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Bulldogs compete in dual meet at home against Shikellamy

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JERSEY SHORE — Jersey Shore hosted a dual meet with Shikellamy on Tuesday afternoon, the final meet before Saturday’s PHAC Championships get underway at Bloomsburg. Shikellamy’s girls team beat Jersey Shore, 83-66, and and the Braves’ boys team beat the Bulldogs, 120-30. Jersey Shore’s Khani McCray picked up two individual wins in boys competition and was Jersey Shore’s only athlete in boys competition to win two events. McCray jumped 39 feet, 0 1/2 inches to win the triple jump by more than three feet and had a high jump win by clearing 5-10. McCray in total had three ...

Bellefonte rallies in seventh to defeat Clearfield

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Bellefonte scored twice in the top of the second inning to edge Clearfield in a close contest, 3-2, in baseball action. Clearfield held a 2-1 win heading into the seventh inning before Bellefonte rallied to win. Carsen Henry threw six innings and Triston Heeman closed out the final inning as the duo combined for 10 strikeouts and limited the Bison to four hits, one of which was a double. Quentin Crouthamel went 1 for 3 with a double, Austin Houser finished 1 for 2 with an RBI and walk, Zach Lehman went 1 for 2 with an RBI, walk and run scored and Parker VanGunden went 1 for 4 with ...

Bucha's poise from mound propelled Bald Eagle baseball past Hughesville on road

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HUGHESVILLE — As the pressure mounted and the game's tying runner dug in, Bald Eagle Area pitcher Riley Bucha embraced the moment. And Bucha owned that moment by maintaining the same approach he utilized all afternoon. Let Hughesville hit the ball and watch his speedy outfielders make the plays. It worked 15 times Tuesday at Bodine Park and No. 15 sealed a 4-1 win. Bucha threw a masterful three-hit complete game; Isaac Johnson smashed a go-ahead, two-out, two-run double in the second inning and BEA (13-4) won its fifth straight game. “It's amazing. That's awesome pitching a ...

Bald Eagle Area baseball earns 4-1 win at Hughesville

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HUGHESVILLE—If it could, Hughesville still would not change its hitting approaches Tuesday against Bald Eagle Area. It would not change the swings, nor the quality contact it made. Hughesville simply would change the results. Baseball can be a cruel game and the Spartans learned that as well-hit balls kept being drilled right at defenders or finding those hustling defenders' gloves on the run. As a result, Riley Bucha threw a three-hit complete game and BEA defeated Hughesville, 4-1 at Bodine Park. Isaac Johnson hit a go-ahead, two-run, two-out, second inning double and Bucha did ...