MILROY — The Mifflin County All-Stars’ run through the 14-year-old Mid-Atlantic Regionals came to a crashing halt at Armagh Memorial Field in Milroy on Sunday night.

Mifflin County lost in the championship game to Westfield, Northern New Jersey, 15-3, in five innings. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule.

Westfield advances to this year’s Babe Ruth World Series in Hot Springs, Ark., in August.

“I’m proud of the boys,” Mifflin County manager Denny Yetter said. “We had to play four games in two days. The West End game took a lot out of us. That’s a big game because we are rivals within the state.”

“We were flat,” Yetter added. “Westfield is a good hitting aggressive team. We just couldn’t keep up with them.”

Mifflin County had its chance to beat them earlier in the tournament but lost 5-4.

Westfield pounded out 19 hits and scored seven runs in the first inning to take control of the game. The first eight batters got hits. Westfield added four more runs in the second, one in the third and six in the fifth.

The only bright spot for Mifflin County came in the third inning. Mifflin County scored three runs as Caden McClure singled to open the inning. Max Trawitz and River Knepp walked and Cohen Leister smashed a two-run double. Leister scored on a ground out by Chase Krepps.

Mifflin County had only five hits as Leister had two of them. Knepp and Chase Benfer each had singles.

For Yetter, this marked the second time that he has managed a Mifflin County team to a regional runner-up spot. In 2021, his 13-year-old All-Stars were beaten in the regional final by Southern New Jersey, who went on to win the national title. It was similar to this year as in the semifinals Mifflin County had to go 14 innings before getting a win over Northern New Jersey.

Yetter’s All-Star record is now 15-10 and his overall mark is 74-51.

MIFFLIN COUNTY 6, WEST END 5

MILROY — It took longer than anticipated, but the Mifflin County Babe Ruth 14-year-olds worked their magic to put themselves into the Mid-Atlantic Regional final against Northern New Jersey by beating Pennsylvania state champion West End of Williamsport, 6-5 in extra innings, on Saturday.

Mifflin County won the game in the bottom of the ninth as River Knepp hit a double that scored Easton Stonerook. Stonerook was put on second to start the ninth. Max Trawitz popped up to the pitcher, before Knepp came through with his clutch hit.

The local All-Stars led 1-0 on an RBI grounder by Chase Krepps until the fifth inning when West End scored three runs. Trawitz went six innings on the mound, allowing three runs on six hits, striking out one and walking none. Kale Beaver came in to pitch the seventh and gave up one run before giving way to Cohen Leister, who finished the seventh then pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth.

Mifflin County got back in the game with three runs in the sixth. Leister opened the inning with a double and Krepps walked. West End aided the Mifflin County rally with two throwing errors.

Trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh, Mifflin County tied the game as Trawitz and Knepp both singled and Leister walked to load the bases with one out. Krepps then smashed a ball to right field to score Trawitz with the tying run.

Leister was the winning pitcher in relief. Knepp had three hits, while Trawitz and Chase Benfer each had two to account for most of Mifflin County’s nine hits.

West End started Patrick Frederick, the pitcher who threw the no-hit, perfect game against Mifflin County in the state tournament.

ROXBOROUGH 3, MIFFLIN COUNTY 2

MILROY — In this game, Mifflin County lost but still advanced to the regional semifinals by holding Roxborough under 11 runs on Saturday.

Max Trawitz started for Mifflin County and gave up one run and one hit in three innings of work. Chase Krepps worked innings four and five. He gave up two runs on just two hits. Cohen Leister then finished and struck out five of the six men he faced.

Mifflin County only had three hits in the game. Krepps singled in the fifth and pinch-runner Carter Sunderland stole second, moved to third on a ground out by Landon Pecht and scored on a Roxborough error.

Mifflin County got another run in the sixth. With one out, Trawitz singled and came around to score after a pair of errors.

Karter Kanagy had Mifflin County’s only other hit, a single in the third inning.

MIFFLIN COUNTY 10, ALTOONA 5

MILROY — Mifflin County finally put together an offensive attack that featured 13 hits and 10 runs on Saturday as it scored runs in five of the six innings. The local All-Stars had big innings in the second and fourth (two runs) and put the game away with five runs in the sixth.

In the first, Mifflin County trailed 2-1, but Chase Krepps had an RBI single to put Mifflin County on the scoreboard. Krepps had a big day with three hits and three RBI’s.

Mifflin County finally put together four hits in a row in the third to score two runs. With two outs, Cohen Leister, Krepps, Noah Bunch and Landon Pecht each came up with hits. Krepps and Pecht’s hits were doubles.

In the fourth, Easton Stonerook was hit by a pitch and River Knepp singled. Leister then knocked them both home with a base hit.

Mifflin County put the game away in the sixth with five runs. Karter Kanagy had a two-run single and Krepps had an RBI base hit. Bunch laid down a perfect bunt for a run and Pecht had an RBI sacrifice fly.

On the mound Drake Grohwski started, and Kale Beaver came in the second inning and retired 12 batters in a row before giving way to Jaxon Parkes, who finished the game.

Leister and Pecht each had two hits, while Krepps had three.

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 5, MIFFLIN COUNTY 4

MILROY — Northern New Jersey (Fairfield) scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday to edge Mifflin County, 5-4.

Scoreless until the sixth inning, Mifflin County got hits from Chase Krepps, Noah Bunch, Caden McClure and Easton Stonerook. Bunch laid down a perfect bunt and Landon Pecht walked to keep the rally alive. The big hit came from Karter Kanagy, a two-run, pinch-hit single.

Fairfield answered in the bottom of the sixth with five runs, highlighted by Jude Sullivan’s two-out, two-run single. Mifflin County tried to rally in the seventh, but had a runner thrown out at home plate and only produced a single from Krepps.

River Knepp started for Mifflin County and went into the sixth, giving up two runs on six hits. He struck out eight and walked three.

“Riverr (Knepp) pitched a terrific game for us,” said Mifflin County manager Denny Yetter. “It’s a shame we couldn’t get a win for him tonight. We made some mistakes at the end of the game. Sometimes we forget these kids are only 14-yerars-old.”

Mifflin County had eight hits with three coming from Krepps.