The Upper Dauphin Sentinel

SPORTS UPDATE Wildcats play Thursday for baseball crown Halifax defeated Juniata Valley 4-3 yesterday (June 15) to secure a spot in the PIAA Class 1A baseball championship.... Game time is 10:30 a.m. at Lubrano Park (Medlar Field) on the Main Campus of Pennsylvania State University. The Wildcats face District 7 third-seed Eden Christian. The Cats will be joined at PSU Thursday by Line Mountain, which plays Ligonier Valley for the Class 2A softball title. Game time is 11 a.m. at Nittany Lion Softball Park (Beard Field).

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SPORTS UPDATE Eagles to play for state title Thursday The Line Mountain softball team defeated defending Class 2A state champion Williams Valley 1-0 June 14 to advance to the state championship round Thursday, June 17.... The Eagles face District 7 third-seed Ligonier Valley at Pennsylvania State University’s Beard Field. As of this posting, the PIAA had not announced a start time. One additional area team remains in contention for a state title. The Halifax baseball team plays Juniata Valley today (Tuesday, June 15) for the right to face District 7’s Eden Christian June 17 for the gold medal. First pitch is 1 p.m. at Bald Eagle Area High School near Bellefonte. (Rain postponed the contest from its original June 14 scheduled date). The Halifax girls’ softball team saw its successful 2021 campaign finally come to an end, 7-3, at the hands of Tri-Valley in one of the two Class 1A semifinal contests June 14.

SPORTS UPDATE All four Sentinel-area who qualified for the PIAA State Tournament last week have now advanced to semifinals scheduled for Monday, June 14. The following are results from the quarterfinal round June 10, along with next week’s venues and start time. Class 1A Baseball: Halifax defeated Tri-Valley 2-1. The Wildcats face Juniata Valley at Bald Eagle Area High School, located near Bellefonte. First pitch is 4:30 p.m.... Class 1A Softball: Halifax defeated previously unbeaten Meyersdale 1-0 June 10. The Lady Wildcats face Tri-Valley at Pine Grove Area High School. First pitch is at noon. Class 2A Softball: Line Mountain and Williams Valley square off for the right to advance to Thursday’s championship. First pitch is 2 p.m., also at Pine Grove Area High School. The Lady Eagles defeated Brandywine Heights 4-0, while the Lady Vikings triumphed the same day over Mount Union, 7-2.

SPORTS UPDATE Four area teams reach state quarters One baseball and three softball teams from the Sentinel area are competing in their respective PIAA quarterfinal competitions tomorrow (Thursday, June 10).... Game times and venues are as follows. Unless otherwise stated, first pitch is at 1 p.m. Class 1A Baseball: Halifax vs. Tri-Valley, 4:30 p.m. at Wenger Field, Fredericksburg. Class 1A Softball: Halifax vs. Meyersdale, Mechanicsburg Area High School. Class 2A Softball: Line Mountain vs. Brandywine Heights, Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Class 2A Softball: Williams Valley vs. Mount Union, Milesburg Little League Complex, Bellefonte.

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News Bulletin Death of 13-year-old female being investigated MILLERSBURG The death of a 13-year-old female in the 100 block of Chestnut Street Jan. 17 is under investigation by the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office and Pennsylvania State Police-Lykens.... Police said the girl was found unresponsive in her room at about 11 a.m. She was pronounced dead at 12:30 p.m. Preliminarily it is believed that the female died from an accidental drug overdose, police said.

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