Pat Rothdeutsch

It took a long time for the Clarence Mounties to climb back to the top of the Centre County Baseball League, but since they got there, they apparently have been enjoying the view. So much so, in fact, that they are showing no indications of leaving. The CCBL Championship seemed forever to be the domain…

Three weeks ago on May 21 in the District 6 AAA first-round softball game against Tyrone, Philipsburg-Osceola found itself looking squarely at elimination.  The Lady Mounties were down by three runs going into the bottom of the last inning in what was an elimination game.   Facing this kind of adversity, however, always seemed…

UNIVERSITY PARK — The guess here is that after a second-straight loss to South Park in the PIAA AAA softball tournament in 2017, Philipsburg-Osceola was hoping to get another shot at the Eagles somewhere down the line. That wish has come true. Both P-O and South Park won in the first round of…

Centre County has four district diamond sports champions. Both Bellefonte softball and baseball teams won AAAA district championships, and the State College baseball team won another one in AAAAAA. On May 30, the Philipsburg-Osceola Lady Mountie softball team won a district champions. All four of those teams will advance into PIAA play.  …

The second season — playoff season — is about to commence for Centre County softball and baseball teams, and District 6 has already released the pairings for many of the brackets for both tournaments. The only pairings not released yet are in 5A and 6A baseball. In all, there are nine local teams gearing…

Nothing seems to be standing in the way of the Philipsburg-Osceola softball team’s march into the 2018 playoffs. After their tense nine-inning loss Bald Eagle Area on April 23, the Lady Mounties recovered and rolled to three wins to improve their season record to 10-1. First, it was a 12-4 win at DuBois on…

The softball game between Bald Eagle Area and Philipsburg-Osceola was not played at high noon on April 23, but maybe it should have been. The two local heavyweights matched up in a Mountain League clash, and any fan looking for drama, comebacks and last-minute heroics would certainly not have been disappointed. Tied at…

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte High School softball team celebrated one of the first truly nice spring days April 14 with two offensive clinics in the O’Leary Tournament at Bellefonte Middle School. The host Lady Red Raiders swept through West Branch, 15-0, in the first game and then took care of Somerset, 17-5, on the…

The weather has certainly not been cooperating, but local high school softball teams are nonetheless getting in some important early-season games. So far, after a ton of postponements due to everything from snow and ice to muddy field conditions, Bellefonte stands at 3-1, BEA at 2-0, P-O at 2-0, Penns Valley at 1-2 and…