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Members of the Mifflin County football team are front row, from left, Parker Kearns, Isaac Wilson, Dupree Reed, Tyler Wolfley, Harrison Bulick, Brody Rishel, Jeremiah Part chey, Tyler Sheetz, Evan Naugle, Brice Rishel, Shawn Settle, Samuel Arnold, Jacob Kratzer, Joshua Maldonado, Gianpaolo Pannizzo. Second row, Christian Henry, Ethan Davis, Landon Haigh, Mara Gallo, Cassie Himes, Autumn Goss, Alexander Snyder, Garrett Miller, Cyrell Green, Logan Parks, Trevor Miles. Third row, Derek Swanger, Deakon Schaeffer, Landon Haigh, Jayden King, Joshua Cruz, Lucas Sheetz, Landen Eichhorn, Owen Gipe, Jordyn Daly, Theodore Yoder, Cody Ort, Keason Hampton, Tristin Pent, Owen Amspacker. Fourth row, Travis Renninger, Hunter Tipton, Tylor Drukemiller, Quentin Adams, Ryan Stahl, Cory French, Steven Albert, Reagan Ettinger, Gavin Stein, Isaac Parks-Gill, Elijah Osborne, Noah Millan, Ty Small. Fifth row, Ethan West, Kaden Reid, Stone Miller, Josiah Sechler, Fletcher Wilson, Peyton Kearns, Avery Aurand, Austin McKnight, Braiden Miller, Kaden Miller.
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Breon, the son of former Chief Logan and Indian Val ley coach Willie Breon, plans to run a spread offense using Air-Raid passing concepts. Air Raid is a variation of the run-and-shoot and features four receivers and one run ning back in the shotgun. The offense also uses trips formation.“TheAir Raid is exciting to watch when it is clicking. The concepts provide for man and zone beaters, pro vide easy read progressions for the QBs, and allow you to move at a quick pace if desired. The receivers know they will be involved, which makes them work harder during practice,” Breon said. “The kids are picking it up more as we go. We will also use a wrist coach system, which allows us to ensure the guys are all on the same page and running the correct routes. One misperception of the Air Raid is that you can’t run the ball. Howev er, spreading defenses out opens up the run game, and I’m looking forward to that aspect of our offense this year. We have a nice group of running backs and receivers who will continue to grow into the offense.”
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Huskies search for first win since 2019 season
The Mid-Penn Keystone features one of the top teams in the state in Bishop McDe vitt. The Crusaders enter the season ranked third in the state in Class 5A. Still, Bre on believes the Huskies can be competitive in the league from the “Outsideget-go.ofBishop McDe vitt, Cedar Cliff should also be strong, but we expect to compete with the teams on our schedule,” he said. Despite the losing skid, the new coach has lofty goals for season one. “Our team goal this sea son is a winning record and to make the playoffs,” Bre on said.
A new coach means new offensive and defensive systems to be installed. Ac cording to Breon, the kids are doing an excellent job of learning the plays and termi nology“Practicesinvolved.have been good. We’ve had to have a few wake-up calls, but over all, the kids focus on getting better every day. The defense looks fast, and even though we are installing a new of fense, the kids are picking it up, and the QBs understand more each day,” Breon said. Mifflin County enters the season suffering under the weight of a 17-game losing streak. The team hasn’t dis cussed the topic, and Breon has no desire to talk about it. The focus is on building a winning culture instead of looking at the past. “We have not had one conversation regarding the 17 straight losses. Not one. The kids are buying into the work-hard, team-first culture we spoke about on day one, developing a bond and pushing each other in the weight room and on the field, which is great to see as a head coach,” Breon said. “They are excited about the season; we look ahead, not backward. We also had several 7-9th grade players involved in our summer lift ing/speed/agility program, which should bode well for the future off-season regard ing their development.”
Breon will run multiple defensive alignments intend ing to play fast all over the field.“The defensive line will have some quickness with French, King, Aurand, and Travis Renninger. Senior Reagan Ettinger will lead the linebackers, with Owen Gipe, Steven Albert, Isaac Wilson, Parker Kearns, and Lucas Sheetz vying for posi tions,” Breon said. “The sec ondary will feature Sechler, Cruz, Reed, and senior Brody Rishel, with others playing roles when called upon.”
LEWISTOWN — New Mif flin County football coach Shane Breon hopes to change the fortunes of the Huskies and lead them to a winning season in 2022. Breon replaced Scot Sechler, who stepped down in the off-season because of health reasons. The long-time assistant coach gets his first crack at running a varsity program. Breon was co-offensive co ordinator at Central York, who made it to the Class 6A finals in 2020 and the semifi nals in 2021. His enthusiasm is evident as opening night approaches.“Things are going well. Having just started back in June, more guys bought into our program. Our numbers are solid, and we have a good group of guys to work with,” Breon said. “There is much more administrative stuff to do as a head coach, but I have great guys coaching with me, and I am excited for the season to start. We have approximately 135 players signed up in grades 7-12. We have 65 guys up with the JV/ Varsity team. So, I’m happy with the numbers. Hopefully, next year we get to around 80 varsity players.”
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Members of the Mifflin County Cheer team are front row, from left, Alexandra Koch, Rylynn Patkalitsky, Ellary Schreck, Isabelle Pecht, Skylar Williamson, Kiersten Parks, Kayla McTavish, Piper Snyder, Myah Bunch. Second row, Allie Kauffman, Veronika Cramer, Hannah Johnson, Samantha Forshey, Indya Goss, Preslee Steinbach, Ga briella Alvarez, Lilliy Wise, Nevaeh Cramer, Jaliyah Frazier. Back row, Hailey Runkle, Abigail Baumgardner, Addison Hook, Allie Padgett, Alaina Chilson, Kaidense Conner, Isamar Fontanez-Littrell, Sophia Clark.
“Reagan Ettinger, Deakon Shaffer, and Joshua Cruz will share duties at running back. Our WR group is tal ented with Josiah Sechler, Isaac Wilson, Dupree Reed, Parker Kearns, Jayden King, Ty Small, JP Pannizo, Cyrell Green, and others.”
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The offensive line features three seniors and plenty of youngsters to provide depth. “While we don’t have a pure tight end type in this offense, Avery Aurand, Ke arns, and King will fill that role when we need it.,” Bre on said. “The offensive line will feature three seniors in Ryan Stahl, Cory French, and Elijah Osborne. Derek Swanger, Peyton Kearns, Jor dyn Daly, and others have stepped into lineman roles with some younger talent pushing them.”
Four potential candidates are battling for the quarter back job. There will be a pre dominately three-pronged attack at running back and a solid collection of receivers led by Ufema Award winner Isaac Wilson, who caught 35 passes for 534 yards and four touchdowns.“Wehave a four-way race for the QB position with Lo gan Parks, Landon Eichorn, Fletcher Wilson, and Jacob Kratzer. So there has been good competition for the last few weeks,” Breon said.
BY KENNY VARNER Sports correspondent MIFFLINTOWN — Juniata foot ball took its talents to the next level last season as ‘Big Red’ captured the District 6 title over Bellefonte and also played strong in the PIAA State playoffs.Thisseason, the team is looking to repeat their success from last year with another line up of strong talent coming back. Last season, the Indians rolled through the regular season and into the post season, posting a 10-3 re cord.Juniata coach Kurt Condo will once again lead his team with his assistants being Steve Mclaugh lin, Caleb Shertzer, Colton Shertz er, Steve Harris, Marcus Brothers, Nate Nace, Spencer Page, Ben Lau ver, Tyler Clark, Dylan Smith, Jim Mclaughlin and Al Ream. This year will mark Condo’s 21st season in coaching football, work ing under the legendary Gary Klin gensmith.Condoloses only 14 from last sea son.Returning for the Indians this season are letterwinners
Leadership for the Indians will come in different ways, according to Condo.“Leadership comes in a lot of dif ferent ways, we have a lot of guys with experience returning and they all bring different leadership abili ties to the table,” said Condo. Senior big game experience will be one of the strengths Juniata will bring to the forefront this year.
JUNIATA FOOTBALL Friday, August 26, 2022 Lewistown, PA—5The Sentinel Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS Members of the Juniata football team are front row, from left, Luis Caraballo, Devin Graybill, Caleb Smith, Casey Smith, Makih Hunt, Jonathan Kauffman, Jordan Dickerson ,Waylon Ehrenzeller, Ebel Gonzalez, Aaron Kanagy, Brant Walters. Second row, coach Dylan Smith, coach Steve McLaughlin, Managers Jaxon Condo and Michael Lorenz, Jerret Condo, Lucas Harlan, Isaiah Staggers, Harrison Mummah, Grant Reinhold, Ethan Espitia, Seth Laub, Westin Landis, Seth Barrick, Owen Phillips, Heath Hutchinson, Nate Tyson, Wyatt Stoner, Coach Marcus Brothers. Third row, coach Shertzer, Head Coach Kurt Condo, Hunter Erb, Matthew Spriggle, John Peck, Davis Hart, Ayden Dowl ing, Lane Peiper, Wyatt Dysinger, Briar Clark, Kolby Moist, Gage Harlon, Wyatt Ehrenzeller, Connor Boreman, Coach Caleb Shertzer, Coach Steve Harris, Coach Tyler Clark, Coach Ben Lauver. Fourth row, Gabe Burns, Camden Bargo, Ty Fahnestock, Jadon Nealman, Jamarcus Cuff, Jasper Shepps, Zeb Berry, Conrad Long, Garrett Imes, Blaine Imes, Erick Betancourt, Jerry Cordovce, Zayden Huff, Colten Rowles.
“There’s a lot of variables in high school football and we don’t like to look too far into the future,” said Condo. “Our goal right now is to prepare our best for the first game.”
“ This is a great group of kids that are returning and they have a lot of experience. They know what it takes to continue to be success ful,” said Condo. “We are also bring ing up all of our freshmen this year for the first time in our program his tory. We expect to have roster than normal, but we are going to have a much larger age gap between play ers that the coaching staff is going to have to get used to.”
“Our first part of the season starts out pretty tough with Clear field, Selinsgrove and West Perry,” said Condo. “It’s going to be import ant to gain some confidence early on.”Goals this season will come in dif ferent layers for this year’s squad.
Juniata opens its season August 26th hom against Clearfield.
Juniata eyes another strong season on the gridiron
Juniata Football Coach: Kurt Condo Assistants: Steve Mc laughlin, Caleb Shertzer, Colton Shertzer, Steve Har ris, Marcus Brothers, Nate Nace, Spencer Page, Ben Lauver, Tyler Clark, Dylan Smith, Jim Mclaughlin, and Al Ream 2021 record: 10-3 League: Tri-Valley League
Aaron Kanagy, Casey Smith , Caleb Smith, Waylon Ehrenzeller, Makih Hunt, Jordan Dickinson, Talon Barndt, Seth Laub, Devin Graybill, Jerret Condo, Lane Peiper, Jonathan Kauff man and Nate Tyson.
“These seniors have won two district championship, they know what it takes to prepare yourself for a long season and what kind of atti tude and effort you have to bring to practice each day,” said Condo. The early schedule has not been the kindest to Big Red.
The veteran coach sees the three early games to be the toughest on the“Likeschedule.Isaid before, the first three games are going to be brutal for us and it’s going to give us a lot to build off of during the rest of our season,” saidCondoCondo.is really excited about his team heading into the season.
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Mustangs want to resurrect program in 2022
Members of the Midd-West football team are back row, from left, coaches Dezz Henderson, John Punako, John Rosselli, Jeff Janovich, Lance Adams, Chris Wolf, Dan Bishop, Tom Beck. Fifth row, Gannon Treaster, Aydan Camp, Garrett Hostetler, Keaton Kreider, Kyle Shupp. Fourth row, Jasher Wolf, Ethan Dunkelberger, Parker Boop, Alexander Walter, Jaylen Mull, Wyatt Keister, Gavin Heyman, Avery Englehart, Elliot Crabb. Third row, Riley Taylor, Kaden Kullman, Cory Weiand, Colby Brower, Landon Lauver, Kyle Adams, Edgar Murphy, Brock Greathouse, Wyatt Weaver, Bryce Hackenburg, Dominck Gomez, Dominic Andretta, Gavin Treaster, Damien Temple. Second row, Ryan Hartman, Matthias Barge, Josh Kline, Erik Knox, Austin Dorman, Brenyn Spatz, Miles Aurand, Lucas Bobb, Wyatt Heble. First row, Regan Wolf and Padget Adams.
MIDDLEBURG — After a rough 2021 season, MiddWest football is hunting for a more satisfying sea son this year. Last year, the Mustangs were 1-9 overall and 0-6 in the Heartland II Confer ence.The Mustangs bring back key members on both sides of the ball, including Austin Dorman and Miles Aurand.Dorman produced 40 to tal tackles and two sacks last year. Offensively, Dor man had 335 rushing yards on 60 Aurandcarries.had eight total tackles last season, but is expected to lead the MiddWest defense this year. According to head coach Lance Adams, the Mus tangs should be able to improve if they focus on a few areas of their team. “We need to improve in every facet of the game, but specifically running the football and defending the run and special team,” Adams said. In last season’s regu lar-season finale, MiddWest stomped Halifax, 49-12. The Mustangs pun ished the Halifax defense for 239 rushing yards on 32 totes.Dorman posted eight carries for 61 yards and two scores in the home victory.TheMidd-West defense held the Wildcats to just 95 yards on 46 rushes (two yards per carry). The Mustangs expect their offensive and de fensive line to be strong points this season, but what has really stood out in camp is the potential in the leadership depart ment.“Iexpect to see a lot of leadership from the senior class, since this is the sec ond season of them know ing what I expect from them as seniors,” Adams explained.“Wehave four captains with two of them being underclassmen. However, there are additional un derclassmen that I think could rise to be successful leaders.”Midd-West will have a new quarterback since Christian Regester grad uated this past spring. The QB threw for 164 total yards last Runningseason.back Ethan Schlief also graduated af ter rushing for nearly 150 yards and a touchdown during the Mustangs’ sea son-ending win against Halifax. This year Midd-West visits Mifflinburg to kickoff the season. Then, the Mustangs host Halifax before taking a trip to Mil ton.Next, Bloomsburg will visit Middleburg to battle the Mustangs. Hughesville also migrates to play MiddWest. Midd-West heads to Mount Carmel before host ing Warrior Run. The Mus tangs wrap up their slate with a Saturday game in Lewisburg, a home game with Penns Valley and a trek to Selinsgrove. Five of this year’s oppo nents were not on MiddWest’s schedule last year. This would also be the first time the Mustangs have played the Seals since 2019.
Members of the Mount Union football team are front row, from left, Wade Sheeder, EJ Boozel, Hunter Steel, Micah Atherton, John Welsh, Dylan Edgin, Dalton Sunderland, Aiden Spriggs. Second row, Braylan Knable, Cainen Atherton, Josh Ryan, Donovan Williams, Je’saun Robinson, Thomas Spell, Korbin Copenhaver, Haiden Inch. Back row, Savioe Danish, Davin Yocum, Jase Ripple, Xavier Peck, Quartey Williams, Bryce Danish, Georgie Bilger, Joshua Sechrist.
Anthony Sottasante is starting his second season as head coach of the Tro jans coming off a 4-5 sea son last year that included one virus related forfeit to West Branch. Sottasante took over at the helm of the Trojans last season com ing from Tussey Mountain where he posted a 26-6 over all record with the Titans.
BY DENNY SROKA Sports correspondent MOUNT UNION — The Mount Union football team went through many changes last season with not knowing from week to week on who would be able to suit up due to the virus and facing injuries. They started the season strong, but as the virus took its toll and having to move players into positions, they were not accustomed, they strug gled a little at the end of the season.The Trojans came into practice this season with 13 letter winners on board and the young team from 2021 gained experience and are still overall a young team. The roster has just four seniors, 13 juniors, three sophomores and four freshmen listed for the 2022 campaign. They are miss ing some key letterwinners from last season due to injury from before season that is holding them off the field for this season. Six se niors graduated last spring and Dayvon Wilson, Ash tin Spennati, Ryan Doun tas Jayce Reck, Will Har cleroad and Dalton Peck will be missed this season.
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Assisting Sottasante this season will be Win ston Redman working with the lineman and defensive backs. Jamie Brumbaugh is defensive coordinator and is working with the wide receivers. Chuck Hand will work with the running backs and out side linebackers and Brian Wertz will also work with receivers and inside line backers. Rob Turner and Merle Steele will be head ing up the junior high pro gram.The Trojans came into practice with the coaching staff continuing to instill the “we not me” philoso phy into the team and de veloping teamwork. “The players are working very hard every practice and we are becoming a team more every day, commented Sot tasante.“Youcan see the players coming together as a team and feel good about our chances of having a good season ahead. We must continue to work on consis tency and eliminate mis takes.”Ondefense the Trojans will incorporate a 4-2-5 into the system taking advan tage of the team speed that they have. The roster has eight players that can drop back and defend along with two players listed as safety. The offense will line up much like last season except moving Braylan Knable to a receiving posi tion. They will see different looks from the spread of fense with running options. “We have depth now that we have some expe rience even though our numbers are not big. We want to be a pass/run team balanced as much as we can,” said Sottasante. The Trojans rushed for a net of 1318 yards over the eight g,ames and went 77-138 for 1075 yards passing scoring 200 points on the season. Against Moshannon Val ley the Trojans passed for over 300 yards. Against Curwensville the Trojans had a 500-yard game on the ground.TheTrojans special team also line up like last season except for Bryce Danish do ing the kicking for the Tro jans on kick-offs and extra points. Kick returning has not been completely estab lished yet with a few op tions“Weavailable.lookfor Danish to have a good season, added Sottasante.“Hehas developed well since last season. Cain en Atherton has looked very good in practice and Jesísun Robinson expects to have a good season. Quartey Williams came in bigger and stronger. The line looks better and in bet ter shape coming into prac tice this fall.
