Lewisburg All-Star manager Andrew Kost had been there before.
He had seen leads evaporate before — during the regular season and as recently as Sunday when his team fell in the final inning to the Selinsgrove All-Stars.
And now he was watching it again. Juniata County came back from a 7-1 deficit to take an 8-7 lead heading to the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday at Rotary Field.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Someone looking at the diminutive major softball team in royal blue taking the field against the taller and more athletic looking Mifflinburg squad Monday might have thought that it would be at a disadvantage.
But they would be wrong as the Warrior Run Little League All-Stars collected a 6-0 win over the team from the west end of Union County.

DANVILLE — Little League’s pitch count rule is meant to save young arms from too much stress. It does little to ease the pain of a loss, though.
Warrior Run hurler Jesse Bixler pitched about as good a game as you could ask for Monday at Danville against Bloomsburg, but he fell a few pitches shy of a complete game due to the pitch count rule allowing Bloomsburg to push across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh for the 3-2 win.

SELINSGROVE — Damian Moyer is no longer a batting practice homer hitter.
Moyer, the shortstop on the Milton Little League Major Division All-Stars, ended his no-homer-in-a-game frustration Monday night with a soaring blast to left center that kick-started the Milton stars on the way to a 5-2 victory over Snyder County.
The win sends Milton (2-0) into the District 13, Area II unbeaten game at 1 p.m. Saturday against the Mifflinburg All-Stars.

SELINSGROVE — Milton Little League Major Division Manager Tim Preisch got exactly what he wanted Sunday from his team as it opened the Little League District 13 Area II action at Selinsgrove’s Rotary Field.

TURBOTVILLE — Mifflinburg had hot bats Sunday, but in the end the difference in the game was the pitching as Mifflinburg beat Juniata 16-4 in the opening round of the Area II Little League All-Stars Junior Baseball tournament at Franz-Moser field.
Mifflinburg will play Milton in the winner’s bracket game at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Juniata will play the loser of the Snyder County/Selinsgrove game at 8 p.m. on Thursday in an elimination game.

Warrior Run 7
Danville 0
NORTHUMBERLAND — Warrior Run got another shutout, this time by pitcher Steff Shamburg, to beat Danville 7-0 in a winner’s bracket game at Acorn Park on Saturday.
The win sets up a game with Mifflinburg at 5:30 p.m. today. Both teams are undefeated in the District 13 Major softball tournament.

It’s not news in the bat and ball sports: Live by your pitching, die by your pitching.
 For five and a third innings the Warrior Run Little League Major baseball All-Stars were living quite well, thank you. Their top ace, Jared Bender, was on the mound and the game was tied 4-4 with one out in the top of the sixth.

It’s Little League All-Stars season again and boy oh boy, it’s already a goody.
Thursday night’s Major softball openers at Acorn Park in Northumberland were spectacular. The first game because of the prowess on the mound of Warrior Run’s Taylor Parker and the second, well, the second game pitting Milton against Mifflinburg was just a game that I could watch over and over again.

NORTHUMBERLAND — If the second game of Thursday night’s Little League All-Stars Major Softball double header is any indication, the All-Star season is going to be one heck of a ride. The matchup between Milton and Mifflinburg had pretty much all you could ask for in an All-Star game —clutch hitting, aggressive  base running, good pitching and some great defensive plays all in front of a large enthusiastic crowd.

NORTHUMBERLAND — With Taylor Parker taking command on the mound, Warrior Run breezed by Berwick 3-0 in the opening game of the Little League All-Star Major Softball division Thursday at Acron Park in Northumberland.

TURBOTVILLE — Warrior Run High’s baseball field is a perfect place to break out of a slump. 
That’s exactly what Milton Post 71’s Ty Sampsell did on Wednesday as his second-inning two-run homer provided the winning scores as Milton stayed hot with a 4-3 win over host Watsontown Post 323.

LEWISBURG — Among the best the area has to offer, Lewisburg sophomore Kalyn Fisher stands alone.
Fisher, Standard Journal’s Spring Sports Athlete of the Year, holds area bests in the 800 and 400 and was also a member of both the 3200 and 1600 relay teams. More importantly she has the state hardware to back up her reputation as one of the best scholastic mid-distance runners in Pennsylvania, and the nation.

The Standard Journal Softball All-Star team is one that any area coach would love to take the field with.
Headlined by Milton junior hurler Nicole Smith, who led the Black Panthers to the Class AAA state title game, the roster features a first-team lineup that boasts the area’s best, both from the batter’s box and in the field.

You can almost see the smiles broaden as Little League All-Star play begins this week throughout the Valley.
District 13 action begins Thursday at Acorn Park, Northumberland, with Major Division softball. Warrior Run takes on Berwick at 5:30 p.m. followed by Milton and Mifflinburg under the lights.