thing to do right now is to just take it one game at a time, one pitch at a ...