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“I’m hoping we can have a solid season in conference play again this year and make it back to districts for the third consecutive year,” Knepp said. “Our goal this sea son is to be the one with the hardware at the end of the district title game and see what happens af terForthat.”that to be a reality, Knepp must replace the six players he lost to grad uation.“We lost six seniors from a year ago. Shaelyn Bagrosky, Leah Bickert, Morgan Breon, Maddi son Finkenbiner, Katelyn Knable, and Lily Yoder. They all had an impact in one way or another to help us accomplish what we were able to do last year,” Knepp said. “We have both young players and some players that have been around a few years we are hoping can step up and fill those shoes.”The good news is Knepp has a solid return ing core and hopes to get contributions from his newcomers.“Weare looking for several athletes to step up big for us this year, with juniors Rylee Reth erford and Hailie Alex ander-Yohn, to name a couple,” Knepp said. “Scoring in the Mid-Penn is not an easy task, so any offense we can get from our young players is a bo nus.”Knepp would have liked a better turnout than he got just in case the injury bug bites. “We have 26 girls this season. We want that number to be a little bet ter in case we pick up some injuries,” he said. The 2022 squad consists of seniors Bailey McNitt, Kaitlin Bickhart, Morgan Diven, Sadie Fike, Ella Kammerer, Alexandria Leonard, Kirsten Mil liron, Aubrey Strohecker, and Elise Wagner. Juniors include Retherford, Al exander-Yohn, Theresa (Tressie) Bender, Bryan na Henry, Lily Bratton, Brenna Alexander, and BrynnSophomoresKnepp, on the roster are Lilly Markley, Pia Patel, Makenna Spickler, Leah Alexander, and Dan ielleHannahWarfel.Cramer, Ame lia Green, Lorynn Knepp, Mackenzie Peachey, and Kaitlyn Brytczuk round out the freshmen class. Knepp likes the way most of his team looks in the preseason. Unfortu nately, some are in catchup“Somode.far, practices have been good. Most of the players we expected to come in sharp have. A few need to work extra hard to catch up to where they want to be,” he said. Besides State College and Altoona in the dis trict, Knepp knows all too well the rigors of MidPenn play. The usual sus pect is the favorite in the Keystone once again. “As always, Lower Dauphin looks like the team to beat, and Palmy ra is going to be very solid as well,” he said. “There are no easy games in the Mid-Penn.”MifflinCounty has a strong core returning, and if the coaching staff can get the most out of the newcomers, the Hus kies will hold the hard ware in 2022. Mifflin County Girls Soccer Record: 8-10-1. MidPenn: 6-5-1. Coach: Barrett Knepp. Assistants: Carolyn Kline, Jeremy Herwig, Sage McNitt.
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Members of the Mifflin County girls soccer team are front row, from left, Liberty Cook, Brenna Alexander, Amilia Green, Bryanna Henry, Hannah Cramer, Hailie Alexander-Yohn, Brynn Knepp, MaKenna Spickler, Katy Brytczuk.
Second row, Morgan Diven, Lillie Markley, Rylee Retherford, Leah Alexander, Lily Bratton, Pia Patel, Elise Wag ner, Aubrey Strohecker, Sarah Henry, Danielle Warfel. Back row, Sadie Fike, Mackenzie Peachey, Kirsten Milliron, Lorynn Knepp, Bailey McNitt, Alex Leonard, Kate Bickhart, Ella Kammerer, Tressie Bender.
Sat Aug 27 @Carlisle 11:00 AM Tue Aug 30 @Juniata 4:00 PM Thu Sep 1 vs West Perry 4:00 PM Sat Sep 3 vs Williamsport 11:00 AM Tue Sep 6 @Waynesboro 5:30 PM Thu Sep 8 vs Central Dauphin East 4:00 PM Mon Sep 12 @Mechanicsburg 6:30 PM Wed Sep 14 vs Palmyra 4:00 PM Sat Sep 17 @State College 10:00 AM Tue Sep 20 @Lower Dauphin 7:00 PM Thu Sep 22 @Hershey 4:00 PM Wed Sep 28 vs Waynesboro 4:00 PM Tue Oct 4 @Central Dauphin East 3:45 PM Thu Oct 6 vs Mechanicsburg 4:00 PM Tue Oct 11 @Palmyra 6:30 PM Thu Oct 13 vs Lower Dauphin 4:00 PM Mon Oct 17 vs Hershey 4:00 PM Wed Oct 19 vs Altoona 3:45 PM MIFFLIN COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER Mifflin County Football Record: 0-10. MidPenn: 0-7. Coach: Shane Breon. Assistants: Steve Himes - Defensive Coordinator, Bob Douglas - Defensive Line, Isaac Maclay - LB/ RB, Colton Craig - Offen sive Line, Sandy Breon - Defensive Backs and Wide Receivers. Search Continued from Page 4
The Trojans open their season against back yard rival Hunting don on at home on August 26 fol lowed by a home match up with Northern Bedford the following Friday night. The Trojans first away game will be at Tussey Mountain on September 9.
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The team is learning assign ments and we are improving ev eryThepractice.team goals are to be com petitive every time they take the field and win the ICC title. The team also wants to get into the District Six playoffs at the end of the season by rushing for 2200 yards and passing for 1500 yards.
Mifflin County seeks hardware after playoff loss
BY BRIAN CARSON Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County girls’ soc cer team made it to the District 6 Class 6A finals a year ago before dropping a 3-1 decision to Altoona. Despite some heavy losses, Huskies coach Barrett Knepp believes his 2022 team can get back and take the next step.
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Twenty-twenty one was another successful sea son for the Juniata girls soccer team as they made the post season with a 12-7 record on the season. Entering their fifth sea son as co-coaches, Leresa and Garrick Paden will be leading the team once again.The Indians lost some key parts from their sea son last year’s team.
“We lost Hailey Kepner in the goal, Ashlyn Pan nebaker who played mid field and Emma Panne baker who played in the midfield,” said Paden. “Tough shoes to fill but we have some new play ers that have been work ing hard and really step pingHowever,up.” there are still a lot of firepower return ing to this year’s squad. Returning letter win ners will be Frances Fitz gerald, Abigale Berrier, Malaree Rusho, Alivia Arentz, Victory Frantz, Mariska Beward, Amelia Smith, Haley Mummah, and Regan Lowery. Paden will be looking to numerous returner for leadership this upcoming season.“Wehave several lead ers on the team. Victory Frantz, a senior, will be a leader along with several others. Abigale Berrier helps organize the back line well,” said Paden. The strength’s the vet eran coach sees for her team will come from her returners.“Wereturn most of our starters from last year and have several strong freshman coming up who have been meshing well with the returners at practice,” said Paden. Placement has been a challenge early in the sea son.“Challenges we might face starting out is fig uring out where to place certain players in our for mation,” said Paden. “We have a lot of girls that are very versatile players which is great. We just have to figure out where to place them to be as dan gerous as possible going forward.”Thegoals for this sea son are lofty goals but one Paden believes the can ac complish.
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Indians return most of their starters with district title in mind
Juniata’s first game of the season is against Mifflin County on August 30th.
BY KENNY VARNER Sports correspondent
Members of the Juniata girls soccer team are front row, from left, Victory Frantz, Livia Arentz, Abby Berrier, Addison Sheeler, Kailey Smith, Frances Fitzgerald, Malaree Rusho. Second row, Mallory Garver, Amelia Smith, Olivia Rhea, Emerson Freed, Katelyn Fornwalt, Danielle Espitia, Haley Mummah, Emma Arentz. Back row, coach Lare sa Paden, Cassi Parson, Mariska Beward, Mylee Landis, Regan Lowrey, Thea Beward, Coach Garrick Paden.
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“Our Goals are to win a league and district cham pionship and give up as few goals as possible throughout the season,” saidTherePaden.are three teams on this year’s schedule that Paden sees as being tough outs this year.
Juniata Girls Soccer Coach: Laresa and Garrick Paden 2021 record: 12-7 League: Tri-Valley League
“Mifflin County is al ways a good game. Bar rett runs a good program up there. Susquenita is always a well fought game,” said Paden. “We also picked up West Perry this year which will be a good challenge for us to prepare for district play.”
“Our team has always had a good relationship with each other,” Good ling said. “They organize different team bonding nights off the field. On the field, they have been very encouraging to one another.”
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Members of the Midd-West girls soccer team are front row, from left, Maci Tittle, Angela Sankey, Olivia Stroup, Emma Martin, Analeena Treaster, Gracie Trawitz, Sophie Voneida, Audrey Norman, Becca Yount, Samantha Landis. Back row, Camryn Pyle, Cali Sauer , Emily Bickel, Rachel Keister, Samantha Zechman ,Rylee Weaver, Alyssa Heckman, Chloe Sauer, Alyssa Deubner, Claire Stininger, Alexis Shawver, Makenna Stuck.
MIDDLEBURG — The Mustangs of Midd-West are looking to keep the momentum going from the 2021 season where they reached the District 4 playoffs. Lori Goodling and Chris Sauer return to the girls soccer pro gram as co-head coaches and will be joined on the staff by assistants McK enzi Keiser and McKayla Goodling.Aftergoing (9-9-1) a season ago, Midd-West found itself in the Dis trict 4 Class 2A playoffs where the Mustangs were the tenth seed and went on to face the sev enth seeded Shamokin. Despite their best ef forts, the Mustangs were defeated by Shamokin by the final score of 2-1. Midd-West looks to build on that and according to coach Goodling, it is their goal to have the mentiality of coming into the season ready to compete every single day.“We want to compete in every game and out work our opponent,” Goodling said. But also the Mustangs want to have a strong team bond where they play for each other and not for any individual goals.“Our players can learn and improve everyday by working hard every day in practices and games to become a bet ter teammate and player serving their teammates throughout the season,”
Record: 9-9-1. Heart land I Conference: 3-6-1. Coach: Chris Sauer and Lori Goodling Assistants: McKen zi Keiser and McKayla Goodling
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GoodlingThoughsaid.there is a lit tle concern for the team this season as suppose to years before, that MiddWest will be dealing with low numbers on the ros ter. But on the positive side of things, there will be plenty of talent com ing back to the team this year.“Weakness coming into the season is low numbers and not having depths,” Goodling said. “Strength is having some key players return to help navigate the team.” Some of those return ees include two of their leading scorers in senior forward Becca Yount and junior mid-fielder Rachel Keister. Keister led the Mustangs in goals scored during her sophomore campaign leading with 14 goals and had five as sists. Yount was second on the team with 10 goals and also had five assists. Others that will be joining them for the com ing year will be junior forwards Camryn Pyle and Sammy Landis. De fensemen Alyssa Heck man and Emma Martin will also be returning to the team and the Mus tangs will have plenty of experience coming back in goal as well with Rylee Weaver and Jillian Freed. Last year Weaver had a total of 165 saves. With all of this experi ence coming back, coach Goodling feels that the team chemistry will play a major factor on the field.“They played in a summer league together which helped them get good touches on the ball this summer and helped them in unifying the team,” Goodling said. The team unity will be important in another sit uation as Midd-West will be without a key play er in the rotation in the form of Lily Shutt who was tied for second on the team in goals scored along with Yount with 10 goals. Shutt also was a big part in creating of fense for her teammates as she led the team in assists with 13. Shutt has moved on and is now apart of the Susquehan na University women’s soccerMidd-Westprogram.will also be relying on its team unity throughout the season as the Mustangs try to push towards their goal of winning the Pennsyl vania Heartland Athletic Conference Division II going up against the like of the defending division winner in the Central Columbia Blue Jays who also won the District 4 Class 2A title as well. Mifflinburg will also be another challenge for Midd-West this season as well coming off a year where Wildcats won the District 4 Class 3A title.
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Trojans are optimistic in third year of existence
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The Mount Union soc cer team is getting its third season underway with a good turnout and are optimistic about this season. The Trojans have eight letterwinners returning along with a good mix of younger players to gain experi ence for the future of the program.The Trojans roster of 16 players has three seniors, one junior, four sophomores and eight freshmen on the roster for the upcoming season with half the roster re turning letter winners from last fall. The Tro jans roster is composed of 14 boys and two girls. The Trojans got off to a good start last season until injuries developed in key players and the Covid bug created prob lems in knowing who was going to be avail able when. From this the Trojans never really were able to recover. The Trojans lost on a couple forfeits and played some matches short on the field last fall. The inju ries and Covid caused the Trojans to end the season 1-11.
Members of the Mount Union soccer team are front row, from left, Izik Copenhaver, Maddy Mu sick, Jacob Cramer, Ca den Feather, Avin Knable. Second row, Konnor Riley, Caleb Miller, Brayden Kline, Landon Johnson, Brady Stimely. Back row, Cailyn Skopil, Jake Coo per, Evan Shaver, Brady Shaver, Dominic Alesi.
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Jake Scott will be starting his second sea son as head coach of the Trojans coming into the head coaching job with experience in coach ing in the community league. Assisting Scott is Ashley Skopic and as volunteer coached there is Andy Dountas and Dustin Gearhart. The Trojans are work ing out in two practices a day with the first prac tice devoted to condi tioning and individual skill drills along with work on ball control. Dribbling and passing are areas that are fo cused on to sharpen the skill level of the team. In the afternoon prac tice the team scrim mages working on team soccer bringing the morning drills on to the field in preparation for competition.“Anyonecan play soc cer, but you must learn the game and the ath letes that are back from last season have made strides through the pro cess overall,” comment ed“WeScott.are behind other schools some and you can see us catching up as the younger players gain experience and learn the technical side of theScottgame.”coached com munity league for a few years and the play ers that he coached are about ready to enter the high school level of soc cer. Scott is excited to see the athletes he coached progress and come into the“Theprogram.current team is young and will con tinue to get experience this season and with the influx of players in the years to come we will improve each season,” added“NextScott.season we will have only one senior on the roster, and all will be underclassmen. This will be great for build ing the program for the future.”TheTrojans goal for the season is to continue to improve and go out and be competitive ev eryTheouting.Trojans open the season on August 30 at home in a match with Huntingdon and then travel to Everett for the first road game of the season on September 1.
“We have a good turn out. I know with a school our size, you would think it should be more, but af ter looking at previous numbers, it’s very good,” Yoder said. “We had a couple more register, and they decided not to show up. Even though the num bers could be better, I’m pleased with the turnout, and I hope for a good, competitive season and to have some fun.” Yoder will lean heavily on his senior leadership throughout the fall. Sam Liggett, Gabe Lucci, Gabe Yoder, Alex Keller, Seth Miles, Yanis Patel, Sam Ward, and Evan Gilkey round out the Husky se nior class. “I am excited about getting started. We have a nice group of eight se niors. They are good kids who have been involved in soccer for a long time. I even coached them some in travel soccer,” Yoder said. “I’m looking for some leadership from them. Another thing I’m thrilled about is I have Todd Peters, a former Lewistown player, back in the school district, as my assistant.”Milestakes over at goalie, a spot occupied for four years by standout Connor Zimmerman, the all-time saves leader in program history. “Sam Miles is in a key spot for us this sea son. Goalie has been a strength of the program with Connor back there,” Yoder said. “Although he’ll only have the reins for one season, his play will be a big factor in our success.”Onenewcomer Yoder has his eyes on to contrib ute this season is Juniata transfer, Henry Rivas. “Rivas is a junior who came here from Juniata. I’m looking for him to add
BY BRIAN CARSON Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN Keith Yoder begins his first sea son as head coach, look ing to change the fortunes of the Mifflin County boys’ soccer team. The Huskies struggled through a winless 2021 campaign, and now the task of rebuilding falls on the new soccer boss. With a turnout of 28 players, Yoder feels he has enough to work with to begin the season.
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Members of the Mifflin County boys soccer team are front row, from left, Cameron Philpott, Bryson Wagner, Samuel Lyter, RJ Miller, Dylan Rhodes, Jace Bagrosky, Zach Keller, Michael Peters, Connor Lynch, Isaac Kanagy. Second row, Assistant coach Todd Peters, Samuel Ward, Yanis Patel, Gabe Lucci, Grady Hoppel, Landon Mazur, Xaiver Haughwout, Bruce Baker, Henry Rivas, Dylan Liggett, Sam Liggett, Eli Small. Back row, Ethan Plank, Alex Keller, Gabe Yoder, Matthew Brytczuk, Evan Gilkey, Hudson Sellers, Isaac Parks-Gill, Dreyson Weaver, Seth Miles, Evan Krohn.
The Mid-Penn Confer ence has talented teams galore, with Lower Dau phin, Palmyra, and Her shey leading the way. “The Mid-Penn is no joke. It’s loaded with tal ent. You can’t show up in August and not have done anything in the sum mer,” Yoder said. “We’ve worked hard in the sum mer, and hopefully, that gives us a good, quality start to the season.”
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“The returning players bring a great competi tive nature to the team,” saidHowever,Byler. one of the challenges he’s been fac ing it getting the younger players primed and ready for the “Ourseason.roster will be in credibly young. There will only be 5 seniors and no juniors,” said Byler. “The rest will be filled with Sophmores and Freshman.”Withayoung squad the goals for the team are basic but important.
Indians face youth movement after big year
“Our team goals will be set by the team a few days into the season,” said Byler. However, our main priorities as a team is to continue to get bet ter every practice and game, put the team first, and remain positive at all times.”Playing a tradition ally tough Tri-Valley Schedule, Byler doesn’t see just one or two teams that will be tough but the whole schedule of oppo nents. “We always look at ev ery game as a challenge regardless of who it may be,” said Byler. One game at a time and never look ing ahead in the sched ule.”Juniata’s season opens Monday, August 29 against Shikellamy. Juniata Boys Soccer Coach: Jared Byler Assistants: None 2021 record: 11-6-1, post season 1-1
Mifflin County Boys Soccer Record: 0-16. MidPenn: 0-12. Coach: Keith Yoder. Assistants: Todd Peters, Alex Leight, Jack Xantho poulos, Christian Knouse. from 12 BY KENNY VARNER Sports correspondent MIFFLINTOWN— There will be a huge youth movement this season for the Juniata boys soccer team. Last season, the Indi ans finished the regular season with a record of 11-6-1.Inthe post season, Ju niata made it to the Dis trict 6 Semi-Finals finish ing with a 1-1 record. Veteran coach Jared Byler returns for his 6th season at the helm.
