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Altoona falls in series finale to Sea Dogs

ALTOONA — It took the Altoona Curve more than two weeks to string together back-to-back Eastern League victories. Winning that third game in a row will now take a bit longer. The Curve had their two-game winning streak snapped by visiting Portland on Sunday afternoon. Portland’s Hayden Mullins scattered two hits, struck out six and walked one over the first three innings as the Sea Dogs built a 5-0 lead and hung on for a 5-3 victory at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve took two of six games in the series. Mullins and Altoona’s Khristian Curtis breezed through the first three ...

Halifax remains unbeaten with win over Juniata

MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata baseball team lost a high-scoring affair Friday against Halifax (11-0), 17-8. The Indians abandoned their starting pitcher plan early on in the game when Caleb Auker gave up two earned runs. He was replaced by Daylyn Kennedy who calmed down the Wildcat offense and ...

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Indians swept in Millerstown

MILLERSTOWN — Juniata track and field competed at Greenwood on Thursday. The Juniata girls lost to Greenwood 96-45. The Juniata boys fell to Greenwood 94-56. The top scorers for the girls included Willow Aurand with a second-place finish in the 100 hurdles at 19.52 seconds for a personal best. Carolyn Heidenreich placed first in the 1600 at 6:24.6 and in the 400 Selena Mayall-Marker placed second at 1:14.69. Top scorers for Juniata included David Mayall-Marker (first place) at 11:58.96 in the 3200 and Joel Hardin (third place) at 12:11.18 in the 3200. In the high jump, Jasper ...

Weaver pitches gem in Huskies’ win over Rams

LEWISTOWN — Madden Weaver pitched a complete game with only one hit allowed to lift the Mifflin County baseball team over Central Dauphin, 6-1, on Thursday. “I have been on this team for four years and this was my first varsity start,” Weaver said. “I was just waiting for this moment. ...

Huskies take 2 in Mill Hall

MILL HALL — Mifflin County boys tennis competed in the Central Mountain Tournament on Thursday and produced plenty of positive results. The Huskies tallied two team wins in the process. Mifflin County 5, Juniata 0 The Huskies began the tournament by sweeping Juniata, 5-0. In a singles showcase, Aiden Newlen defeated Asher Wriglesworth, 6-2, 6-1. Logan Breneman beat Juniata’s Sylvi Gaisior, 6-3, 6-3. Mason Kaniecki beat Dayton Miller, 6-2, 6-4. In doubles action, Reese Hine and Husky teammate Max Persing defeated Kole Boop and Thea Beward, 6-2, 7-5. Morgan Crader and Max Yoder ...