The eight and Under Tyrone Area Youth Baseball Association All-Stars continued their round robin tournament action over the weekend with a 12-2 loss on Friday and 18-5 loss on Saturday.
In the first game on Friday evening, Southern Huntingdon jumped out in front of the Tyrone All-Stars with two runs each in the first and third sandwiched around three scores in the second, before Tyrone got on the scoreboard.
Down 7-0 after four complete innings, Tyrone scored twice in the top of the fifth. Tristan Walters singled and two groundouts moved him around to third base. Rick Reeder plated Tristan with a single and came around to score on a base hit by Bryant Taylor.
Tristan Lingafelt had three hits for Tyrone and Zane Hertzler and Caleb Hammond each contributed a pair. The local All-Stars amassed 11 hits, just three less than Southern Huntingdon, but could manage only the two fifth-inning tallies.
Southern Huntingdon 12 Tyrone 2
Tyrone – Zane Hertzler, lf, 3-0-2; Tristen Lingafelt, ss, 3-0-3; Bryant Taylor, p, 3-0-1; Zack Soellner, 1b, 3-0-0; Blake Brooks, 2b, 3-0-0; Caleb Hammond, 3b, 3-0-2; JoJo Steinbugl, rc, 3-0-0; Tristen Walters, lc, 2-1-1; Nate Thompson, c, 2-0-0; Titus Irvin, rf-eh, 2-0-1; Rick Reeder, eh-rf, 2-1-1. TOTALS 29-2-11.
Southern Huntingdon – T. Hefman, 3b, 3-2-2; M. Detwiler, c, 3-1-1; S. Carbaugh, 2b, 3-3-2; Br. Rogers, ss, 3-1-1; D. Border, p, 3-1-1; S. Woodward, 1b, 2-0-0; J. Berman, lc, 2-1-2; J. Hershey, lf, 2-1-0; J. Welch, rf, 2-1-1; Q. Whitsel, rc, 2-2-2; Bl. Rogers, eh, 2-0-0. TOTALS 27-12-14.
Tyrone 000 020 2-11-3.
Southern Huntingdon 232 05X 12-14-0.
2B: TYR-Lingafelt 1.
SH- Carbaugh 1, Welch 1.
3B: SH- Br. Rogers 1, Whitsel 1.
HR: SH- Border 1.
RBI: TYR- Taylor 1, Reeder 1.
SH- Carbaugh 4, Border 3, Whitsel 2.
On Sunday afternoon, Tyrone and Mount Union began on even terms with each squad starting off with three scores in the first inning. Tyrone then was able to score just two more runs in the third inning, while Mount Union scored in all five of their at bats to dominate in an 18-5 win.
In the top of the first inning, three straight hits by Tristen Lingafelt, Freedom Sprankle and Caleb Hammond filled the bases with one out. Zack Soellner scored Lingafelt with a single, and a groundout by Blake Brooks plated Sprankle. Bryant Taylor completed the scoring for the Tyrone eight and under All-Stars scoring Hammond with a single.
Down 7-3 in the third inning, the locals scored twice to close the deficit to within a pair of runs 7-5.
Zane Hertzler and Sprankle both singled. Soellner got Hertzler home with a base hit and Sprankle scored on an error by the Mount Union shortstop.
Sprankle, Soellner and Hammond each had two hits to lead the Tyrone attack.
Mount Union out-hit the locals 23-9, including nine extra-base hits to none for Tyrone.
Southern Huntingdon defeated Juniata Valley 18-9 for third place and Mount Union edged Big Valley in a slugging contest 17-16 to claim the championship.
The Tyrone eight and Under All-Stars were given medals following the game for their fifth place finish and will next journey to Martinsburg for a tournament this week.
Mount Union 18 Tyrone 5
Tyrone – Zane Hertzler, 3-1-1; Tristen Lingafelt, 3-1-1; Freedom Sprankle, 3-2-2; Caleb Hammond, 3-1-2; Zack Soellner, 3-0-2; Blake Brooks, 2-0-0; Bryant Taylor, 2-0-1; JoJo Steinbugl, 2-0-0; Tristen Walters, 2-0-0; Titus Irvin, 2-0-0; Rick Reeder, 2-0-0. TOTALS 32-5-9.
Mount Union – A. Law, p, 3-3-3; B. Walker, 3b, 3-3-3; J. Atherton, 1b, 3-0-0; P. McDonald, eh, 3-2-3; C. Stapleton, rc, 3-1-2; S. Cooper, 2b, 3-2-2; C. Guiliante, rc, 3-2-3; A. tress, c, 3-1-1; K. House, lf, 3-1-2; A. Atherton, lc, 2-1-1; T. Walker, ss, 3-2-3. TOTALS 42-18-23.
Tyrone 302 000 5-9-1.
Mount Union 345 51X 18-23-2.
2B: MU-T. Walker 1, Cooper 1, Guiliante 1, A. Atherton 1.
3B: MU- B. Walker 1, T. Walker 1, Stapleton 1, Cooper 1, A. Tress 1.
RBI: TYR- Zack 2, Brooks 1, Taylor 1.
MU- B. Walker 4, T. Walker 4, Stapleton 1, Cooper 1, Guiliante 2, Atherton 2, House 1.
