MIFFLINTOWN — Spoiler alert: If you’re looking for a story that doesn’t talk about Elizabeth Gaisior’s amazing, talented arm and her incredulous feats from the softball circle, this is not the story for you.

Phenomenal, Dedicated. Mesmerizing. Those are all adjectives that describe the Juniata High School pitcher, the reigning PIAA Overall Pitcher of the Year by the Pennsylvania Coaches Association. She was also honored as a Class 3-A first-team player as a pitcher.

The senior struck out 19 Line Mountain Eagles on Friday night in Mifflintown en route surpassing 1,000 strikeouts for her illustrious career. She followed that up Saturday by no-hitting previously undefeated Susquenita.

“It’s just an amazing testament to how hard she has worked, to the dedication that she has and her willingness to do whatever it takes to reach her goal,” Juniata head coach Craig Bubb said.

Bubb, who coached high school softball for many years in Mifflin County, coached three all-state pitchers. Their talented arms were lucky to rack up 100 K’s in a season.

Gaisior fanned 217 batters as a freshman, 235 more as a sophomore, 423 last year and 138 strikeouts through nine games this season.

“She has wanted this since her freshman year,” Bubb said of the 1,000-strikeout feat.

Now that Gaisior has achieved the milestone, the pressure is off a bit. “She had a smile on her face, and she was dancing in the dugout,” Bubb said. “The same weight was lifted off her shoulders last year when she signed with Fordham.

“The last box for her to check off is PIAA gold,” he added.

Gaisior will be the first to tell you that she can strike out every batter that dares walking to the plate to face the menacing left-hander, but the Indians won’t win with her arm alone.

Gaisior is flying in some very rare air as only the fourth softball player in PIAA history to reach 1,000 career Ks. She is closing in on the third-place hurler, Amy Aloi, of Beaver Falls, Pa., who pitched at Riverside High School, Ellwood City.

No. 2 is Maggie Balint, from Avon Grove, who ended her career with 1,322 Ks.

With potentially up to 20 games remaining, depending on any post-season run, Bubb believes Gaisior could catch Balint with some astronomical numbers.

Bubb credits assistant Jack McCurdy with Gaisior’s success as well. “He has done a masterful job at handling her batter to batter,” Bubb said. “To watch him set up hitters for failure is an absolute joy to watch every game.”

Gaisior has been posting impressive numbers throughout her high school career. Last season, she and her Big Red teammates took the state by storm, rolling through the District 6 and PIAA playoffs. They fell to Mid Valley in the PIAA Class 3-A Championship game as Juniata fell one game shy of the ultimate crown.

Gaisior is back and even more determined to bring a softball title to Mifflintown, a school that had little history in the sport before Gaisior arrived.

Oh, and by the way, she has also been a terror at the plate. She has 94 hits in her career. Bubb said 100 hits for a softball player is the equivalent of a basketball player reaching 1,000 career points.

“She’s not just a pitcher, she’s also an outstanding hitter,” he added.