MILLERSTOWN – While Bucktail softball had already accomplished plenty of history through Mike Poorman’s time as manager, its first state win kept finding ways to evade it. Grueling first-round draws, a district final loss to an eventual state champion and a lost COVID season were ...
MCKEESPORT - It's always a possibility that your first-round draw for states will be a juggernaut, an unfortunate reality the Bellefonte softball team experienced firsthand on Monday. Facing 20-win, District 7 champion Elizabeth Forward (21-2) on the road, the Bellefonte softball team ...
MCKEESPORT – Despite making states in four of the last five seasons, it’s been five years since the Bellefonte softball program has extended its run past the first Monday of June. Last year’s 16-2 squad was saw high expectations thwarted by a strong District 7 runner-up in Blackhawk, ...
Bucktail is making its fourth straight state tournament and is trying to make program history. No Bucks team has won a state game in its previous four appearances. The Bucks shared the Mid-Penn West Division championship with Montgomery and split two regular-season games against ...
Apart from games ending in mercy rule or extras, it takes a team’s field 21 outs to secure a win in high school softball. The road to get to that point is usually all over the place, from flyouts in the outfield, to infield groundouts, to three strikes being thrown at the plate. It ...
Jersey Shore’s Carson Watkins was recently selected to play in the PSFCA East-West Large School game held on May 17 at Cumberland Valley High School. Watkins was the only District 4 selection for the teams representing Classes AAAA through 6A. Landen Murray of Mifflinburg and Kingston ...