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Yoder’s coaching phi losophy is to have bal ance out on the pitch. He will run out of a 4-4-2 or a 4-5-1.“What I look for is good balance. You must learn to possess the ball and pick your attacks at opportune times,” Yo der said. “I want to get these guys on the attack because after watching them the past couple of years, they had more of a sit-back style and hoped to keep the other team from scoring. I want them to attack and get some ex citement going that way.”
Changing a culture that hasn’t won in a while is tough. Yoder is up for the challenge.“Youfirst want to estab lish a rapport with your players that tells them you care about them as a person, and it’s not just about soccer. You want to develop good people too,” he said. “I had that assisting Greg Kanagy at Lewistown. The players want to play for you if they know you care about them, which starts trick ling down the program. The kids have a lot of fun playing, which makes the program grow, and maybe we can get these kids for four years and develop them.”Yoder’s goals for the team are not about wins and losses. His focus is fielding a competitive team, improving daily, and having fun. “Sure, I’d love to go out and get a lot of wins, but we must establish that rapport with the players and be competitive,” Yo der said. “If we can be competitive, the kids will have fun. I don’t know that they’ve had a lot of fun. They have worked hard in practice, and the things we did in the sum mer helped prepare them for the preseason.”
Members of the Juniata boys soccer team are front row, from left, J’Diel Xoumphonphackdy, Fabian Plesce, Edgard Maddonado, Wyatt Dessin, Jayden Fisher, Marcio Cardenas. Second row, Mason Beward, Ricky Guante, Henry Montoya, Drew Bennett, Alessandro Mendoza, Bryce Rush, Daniel Lopez. Back row, coach Jared Byler, Brant Walters, Arthur Hazard, Calvin Decker, Caden Swailes, Ty Shellenberger, Kade Wagner, Will Saner.
JUNIATA BOYS SOCCER Friday, August 26, 2022 Lewistown, PA—13The Sentinel depth to our team. He will be a good person to work in the midfield,” Yoder said. “We need to work well with him, and he has to learn to work well with us. That will be another big factor this season.”
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A huge core from last year’s squad were lost to graduation.Graduating Seniors we’re Ethan Becker, Jelvin Cardenas, Nick Dressler, Colton Garver, Gunner Glick, Dawson Harper, Seth Landis, Evan Leach, Kenny Melara, Jack Strawser, Ben Tyson and Ben Wag ner.Returning Letter Win ners coming back this season will be Ty Shel lenberger, Brant Walters, Will Saner, Bryce Rush and Henry Montoya. One particular group Byler will be looking to comes from his upper classman.“I’llbe looking to my seniors for leadership this season,” said Byler. Byler likes what he has seen from his veteran players so far and sees his upper classmen as the team’s strengths.
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Last year, the Mustangs had a perfect combination of offense and defense. In the first month of the season, the Mustangs only gave up four goals. Meanwhile, their offense connected for 49 goals. Overall, Midd-West col lected 94 goals a season ago. The Mustangs de fense allowed just 18 goals and composed 10 shut outs.Goalie Cole Keister tal lied 66 saves last season as a “Hesophomore.hadsome big shoes to fill and was able to pick up his game. He is a keep er who is very good at po sitioning himself at the right places to make good saves. He also had a pret ty solid defense in front of him,” Ferster said about Keister.Ferster discussed that in order for his Mustangs to reach their goals they have to be firing on all cylinders.“Ibelieve truly that in order for us to succeed and reach our goals the whole team has to be play ing their best soccer and play together having no individual believing they are better than the rest but, doing their best to make others jobs easier,” Ferster explained. As with most success ful teams, comradery plays a big role. For the Mustangs, they constant ly find ways to build their team chemistry.
“I believe that our cul ture has a non-selfish feel that draws us closer and being a senior leadership driven team has helped
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Members of the Midd-West boys soccer team are back row, from left, Evan Leitzel, Zander Hackenberg, Noah Dorman, Noah Romig, Kyle Ferster, Owen Solomon, Kole Kerstetter, Easton Erb, Blake Hackenberg, Gage Kuhns, Brandon Ferster, Nathan Straub, Wyatt Nelson. Front row, Tucker Mcclellan , Mason Noll, Andrew Romig ,Cole Keister, Isacc Knepp, Layne Erdley, Alex Trojan, Connor Stolzfus , Gavin Aucker, William Stover Mustangs
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Midd-WestMIDDLEBURGboys soccer had a season most teams dream about, but the Mustangs are looking for more in 2022. The Mustangs went 21-3 and fell in a shootout to Lewisburg in a Class 2A state semifinal last year. They also finished second in the Heartland I Conference.But,with a fresh start, the challenge is whether or not the Mustangs can achieve that same suc cess and then some. Midd-West head coach Mark Ferster believes there’s some important lessons to take away from last“Weseason.need to possess the ball a little more and score when the opportuni ty presents itself. We need to continue to get better every time we step on the pitch,” Ferster said. Last year, Midd-West won its first 10 games be fore losing to Lewisburg, 1-0.After that hardfought defeat, Midd-West wouldn’t lose again until a month later where they would fall to the Green Dragons again. The Mus tangs went 0-3 against Lewisburg last season and the Green Dragons are most likely going to be a tough out again this campaign.Ferster understands the Green Dragons are a strong program, but he thinks losing to any team can create a fire inside each of his players. “The Midd-West pro gram in general has a rich tradition of soccer and the motivation to want to win goes well beyond loosing to one team. Yes, it is known to all that they have been beating us for some time now but, a loss to any competitor lights a flame inside us. That means the next time we play them we want it just a little more,” the MiddWest coach said. “We don’t change our goals, but rather set many so that as we attain them the boys can feel some success. Overall, just un derstanding that we need to work hard on a daily basis and take nothing for granted is hopefully what each player is focusing on and striving for.”
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The Mustangs only had seven games decided by two goals or less last season and that doesn’t include the state playoff loss to Lewisburg. One of Midd-West’s no table wins came during a PIAA Class 2A quarter final matchup. The Mus tangs earned a 3-2 victory over Notre Dame-Green Pond, which included a penalty kick for a score from Nick Eppley. Owen Solomon and Noah Dor man also chalked up goals in the playoff win. Midd-West players can certainly feel excited about the future, especial ly when they are achiev ing playoff “Hopefully,success.it gives players of the future con fidence and belief that we are capable of playing with any team if we play the way we are capable,” Ferster noted.
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Alexis Anderson, Mad ison Norman, Hannah Sharp, and Kelsey Ear nest.Aniston Byler, Alleigh Caruso, Addison Fultz, Hayleigh Fultz, Holly Guyer, Edin Molinaro, Bailey Neff, and Bailey Wyland round out the freshmen goalMid-Pennence.tougheasythatSuydamclass.understandsnogamewillbeanoneinthesuperMid-PennConfer“Alltheteamsinthearestrong.Ourisalwaystowineach of those games,” she said. The goal for 2022 is clear, concise, and always in sight – win a district title. But along the way, do it with class and integ rity.“Our goals are always showing respect, lead ership, and good sports manship when it comes to dealing with team mates, officials, and oth er teams,” Suydam said. “Our main goal as far as outcomes are to win dis tricts.”The only question re maining is: can the Hus kies make the most of their talent and have a successful season? Only time will tell. Mifflin County Field Hockey Record: 7-9-1. MidPenn: 6-8-1 Coach: Ashley Suy dam. Assistants: Anne Gates, Lena Hartzler, Brit tany Wilcox, Stephanie Hoffman.
BY BRIAN CARSON Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN Mif flin County field hockey coach Ashley Suydam hopes to change the re cent past for her program as the 2022 season begins. The Huskies dropped a 4-0 decision to State Col lege in the District 6 Class 6A finals last October. The loss in the finals was the second in four years to the rival Little Lions. Suydam has a strong turnout to begin Mifflin County’s quest for a dis trict thosewillplayeddamMorganMaddietion.lostwartsplacegirls,”shouldallcouplegood.“Turnoutchampionship.isprettyBetterthanthelastofyears.Whenissaidanddone,wehavearound27shesaid.MifflinCountymustretwodefensivestalandateamleaderbecauseofgradua“WelostMadiRowe,McCarter,andKaniecki,”Suysaid.“BothMaddie’sondefense,sothatbeabigjobfillingshoes,andwewill definitely miss Morgan’s positive attitude and leadership.”Sevenseniors return for the Huskies, led by leading scorer and Ma clay Award winner Hailee Sheetz.Other seniors on the roster include Monica Druckemiller, Sophie Mc Curdy, Brenna Dobson, Haley Guyer, Adria Hart zler, and Courtney Kohler. “We certainly are look ing to all our seniors for their talent and leader ship,” Suydam said. “We have an incredible group of seniors that have stepped up and engaged with the team with their hard work and positive attitude.”Asolid core of under classmen, including a freshmen group of eight, coupled with her veter ans, has the coach excited about the season.
MIFFLIN COUNTY FIELD HOCKEY Friday, August 26, 2022 Lewistown, PA—15The Sentinel Insured for Your Peace of Mind Good Luck to all area Athletes! – FREE ESTIMATES –Tree & Bucket Truck Service Trimming • Topping • Removal Miller’s Kenneth Miller Port Royal, PA 17082 (717) 527-4405 us accomplish many of our goals. Our oldest play ers are the ones that make sure no one is left behind and that all equipment and things are picked up. We have many get to gethers off the field that allows the boys to bond and spend time together,” Ferster said. “We do a mini golf and Pizza Hut night, a pasta night and a wing night just to name a few. These nights the boys get togeth er and just relax and do just about anything but, soccer. They’re just enjoy ing one another’s compa ny.”Midd-West certainly enjoyed its time on the field last year with only a few close games.
“We have a solid fresh men class. Many of which have played hockey for many years. Several of them have been playing with the upperclassmen this summer at hockey camp and our games at the sports zone,” she said. “Also, we have some up perclassmen who have been putting in the work in the off-season, both with their conditioning and stick work. Practices are going well. Preseason is a lot of conditioning and mental toughness, and so far, the girls are lookingJuniorsgreat.”on the squad include Jaima Shil ling, Alexis Corson, Tai Ematat, Megan Hartzler, Adeline Wilburne, and LyzaSophomoresUnderhill.
Members of the Mifflin County field hockey team are front row, from left, Adeline Wilburne, Lyza Underhill, Adria Hartzler, Addison Fultz, Holly Guyer, Jaima Shilling, Alleigh Caruso, Hailey Guyer. Second row, Megan Hartzler, Kelsey Earnest, Bailey Wyland, Bailey Neff, Maddie Norman, Aniston Byler, Courtney Kohler, Alexis Anderson, Sophie McCurdy. Back row, Alycen Hassinger, Monica Druckenmiller, Hailee Sheetz, Brenna Dobson, Alexis Corson, Eden Molinaro, Hannah Sharp, Tai Ematat.
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Most Valuable Player Sam Myers, who tallied 17 goals and 43 theplacedBrackbill’spoints.6assistshimfourthamongTVLleaders.“Wehaveastrong,ex perienced group of se niors returning Owen Dressler, Aden Fronk, Jake Brackbill, Dontae Martin and Brady Roe, along with junior Clark Ritzman,” Fronk says. Dressler was the Ti gers’ top playmaker as the senior had seven assists last season, which tied for third in the TVL.
The East Juniata Tigers cer tainly put together an im pressive resume a season ago.The Tigers:•Posted two vic tories over rival Juniata. • Finished second in the Tri-Valley League with eight wins. • Tallied three District 4 Class A Tourna ment wins to earn anoth er crown.• Punched their ticket to the PIAA Tour nament.Those accomplish ments were tarnished a bit by a second-place fin ish in the TVL standings to undefeated Greenwood. East Juniata dropped 1-0 and 4-0 decisions to the Wildcats.TheTigers also fell in the first round of the PIAA playoffs 1-0 to Dis trict 3-A runner-up Tulpe hocken.“Our goals remain much the same,” Fronk says. “To continually im prove the quality of our soccer so as to contend for the league and dis trict titles in front of us and move forward from there.”The prospects for this season look very prom ising with the return se nior Jake Brackbill, who finished as the TVL’s sec ond-leading scorer last season. Brackbill notched 15 goals and 6 assists for 36 points in 12 games. Those numbers ranked second behind Greenwood’s TVL
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Members of the East Juniata boys soccer team are front row, from left, Nathan Carolus, Aden Fronk, Clark Ritzman, Jack Hoffman, Owen Dressler, Trent Robinson, Jaysen Sheeler, Josef Book. Second row, Kelton Bonnell, Sammy Kopack, Jake Brackbill, Landon Clayton, Brady Roe, Ashton Imes, Kolten Martin, Jonah Hess. Back row, Wyatt Weges, Jaiden May, Trent Price, Wrett Smith, Nate Freed, Xander Hunt, Cae dyn Geer, Ben Petroccic.
Overall, the Tigers out scored their opponents, 64-35.Fronk expects East Juniata to be in the mix again this season. Green wood and Juniata appear to be contenders. Halifax, Millersburg, Susquenita and Line Mountain round out the seven-team cir cuit. East Juniata Boys Soccer District 4-A 8-2-2, 12-73 Tri-Valley League; won District 4-A title, lost in first round of PIAA Tour nament Head Coach: Cory Fronk, 3rd year; assisted by Tyler Inch PA 196 Waynesburg Road, Belleville Hours: M-F 8-8; S 8-4; Closed Sunday QUALITY NEW & USED FURNITURE Living Room, Bedroom, Dining Room, Children’s Furniture, Wooden Toys Lifetime Products • Picnic Tables • Folding Tables • Chairs & More
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Dressler and Fronk should be back in the midfield, while Brackbill is a striker. Roe will play on the wing, while Martin and Ritzman should shore up a stout defense. In goal, the Tigers will have to replace netminder Kobe Bonnell, who gradu ated. Bonnell turned in 29 saves last season with a 70.7 save percentage. He allowed 12 of the Tigers’ 14 goals in league play. Seniors Ashton Imes, Jack Hoffman, Jaysen Sheeler and Nathaniel Freed will vie for playing time. Hoffman and Freed are the top candidates to replace Bonnell in goal.
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Besides Ritzman, the other juniors on the ros ter are: Benjamin Petro vcic, Caedyn Geer, Josef Book, Kolten Martin, Trent Robinson and Xan derWyattHunt.Weges is the lone sophomore, while fresh men Cody Nipple, Jaiden May, Jairemiee Kipp, Jo nah Hess, Kelton Bonnell, Landon Clayton, Nathan Carolus, Sammy Kopac ki, Trent Price and Wrett Smith round out the ros ter.“I will be looking at some younger players to make major contribu tions at the varsity level,” Fronk adds. “We have a good foundation of skills to promote possession soccer with a secondary focus on effective coun terattacking.”Thecertainly paid div idends for the Tigers last season as they controlled play and outscored their TVL opponents by an im pressive 43-14 margins. Six of their victories came via shutout. They also gave up four goals in a loss to Green wood. East Juniata’s of fense also reached double digits twice – 11-2 and 10-0 over Line Mountain.
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BY GREG WILLIAMS Sports correspondent COCOLAMUS Like the rolling Juniata Coun ty countryside, Tom Felt man knew his East Juni ata Tigers were going to encounter peaks and val leys in There2021.were a few more valleys than Feltman would have liked in his first season as the Tigers headComingcoach.off District 4 Class A and Tri-Valley League titles and a trip to the PIAA Tournament, the Tigers dipped below the Mendoza line overall and league play. “Last year was a re building year for us,” Feltman says. “So a lot of new faces got extensive playing time. We are look ing to building off the ex perience we got last year.” Despite its sub-.500 mark, East Juniata qual ified for the District 4 playoffs where they split a pair of games. The Ti gers edged Northumber land Christian, 3-2, in the opening round before fall ing to Benton, 3-0, in the quarterfinals.“Wewerein all of our games last year,” Feltman says. “Outside of 1 or 2 games, all of our losses were 1- or 2-goal differ ences, so the girls know what it’s like to compete at a high level. This year, we need to turn those 1- or 2-loss games into wins.” When East Juniata was on, it was almost unbeatable. The Tigers’ four league wins came via shutout. They blanked Halifax, 7-0 and 5-0; Line Mountain, 1-0; and Junia ta, 2-0 in double overtime. Offensively, they mus tered a meager three goals in their five losses: Line Mountain, 3-1; Juniata, 2-0; Susquenita, 2-0 and 3-2 in double overtime; and Millersburg, 1-0. East Juniata also tied Millers burg, 1-1. In TVL play, the Tigers outscored their oppo nents, 18-12. Grace Hibbs, now a senior, returns in goal, after recording 4 shutouts and 113 saves. Her 90.4 save percentage a year ago ranked third among keeper leaders. “Grace will be return ing as a three-year starter at goalie,” Feltman says. “She has been very solid backFeltmanthere.” believes the Tigers’ ability to put the ball in the goal will be the key to their success this season.“Todo that, we need to become more offen sive-minded,” he says. “This year, I believe we are going to be more skilled.“The development we made through the year last year, and the new girls coming in their year I believe will give us more flexibility,” he adds.
Senior Macy Buskey, who notched 4 goals last season, is the Tigers’ lone proven scorer returning. In TVL play, Buskey and Marissa Coudriet tied for the team-lead with 4 goals. Coudriet graduated last“MacySpring.returns as one of our midfielders,” Felt man says. “She brings a lot of knowledge to the game for the girls around her.”Sophomore Addys on Feltman returns as a playmaker. The midfield er racked up 11 assists last season, which ranked third in the TVL. While the Tigers return 12 letter-winners from last season, they graduated three key players in their defense and midfield, in cluding Cypress Feltman, a first-team defender. She was the Tigers’ lone AllStar.
