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1 week ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Four of the five area high school softball teams saw postseason action this past spring and two of those programs played in their respective District championship games as well as Juniata Valley reaching a milestone in the program’s history. Huntingdon qualified for the postseason for a second straight year, which marked the Bearcats’ first back-to-back seasons in the postseason since 2016 and 2017.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Tussey Mountain tried to rally back from a two-run deficit heading into the top of the sixth inning during Saturday afternoon’s District Five Class 2A semifinal at Everett. However, the Titans got just one run in the inning as the Warriors held on for a 2-1 victory in high school softball playoff action.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Southern Huntingdon not only battled through a light rain, but also fought its way back from an early four-run deficit Friday afternoon to open its District Six Class 2A playoffs with a 7-4 victory over visiting fifth-seeded Bellwood-Antis. The Blue Devils turned a three-run top of the second inning into a 4-0 cushion early in the contest. However, the Rockets answered with a six-run parade in the bottom of the frame to jump ahead.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Tussey Mountain used a three-run fourth inning to pull away from sixth-seeded McConnellsburg in a home District Five Class 2A quarterfinal contest Tuesday afternoon. The Spartans tried to close the gap over the last few frames, but the third-seeded Titans pushed four runs home over the fifth and sixth innings to secure a 10-5 victory. The win moves Tussey Mountain (12-7) into the semifinal round for the fourth straight year.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Juniata Valley built onto last Thursday’s pounding of Portage in the District Six Class 1A playoffs with a rout of third-seeded Ferndale Monday afternoon on the road. The sixth-seeded Green Hornets belted four home runs and junior pitcher Braelyn Hall pitched a one hitter as Juniata Valley (11-9) dispatched the Yellow Jackets (11-8) with a dominating 17-0 quarterfinal victory in just three innings.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Tussey Mountain’s defense played strong and sophomore ace Joslyn Raley had a solid outing to keep visiting McConnellsburg off the scoreboard during Friday afternoon’s regular-season finale. The Titan offense also struggled, but got enough scoring in the first inning to help squeeze out a 2-0 victory over the Spartans in high school softball action. Tussey struggled against McConnellsburg’s Emma Truax, who struck out five and walked a pair, while scattering five hits on the afternoon.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Twice during the regular season, Huntingdon found the right formula on how to solve the problem of taking down a softball program such as Philipsburg-Osceola. However, the third time became a charm for the Mounties during Thursday afternoon’s District Six Class 3A first-round contest on the eighth-seeded Bearcats’ diamond.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Julia Foster gave Huntingdon a good start to Monday’s Laurel Highlands contest at Bellwood-Antis when she belted a one-out solo home run in the top of the first inning. However, that was all the Bearcats could push across the plate over the next five innings. The Blue Devils answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first and added another four in the sixth to deal Huntingdon a 6-2 setback in its regular season finale.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Southern Huntingdon has earned the top seed in the upcoming District Six Class 2A playoffs and has earned a bye into the Thursday, May 22nd semifinal round, while both Huntingdon (Class 3A) and Juniata Valley (Class 1A) will open their respective pursuits of district gold tomorrow afternoon with home first-round games. All games are set for 4 p.m. start times. The Class 2A field begins Monday, May 19 with a pair of quarterfinal contests.
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1 month ago | 
huntingdondailynews.com | Terry L. Snare
Southern Huntingdon used a four-run fourth inning to pull away from visiting Fannett-Metal Monday afternoon, but the Rockets still found themselves needing to hold off a seventh-inning rally from the Tigers to pull out a 7-6 victory with the tying run stranded on third in high school softball action. The Rockets, who have won four straight and are the top team in the latest District Six Class 2A rankings, improved to 16-3 overall, including a 10-4 win at Fannett-Metal, April 1st.
