From staff reports

MIDDLEBURG — Macy Buskey had a triple and drove in five runs with her three hits, leading East Juniata to a 13-5, nonleague win over Midd-West in softball Monday.

Rachel Keister had the lone extra-base hit for the Mustangs, a double. She went 3-for-3 at the plate.

The Tigers carried a one-run lead into the second, but put five more on the board in that frame and three runs each in the third and fourth before the Mustangs crossed the plate again.

Brenna Watts picked up the win in the circle.

East Juniata 13, Midd-West 5

EJ 253 300 0 — 13

MW 100 120 1 — 5

WP: B. Watts. LP: L. Oldt. SO: Watts 4, M. Wilson 2 (EJ); Oldt 4, M. Beachel (MW). BB: Watts, Wilson 2 (EJ); Oldt 3, Beachel (MW). 3B: M. Buskey (EJ); Beachel (MW). 2B: R. Keister (MW). MH: A. Martin 2-4, E. Sheaffer 3-5, Watts 2-4, Buskey 3-5, E. Willow 2-4 (EJ); Keister 3-3, S. Shupp 2-4 (MW). RBI: Watts, Buskey 5, Willow (EJ); Spriggle 2, Beachel (MW).

Baseball

Mount Union 4,

Bald Eagle Area 3 (9 inn.)

WINGATE — A ninth-inning run was the winner for Mount Union, which escaped Bald Eagle Area with a 4-3, nonleague baseball victory Monday.

Ryan Plank led the Trojans at the plate, going 4-for-5. Bryce Danish struck out eight in relief for the win.

Braylan Knable and Ryan Scott each doubled for Mount Union.

Mount Union 4, Bald Eagle Area 3

MU 002 000 101 — 4-11-2

BEA 120 000 000 — 3-8-1

WP: Danish. LP: Snyder. SO: Scott 6, Danish 8 (MU); Heverly 5, Snyder 1 (BEA). BB: Scott 4, Danish 2 (MU); Heverly 3, Snyder (BEA). 2B: Knable, Scott (MU); Vaughn (BEA). MH: Plank 4-5, Danish 2-5 (MU); Gavlock 2-4, Vaughn 3-4 (BEA). RBI: Scott, Hunsinger (MU); Gavlock, Heverly (BEA).

Juniata 8, Line Mountain 5

HERNDON — Juniata held off a late-charging Line Mountain to come out victorious by the final score of 8-5 in a Tri-Valley League baseball game on Monday.

The Indians went into the bottom half of the seventh inning with an 8-3 lead before the Eagles dropped two runs in the frame but fell short of the comeback.

Jordan Dickinson led the Indians at the plate going 2-for-4 with a home run and collected four RBIs.

Juniata (2-0, 1-0) hosts Halifax on Thursday.

Juniata 8, Line Mountain 5

Juniata 001 003 4 — 8-6-1

Line Mountain 000 030 2 — 5-5-4

WP: Josh Bomberger. LP: Brandon Boyer. SO: Bomberger 2, Dawson Harper 6 (J); Boyer 3, Brock Wert 9 (LM). BB: Bomberger, Harper 3 (J); Boyer, Wert 2 (LM). HR: Jordan Dickinson (J). 2B: Danny Freed (J); Wert (LM). MH: Dickinson 2-4 (J); Wert 2-4 (LM). RBI: Dickinson 4, Seth Laub and Jacob Condo (J); Rhett Klinger 2, Boyer 2, Ethan Wendt (LM).

Loyalsock 5,

Midd-West 4 (8 inn.)

BEAVER SPRINGS — Loyalsocj scored four sixth-inning runs to even the score against Midd-West, and plated the winner in the eighth in a Heartland Conference baseball game Monday.

Caden Wolfley had two hits and two RBIs for the Mustangs.

Tennis

Central Dauphin 5,

Mifflin County 0

HARRISBURG — Mifflin County’s doubles teams had the best showing, but the Huskies fell in straight sets across the board to Central Dauphin, 5-0, in Mid-Penn tennis Monday.

The duos of Owen Shuey and Gunnar Wagner, and Zander Crader and Kolten Wert each won two games in each of their two sets. Quinn Miller was the only singles player to win more than one, earning a game victory in each set.

Central Dauphin 5, Mifflin County 0

Singles

Mason Weller, CD, def. Jaron Yoder, 6-0, 6-1

Elijah Noll, CD, def. Quinn Miller, 6-1, 6-1

Andrew Berra, CD, def. Luke Grove, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

Michael Chotiner-Connor Graul, CD, def. Owen Shuey-Gunnar Wagner, 6-2, 6-2

Danny Kass-Aidan O’Neill, CD, def. Zander Crader-Kolten Wert, 6-2, 6-2

Juniata 5,

Central Dauphin East 0

HARRISBURG — Juniata swept Central Dauphin East in a nonleague tennis match, 5-0, not only winning every set by every game over the Panthers Monday.

Juniata 5, Central Dauphin East 0

Singles

Adam French, J, def. Josh Rife, 6-0, 6-0

Gavin Kint, J, def. Aryan Nautiyal, 6-0, 6-0

Max Lauver, J, def. Joseph Schaffstall, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

Emmett Hibbs-Xane Whitesel, J, def. Ayush Pradhan-Zach Gleiter, 6-0, 6-0

Ethan Becker-Jorge Castano, J, def. Prajwai Bhandari-Louis Hammond, 6-0, 6-0