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Members of the East Juniata girls soccer team are front row, from left, manager Drew Hoffman, Haley Hoffman, Jacey Brubaker, Sophia Trent, Addyson Feltman, Kayla Gelnett. Second row, Cadee Becker, Andrea Maneval, Madison Snyder, Bryleigh Mellott, Heidi Hoffman, Makaylyn Peters, Makyla Coudriet, Madison Arnold. Back row, Landyn Cramer, Sara Brackbill, Macy Buskey, Grace Hibbs, Jazlynn Sheaffer, Libby Hoffman, Carolyn Dressler.
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East Juniata finished fifth at 4-5-1 but was only a game behind sec ond-place Millersburg at 5-4-1. Juniata and Line Mountain were both 5-5 in TVL action. Winless Halifax rounded out the six-team circuit.
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“I think the league is going to be very compet itive this year,” Feltman says. “Last year, Susquen ita went undefeated and returns key members to their team, so they will be very“Linetough.Mountain has re ally been improving,” he adds. “Juniata is always very consistent.”
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“We are very excited to get started,” Taylor said. “We had a great year last year and hope to continue to build on that success.”
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MCALISTERVILLE — There are a lot of expec tations for Juniata Chris tian heading into the 2022 girls soccer season. Todd Taylor returns to the program as the head coach and will be joined by assistant coaches, Ca leb Burd, Jess King and Rachael Zook.
Addyson Feltman, Haley Hoffman and Heidi Hoff man improved tremen dously throughout the season and have the flex ibility to play in various positions,” Feltman says.
One of the big reasons for the high expectations comes with the fact this year’s team will be bring ing back more experience as well as more players joining the roster. “This year, we have more experience and depth that will help us during the grind of a long season,” Taylor said. However, the Lions will not be without some key losses to the coming sea son as they will be with out Reanna Hoover and Morgan Moyer who last year were the captains of the team. In fact, Hoover and Moyer were team cap tains for the last two sea sons. Juniata Christian will be looking to replace their leadership. Hoover was also a key scoring threat while Moyer was the“Wegoalkeeper.graduated two se niors, Reanna Hoover and Morgan moyer, who were also captains for two Lions bring back a lot of talent, depth to roster
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Members of the Juniata Christian girls soccer team are front row, from left, Nia Matthews, Lily Good ling, Melinda Goodling, Brooklynn Bilger. Second row, Hope Goodling, Anna Moyer, Abby Warner, Ellie Yoder, Kylene Moyer, Naomi Leitzel. Third row Madison Moyer, Morgan Hoover, Maddie Warner, Annika Martin, Jenna Glick. Back row, Erin She affer, Peyton Burd, Brinley Seler, Lydia Goodling, Re nee Moyer, Reagan Burd.
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Several freshman have also made an early im pression. “Makaylyn Pe ters, Kye Coudriet, Car olyn Dressler, Maddison Snyder, Landyn Cramer, Libby Hoffman and Kay la Gelnett have all im pressed this Summer, and I look forward to watch ing their development over the course of the sea son.”Feltman would like the Tigers get off to a fast start this season. “For us to be successful, we are going to mesh quickly,” he says. “We start off with a tough out of league schedule, which I hope will prepare us once we enter league play.”Susquenita rolled through the TVL with a perfect 10-0 record, bull dozing the opposition by a combined 47-12 score.
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Joining Glick on the defensive side of the ball will be senior Renee Moyer along with juniors Madison Moyer and Mor gan“MorganHoover. (Hoover) was an ACAA all-star in 2020, she had to learn a new po sition and formation last year and started to really click with Jenna in the center of our defense as the year went on,” Tay lor said. “Madison and Renee played well as out side defenders. Our defen sive unit started to really come together towards the end of the year and we look forward to seeing them continue to gel and improve.”Otherreturnees to the team this coming season will be junior Kylene Moyer and sophomore Naomi Leitzel who will be looked upon to contribute in the “Kylenemidfield.has a great work ethic and we look for her to continue to do well in our midfield,” Taylor said. “Sophomore Naomi Leitzel also gave us a lot of important minutes in theOnmidfield.”theoffensive side of the ball, junior Erin Sheaffer will look to help bring some spark to Juni ata Christian this season.
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BY JOSH YODER Sports reporter MCALISTERVILLE — It’s the dawn of a new era in Juniata Christian boys soccer as long time coach Dave Portzline is out and Jean Marie who was a long time assistant is now in as Marie is entering his first year as the head coach of the program. But Marie will have some experience coming back on his staff as Jorge Flores returns as an assistant coach and Na than Neimond has joined the staff as well.
“Erin was an ACAA all-star in 2020 and had another solid year last year,” Taylor said. Other players includ ing Brinley Seler, Nia Matthews as well as Rea gan Burd, Anna Moyer and Abby Warner will be replacing Morgan Moyer in “Brinleygoal. gave us a lot of good minutes at sever al positions last year and we look forward to her
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“I’m very excited, we have a really fun group of boys and I’m looking for ward to the opportunity to be their coach,” Marie said.Marie is not hiding from the fact of who he is replacing in coach Portz line who had great success throughout his coaching tenure at Juniata Chris tian. Marie will look to continue to build on the success that coach Portz line had created and bring even more success to the program. But also Marie wants to thank Dave for all that he has done for Juniata Christian boys soccer.“Not easy,” Marie said. “Dave is a brilliant coach and a great Normallymotivator.”whenyou see a new coach come into a program there are usually major changes with how things are done or operat ed. A different philosophy and style of play. But this is not the case for the Lions as coach Ma rie has a similar style of play that isn’t really too different than from coach Portzline. Which in his mind will be benefitual to the kids because of not having to worry about learning a whole new sys tem and they stay focus and build on what they have learned from before with coach Portzline.
Dave isn’t the only Port zline that the Lions will be looking to replace on the team this coming season as leading scorer Anson Portzline has moved onto the next level of his soccer career over at Penn State Harrisburg. But coach Ma rie feels confident in his players to work together to fill the hole left by An son Portzline.
“I don’t think there will be much of a difference, to be honest,” Marie said. “We both believe in play ing soccer in a way that honors God and is compe tive and fun, so I’m going to try and do that.”
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“We need to continue to improve on defense and finish our offensive chances against the good teams,” Taylor said. The Lions will also be paying attention to two tradional rivals they be lieve we be the tough est challenges for them to reach the top of the ACAA.“Meadowbrook Chris tian and Northumber land Christian will, once again, be the other top contenders in the ACAA,” Taylor said. But coach Taylor has three main goals that he once to achieve through out the “Lastseason.yearwe made it to the ACAA
According to coach Marie, one of the biggest strengths on the team for 2022 will be team chemis try. Each kid playing for the name on the front of the jersey and not on the back. Although a lot of these players have great individual skills, but have known each other for a long time and sees that be ing a major factor for their success on field. “We have some really skillful players that have played with each other for a long time now and I think this will make us a very dangerous team,” Marie said. But coach Marie also believes in attention to detail and again demands his players to work togeth er as a team and avoid costly mishaps that will effect the team for the new season. Coach Marie looks for his players to know their roles and execute their roles to the best of their“Individualabilities. mistakes cost us a lot last year, es pecially on defense and we need to remove this from our team,” Marie said. Those mistakes can be costly while competing in the ACAA which is loaded with tough competition as the Lions will be compet ing the Eastern division. But there are a couple of teams that coach Marie will be keeping an eye this season.“Ithink we will see the usual suspects, Northum berland Christian, Blair County Christian and hopefully us!” Marie said.
Last year’s overall re cord: 14-6-1 Last year’s league re cord: 7-2-1 Head Coach: Todd Taylor Assistants: Caleb Burd, Jess King, Rachael Zook
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“Very excited to build off of the beginning of our soccer program from last year,” Hostetler said. Looking back on their first season as a program, coach Hostetler believes that her team were willing to face the new challenge head on and could not be anymore prouder of the way they performed in year number one and looks for more of the same in year two. “I think the girls did so good for it being their first time playing,” Hostetler said. “They picked the game up quickly and were willing to work hard to learn as much as possible.”
coach Hostetler does admit that having the small numbers, the Thunder will do whatever they can to help keep all of their players on the field as much as possible in order to be competive this com ing“Iseason.amhoping and pray ing to keep injuries to
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One of those players that Juniata Christian will be looking to carry the load this coming sea son will be another Port zline in Anson’s younger brother Avery Portzline.
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One of those key losses to the team from last year was Chloe Renno who left the team due to gradula tion. Coach Hostetler says that she will be missed and her and the rest of the Thunder team wish her nothing but the best in her future.“Chloe Renno is our one senior from last year who will be missed for her lead ership on and off the field,” Hostetler said. “There are a few others who were not able to play due to different circumstances.”Thoughthere will be some returnees to the team this season from last year’s team in the form of Sonya Yoder who was one of the top scorers for the Thunder. “Sonya Yoder (had) an excellent season last year and participated in the allstar game so I expect noth ing less from her again,” Hostetler said. “There are a handful of others that I am also expecting to step up and really own their po sitions this year.” But despite having the low numbers on the roster this coming season, coach Hostetler truly believes that hard work will pay off in the end.
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“I feel like their work eth ic will be their strength,” Hostetler said. “Never giv ing up even in the face of adversity.”Though
“Our main goal will be the same as it is every year, we want to play hard and honor God,” Marie said. “We want to be the best team we can be this start by putting in the hard work on the train ing ground, and we want to honor God through our playing, this measns playing the game the right way.”
However, the biggest dif ference from year one that Belleville Mennonite will look to address in year two is the lack of depth on the roster.“We lost a few play ers from last year, so we do have a smaller size,” Hostetler said. “I know they will all be willing to work even harder to fill some of the gaps we might have in positioning.”
“Our depth will be a great asset,” Taylor said. “We have girls that can help us with important minutes at many different positions.”
“Replacing Anson will be very difficult, he is one of the brightest talents I’ve seen,” Marie said. “The responsibility of re placing him will not fall on a single individual player. Rather everyone will need to raise their game and become a stronger unit. I believe that we have the ability to do that.”
Juniata Christian Boys Soccer Last year’s overall re cord: 17-5 Head Coach: Jean Ma rie Assistants: Jorge Flores, Nathan Neimond continuing to do the same this year,” Taylor said. “Nia will add depth to our outside defense. Rea gan will give us minutes on offense and Anna will play mostly on defense. Junior Abby Warner also returns to the team after missing last year with an injury. She will start for us in goal.”
To along with all the experience, Juniata Christian have plenty of newcomers that coach Taylor is excited to have come into the program in Brooklyn Bilger, Hope Goodling, Lily Goodling, Melinda Goodling, Mad die Warner and Ellie Yo der.“Maddie will make a great addition to our of fense with her speed and scoring ability,” Taylor said. “Brooklyn will also add some depth to the offense. The Goodling triplets will push some of the older girls and add depth to our defense and midfield. Ellie will be our back up goalkeeper.” With all that talent on the roster, the Lions see that their depth will be a major factor in their suc cess for the coming year.
As the season draws closer, coach Marie’s main focus has been getting this team to have the mindset of whether they win or lose, play as a team. But more importantly, play to honor God in every aspect of life on and off the field.
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BELLEVILLE After many years of never hav ing a girls soccer program, Belleville Mennonite had completed its first season in 2021 and will be looking to build upon it heading into the 2022 fall season. Kelsey Hostetler returns for her second season as the head coach of the Thunder and is joined by Emily Devivo.
But two things coach Taylor believes that Ju niata Christian will need to improve upon this year are strong defense and taking advantage of op portunities on offense.
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Another big key to the team this year will Ale jandro Flores as well as Clay Brubaker and Mi cah Dressler. These play ers will be expected to be leaders on the team this season.“I’m looking forward to seeing our two new captains, Avery Portzline and Alejandro Flores and seeing how they lead this team. I believe in them and think they will do a phenomenal job,” Marie said. “It will be nice to have Clay Brubaker back from injury. Really excited to see how the whole team improves. I’m looking for ward to how our freshmen adapt and I think Micah Dressler our goalkeeper will have a big season.”
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Sentinel photo by JOSH YODER Members of the Belleville Mennonite boys soccer team are back row, from left, Samuel Stoltzfus, Quinn Renno, Mitchell Kauffman, Landon Armstrong, Drew Mire llo, Seth Harman. Front row, Hunter Peachey, Colton Sunderland, Bryson Peachey, Simon Druckenmiller, Jona Kauffman, Evan Crosson.
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“The whole team, we have basically the exact team,” Armstrong said. “So it’s for all of them to continue to meet the team standards and excel.”
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Having players like Quinn Renno, Mitchell Kauffman just to name a few help lead the core group which coach Arm strong believes that the chemistry is there and will try to grow on off the field of play
After completing his first sea son as head coach of the Belleville Mennonite boys soccer program, Michael Armstrong along with as sistant coach Zach Stauffer are looking to build on what they accomplished in year“Lookingtwo. forward to con tinuing to build on what we were able to achieve last year,” Armstrong said. “Looking to build on the positives that we’ve gained.”Heading into his second season, coach Armstrong already sees differences to this year’s team as sup pose to last year which has coach Armstrong excited about the coming season. “Maturity of the players, not just their play and abil ity to read and understand the game,” Armstrong said. “But also off the field and have they have grown in Theleadership.”expectations are high for the Thunder this year as virtually every player from a season ago has made their respective returns. Coach Armstrong expects his core group that has been esthiblish and looks to make an impact throughout the year.
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But when its all said and done, coach Hostetler hopes and prays that what ever happens throughout the season, that they all will hold their heads up high and leave everything out on the field. “Our main goal is to con tinue to improve and grow as players on and off the field,” Hostetler said. “To learn how to move as a unit and to keep our attitudes positive so that we don’t let our emotions get the best of us.”
Last year’s overall re cord: 3-11-1 Head Coach: Kelsey Hostetler Assistants: Emily De vivo
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Sentinel photo by JOSH YODER Members of the Belleville Mennonite girls soccer team are back row, from left, coach Emily Devivo, Cariane Vargas, Sonya Yoder, Natalie Yoder, Olivia Eby, Leah Kanagy, Leah Reed, Aubrey Hostetler, Coach Peachey. Front row, Brianna Kanagy, Gracie Civitts, Alyssa Weiand, Alivia Shilling, Lillian Yoder, Karina Renno, Chantal Weaver, Kate Ehresman (not pictured)
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But regardless to who is on the roster, the stan dard remains the same and coach expects his team to live up to those same stan dards.“Main goal is simple, meeting the standards that we’ve set for ourselves on and off the field,” Arm strong said. “Having out siders know and recognize a BMS player by the way they conduct themselves and by the way they play.”
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With that all in mind, coach Armstrong also want to thank the fans and others for their continue support to the program and looks to continue to build the program upward and turn it into a program where the kids can repre sent their Lord and Savior Jesus“We,Christ.Zachand I are look ing forward to the season, looking forward to taking the next step in bringing about the changes that we would like to bring to the program from JH to Varsity,” Armstrong said. “Looking to mold boys into young men that live upto a standard of character and a standard of play.”
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Altough team chemistry will be a big reason for a big season, the Thunder will also be looking to im prove upon is understand ing the game of soccer. Learning to adjust on the fly and being able to handle anything in any given situ ation against any team in the league throughout the year.“The ability to read the game,” Armstrong said. “Read a game situation and have the players adapt nat urally.”Another goal that Bel leville Mennonite will be looking to reach the top of the mountain of the Allegheny Christian Ath letic Association. But the Lions are keeping an eye on one particalur team that is standing in their way of reaching the goal of top team in the ACAA. “Top contender will al ways be cytoaArmstrongNorthumberland,”said.“Theyaresolidprogramanddowellmaintainthatconsistenthroughouttheyears.”
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MIDDLEBURG The Midd-West Mustangs are looking to continue build ing on what they did a season ago. Jodie Sheaffer returns to the program as the head coach of the Mus tangs and is joined by assis tant coaches, Penny Rudy and Emily Trautman. Coming into the season, Midd-West looks to con tinue improvement com ing off a season where the Mustangs had lost their final five games of the sea son. But the last loss came during District 4 playoffs where Midd-West had pushed the number one seeded Lewisburg Green Dragons to the their very limit. Only to fall just short in overtime by the final score of 3-2. Coach Sheaffer believes that this is some thing for her team to be proud of and continue to push“Afterforward.losing five straight at the end of last season, we came out tough in districts and took the No. 1 seed to overtime,” Sheaffer said. “We know the game we can play, and we need to play that game all season, every game.” With that in mind, the Mustangs are coming into the new year with the mindset of that you never has the knowledge
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Midd-West Field Hockey Last year’s overall re cord: 7-11-1 Last year’s league re cord: 2-5-1 Head Coach: Jodie She affer Assistants: Penny Rudy, Emily Trautman Hockey
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A new coach and conference await the Mifflin County girls volleyball team as the 2022 season begins. Jenna Slepicka takes over for Krysten Mayo as the Huskies move from the Mid-Penn Commonwealth to the SlepickaKeystone.isexcited to get started after a smooth tran sition from JVs.
A solid turnout of 30 girls gives Slepicka depth on both varsity and JV. “Turnout this season has been great! We are see ing more and more athletes interested in volleyball from both the junior high ages and high school ages,” Slepicka said. “Practices are great so far, filled with high energy and work eth ic. We focus on team/pro gram building around our three core values: effort, team, and attitude. These values guide every warmup, drill, film study, and in tra-squad scrimmage. The kids are eager to start play ing and ready to compete in our Providingconference.”critical lead ership and playmaking to the Huskies will be junior Dakota Hershberger and sophomore Riley Hine. “Dakota is an experi enced outside hitter who has the potential to gen erate a solid amount of points/kills for the team this season,” Slepicka said. “Riley Hine has grown and developed as a middle blocker who will be huge for us on de fense (blocking) and has the potential to generate a significant number of kills.”Slepicka looks forward to some key newcomers stepping up and contribut ing to the team’s success. “New to the varsity ros ter are juniors Olivia Suy dam and Gaby Lynch, who both have shown a lot of growth in the off-season,” Slepicka said. “Both play ers stepped up defensively. Olivia shows tenacity and
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The Mustangs only had one player from last year that will not be returning to the team this year in Marlo Spriggle who led the team in scoring with eight goals and had six assists. However, Midd-West will be having two of their other leading scorers in Davannah Dunn and Ab igail Benner returning to the team this season. Both Dunn and Benner were tied for second on the team in scoring with each having seven goals for the year. But with that being said, despite having a lot of tal ent coming back, coach Sheaffer isn’t looking for one particalur player. She wants her players to come ready to play and putting in the “Playerswork. with a good work ethic and dedication, impress the coaches,” She affer said. As mentioned earlier, there will be plenty of new faces that will be joining the team for first time var sity experience as 10 fresh men in Sydney Jordan, Madison Swineford, Kylie Brown, Adyson Gennar ia, Olivia Boritz, Kinzee Batdorf, Madison DeLong, Maura Aurand and Emma Wagner. The Mustangs are excited to see what these players have to offer for not only this season, but for many years to come.
