Scholastic sports
East Juniata’s Will Orwig wins District 4; he, Tigers off to regional play
WILLIAMSPORT — It was two championships in two days for East Juniata golf as No. 1 player Will Orwig played a pair of strong rounds to win the District 4 Class 3A boys championship Friday at Williamsport Country Club.
Orwig followed his first-day 83 with an 86 Friday two take first and hold it to the end. He and the runner-up advanced to a regional.
The Tigers as a team won that competition Thursday and will also play as a team in a PIAA regional later this month.
Orwig advances to the eastern regional, which will be played Oct. 15 at Golden Oaks Country Club in Fleetwood.
The team event, a subregional with the District 2 champion, one of which will advance to the state round, is set for Thursday at Elmhurst Country Club in Moscow, Pa.
Also playing Friday for the Tigers were Tanner Barth, third with a 179 total; Colby Breeding, tied for fourth with a 188; and Max Lauver, seventh at 210. Mitchell Watts, who finished above the cut Thursday, opted to withdraw from the final round.
East Juniata’s Molly Diehl, playing in the girls Class 3A event, finished in a tie for third at 251 to end her season.
One Midd-West player, Cade Crossgrove, finished 14th in the Class 2A field with a 174. He also did not advance to the regional.
District 4 tournament
Class 2A
14, Cade Crossgrove, Midd-West, 88-86–174
Class 3A
Class 3A girls
3T, Molly Diehl, East Juniata, 131-120–251
Class 3A boys
1, Will Orwig, East Juniata, 83-86–169
3, Tanner Barth, East Juniata, 92-87–179
4T, Colby Breeding, East Juniata, 91-97–188
7, Max Lauver, East Juniata, 100-110 — 210
Field hockey
Mifflin County 2, Carlisle 0
CARLISLE — Elle Garver scored a pair of second-half goals to lead Mifflin County past Carlisle, 2-0, in a Mid-Penn Commonwealth field hockey game on Friday.
Halle Kerstetter set up the first goal two minutes after the break. Hayley Corson assisted on the second tally midway through the half.
The JV game ended in a tie.
Mifflin County hosts Chambersburg on Monday.
Tennis
Altoona 5, Mifflin County 0
ALTOONA — Mifflin County struggled to find a measure of success in a nonleague tennis match against Altoona on Friday.
Jaylynn Yoder and Kaylee Rishel tested Altoona’s No. 2 doubles tandem, but ultimately fell 6-2, 7-5. Amanda Maxwell was the only singles player to win more than a game, in her first set at No. 2
Altoona 5, Mifflin County 0
Singles
Emma Skelley, A, def. Amanda Foltz, 6-1, 6-0.
Eve Hogan, A, def. Amanda Maxwell, 6-2, 6-1.
Emily Neil, A, def. Sydney Kyle, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles
Isabella Frank-Zoe Wilson, A, def. Sky Curry-Olivia Khaley, 6-0, 6-0.
Alyson Hollingsworth-Julia Whiting, def. Jaylynn Yoder-Kaylee Rishel, 6-2, 7-5.