Smearman, Kraft lead Altoona to victory

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LEWISTOWN — Altoona defeated Mifflin County 3-1 Mid-Penn action on Wednesday in high school baseball action.

Nick Kraft’s one-out, two-run double in the fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie. Gavin Albright and Connor Pike each collected two hits for Altoona, while Aaron Smearman threw five shutout innings of relief to pick up the win.

ALTOONA (3): LaRocco 3b 410, Albright 2b 422, Kraft c 301, Stroup p 301, Smearman ss-p 301, Pike lf 302, Speece 1b 300, McAllister rf 300, Sankey cf 200, Boslet 100. Totals — 29-3-7.

MIFFLIN COUNTY (1): Strohecker cf 402, Christine 3b 402, Smith 1b 401, Weaver dh 200, Ammon ss 200, Haigh 101, Plank rf 301, Hoppel 2b 100, Ruble 100, Lepley c 200, Crownover 100, Yetter lf 211. Totals — 27-1-8.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Altoona 100 020 0–3 7 0

Mifflin County 001 000 0–1 8 1

E–Ammon. 2B–Pike, Albright, Kraft. RBI–Kraft 2, Smearman, Smith. WP–Smearman. LP–Alexander. SO–Stroup 2, Smearman 3, Alexander 5. BB–Stroup 2.

Records: Altoona (7-5); Mifflin County (4-3).

Tigers roll

SPRING MILLS — EJ Ulery worked five innings and struck out six, and helped out his own cause with two hits and two RBIs as Hollidaysburg beat Penns Valley, 13-3.

Robbie Mullen added three hits and an RBI for the Golden Tigers (8-3), who led 8-3 after two innings. Teammates Brady Steiner, Gavin Bell, Ty Szynal and Donald Miller added two hits each.

HOLLIDAYSBURG (13): Banks 2b 231, Steiner ss 412, Albarano 3b 511, Gibbons c 300, Mierley cr 020, Miller 1b 412, Hartman p-cr 010, Mullin lf 413, Bell rf 512, Szynal cf 522. Totals — 36-13-13.

PENNS VALLEY (3): Birge cf 411, Karc ss 301, Feltenberg c 402, Mille p-rf 400, Kurtz 3b 200, Parsons rf-1b 400, Winklebach dh 412, Shorey 2b 00, Neidigh 1b-p 211, Harpster lf-p 301. Totals — 30-3-9.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hollidaysburg 170 100 4 — 13 13 2

Penns Valley 030 000 0 — 3 9 4

2B–Steiner, Albarano, Feltenberg, Winklebach. RBI–Ulery 2, Steiner, Albarano, Gibbons, Miller, Mullin, Bell, Feltenberg 2, Harpster. WP–Ulery. LP–Miller. SO–Ulery 6, Hartman 3, Miller 2, Neidigh 4. BB–Ulery 4, Miller 2, Neidigh 4.

Records: Hollidaysburg (8-3); Penns Valley (0-13).

Portage edged

PORTAGE — Conemaugh Valley scored a run in the top of the eighth inning to beat Portage, 7-6.

The Mustangs (3-9) led 4-2 after four innings against the 7-5 Blue Jays.

Nathan Phillips led Portage with three hits and three RBIs to go with two RBIs from Jonah Irvin.

CONEMAUGH VALLEY (7): Smith ss-3b 501, Dietz p-ss 400, Heinlein 2b 501, Massar 1b-p Fields cf 411, Buchan rf 423, Stiffler lf 321, Brown c 312, Blough dh-1b 301, Dietz p 000, Toth dh 101. Totals — 36-7-13.

PORTAGE (6): Slanoc cf 200, Kargo ss 311, Irvin p 411, Klein 1b 400, McCoy 3b 310, Lawrence lf 312, Phillips dh 413, Ciokota c 400, Kick 2b 210, Shaffer cr 000. Totals — 29-6-7.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Con. Valley 000 402 01 — 7 13 4

Portage 020 031 00 — 6 7 0

2B–Masser 2, Brown, Irvin, Lawrence. HR–Stiffler. RBI–Smith, Dietz, Buchan, Stiffler, Slanoc, Irvin 2, Phillips 3. WP–Masser. LP–Irvin. SO–Dietz 4, Masser 3, Irvin 3. BB–Dietz 4, Irvin 1.

Records: Conemaugh Valley (7-5); Portage (3-9).

Heights defeated

DAVIDSVILLE — Despite three hits — including a home run — and four RBIs from Bryce Lewis, Cambria Heights lost 6-4 to Conemaugh Township.

The Highlanders, up 3-1 after four innings, also got two hits and two runs scored from Ethan Kline and two more hits from Garrett Jasper.

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (4): Kline cf 422, Lewis p 413, Jasper lf 402, Swander c 300, Clawson ss 300, Lobick 1b-p 300, Lemur 3b 300, Weakland dh 200, Snyder rf 311, Sprague p 000. Totals — 29-4-8.

CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP (6): Bambino lf 300, Lohr 3b 311, Dinyar cf 210, Weber p 100, R. Conn 1b 301, G. Valentine c 300, Studer ss 322, B. Conn 2b 312, K. Valentine rf 110, Moser rf 000. Totals — 22-6-6.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Cambria Heights 102 010 0 — 4 8 1

Conemaugh Twp 001 041 X — 6 6 1

2B–B. Conn. HR–Lewis. RBI–Lewis 4, Bambino, Lohr, Weber. WP–Weber. LP–Sprague. SO–Lewis 3, Weber 6, Lohr 1. BB–Lewis 3, Sprague 2, Lobick 1, Weber 1.

Records: Cambria Heights (7-5); Conemaugh Township (9-2).

North Star shines

FLINTON — Glendale fell to 0-10 with an 11-0 loss in six innings to North Star.

Levi Hamilton had two of the Vikings’ five hits.

Brady Meyers led North Star (2-6) with three hits — including two homers — and four RBIs. Teammates Andrew Retassie had three hits and an RBI while Noah Lasky added two hits and two RBIs.

NORTH STAR (11): Orris 401, Lassky 402, Steltzer 211, Hawkins 301, Durst 411, Retassie 423, Pristas 210, Lepley 010, Will 311, Meyers 333. Totals — 28-10-12.

GLENDALE (0): Jenkins 200, Hamilton 302, Kaufman s01, Noel 301, Gilbey 101, Matish 300, D. Kaufman 200, Venslosky 300, Shaw 300. Totals — 22-0-5.

SCORE BY INNINGS

North Star 012 035 X — 11 12 0

Glendale 000 000 X — 0 5 3

2B–Kaufman, Will, Lasky, Meyers 2. HR–Meyers. RBI–Orris, Lasky 2, Retassie, Will, Meyers 4. WP–Durst. LP–Jenkins. SO–Durst 7, Jenkins 3, D. Kauffman 1. BB–Durst 4, Jenkins 4.

Records: North Star (2-6); Glendale (0-10).