“We are looking forward to adding ten incoming freshmen to the team this season,” Sheaffer said. “We are excited to see what they bring to the game.” Another big thing that Midd-West was to build on is team chemistry. Coach Sheaffer does like what she sees in terms of her players coming together and work ing“Teamhard. comradery is unique every year and dif ferent,” Sheaffer said. “The older players do a great job of welcoming the incoming freshmen.”
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“I had the opportunity to coach JV last year under Coach Mayo, so the tran sition to head coach has been relatively smooth,” she said. “The biggest ad justment has been prepar ing the team to play in a new conference. I am lucky to have a great group of hard-working and dedicat ed athletes for my first sea son as a head coach.”
One of the highlights of the team for the 2022 field hockey season is that there will be a lot of experience returning as well as a lot of depth on the roster. But coach Sheaffer also wants to see all that talent per form like a well oiled ma chine throughout the sea son.“Team strengths are talented and numbers,” Sheaffer said. “Team weak nesses are communication and playing consistent.”
Huskies adjust to Keystone
Members of the Mifflin County volleyball team, from left, front row, Taylor Seese, Karlee Fake, Gaby Lynch, Jamilee Glibert, Olivia Suydam, Elaina Seeley. Second row, Dakota Hershberger, Grace Paez-Davoli, Maggie McMullen, Riley Hine, Gracen Haines.
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“The one thing that has really helped out this sea son in practice is that ev eryone knows the system and things kind of falls into place,” commented McCormick.“Theteam plays other sports together and they know what to expect from each other. The new players are showing promise early and are hungry. The talent is well balanced this sea son. As in every sport you have a couple that stand out, we are lucky that we have about five or six play ers this season that we can move just about anywhere without losing any momen tum. People do not realize what it takes to come out and develop into a solid volleyball team. It takes a considerable amount of work and skill develop ment. The girls work hard at every practice, and they show the desire to become a good team.” The Trojans have been working out twice a day with the morning session devoted to drills and work ing on conditioning. They have been going back to basic fundamental drills with cardio workouts. An area that they focus on is passing and work from the service line.
Trojans are prepared for the future on court
MifflinVolleyballCounty Record: 0-14-1. MidPenn: 0-12. Coach: Jenna Slepicka. Assistant: Aimee Seitz.
Adjustments
“We lost matches last season due to not being consistent on our serves,” added“WeMcCormick.mustbecome more consistent in both passing
Continued from 23 BY DENNY SROKA Sports correspondent MOUNT UNION — The Mount Union volleyball team came into practice with an outstanding turn out for the 2022 season that is ahead. The Trojans went through the 2021 season with just one senior on the team and was in a rebuild ing mode after loosing five of the starting lineup from the prior season. The Tro jans season last year was up and down with all the COVID cases in the area as well as the team. They played a short schedule and finished the season at 3-11.Tessa McCormick will start her 18th season as head coach of the Trojans enjoying the fact that she has 22 players out this sea son and will be able to have depth along with a strong junior varsity program that will prep players for theThefuture.roster contains sev en letter winners with four senior, six juniors, six soph omores and six freshmen. The balance between grade also lends to progress with experience coming along each season ahead. The junior high program has a good turnout as well. Assisting McCormick again this season is Matt Sellers heading up the junior varsity with Can di Gilliland leading the junior high with volun teers Jamie Inch and Amy Brumbaugh is on board in a supporting role.
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Members of the Mount Union volleyball team are front row, from left, Jenna Ritchey, Callie Trego, Kara Benson, Sayde Wise, Tiara Claycomb, Lily Massey. Second row, Lily Hicks, Sydnee Harris, Reagan Yocum, Patyn Crisswell,Chelsea Williams, Gracey Cramer, Hayvn Park, Jocelyn Flagle. Back row, Ava Detwiler, Tenly Huffnagle, Addi son Glover, Delaney Ronk, Abbey Brodbeck, Kaylee O’Leary, Autumn Sunderland, Maddie Dimoff.
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East Juniata wants to create a new foundation
The Tigers coach hopes her team can compete with the middle of the pack in the TVL this season – Hal ifax, Northern Dauphin Christian and Upper Dau phin. The key to East Ju niata’s success could be jumping and net play. “I don’t refer to them as weakness, but areas of op portunity to get better or areas of improvement,” Rougeau says. “This sea son, we will be concentrat ing on increasing our ver tical jumps and attacking and blocking at the net.”
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East Juniata Volleyball District 4-A 2-20, 0-10 Tri-Valley League Head Coach: Chloe Rougeau, 3rd year, assisted by Maisie Aumiller and Isabel Naylor
PROUD TO SUPPORT LOCAL SPORTS! and serving if we are going to become a good team.” In the afternoon session they bring all the morning work on the floor together and work as a team. They do team drills and work on transition.Whenask about the In ter County Conference his season McCormick feels that as always West Branch will be strong. With all the activity last season miss ing games there are teams she was unable to measure for a real feel as to where the rest of the division stands.“Our goals remain the same from season to season most of the time,” said Mc Cormick.Shecontinued by talking about her girls hoping for a title“Theshot.girls want a shot at winning the ICC and get to the district playoffs. We have a good group of girls that are very easy to coach,” said McCormick. “They push each other and still stay positive at the same time. The seniors are great leaders and will help our team progress.” BY GREG WILLIAMS Sports correspondent COCOLAMUS If they were a boy band, the East Juniata Tigers could call themselves the New Kids on the Block. The Tigers enter their third season of varsity play still trying to establish a foundation for the fledg ing program. East Juniata certainly took its lumps in year two as the Tigers went 0-10 in Tr-Valley League play and 2-20 overall. Third-year head coach Chloe Rougeau has her sights set high for the Ti gers, who doubled their win total last season from their inaugural campaign. “We are really excited going into the third year of the program and being able to continue building the program,” Rougeau says. “I see a lot of talent and po tential in this team and am very excited to see what they do during the season.” A year ago, East Juniata was swept in nine of its 10 league matches. The Tigers outscored North Dauphin Christian 25-20 in game three of a 3-1 loss. The competition doesn’t get any easier this season with Millersburg and Ju niata returning after 1-2 finish last year. Rougeau believes the Tigers could surprise people with their “resilience, leadership, determination and dedica tion.”Senior Kaylene Mann was the only Tiger to crack the TVL’s league leaders in any statistical category as her 18 assists ranked 10th. Mann is one of two setters on the Besidesroster.Mann, Rougeau will count on seniors Bren na Watts and Shayanne Pyle for solid p;ay. Both are outside hitters, while Pyle can also play left back. Four juniors should also have an impact on East Juniata’s success on the court. Danika Lucas and Marissa Lauver are mid dle hitters, while Kendahl Stroup is the Tigers’ libero and Leah Davison is a de fensiveSeniorsspecialist.Jasmine Ar nold, Hailey Yeater and ex change student Laerke Di abelez are vying for time. Arnold is an outside hitter, Yeater is an opposite hitter and Diabelez is trying to find a spot, Rougeau says. Sophomores on the Tiger roster are: Autumn Fronk, opposite hitter and left back; Makenna Gregory, middle hitter; Shana Burd, opposite hitter; and Steph anie Reichard, opposite hitter.Rounding out the ros ter are freshmen Addison Dimm, outside hitter; Ade lie Fisher, defensive spe cialist; Emily Goodling, outside hitter; Kennedy Seigler-Lewis, setter; and Laylah Reichenbach, oppo site“Wehitter.are still working out positions with the freshmen and sophomores as well a couple of the seniors,” Rougeau says. “Nothing is set in stone.”
Members of the East Juniata volleyball team are front row, from left, Jenna Ritchey, Callie Trego, Kara Benson, Sayde Wise, Tiara Claycomb, Lily Massey. Second row, Lily Hicks, Sydnee Harris, Reagan Yocum, Patyn Criss well,Chelsea Williams, Gracey Cramer, Hayvn Park, Jocelyn Flagle. Back row, Ava Detwiler, Tenly Huffnagle, Addison Glover, Delaney Ronk, Abbey Brodbeck, Kaylee O’Leary, Autumn Sunderland, Mad die Dimoff.
EASTVOLLEYBALLJUNIATA Aug. 29 @South Williamsport 5:30 PM Aug. 30 vs Shamokin 5:30 PM Sept. 1 @Mifflin County 5:00 PM Sept. 6 @Sugar Valley 5:30 PM Sept. 8 vs Upper Dauphin 5:30 PM Sept. 10 vs Fannett Metal 11 AM Sept. 12 vs Penns Valley 5:30 PM Sept. 13 @Halifax 5:30 PM Sept. 15 vs St. Joe’s 5:30 PM Sept. 19 vs Millersburg 5:30 PM Sept. 20 @Juniata 5:30 PM Sept. 22 vs Halifax 5:30 PM Sept. 26 vs West Perry 5:30 PM Sept. 27 vs Sugar Valley 5:30 PM Sept. 29 @Upper Dauphin 5:30 PM Oct. 3 vs Midd-West 5:30 PM Oct. 4 vs Juniata 5:30 PM Oct. 6 @St. Joe’s 5:30 PM Oct. 8 @Juniata 11 AM Oct. 10 @Southern Huntingdon 5:30 PM Oct. 13 @Millersburg 5:30 PM Oct. 17 @Steelton-Highspire 5:30 PM
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Juniata Volleyball Coach: Susan Paden Assistant: Layne Green holt 2021 record: 13-7 League: Tri-Valley League
Indians want to pick up where they left off
“After making it to our league championship, our returning varsity team is beginning this year with a level of determination and confidence we have not had in the past,” said Paden. Despite the success of last season, the Indians also have some challenges they are working on before the start of the 2022 cam paign.Itis always a challenge helping new players build confidence on the court. It is their first year playing a new sport so it can be a lot to take it,” said Paden. “However it is something we always overcome, and our girls are always a help.”Goal-wise for this year’s group will be to pick up where last year’s team left off.“Along with heading back to districts, our goal is to earn Juniata’s first Volleyball banner in our gym!,” said Paden. Playing in such a com petitive league, the veteran coach sees every game is one that will be tough con tests.“All of our league games (Millersburg, Upper Dau phin, Halifax, EJ, and now St. Joe’s) are always excit ing games!,” said Paden. Juniata will open its sea son playing at Fannett-Met al on August 29th.
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BY KENNY VARNER Sports correspondent MIFFLINTOWN After a successful 2021 season that had them in the league championship game, opti mism is high this year for a veteran Juniata Volleyball team.Entering her fourth sea son, Indians coach Susan Paden is very optimistic about the team returning. She will be assisted by Layne“LayneGreenholt.Greenholt is our JV coach, and functions as an integral part of our var sity team,” said Paden. Juniata posted an im pressive 13-7 record last season.However, some key cogs from last year’s season were lost to areter)“LexitobeofbeenyearAutumnskills.nersherFrontzGraybill,broughttumtohavemissed.gramanAnnaPaden.lastthatTVLand“Mackenziegraduation.BennettImaMercadoweretwoAllStarslastyearplayedahugepartinyear’ssuccess,”said“JosieAbramandConnellwerealsointegralpartofourprothatwillbegreatlyButtheIndianswillkeyplayersreturningcontinuethemomenthatlastyear’steamtothecourt.ReturningareAutumnReeseFoltz,LexiandAdriannaKing.Padenwillbelookingtoreturningletterwinfortheirleadership“ThisyearisourcaptainGraybill’sfourthofplaying.Shehasawonderfulexamplewhatourathletesshouldlikeandweareexcitedhaveher,”saidPaden.Frontz(outsidehitandReeseFoltz(libero)twojuniorswhohave also stepped up to help encourage and shape our team.”With the historic sea son for the squad, Paden thinks experiencing the success last season will be a strength for her team coming into the season.
Members of the Juniata volleyball team are front row, from left, Kaitlyn Copeland, Isabella Armstrong, Savannah Marshall, Reese Foltz, Cheyenne Nealman, Sarah Royer. Back row, Kierstyn Dickinson, Hannah Graybill, Hunter Meifert, Lexi Frontz, Autumn Graybill, Adrianna King. Aug 29 @Fannett-Metal 5:30 PM Aug 31 vs South Williamsport 5:30 PM Sept 6 vs St. Joe’s 5:30 PM Sept 8 @Millersburg 5:30 PM Sept 12 @Upper Dauphin 5:30 PM Sept 15 vs Halifax 5 PM Sept. 17 vs Southern Huntingdon 11 SeptAM 19 @Penns Valley 5:30 PM Sept 20 vs East Juniata 5:30 PM Sept 22 @Midd-West 5:30 PM Sept 26 vs Steelton-Highspire 5:30 PM Sept 27 @St. Joe’s 5:30 PM Sept 29 vs Millersburg 5:30 PM Oct 1 @Sugar Valley 11 AM Oct 3 @West Perry 5:30 PM Oct. 4 @East Juniata 5:30 PM Oct 6 @Halifax 5:30 PM Oct 8 vs Grier 11 AM Oct 10 @Shamokin 5:30 PM Oct 11 vs Upper Dauphin 5:30 PM Oct 13 vs Mifflin County 5:30 PM Oct. 18 vs Sugar Valley 5:30 PM VOLLEYBALL
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Huskies hope to repeat success with new faces
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Members of the Mifflin County golf team are front row, from left, Dominic Weyman, Jackson Flood, Jace Rishel, Colby Seiler, Caleb Bubb, Reagan Shafranich, Evan Breon, Reese Hine, Camren Moore, Ryan Hine, Brendon Noerr. Back row, Coach Aaron Bubb, Jack Porch, James Stringfellow, Blake Stringfellow, Jacob Bauman, Kale Stimely, Bryson Bubb, Jaron Yoder.
It was a banner season for the Mifflin County golf team last year. The Huskies had a program-best 41-5 record, finishing second in the Mid-Penn Keystone. If Mifflin County coach Aaron Bubb hopes to re peat or come close to last year’s mark, he’ll have to replace seven key golfers, including standout Owen Wise.“We lost several seniors from last year who were in our top five—starting right at the top with Owen Wise. Owen is playing college golf at PSU Altoona, so he will be missed greatly,” Bubb said. “Tanner Fergu son, Alex Kline, Cole Chil son, Bradyn Eversole, and Cade Pennepacker also were in our starting lineup at some point throughout theConsistentyear.” winning over the long-term equals breeds more interest. With inter est comes better turnout, with more kids wanting to play for a winner. The suc cess of last year brought with it solid numbers this season. Seven of the 17 on the roster are newcomers. “It helped with the turn out this year, for sure. We lost seven seniors from last year, and we gained seven underclassmen this sea son,” Bubb said. “So, our numbers are identical to last season in terms of the number of Fortunatelyplayers.”for Bubb, there is plenty of talent to fight for starting spots, in cluding some of the under classmen.“Weare really looking for Blake Stringfellow, Bryson Bubb, Ryan Hine, Jaron Yo der, Colby Seiler, Jackson Flood, James Stringfellow, and Dominic Weyman to step up and compete for the starting lineup spots this season,” he said. “We have several newcomers this year who have a shot at cracking into the line up. Jace Rishel, Camren Moore, Kale Stimely, and Logan Ruth all have the ability to provide scoring at any point throughout theTheseason.”roster comprises seniors Blake and James Stringfellow, Yoder, Wey man, Bryson Bubb, Ryan Hine, and Reagan Sha franich. Stimely is a junior. Seiler, Flood, Rishel, Ruth, Moore, Brandon Noerr, Jake Porch, and Jacob Bau man are sophomores, while Reese Hine and Caleb Bubb areBubbfreshmen.expects tough com petition in the Keystone this season, with Mechan icsburg the “Mechanicsburgfavorite. is the defending champion, and they only lost one golfer. In addition to them, I expect Red Land, Carlisle, and Pal myra to be in the mix along with us,” Bubb said. The talent is there for the Huskies to make anoth er run at a conference title and duplicate last season’s breakout success. Bubb likes what he sees in prac tice and is confident about the team’s “Practicechances.has started well. I just told my assis tant coach Doug Sipe the other day that in my eight years of coaching MCHS, this is the most talented group from top to bottom we have ever had,” Bubb said. “It’s just a matter of working hard and improv ing every day. If we do that, good things will happen.” Last season’s success taught the returning golf ers what they must do to succeed. If they apply the lessons learned, the future looks bright for Mifflin County golf. Mifflin County Golf 2021 Record: 41-5, MidPenn: 38-5 Coach: Aaron Bubb. Assistant: Doug Sipe.
Tigers aim to shake off rough campaign
Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS Members of the East Juniata golf team are front row, from left, Teagan Trout, Conner Derr, Josh Martin, Daulton Misal. Second row, Cole Brubaker, Wyatt Stoner, Maison Wolfe, Christopher Martin, Darin Kint, Chaz Auker. Back row, Tate Jamison, Walker Stutts, Caleb Kirk, Blake Walters, Tino Pariso.
