Pat Rothdeutsch

UNIVERSITY PARK — Philipsburg-Osceola pitcher Kamryn Harris allowed the first two hitters she faced in the PIAA, 3-A First Round game against Pequea Valley to reach base. After a hit and hit batter, Pequea Valley had a mini-rally going with two runners on and no outs before many people had even gotten into Penn…

UNIVERSITY PARK – In the first round of the PIAA softball playoffs Bellefonte High School met Yough at Penn State’s Beard Field on June 5. From the first pitch it was clear that fans had a pitcher’s duel on their hands. Both Bellefonte’s Tara Baney and Yough’s Kierra Waywood were very comfortable on the…

STATE COLLEGE — The State College softball team is back. Not that it has really gone anywhere. The Lady Little Lions after all have won 22 District 6 softball championships. Yet, before their 6-3 victory over Mifflin County in the 2017 championship game May 24, SC had not won a D-6 championship since…

ALTOONA — The State College Little Lions baseball team saved perhaps its best baseball for its biggest game. Squaring off against Altoona in the District 6 AAAAAA championship game at First Energy Field in Altoona on May 26, State College completely dominated the Mountain Lions in a 9-4 victory. The game was not…

As the Centre County high school teams weave their way through the District 6 softball and baseball tournaments in 2017, there is always one thing that year after year seems to be true. The Philipsburg-Osceola Lady Mounties, somewhere along the line, always seem to find themselves in a classic showdown. This year is…

PHILIPSBURG — The Philipsburg-Osceola softball team was not perfect in its District 6 opening round home game against West Shamokin on May 22. The Mounties committed an error. Otherwise, junior pitcher Kamryn Harris threw a no-hitter, and P-O crashed 13 hits, including two home runs, in its six-inning, 10-0 sprint over the Lady…

PHILIPSBURG — The Philipsburg-Osceola baseball team could not overcome Mountain League nemesis and No. 1 seed Central in the District 6 AAA semifinal game May 23 at Central. The Mounties advanced into the game with a wipe-out, 7-0 win over West Shamokin, but Central rallied for five big runs in the bottom of the…

MILESBURG – The District 6 Softball Tournament matchups may already have been announced, but that didn’t mean the Philipsburg-Osceola softball team didn’t have remaining work to do at Bald Eagle Area on May 15. There was still the matter of deciding the winner of the Mountain League championship, which is always the first priority…

PHILIPSBURG – The imposing Huntingdon baseball team came into Philipsburg on May 8 riding a five-game winning streak and looking for its second win of the season over the Mounties. In fact, the Bearcats hadn’t even given up a run since April 25 — 24 innings with three consecutive shutouts — and they were…

BELLEFONTE — It is not surprising that the run-in of Mountain League powers Bellefonte and Central on May 9 would come down to an eye-to-eye confrontation between Central pitcher Dylan Claycomb and Bellefonte’s Tara Baney. Although what happened was probably inevitable, as far as showdowns go, it was a major disappointment. Baney came…