Baseball celebrates Senior Night, then walk-off win
Staff WriterWednesday, May 15, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA(First photo) Prior to Wednesday’s varsity baseball game against DuBois, the Punxsy program celebrated its three senior members — (from left) Dylan...
View ArticlePenn State DuBois Baseball soars to second-straight Small College World...
By: Zak LantzEditoreditor@punxsutawneyspirit.comThursday, May 16, 2019DUBOIS, PAThe best things in life never come easily, and for the Penn State DuBois Nittany Lions baseball team, that proved to be...
View ArticleBoys' track and field wins first district title since 1998; Lady Chucks...
By: Zak LantzEditoreditor@punxsutawneyspirit.comFriday, May 17, 2019BROOKVILLE, PAFriday turned into a great day for a track and field event, and in Brookville, it proved to be a great day for the...
View ArticlePunxsy softball holds annual banquet
Staff WriterMonday, May 20, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAOn Monday evening — to conclude their regular season and look ahead to their postseason — the members of the Lady Chucks softball team gathered for a...
View ArticleLady Chucks open postseason by winning D-9 title
By: Zak LantzStaff Writereditor@punxsutawneyspirit.comFriday, May 24, 2019DUBOIS, PAOn Friday, the Lady Chucks softball team both opened its playoffs and secured the District 9 AAAA championship, as...
View ArticleFrom start to finish: Chucks reclaim District 9 title
Staff WriterWednesday, May 29, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAThe Punxsutawney Chucks baseball team has earned the District 9 AAAA championship and earned a berth in the PIAA State Championships tournament. The...
View ArticleJohn Matthews selected by Rangers in MLB Draft
Staff WriterTuesday, June 4, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAAs a member of the Punxsutawney Chucks, he wore No. 8. On Tuesday, John Matthews — a member of the Class of 2016 at Punxsutawney Area High School — was...
View ArticleRyan Sloniger drafted by Toronto Blue Jays
Staff WriterWednesday, June 5, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PARyan Sloniger, a Punxsutawney Area High School alum and a recent graduate of Penn State and its baseball program, heard his name called on Wednesday,...
View ArticlePunxsy Majors best St. Marys in softball opener
Staff WriterWednesday, June 19, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAPictured here is Brooke Farmery (left) getting a high-five from Brooke Young after Farmery's inside the park home run on Wednesday. That run, a...
View ArticleAll-Stars Update: Double-header in Punxsy Tuesday
Staff WriterMonday, June 24, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PASoftball All-Stars to play double-header Tuesday (June 25): With both of Punxsy’s softball All-Stars teams — Minor and Major — set to play (June 25) at...
View ArticleAll-Stars Update: Near-perfect start for Minor SB
Staff WriterTuesday, June 25, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA(Left photo) Brinley Hallman (pictured) struck out 18 of the 19 hitters she faced on Tuesday evening in the Punxsy Minor Softball All-Stars’ first game...
View ArticleMajor SB All-Stars win District 10, advance to Sectionals
Staff WriterThursday, June 27, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAOn Thursday evening, in the third meeting of the All-Stars season between the two teams, Punxsy's Major (11-12) Softball All-Stars bested DuBois 4-2...
View ArticleMinor SB All-Stars earn rematch with St. Marys
Staff WriterMonday, July 1, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAFor the second time in a week, Punxsy's Minor Softball All-Stars pitched a no-hitter to blank DuBois. Last week, it was Brinley Hallman, and on Monday,...
View ArticleBusy Friday for Punxsy All-Stars
Staff WriterFriday, July 5, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAIt was a busy Friday evening for the Groundhog Little League All-Stars, with four teams in action — well, almost. • Minor Softball: Punxsy's Minor (8-10)...
View ArticleJr. Legion wins on wild (pitch) walk-off
Staff WriterWednesday, July 10, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAIt was a wild finish — quite literally — as Punxsy’s John J. Fisher Post No. 62 Junior Legion baseball team overcame a two-run deficit in the bottom...
View ArticlePunxsy Senior Legion wins league title, advances to Regionals
Staff WriterSunday, July 14, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAPunxsutawney Post No. 62's Senior Legion team defeated Clearfield 8-1 on Sunday evening in Punxsutawney to claim the Jefferson County League...
View ArticlePunxsy 14U team on to VFW Teener League States
Staff WriterThursday, July 18, 2019PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAThe Punxsutawney Mahoning Valley VFW Post No. 2076 14-U baseball team won the Area 6 tournament last weekend to qualify for the state tournament, to...
View ArticleInstant Classic: Grays walk off Rockets in 14
Staff WriterThursday, July 25, 2019 BROOKVILLE — They were scoreless through 10 — then tied at three after 11 and at four after 12 — but ultimately, the Brookville Grays walked off with a 14-inning,...
View ArticleSeeing-eye single sparks sixth-inning Sykesville surge
Staff WriterSaturday, July 27, 2019 REYNOLDSVILLE -- In the first game of a Federation League semi-finals double-header on Saturday afternoon in Reynoldsville, Pulaski Generals pitcher Phil Myers and...
View ArticleBlast off: Rockets score eight in first, force Game 6
Staff WriterSaturday, July 27, 2019REYNOLDSVILLE REYNOLDSVILLE -- In the second game of a double-header that featured all four Federation League semi-finalists in Reynoldsville on Saturday, the DuBois...
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