BY GREG WILLIAMS Sports correspondent COCOLAMUS — The East Juniata Tigers cer tainly have been a pow erhouse in the Tri-Valley League and District 4 golf in recent years, looking down at their competition from the proverbial pent house.Last year, the Tigers got a taste of life in the basement as they finished with one victory in eight matches.“Itwas a little tough to swallow,” veteran East Juniata head coach Mike Zendt says. “We put to gether a string of three or four District 4 team cham pionships and the individ ual District 4 champion usually came from East Juniata.“Allof this is kind of cyclical,” he adds. “We’re headed on the downside of things right now. Hope fully, some time we’ll re bound.”With a three-team cir cuit – East Juniata, Mill ersburg and Newport – the TVL rotated eight tri-meets around the league’s various courses. The Tigers dropped their first seven decisions be fore edging Millersburg by a stroke.Thatouting was by far East Juniata’s best as it only lost to Newport by three strokes. The other outings were not as close. “That’s why we tried to mix it up and go to some different places,” Zendt says of last year’s sched ule. “We played some dif ferent teams on different courses.”TheTri-Valley League also expanded its golf membership, adding Saint Joseph’s Catholic Acade my, located in Boalsburg. East Juniata also suf fered a big blow when se nior Tanner Barth, the Tigers’ top player and the 2020 District 4 champi on, was limited to three matches due to an injury. “That was a big blow to us,” Zendt says. “He was not back to full health un til the end (of the season). It really shook up our whole lineup.
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“He was our number one golfer, and you’d think that everyone behind him would just move up a spot,” he adds. “But I think it was really intim idating and we had trou ble getting over that last year.”Barth ranked third in the league’s power rat ings, with an average par score of 70.00 and average score of 82.67. His overall power rating was 12.67. Now, he has graduated, leaving some big shoes to fill.The Tigers also lost Max Lauver, eighth in the TVL power ratings with averages of 70.25 and 91.13. His rating was 20.88. Both Barth and Lauver were named league AllStars, along with Caleb Kirk, who returns for his senior“Maxseason.isabig loss, too, for us,” Zendt says. “He wasn’t our number one or two, but over the years he came through with some big scores for us.” The Tiger coach is look ing up and down his 16man roster for players to contributeSteppingconsistently.intothoseNo. 1 shoes could be Kirk, who stood seventh in the TVL rankings with an average par score of 70.14 in sev en matches played and an average score of 87.29. His overall power rating was 17.14.“Caleb was a freshman and sophomore when we were winning those dis trict championships,” the Tiger coach says. “He was a contributor on those teams. This year, he’s moved up and is our num berEastone.”Juniata also has senior Tate Jamison, 13th in the power rankings with averages of 70.25 and 96.00. His rating was 25.75. “Tate is another one who has steadily im proved,” Zendt says. “He’s shown big improvement from his earlier years on the team. He’s slotted in the number two spot this year.“He’s playing well right now,” he adds. “He’s got a nice swing, and we’re ex pecting some good things fromSeniorhim.”Valentino Pari so is also expected to fill the number three slot, Ze ndt says. Pariso averaged a 71.00 and 111.50 in two matches played, with a power rating was 40.50. “He’s got a nice swing,” he explains. “He doesn’t hit it real far – he’s not a long ball hitter - but he keeps it in play. He’s been working on his chipping and putting. I think he’ll improve as the year goes along.Junior Wyatt Stoner is back after posting averag es of 70.40 and 105.00. His rating was 34.60. “Wyatt’s also playing football,” Zendt says. “I wasn’t real sure how it would work out, but he hits the ball a long way. He’ll improve as the sea son goes along.”
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Aug 22 @Warrior Run 3:30 PM Aug 25 vs Loyalsock 3:30 PM Aug 30 @Mifflinburg 3:30 PM Sep 7 vs Central Columbia 3:30 PM Sep 12 vs Montoursville 3:30 PM Sep 14 vs Bloomsburg 3:30 PM Sep 19 @Danville 3:30 PM MIDD-WESTGOLF
Members of the Midd-West golf team are back row, from left, Daylan Wagner, Kyle Beward, Shawn Lightnor, Garrot Leitzez, Birch Harvey, Griffin Paige, Dylan Miller, Gra ham Yount. Front row, Westin Kuhns, Rowan Kuhns, Addy Frgil, Gage Brubaker, Chris Walter, Scotty Walls, Trevor Sheaffer, Ben Crossgrove.
Darin Kint averaged a 71.00 and 114.50 last season in four matches played and end ed up with a power rating of 43.50; and senior Blake Walters averaged a 69.50 and 133.00 in two matches played with a power rat ing of “Darin63.50.has potential and could be a contribu tor this year,” Zendt says. “Blake has come a long way. As a freshman, I would not have expected him to make many match es. He was competitive with the first match he was in (this season). He’s come a long way since his freshman year.” The Tigers will also look to junior Chaz Auker. Auker’s numbers were 71.00 and 137.00 with a power rating of 66.00. “Chaz has improved a long way from his fresh man year as well,” Zendt says. “The potential is there. He’s probably one of my hardest workers. He’s been practicing, put ting in the work and try ing to get Roundingbetter.”outthe roster are juniors Christopher Martin and Mason Wolfe, sophomores Conner Derr, Kyler Holcomb and Tea gan Trout and freshmen Daulton Misal and Josh Martin.Newport returns as the TVL’s reigning champion at 12-4. Millersburg fin ished second at 11-5, with East Juniata in third at 1-15. Newcomer Saint Jo seph’s could vie for the crown from the get-go. “They’re very tough to beat,” he adds. “Newport might give them a battle.” Where do the Tigers fit in? “I want to see us improve as the year goes along,” Zendt says. “As we steadily get better, we might get to the point where we can battle New port and Millersburg. We need to keep improving and step it up in a big way.”
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East Juniata Golf District 4-AAA 1-19, 1-15 Tri-Valley League Head Coach: Mike Ze ndt, 19th year
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Rounding out the top five is junior Cole Brubak er. “He’s another kid who has really improves as the years have gone by,” he adds.Walker Stutts returns for his senior campaign. Stutts finished with a 70.14 average par and 111.43 av erage score a year ago and finished with a power rat ing of Sophomore41.29.
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BY JOSH YODER Sports reporter
Mustangs hope hard work pays off this year
Members of the Midd-West volleyball team are front row, from left, Claire Faulhaber, Laci Aucker, Kenzie Naugle, Alexa Hostetler, Veronica Hummel. Second row, Carley Nevel, Briana Hohman, Caliegh Smith, Keirah Rose, Macy Cook. Third row, Jess Mast, Jasmine Williams, Holly Dillman, Trinity Foulds, Britnee Wenger, Maliya Krebs , Sarah Walter. Back row, Doug Boop, Emily Brouse, Riley Ferguson, Lana Kratzer, Addison Dunkelberger, Leah Houtz, Landon Walter. Midd-West wants to keep building chemistry
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MIDDLEBURG — The Mustangs of Midd-West are looking to get back to the top of the PHAC mountain in the 2022 golf season after win ning it in 2021. Brian Beward returns to the lead the charge for Midd-West and will be joined by assistant coach MattAccordingDietz. to coach Be ward, the team had learn a valuable lesson from last year and it has become a mantra for the Mustangs moving forward and that is to never give in and keep fighting till the very end.
“The lesson of never giv ing up because you never know what could happen,” Beward said. “We lost a match by two strokes near the beginning of the sea son and thought we lost our chance for a PHAC title. However, in the long run, we were still able to become co-champions at the end of theLookingseason.”ahead to the 2022 season, Midd-West will be welcoming some new players to the team. Coach Beward has made it a top priority to get the new players up and running and showing them the“Withropes.a lot of new faces on the team this year, we will need to learn how to play tournament golf where every stroke could make a differ ence,” Beward said. In fact, one of the things that coach Beward liked about the team this season was that they had all come together prior to the season and worked on their skills. “During the offseason, our team put many rounds in to gether which has built team comradery,” Beward said. The strength of the Mus tangs this coming year ac cording coach Beward will be the leadership and expe rience of some of the upper classmen with players like Kyle Beward and Chris Wal ter. A concern though coming into the season will be the lack of experience of tourna ment“Strengthsplay. are that we have two returning starters from last year’s squad with Kyle Beward and Chris Wal ter and a lot of talented ath letes coming out this year who will bring new energy to the program,” Beward said. “My biggest concern is the lack of tournament ex perience by some of the new golfers, but I believe they can continue to improve as our season oftopressedBewardtournamentsningacomingingteams’hecoachThroughoutprogresses.”theoffseason,Bewardlikeswhatseesandappreciateshisdedicationtoimprovtheirabilitiesfortheseason.“KyleBewardhasputinlotoftime,includingwinafewoftheGAPGolfthissummer,”said.“Also,Iwasimwiththededicationimprovebythemajorityourteamthroughoutthe summer.”Therea several other play ers as well that coach Beward has enjoyed watching grow and has high expectations for throughout the season as the Mustangs move towards a repeat and get back on top of the “I’mPHAC.expecting big things out of seniors Griffin Paige and Shawn Lightner and juniors Trevor Sheaffer, Garrett Leitzel and Dylan Miller,” Beward said. “Soph omore Graham Yount looks to improve our varsity line up as Butwell.”getting through the PHAC will be no easy task as the league is filled with teams like Mifflinburg, Loyalsock, Selinsgrove and Lewisburg just to name a few. The con ference will be no easy task, but coach Beward believes that the strong bond that his team has developed, will be a major key factor for the Mus tangs in their quest to repeat and become the sole champi ons.“They put a lot of time in playing throughout the summer together and enjoy spending time off the course together as well,” Beward said.
BY JOSH YODER Sports reporter MIDDLEBURG — After competing for the first time as a program, Midd-West looks to continue to build on what it started in year two under head coach Doug Boop.Also returning to the pro gram will be assistant coach es Sarah and Landon Walter. Coach Boop wants to thank and show appreciating to both Sarah and Landon for being major contributors to the program and is super ex cited to have them return to the team again this year.
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“Sarah and Landon Wal ter are my assistant again this year, I am so blessed to have them helping again I lean on them a lot for many different task since my plate is very full,” Boop said. “Be cause on top of running my own welding business, being a Vice President of our local community fair and trying to attend my own childrens’ sports. It is a balancing act of which I fail at often by losing personal time or money but believing that there is many life values being taught that my not be seen on the court but may be experienced years later.”
Members of the Mifflin County boys cross country team are front row, from left, Justin Cox, Cody Ful tz, Oaklan Smith, Conrad Coffey, Colton Leister, Lo gan Breneman, Bernardo Tovar, Nathan Goss, Hoyt Rodenbaugh. Second row: Anthony Palopoli, Koy Aurand, Caden Bell, Cameron Barben, Wyatt Kauffman, Alijah Pawally, Reese Cubbison, Luke Breneman, Hart Oden, Maxwell Laudermilch.
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“Thatchemistry.it’svery hard to hone your skills when you don’t play the sport more often than three months out of the year as a team,” Boop said.Coming into the new year, coach Boop has his eyes on a pair of athletes who he believes has stood out from the crowd and will be looked upon to carry the team this season.“Veronica Hummel and Emily Brouse I have seen when we had open gyms and practices that they have a lit tle different fire for the sport to try to succeed there are others but these to stand out now,” Boop said. You can call it a youth movement for the Mustangs as they welcome plenty of new faces to the program and hope that this new influx of talent will lead the program to the future. In fact, the Mus tangs have expanded their roster which has moved up to 21 players on the roster.
The Huskies have 22 out with a nice mix of veterans and newcomers ready to go after working hard throughout the sum mer. Loht likes what he has but wanted more to come“Thereout. are 22 boys signed up for cross coun try, including 11 at the varsity level and 11 in junior high,” Loht said.
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“There are a couple girls that will be stepping up this year because I think we only there are a couple girls that will be stepping up this year because I think we only have three seniors this year so there is a lot of underclass men,” Boop said.
“The senior high number is lower than I’d like. Sev en run varsity in invita tionals. That isn’t a lot of cushion for injuries or ill ness. Four runners won’t be able to team score in JVLohtraces.” must replace Christopher Royer, the team’s leading scorer last year, and two other veter an“Werunners.lost Christopher Royer, Benjamin Hartzler, and Dominic Reed from last year’s squad. Chris was our top man, and Ben was a consistent scorer in the varsity lineup for the past two seasons. Dominic split time between varsity and JV and had a great
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There was plenty to learn from for the Mustangs in their first year as a program and coach Boop is excited to throw that into practice for the up coming season. “Lesson I learned is that I need to have the team more in shape physically and men tally in order to perform the fundamental skills needed to play the sport,” Boop said. The big thing that coach Boop wants his team to work on is team chemistry. The Mustangs must learn to play as a team and learn their po sitions in order to compete. “They need to trust each other,” Boop said. However, Midd-West feels confident that it will find ways to get the chemistry together. But coach Boop does admit that things take time and needed more time to work on the basics of vol leyball.“Strength is that they are slowly working as a team but sometimes this takes years of playing together to really mend together,” Boop said. “A weakness is we only have exactly two weeks including preseason of practice before any games which is hard to teach fundamental skills in that time frame to be com petive when some girls have never played before and I think we need a younger pro gram to start volleyball in the grade school to help with this.”Coach Boop hopes to help create something in the off season that will help encour age the team as well as others who are interested in joining the program to help build the team
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LEWISTOWN — Op timism is in the air for coach Greg Loht and his Mifflin County boys cross country team.
Members of the Mount Union cross country team are front row, from left, Vada Banks, Lila Pratt, Cailyn Skopic, Emma Smith, MaKenzie Mitchell, Molly Smith, Adelina Feather. Second row, Benton Barton, Kamden Beatty, Gavin Rose, Logan Yakymac, Jacik Hess, Ethan Fisher, Mason Beatty, Alexander Scott, Oscar James. Back row, Coach Brooke Emery-Kurtz, Abe Weirich, Rowan McClain-Hartman, Dorian Laner, Ryan Plank, Aydin Grove, Jason Myers, Evan Yakymac, Coach Bob Wydock.
“Cameron Barben is a first-year senior. Cameron is adjusting to the mileage and the work that needs to be done. He could be a game changer for us de pending on his improve ment,” Loht “Laudermilchsaid. is get ting back into shape after working full time over the summer. Max finished a nice track season in the spring, and we hope he soon returns to that form.
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“One place finisher is still in junior high im proving his times. Evan Yakymac places second and Jacik Hess was fourth and Kam Beatty was fifth. Dorian Loner placed third and is in eighth grade.” The Trojans have six letter winners on the boys side with Ryan Plank named to the ICC All-Star team and Ma son Beatty just missed due to a late season set back. A.J. Chilcote, Je Von Trice Ethan Fish er and Aydin all return and expected to take a leading roll in getting the squad up to speed. The boys finished the season 8-1 losing only to Bellwood/Bishop Guil foyle who co-oped last season.Emma Smith, Cai lyn Skopic and Jonnell Welsh lettered on the girls side finishing the season with a record of 2-4-3 and expecting to improve on that this season.“The team goal is to go out be competitive every meet and improve times as the season moves along and hope to be challenging for the ICC titles at the end of the season,” added Wy dock.
Junior Nathan Goss is in BY DENNY SROKA Sports correspondent MOUNT UNION — The Mount Union Cross Country squad are com ing into the 2022 cam paign on a very high note after a very suc cessful finish to the 2021 season and they expect to continue improving getting ready for the sea son opening meet.
Mount Union comes into 2022 on high note
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Bob Wydock is start ing his 26th season as head coach of the Tro jans with four ICC Ti tles on the boyís side and three ICC Titles on the girlís side under his belt. Casey Hanlon, in his 19th season, will as sist Wydock along with Brooke Emery-Kurtz. The Trojans have a roster consisting of 14 boys and five girls ready for the competi tion thatís ahead. The Trojans have six letter winners returning on the boyís side and three of the five girls lettered last fall. The boys are balance with a pai of se niors and four juniors, two sophomores and six freshmen on board. The girls have a pair of seniors and two sopho mores and a freshman on the roster. Last season the Tro jans added a junior high program with good re sults feeding into the varsity roster. “The program has al ready paid dividends with four athletes win ning places in the Junior High Championship last season with three moving into the varsity ranks this season,” com mented Wydock.
“Senior Conrad Coffey and Juniors Caden Bell and Cody Fultz look to be our top three scorers. They had a great summer of training,” Loht said. “Senior Luke Breneman and Sophomore Styers Oden look to round out our scorers. Freshmen Reese Cubbison and Hart Oden should see time in the varsity lineup.” Loht has plenty of tal ent on the roster who could provide greater depth and scoring if need ed.
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Loht sees a physically and mentally stronger squad as the season approaches. “Practice is going well. The first week the weath er cooperated, and we got some quality work in. The younger and newer boys are getting stronger and adjusting to the work outs,” Loht said. “This past Saturday, we had a tough workout the kids handled well. Everyone looked good. The rookies understand what it takes to run fast. It’s exciting to see the mer. The training focus changed, and they are fit and strong. If the gap between the top three to Luke and Styers can close, we could be a pretty good team. The top five will need to stay healthy. We should only get stronger as the freshmen, rookies, and other returners add to the mix,” Loht said. “Our goals are to stay healthy, be competitive, move up our finish position at in vitationals and champion ship meets, and advance individuals and, ultimate ly, the team to states.”
MIDDLEBURG —There is a new sheriff in town as Jennifer Hummel has taken over as the head coach of the Midd-West Cross Country and will look to lead the Mus tangs to success going into the 2022 season. After spending some time as an assistant coach, Hum mel looks to make her mark as head coach. And one of those goals for the season is to make sure that the team will look for constant im provement throughout the year.“To improve their times as the season progesses,” HummelAnothersaid.challenge that the first time coach will be also be trying to get her team prepared for the vari ety of different situations that Midd-West will compete in throughout the season. Coach Hummel wants to be ready for “Preparinganything.the team for each race as they will expe rience different terrain from one meet to the next,” Hum melAnsaid.issue that Hummel has inherited on this year’s team from last year was the fact that the Mustangs had them selves a winless season. An other problem Midd-West is looking to deal with the loss of one of its top runners in Lydia Bowersox who had left the team due to graduation.
“We did not have any team victories last year since we did not have enough run ners to qualify as a team,” Hummel said. “We did have a senior, Lydia Bowersox, place at districts and ran at states.”Butcoming into the new year, coach Hummel has her eyes on two athletes to into only replace the gap lost from Bowersox, but to help guide the Mustangs into the future.
