BASEBALL
The Heritage Conference regular season races will be settled this week, with both the baseball and softball championship games scheduled next Monday.
In the Heritage baseball chase, Conemaugh Township has clinched the East at 13-0, with West Shamokin at 8-5 and Marion Center at 7-4 in the West. The Wolves will play Penns Manor twice this week and in between, they will play Marion Center. In addition to that West Shamokin game, the Stingers will play River Valley twice this week.
In the WPIAL, Indiana starts the final week of the regular season in a first-place tie with Valley, both schools at 8-2 in 4A Section 3, with Valley at 13-5 overall and Indiana at 12-3. Indiana plays non-Section games with Armstrong today, then at Butler and at Gateway on Wednesday and Thursday.
SOFTBALL
In Heritage Conference softball, unbeaten West Shamokin has clinched the West with Conemaugh Valley holding a two-and-a-half game lead over Cambria Heights in the East, setting the stage for a possible rematch of last year’s title game, which was won by West Shamokin.
In the WPIAL, Indiana slots into second place in 4A Section 1, with Knoch at 11-1, Indiana at 20-2, and Derry (8-3) and Greensburg Salem (5-5) also clinching spots in the playoffs next week. Indiana will play Ligonier Valley today and Punxsutawney on Wednesday to close out the regular season.
The family of Julie Arone has established a memorial fund in her honor that will benefit animals in need through the Indian Springs Veterinary Hospital, where she worked as a veterinary technician. Julie passed away on April 20th.
The Homer-Center baseball and softball teams have dedicated this Tuesday’s Senior Day home games against Purchase Line to collecting on behalf of “The Julie Arone Guardian Angel Fund”. Shirts are on sale and you may donate using a QR code that is already on display at numerous locations and will also be shown on the Renda Digital TV broadcast of the baseball game and at our website. With the recent bad weather, field conditions have made it difficult to play and the games could be moved, perhaps to IUP. The district will announce a final decision on the fields prior to the games.
TENNIS
Number six seed Indiana takes on number two North Catholic in the WPIAL 2A Boys semifinals today, with the winner to play the winner of the other semi between number one Blackhawk and number five Quaker Valley tomorrow at Washington & Jefferson College. The 2A consolation match is on Wednesday.
Indiana edged number two seed South Park, 3-2 in the quarterfinals on Thursday after an opening round 4-1 win over Central Valley.
