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It’s District 6 playoff time for trio of local baseball teams

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LEWISTOWN — The District 6 playoffs are set for high school baseball — and it’s pretty much the same as every year. Here’s a glance at what’s in store: HUSKIES TOP SEED IN 6A Mifflin County has earned the top seed in the three-team field in Class 6A. The Huskies will meet the winner of No. 2 Altoona-No. 3 State College matchup. The Mountain Lions will host State College at 4 p.m. Thursday. The title tilt is set for Mount Aloysius College at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20. JUNIATA-BELLEFONTE MEET AGAIN The Juniata Indians, second-seeded in Class 4A, will battle No. 1 Bellefonte ...

Local flavor at Juniata College

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HUNTINGDON — Spring sports have wrapped up at Juniata College. While none of the Eagles’ teams achieved much in the name of fanfare, the efforts of local standouts certainly made a difference on the playing fields. On the diamond, Mifflin County product Landen Eichhorn finished his ...

Miscues costly to Huskies in loss to Wildcats

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LEWISTOWN — As finales go, this one by the Mifflin County Huskies was forgettable. The Huskies, winners of the Mid Penn’s Commonwealth Division and freshly anointed top seed for the District 6 Class 6A Baseball Tournament, made three costly errors and five Mifflin County hurlers combined to walk eight batters in a 6-3 non-conference loss to Central Mountain at Capouillez Field on Tuesday afternoon, in Lewistown. The Wildcats (13-4) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning as Darius Shade singled on a line drive to left, and, one batter later, Austin Frank reached on an ...

Record-setting runs

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ALTOONA — The District 6 Track and Field Championships started on Tuesday at Mansion Park in Altoona. There are three area teams that we are watching looking to advance to the PIAA Championships in Shippensburg. The Mifflin County Huskies had a good day advancing athletes to the state ...

Gravel dominates Outlaws race at Williams Grove

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MECHANICSBURG — David Gravel passed Kasey Kahne on the opening lap and dominated the Morgan Cup for the World of Outlaws sprint cars Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway. Gravel, a native of Watertown, Conn., earned $20,000 for his 10th career Grove victory. The victory also takes the Morgan Cup trophy back to Outlaws headquarters in North Carolina. Gravel led all 30 laps. “I got a great start and was able to get by him,” Gravel said. “That was the winning move, but you never know how these races are going to go. It’s hard to win these races. No matter where it is. ...

Bell, Smith rule at 1Mid Penn meet

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From staff reports CHAMBERSBURG — The Mifflin County Huskies crowned two champions at the Mid Penn Track and Field Championships on Saturday, in Chambersburg. Both came on the boys side as Reece Bell won the javelin title with a throw of 179-10 and Carter Smith captured top honors in the 1,600 with a time of 4:17.72. Three other Huskies reached the podium as: Wyatt Kauffman placed second in the 1,600 in 4:21.87; Reese Cubbison took third in the 1,600 running 4:23.37 and Dekker Pietszch placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 44-7 ¼. Jovie Kauffman ran a personal-best time of ...