April D. Hendersonhis first season of cross country. He is still ad justing to the miles but is showing nice improve ment. Alijah Pawally will join the team later this fall and add depth to the line up.”Consistent improve ment in practice is al ready paying dividends.
Mustangs to ahead photo by HOCKENBROCKBOB of the MiddWest cross country team Grant Yount, Ben Hum Frontmel. Lavren Sellers, Claire Sellers.
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Mifflin County Boys Cross Country 2021 Record: 4-5. MidPenn: 2-5. Coach: Greg Loht. Assistants: Katie Breneman, Deion Curry, Milt Herrold, Kristin Kauff man, Jess Miller, Anthony Schifano.
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Members of the Junia ta cross country team are front row, from left, Haley Mummah, Peyton Sheaffer, Jessica Bomb erger, Joey Bomberger. Second row, Elizabeth Gaisior, Ricky Guante, Levi Zeiders, Brooklyn Herrold, Wesley Ehrisman. Back row, coach Jeff Mill er, Logan Strawser, Charlie Telfer, Wyatt Stroup.
BY KENNY VARNER Sports correspondent MIFFLINTOWN — The foundation continues to be being built on a young Juniata Cross Country program and this season is lining up for another solid season for the Indians. This season, the team has added a junior pro gram, setting up a poten tial for a strong future for theLeadingteam. the team into the season will once again by veteran coach Jeff Mill er.He will be assisted by Shari Miller and Josh Valez.Last year’s boys team finished third in District 6 and the girls were a little light in turnout but com peted tough despite the numbers.Lostto graduation this year was James Hazard, Micah Fausey, Noah She affer and on the girls’ side Emily“EmilyHoutz.Houtz will be missed this year. She was our top runner,” said Mill er. “She will definitely be a key loss Returningthere.”to this year’s boys’ squad is Brady Roe, Logan Strawser, Joey Bomberger, Wyatt Stroup, Wesley Ehrisman and CharlieNewcomersTelfer. to the team will be Ricky Guante, Arthur Hazard and Levi Zeiders.Junior high runners for the Indians this year will be Alex Armstrong and Alejandro.Onthe girls’ side, re turning to the Indians squad this year will be Peyton Sheaffer, Elizabeth Gaisior, Haley Mummah and Jess OthersBomberger.competing on this year’s squad will be Nia Mathews and Brook lynMillerHarrold.will be looking to for leadership this season will be the two top run ners for the squad, Logan Strawser and Jess Bomb erger.
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“The team has two strong male runners returning this year that will lead the team,” Hummel said. “We also will have a number of new run ners out this season.”
It will be no easy road as Midd-West and its first year head coach throughout the 2022 journey on both the boys as well as the girls side of each and every meet. Some of those challenges that the Mustangs will face includes the returning Di vision 2 champion as well as returning Class A State champions Hughesville and Class 2A State Champions in Lewisburg on the boys side of things. Then for the girls, the Mustangs will have to deal with Division 2 champs and rival Warrior Run and also Division 1 champion Danville.
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The Mustangs will be leaning on both Aitkins and Hummel a lot throughout the year both on and off the field. There will also be plen ty of new talent coming to the team this year that coach Hummel will look to help mold and shape them into the best that they can be.
“Junior Anden Aitkins and Sophomore Ben Hum mel,” Hummel said.
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“My biggest desire is al ways to help my athletes determine their own goals and then work hard to ac complish them,” Brene man said. “I love that cross country is an individual and a team sport. They have individual goals, but our team can also have some goals where they work collectively. For our
Providing leadership will be junior Addie Par son and senior Justice Sheaffer. Freshman Ame lia Coffey can crack the top“Justicefive. Sheaffer is in her senior year and worked hard all summer. She will not only work hard to run for the team but will provide invalu able leadership. Addie Parson is returning as a two-time state qualifier in her freshman and sopho more years. She can lead the pack and help us se cure a top finish,” Brene man said. “Amelia Coffey is transitioning from the Junior High team enter ing her freshman year and will do well. She may need a 5K race or two experi ence to acclimate to the high school competition. Still, I believe she will also be a valuable top finisher for the “Theteam.”bestpart is I have a bunch of strong 4th-7th place finishers. I expect they will trade back and forth throughout the sea son,” he continued. “They will be valuable because it’s hard to win meets with only your top three unless they are literally all in front of the sonworksSaldubhereoffersmerKennaditeam,incrediblyagain.Ava“Wefinisher,”mesheushaveLeason,linsgrove,seniorlastmiliarincludeNewcomersopponent(s).”totherosteratransferandafafacewhodidn’trunseason.“IamexcitedtohaveatransferfromSeAdeline(Ade)ontheteam.IonlyhadAdewiththepasttwoweeks,andhasalreadyprovedtosheisgoingtobeatopBrenemansaid.areexcitedtohaveHarrisbackwithusHersmilealoneisvaluabletotheandsherecruitedBauman,aforJuniataValleyStridrunner.Afterbeinglastseason,Rachaelisback.Shehard.AlexisAnderalsojoinedtheteam and is getting much stron ger.”To succeed in this sport, running in the summer, and putting in the miles, are paramount. Breneman likes how the girls’ pro gressed heading into the season.“Distance running is a one-of-a-kind sport be cause it takes so long to develop; research shows it can take as long as 1.5 years. As a fall sport, the key is getting our athletes to run throughout the sum mer,” Breneman said. “We held three practices a week all summer and had our best attendance. They’ve been working hard, and for many of them, it allowed us to hit the training hard in the first week of official practice. That will pay off. They are getting stron ger, and for the most part, we’re able to keep them healthy.”TheMid-Penn features some of the top teams in the state. State College, in particular, will be tough to beat.“State College always puts out an incredible team and has a lot of depth to their roster. They continually win districts, which means any of my athletes that go to states need to qualify as a top individual finisher,” Bren eman said. “Altoona and Cumberland Valley are always challenging for us, although I am hopeful that our depth this year will help us be more competi tive against them.”
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Breneman’s goals for the team are all about be ing competitive while fo cusing on each runner’s personal goals.
Members of the Mifflin County girls cross country team are front row, from left, Kahlen McCracken, Abigail Anderson, Margaret Rodenbaugh, Amilia Coffey, Layla Breneman, Bailey Bishop, Kasey Varner, Ava Kratzer, Irelynn Milligan, Caroline Palopoli. Second row: Kennadi Bauman, Sarah Diehl, Ava Wagner, Alexis Anderson, Ava Harris, Addie Parson, Audrey Adams, Justice Sheaffer, Adeline Leason, Rachael Saldubehere.
BY BRIAN CARSON Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — A sol id turnout and plenty of quality depth returning has Mifflin County girls cross country coach Neil Breneman grinning from ear to Theear.Huskies doubled their turnout from a year ago, leaving him feeling good about his squad’s prospects for 2022. “Last year, we were still coming off COVID and struggled with our num bers. Our high school team was only seven, which meant that every one of them ran in varsity races,” Breneman said. “This year, I am thrilled to have more than dou bled. We have 15. We have returnees, some that we advanced from our junior high team, and some new. It feels good to be rebuild ing and picking up some momentum.”Thebiggest roadblock to the season will be trying to replace Kylee Cubbison, who took her talents to run for Bowling Green. The Division I recruit left the Mifflin County program with two PIAA medals and numerous school records in both track and cross. “We could always count on Kylee Cubbison to se cure a top place finish in any race. Kylee holds the 5K record for Mifflin Coun ty High School, so it’s hard to find a replacement for someone like that,” Bren eman said. “She was a fierce competitor and an extremely hard worker, earning her a good sea son and a spot on Bowling Green’s roster. I love the fact, however, that many of my current athletes had her as a role model. Even though she is no longer with us, I believe her in fluence will still impact the team.”
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Mifflin County has a lot to smile about this season
The coaching staff’s goals for the season aren’t about wins and losses. The telltale sign of a good sea son for the Huskies boils down to improving daily. “We never look at a good season through wins and losses. We go into it being better than we were before. Better than yesterday. If we do that, the wins and losses will take care of themselves,” Kyle said. “Some teams we face are just good, and their kids have been playing a long time. We may have one or two like that, but you can’t win with just one kid. You need an entire team. Still, that doesn’t mean we can’t improve, get better, and have a solid season.”
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Mifflin County Girls Tennis Record: 3-14. Mid-Penn: 1-11. Coach: Glenn Kyle. Assistants: Jeff Ma zurek, Steve Hugendubler.
MC eyes consistency this year
Members of the Mifflin County girls tennis team are front row, from left, Katey Riden, Isabell Wagner, Ava Kelly, Morgan Grimm, Lindsay Wolfley. Second row: Ella Knepp, Lily Breon, Aija Binder, Mackenna Yoder. Continued from
“State College is always good. Hershey and Cumber land Valley are tough. Car lisle usually is pretty good. Palmyra might be a sleeper. They look solid,” Kyle said. “The Mid-Penn is always tough, but that’s how you want it. You get better by playing good teams.”
The bedrock of Kyle’s coaching philosophy and the biggest problem to solve for Mifflin County on the courts is consistency. Rep etition is key. You develop consistency by playing and practicing as much and as often as you “Consistencycan. will al ways be our biggest prob lem because we don’t have that here. Many players and teams in the Mid-Penn play consistently,” Kyle said. “Every Wednesday throughout the summer, we come down to the courts and hit. That’s been the extent of what we do here. Our consistency will al ways be the thing we have to improve continually.”
The Mid-Penn will again come down to three or four teams with a possible sur prise thrown in. Kyle en joys playing against tough teams. Iron sharpens iron and makes a team improve.
MIFFLIN COUNTY GIRLS TENNIS 36—Lewistown, PA Friday, August 26, 2022The Sentinel team, we are going to be more competitive this year. Last year, we faced teams we lost to because of our lack of depth. This year we have more of that and are going to use that to put forth a strong effort.”
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BY BRIAN CARSON Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The good news for Mifflin Coun ty girls’ tennis coach Glenn Kyle is the return of some key, experienced players from last season. The bad news, only nine girls came out, leaving a sizeable gap as far as depth is con cerned.“We have nine players. Not good numbers, but what you’re hoping for is those nine players want to be here and work hard. If they are, we’ll do our best to make the most of what we have,” Kyle said. “We’re hoping the kids are ready to step up. It’s going to be tough because when we play the Mid-Penn teams, some of those kids have been playing since they were six. Our kids have not done that, but they are try ing their best and working hard, so that’s good.”
Mifflin County Girls Cross Country Record: 4-5. Mid-Penn: 2-4. Coach: Neil Breneman. Assistants: Catie Brene man, Kristin Kauffman, Milt Herrold, Jessica Miller.
The Huskies return four letter winners, including two of their top three sin gles, all seniors. “I’ve got Izzy Wagner; she was my number two singles player last year. Aja Binder was number three. Those two need to be our one and two this year,” Kyle said. “Ella Knepp and Katy Riden are next, and that is the four kids back from last year. All the rest are brand new. The remaining five kids will be in contention for the doubles.” For the newcomers, the learning curve of the game is steep. The kids must pick things up as fast as they can during practice. “The practices have been good. They are try ing and working hard. You have to work your prac tices depending on where your kids are at,” Kyle said. “The newcomers are getting a crash course. They must learn how to hold their racket, foot placement, and make their own calls in matches. It’s a learning process.”
The East Juniata Tigers cer tainly didn’t have much to celebrate last season. The Tigers went winless in the Tri-Valley League and scored only one goal in league play. The coach ing carousel also saw East Juniata product Megan Dressler step down after two seasons in which the Tigers lost 24 of 27 games, and Jodi Strawser take the helm of the East Juniata program.Thisis Strawser’s time as head field hockey coach, having previously coached the Tigers for three sea sons, including an appear ance in the District 4 Class A Tournament in 2015. The Tigers nearly upset topranked Bloomsburg.
East Juniata Field Hockey District 4-A 0-8, 3-15 Tri-Valley League Head Coach: Jodi Strawser, 1st year, assist ed by Alleighcia Hepner, Christine Hart, Hunter Hepner and Lori Glace Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS Members of the East Juniata Field Hockey team are front row, from left, Hayden Cook, Jessi ca Maben, Nicole Huentequeo, Katelyn Walker, Astrid Valladares. Back row, Alivia Auker, Ava Stoner, Grace Wagner, Navaeh Sheeler, Jaliyah Hamlin.
“I have players with po tential, but we are low in numbers,” she says of her roster of 15 players which includes five freshmen and an exchange Walker.sicaomoresNeveahjuniorsThatofonqueobothsaysrockingtimeter.niorsValladaresHuentequeoMackenziestudent.Hoke,NicoleandAstridarethethreeseonEastJuniata’srosThisisValladares’firstoutforhockey.“Sheisitsofar,”Strawserofherwinger.HokeandHuentequeoplaymidandHuentealsocouldseeactiontheline.Theyaretwosevenreturningplayers.groupalsoincludes:AvaStonerandSheeler;andsophGraceWagner,JesMabenandKatelynStonerandHamlin could see time on the line, while Hamlin also plays mid. Wagner can play ei ther mid or defense. Other defenders include Sheeler and Maben. Walker is a winger.Junior Jaliyah Ham lin can play either line or mid, and played a couple of years ago, Strawser says. The freshmen include Alivia Auker, Brianna Portanova, Ellie Lukens, Hayden Cook and Kat Wil liams. Auker and Lukens could play mid, while Por tanova and Cook are wings. Williams could see time on defense.Chloe
“He’s probably the key to my team because he’s such a likable kid to that underclassmen listen to him,” said TeammatesMiller.Joey Bomb erger and Wyatt Stroup are back as well. The two al most made it to states last season as Strengthsfreshmen.forthe boys team will be their work concept.“The boys strengths is that they are going to run as a team. They’re going to be out there to help each other,” said Miller. “They’re going to be out cheering each other on. I think that’s going to be the big key for them.”
The Tigers have talented players, who just need to put the pieces together. “I knew they were strug gling,” Strawser says. “But I honestly don’t pay atten tion to any of it. I am a fun damentals hockey coach. We will continue to work on“Thosethat. are going to be our goals this year: To get our fundamentals down; and grow in numbers,” she adds.After a disappointing 2021 campaign, there is plenty of room for im provement and optimism.
“We have a small team, we have a mighty team,” she adds. “I’m expecting great things from my play ers. The bar is set high if you play on my team.”
“The one girl who really works her tail off is soph omore Jess Bomberger,” said Miller. “She’s one of the hardest working I’ve everMillerhad.” has also been impressed by teammate Strawser.“He’sa coaches dream. That kid doesn’t have any weaknesses,” said Miller. “He does everything you ask of him. He puts his mind to something he goes after it. He’s not afraid of hard work. He’s competi tor. He’s Millertough.”believes that Strawser could be the ‘It factor” for his team.
“Central Cambria, when it comes to District 6, al ways makes it to stares both boys and girls,” said Miller. “They dominate mostly every year. I don’t know how many times they won district 6. “ “In the Tri-Valley, I don’t see any team testing my boys Juniatateam.”opens its season at the Big Valley Invita tional. Juniata Cross Country Coach: Jeff Miller Assistants: Shari Mill er, Josh Valez 2021 record: Boys: 3rd in D6 Class AA League: Tri-Valley League BY GREG WILLIAMS Sports correspondent COCOLAMUS —
The Tigers will have to replace senior Hai ley Yeater in goal, who switched to playing vol leyball this Fall. Yeater set league highs for 41 saves in a game and 217 saves in a season. She had a respect able 74.6 save percentage. Cook could get that nod.
Goals for the team is winning their league. “The goals for both the girls and boys team is to win the Tri-Valley League again. We’ve won the boys every year they’ve had it, four or five year, as long as we stay healthy that should be a given,” said Miller. “The girls, there are not a lot of teams in the league so that should be their goal and place as high as possible in district level.”One team in particular that Miller sees as a tough match up on their sched ule is Central Cambria.
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“My first year went to districts,” she recalls. “We went two years in a row. So I’ve coached in the post-season. I’ve been around the sport since I was 12 years old.”
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Benazet Casade vall is the exchange stu dent and might play de fense.The Tigers took their lumps last season, falling to TVL champion Greenwood by a combined 23-0 margin in two games. In eight TVL games, East Juniata was outscored 74-1. Their lone goal in league play came in a 5-1 loss to Susquenita. Overall, East Juniata finished with three wins, all of which came against non-league opponents. That included a 3-0 victory over Fairfield and 2-1 over Midd-West.EastJuniata also lost a 3-2 decision to Southern Huntingdon in overtime.
The Tigers last qualified for districts in 2017. A new coach can mean a fresh perspective, which is one of the things Strawser might bring to the table.
The Tigers have fin ished winless in each of the past two seasons in the top-heavy TVL. Green wood and runner-up New port should battle it out, with Line Mountain and Susquenita in the mix. Line Mountain knocked off Greenwood in the PIAA Tournament quarterfinals a year ago. The Eagles bowed out in the PIAA semis.Strawser hopes to be more competitive this year.
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FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES 38—Lewistown, PA Friday, August 26, 2022The Sentinel COUNTYMIFFLIN Tue Aug 30 @Mifflinburg 4:30 PM Fri Sep 2 vs Carlisle 4:00 PM Tue Sep 6 @State College 6:30 PM Thu Sep 8 vs Central Dauphin 4:00 PM Mon Sep 12 @Selinsgrove 7:00 PM Tue Sep 13 @Cedar Cliff 4:00 PM Thu Sep 15 vs Cumberland Valley 4:00 PM Mon Sep 19 @Chambersburg 5:30 PM Thu Sep 22 @West Perry 7:15 PM Mon Sep 26 @Newport 7:15 PM Tue Sep 27 @Carlisle 4:00 PM Thu Sep 29 vs State College 4:00 PM Tue Oct 4 @Central Dauphin 4:00 PM Thu Oct 6 vs Cedar Cliff 4:00 PM Tue Oct 11 @Cumberland Valley 6:00 PM Thu Oct 13 vs Chambersburg 4:00 PM Tue Oct 18 vs Susquehanna 4:00 PM Wed Oct 19 vs Lewisburg 4:00 PM FIELD HOCKEY Mon Aug 29 vs Penns Valley 6:00 PM Thu Sep 1 vs East Juniata 6:00 PM Wed Sep 7 vs Hershey 6:00 PM Thu Sep 8 vs Mechanicsburg 6:00 PM Mon Sep 12 vs Carlisle 6:00 PM Wed Sep 14 @ Palmyra 6:15 PM Wed Sep 21 vs Lower Dauphin 6:00 PM Sat Sep 24 @TBA 9:00 AM Mon Sep 26 @Juniata Valley 7:00 PM Wed Sep 28 vs Red Land 6:00 PM Sat Oct 1 vs Central Mountain 11:00 AM Mon Oct 3 @Mechanicsburg 6:00 PM Wed Oct 5 @Hershey 5:00 PM Mon Oct 10 @Carlisle 6:30 PM Wed Oct 12 vs Palmyra 6:00 PM Thu Oct 13 @Juniata 6:30 PM Mon Oct 17 @Red Land 6:30 PM Wed Oct 19 @Lower Dauphin 6:30 PM VOLLEYBALL GOLF Mon Aug 29 vs East Juniata 2:00 PM Tue Sep 6 @Bishop McDevitt 1:30 PM Mon Sep 12 @Bishop McDevitt 12:00 PM Wed Sep 14 @Bishop McDevitt 12:00 PM Mon Sep 19 @Bellefonte 1:00 PM Tue Sep 20 @Bishop McDevitt 1:30 PM Thu Sep 22 @TBA 10:00 AM Tue Sep 27 @ TBA 10:00 AM Thu Sep 29 @ TBA 10:00 AM Thu Sep 1 @West Perry 7:00 PM Sat Sep 3 vs Williamsport 3:00 PM Tue Sep 6 vs Waynesboro 4:00 PM Thu Sep 8 @Central Dauphin East 3:45 PM Sat Sep 10 vs Selinsgrove 11:00 AM Mon Sep 12 vs Mechanicsburg 4:00 PM Wed Sep 14 @Palmyra 6:30 PM Tue Sep 20 vs Lower Dauphin 4:00 PM Thu Sep 22 vs Hershey 4:00 PM Sat Sep 24 @Mifflinburg 11:00 AM Mon Sep 26 vs Altoona 4:00 PM Wed Sep 28 @Waynesboro 4:00 PM Mon Oct 3 @Central Mountain 5:30 PM Mon Oct 3 @Central Mountain 7:00 PM Tue Oct 4 vs Central Dauphin East 4:00ThuPM Oct 6 @Mechanicsburg 6:30 PM Tue Oct 11 vs Palmyra 4:00 PM Thu Oct 13 @ Lower Dauphin 7:00 PM Mon Oct 17 @Hershey 4:00 PM BOYS SOCCER Sat Sep 3 vs TBA 9:00 AM Tue Sep 6 @Central Dauphin East 4:00 PM Fri Sep 9 @ TBA 9:00 AM Tue Sep 13 @Chambersburg 4:30 PM Sat Sep 17 @Annville-Cleona 9:00 AM Tue Sep 20 vs State College 4:30 PM Tue Sep 20 vs Central Dauphin 4:30 PM Sat Sep 24 @ TBA Tue Sep 27 @Carlisle 5:00 PM Wed Oct 5 @Altoona 4:30 PM Sat Oct 8 @ TBA Sat Oct 15 @Big Spring 10:00 AM Thu Oct 20 vs Juniata 4:30 PM Thu Oct 20 vs Susquenita 4:30 PM Thu Oct 20 vs Newport 4:30 PM Sat Oct 29 vs TBA Sat Nov 5 @ TBA 12:30 PM GIRLS X-COUNTRY Sat Sep 3 vsTBA 9:00 AM Tue Sep 6 @Central Dauphin East 4:00 PM Fri Sep 9 @ TBA 9:00 AM Tue Sep 13 @Chambersburg 4:30 PM Sat Sep 17 @Annville-Cleona 9:00 AM Tue Sep 20 vs State College 4:30 PM Tue Sep 20 vs Central Dauphin 4:30 PM Sat Sep 24 @ TBA Tue Sep 27 @Carlisle 4:30 PM Wed Oct 5 @Altoona 4:30 PM Sat Oct 8 @ TBA Sat Oct 15 @Big Spring 10:45 AM Thu Oct 20 vs Juniata 4:30 PM Thu Oct 20 vs Susquenita 4:30 PM Thu Oct 20 vs Newport 4:30 PM Sat Oct 29 vs TBA Sat Nov 5 @ TBA 2:45 PM BOYS X-COUNTRY MOUNTUNION Aug. 26 vs Huntingdon 7 PM Sept. 2 vs Northern Bedford 7 PM Sept. 9 @ Tussey Mountain 7 PM Sept. 16 @ Northern Garrett 7 PM Sept. 23 vs Southern Huntingdon 7 PM Sept. 30 @ Everett 7 PM Oct. 7 @ Bellwood-Antis 7 PM Oct. 14 vs West Branch 7 PM Oct. 21 vs Curwensville 7 PM Oct. 28 @Juniata Valley 7 PM Aug. 29 vs Everett 7 PM Sept. 6 vs Glendale 7 PM Sept. 7 @ St. Joseph 6:30 PM Sept. 8 vs West Branch 7 PM Sept. 12 vs Southern Huntingdon 7 PM Sept. 13 @ Bellwood-Antis 7 PM Sept. 15 @ Curwensville 7 PM Sept. 19 vs Huntingdon 7 PM Sept. 20 vs Williamsburg 7 PM Sept. 22 vs Juniata Valley 7 PM Sept. 24 @ Bellwood Invitational 9 AM Sept. 27 @ Moshannon Valley 7 PM Sept. 29 @ Glendale 7 PM Oct. 3 @ Southern Huntingdon 7 PM Oct. 4 @ West Branch 7 PM Oct. 6 vs Bellwood-Antis 7 PM Oct. 11 vs Curwensville 7 PM Oct. 13 @ Williamsburg 7 PM Oct. 17 @ Fannett Metal 6:30 PM Oct. 18 @ Juniata Valley 7 PM Oct. 20 vs Moshannon Valley 7 PM VOLLEYBALLFOOTBALL Aug. 31 @ Bald Eagle Area 4 PM Sept. 7 vs Juniata Valley 4 PM Sept. 14 @ Juniata Valley 4 PM Sept. 21 vs Southern Fulton/Bellwood 4 PM Oct. 4 vs Williamsburg/N. Bedford 4 PM Oct. 12 @West Branch/Mosh. Valley 4 PM Oct. 19 @ ICC Championship Meet 4 PM Oct. 29 @District Championship Meet 9 AM Nov. 5 @PIAA State Champ. Meet 9 AM CROSS COUNTRY MIDD-WEST Aug 26 @Mifflinburg 7 PM Sep 2 vs Halifax 7 PM Sep 9 @Milton 7 PM Sep16 vs Bloomsburg 7 PM Sep 24 vs Hughesville 1 PM Sep 30 @Mt. Carmel 7 PM Oct 7 vs Warrior Run 7 PM Oct 15 @Lewisburg 7:30 PM Oct 22 vs Penns Valley 1 PM Oct 28 @Selinsgrove 7 PMFIELDFOOTBALLHOCKEY Aug 31 @Danville 5:30 PM Sep 7 @Central Columbia 5:30 PM Sep 8 vs Shikellamy 5:30 PM Sep 12 @Bloomsburg 5:30 PM Sep 14 @Mifflinburg 4:30 PM Sep 15 vs Northwest 5:30 PM Sep 19 vs Southern Columbia 5:30 PM Sep 21 @Warrior Run 4:00 PM Sep 26 @Line Mountain 4:30 PM Sep 28 @Muncy 4:30 PM Oct 1 vs Mifflinburg 11:00 AM Oct 4 vs Central Columbia 5:30 PM Oct 6 vs Bloomsburg 5:30 PM Oct 10 @Benton 4:00 PM Oct 12 vs East Juniata 5:30 PM Oct 13 @Southern Columbia 5:30 PM Oct 17 @Susquenita 5:30 PM Oct 18 vs Warrior Run 5:30 PM Aug 29 @Juniata 5:30 PM Aug 31 vs East Juniata 5:30 PM Sep 7 vs South Williamsport 5:30 PM Sep 10 @Halifax 1:00 PM Sep 13 vs Sugar Valley 5:30 PM Sep 14 @Millersburg 5:30 PM Sep 19 vs Upper Dauphin 5:30 PM Sep 20 vs Loyalsock 5:30 PM Sep 22 vs Juniata 5:30 PM Sep 26 vs Southern Huntingdon 5:30 PM Sep 27 vs Millersburg 5:30 PM Sep 29 @South Williamsport 5:30 PM Oct 3 @East Juniata 5:30 PM Oct 6 vs Shamokin 5:30 PM Oct 11 @Sugar Valley 5:30 PM Oct 12 @Loyalsock 5:30 PM
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GIRLSVOLLEYBALLSOCCER Aug 30 vs Jersey Shore 5:30 PM Sep 1 vs Juniata 7:00 PM Sep 6 vs Danville 5:30 PM Sep 8 @Williamsport 4:30 PM Sep 12 @Southern Columbia 5:30 PM Sep 14 vs Warrior Run 5:30 PM Sep 19 @Central Columbia 5:00 PM Sep 21 vs Mifflinburg 5:30 PM Sep 24 vs Millville 5:30 PM Sep 27 @Hughesville 5:30 PM Sep 29 vs Loyalsock 5:30 PM Oct 4 @Milton 5:30 PM Oct 6 @Bloomsburg 6:00 PM Oct 10 @CMVT 4:00 PM Oct 11 vs Mt. Carmel 5:30 PM Oct 17 vs Central Mountain 5:30 PM Oct 19 vs Line Mountain 5:30 PM BOYS SOCCER Aug 31 @East Juniata 5:00 PM Sep 7 @Lewisburg 4:30 PM Sep 10 Midd-West Tournament 10:00 AM Sep 13 vs Williamsport 5:30 PM Sep 15 @Hughesville 5:30 PM Sep 17 @Athens 11:00 AM Sep 20 vs Southern Columbia 5:30 PM Sep 22 vs Montoursville 5:30 PM Sep 24 vs Millville 7:00 PM Sep 26 @Bloomsburg 5:30 PM Sep 28 vs Loyalsock 5:30 PM Oct 1 @Central Mountain 5:30 PM Oct 3 vs Selinsgrove 5:30 PM Oct 5 @Mifflinburg 4:00 PM Oct 10 vs Central Columbia 5:30 PM Oct 12 @Warrior Run 4:00 PM Oct 13 vs Greenwood 5:30 PM 29 @Mifflin PM Sept. @Millersburg PM Sept. 8 @ St. Joe’s 2 PM Sept. 15 vs Millersburg PM Sept. 19 @ Newport PM Sept. 26 @ Selinsgrove 2 PM Aug. 29 vs Danville 4:30 PM Aug. 30 vs Shikellamy 4:30 PM Sept. 6 vs Susquenita 4:30 PM Sept. 8 @Line Mountain 4:30 PM Sept. 12 vs Muncy 4:30 PM Sept. 13 @Forbes Road 4 PM Sept. 15 vs Greenwood 4:30 PM Sept. 20 @ Newport 6 PM Sept. 22 @Susquenita 5:30 PM Sept. 24 vs Southern Huntingdon 11 AM Sept. 26 @Southern Huntingdon 11 AM Sept. 27 vs Line Mountain 4:30 PM Sept. 28 @Mifflinburg 4:30 PM Oct. 4 @Greenwood 7:15 PM Oct. 6 vs Newport 4:30 PM Oct. 10 vs Forbes Road 4:30 PM Oct. 12 @Midd-West 5:30 PM Oct. 13 @Muncy 4 PM FIELD HOCKEY Aug. 30 vs Juniata Christian 7 PM Sept. 1 @ Shikellamy 4:30 PM Sept. 3 CC Tournament 10 AM @Central Columbia Sept. 12 @ Susquenita 7 PM Sept. 17 vs Jersey Shore 11 AM Sept. 19 @ Millersburg 5 PM Sept. 21 vs Line Mountain 6:30 PM Sept. 22 @ Juniata Christian 4 PM Sept. 24 @ Juniata 11 AM Sept. 27 @ Halifax 6 PM Sept. 29 vs Northumberland Christian 6:30 PM Oct. 1 vs Halifax 11 AM Oct. 4 vs Susquenita 6:30 PM Oct. 6 @ Line Mountain 4 PM Oct. 8 vs Juniata 11 AM Oct. 11 vs Millersburg 6:30 PM Oct. 12 @ Bishop Carroll 5:30 PM SOCCER BOYS SOCCER Aug. 27 @Selinsgrove 12:30 PM PM Sept. PM Sept. PM Sept. PM Sept. PM Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. PM Sept. Sept. Sept. PM Oct. Christian Sept.PM @Lancaster County Christian 5:15 Sept.PM 9vs Columbia County Christian 5:15 Sept.PM 15 vs Bloomsburg 4:30 PM Sept. 16 @Grace Prep 5:15 PM Sept. 19 @Belleville Mennonite 4:30 PM Sept. 20 @Meadowbrook Christian 5:15 Sept.PM 26 @Covenant Christian Academy 4 Sept.PM 27 vs Northumberland Christian 5:15 Oct.PM @Johnstown Christian 12:30 PM Oct. 3 @Columbia County Christian 4:45 Oct.PM vs Montoursville PM Oct. 11 vs Belleville Mennonite PM Oct. School of York Oct.14PM vs Meadowbrook PM 27 vs Lourdes AM Aug. 29 vs Columbia-Montour Aug.PM Juniata PM Sept. vs Harrisburg PM Sept. Sept.PM Sept.PM 9 vs Columbia County Christian 3:30 PM Sept. 15 @Juniata 4 PM Sept. 19 @Belleville Mennonite 3 PM Sept. 20 @Meadowbrook Christian 3:30 Sept.PM 22 vs East Juniata 4 PM Sept. 27 vs Northumberland Christian 3:30 PM Oct. 1 @Johnstown Christian 11 AM Oct. 3 @Columbia County Christian 3 PM Oct. 5 vs Juniata 4 PM Oct. 11 vs Belleville Mennonite 3 PM Oct. 13 vs Christian School of York 3 PM Oct. 14 vs Meadowbrook Christian 3 PM Sept. 2 @Forbes Road 5 PM Sept. 6 @Grace Prep 5 PM Sept. 9 @Meadowbrook Christian 5 PM Sept. 13 @Walnut Street Christian 4:45 Sept.PM 16 vs Northumberland Christian 3 PM Sept. 17 @Huntingdon 4:30 PM Sept. 19 vs Juniata Christian 3 PM Sept. 20 @Columbia County Christian 4:30 Sept.PM27 vs Grace Prep 4:30 PM Sept. 30 @Northumberland Christian 5 PM Oct. 4 vs Walnut Street Christian 4:30 PM Oct. 7 vs Meadowbrook Christian 4:30 PM Oct. 8 vs Johnstown Christian 1:30 PM Oct. 10 @Fannett Metal 4:30 PM Oct. 11 @Juniata Christian 5:15 PM Oct. 14 vs Columbia County Christian 4:30 Oct.PM 17 vs Forbes Road 4:30 PM Oct. 18 vs Harrisburg Academy 4 PM
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3 @St. Joe’s 5:15 PM Oct. 8 vs Halifax 4 PM Oct. 10 @Juniata` 4 PM Oct. 12 vs Millersburg 6:30 PM JUNIATA Aug. 26 vs Clearfield 7 PM Sept. 2 @Selinsgrove 7 PM Sept. 9 vs West Perry 7 PM Sept. 16 vs Newport 7 PM Sept. 23 @Halifax 7 PM Sept. 30 vs James Buchanan 7 PM Oct. 7 @Boiling Springs 7 PM Oct. 14 @Upper Dauphin 7 PM Oct. 21 vs Line Mountain 7 PM Oct. 28 @Susquenita 7 PM FOOTBALL Aug 29 @Shikellamy 4:30 PM Sept 6 vs Halifax 4 PM Sept 8 @St. Joe’s 4PM Sept 10 @Greenwood 5 PM Sept 13 vs Susquenita 4 PM Sept 15 @Line Mountain 4:30 PM Sept 17 @Halifax TBA Sept 20 @Millersburg 6:30 PM Sept 22 @East Juniata 6:30 PM Sept 24 @Huntingdon 6 PM Sept 26 vs St. Joe’s 4 PM Sept 28 @Susquenita 6:15 PM Oct 1 @Jersey Shore 11 AM Oct 3 @Bellefonte 6 PM Oct 5 vs Millersburg 6:30 PM Oct 8 vs Line Mountain 11AM Oct 10 vs East Juniata 4 PM Oct 12 vs Greenwood 4 PM BOYS SOCCER Aug 30 vs Mifflin County 4 PM Sept 1 @Midd-West 7 PM Sept 10 vs West Perry 11 AM Sept 12 @Line Mountain 4:30 PM Sept 14 vs Halifax 4 PM Sept 15 vs Juniata Christian 4 PM Sept 17 @Huntingdon 2:30 PM Sept 19 @Susquenita 6:15 PM Sept 21 vs Millersburg 4 PM Sept 24 vs East Juniata 11 AM Sept 27 vs Meadowbrook Christian 4 PM Sept 28 vs Fannett-Metal 4 PM Oct 3 @Juniata Christian 4 PM Oct 4 vs Line Mountain 6:30 PM Oct 6 @Halifax 6 PM Oct 8 @East Juniata 11 AM Oct 11 vs Susquenita 4 PM Oct 13 @Millersburg 5 PM GIRLSCHRISTIANJUNIATASOCCER Aug. 26 vs Grace Prep 5:15 PM Aug. 27 vs Lourdes Regional 11:30 AM Sept. 1 vs Harrisburg Academy 5 PM Sept. 6 @Northumberland
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