Baseball

Eighteen months after the PIAA was forced to shut down its basketball and swimming championships due to a raging pandemic the state's high school governing board is still wrestling with the long tentacles of COVID-19. Last fall, in…

A.J. Alexy's first major league relief appearance didn't go nearly as well as his first two starts. The Twin Valley grad allowed four hits, four walks and six runs over 3 2/3 innings in the Texas Rangers' 15-1 loss to the Houston…

District 3 has no plans to follow the PIAA's lead and require game officials to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to work postseason games. "We're not going to do anything unless we're told to (by the PIAA)," District 3…

"Play where your feet are." That's the motto that's kept Twin Valley grad A.J. Alexy grounded as he worked his way through the minor leagues, past a shoulder injury and a COVID shutdown, and now in the major leagues where he's made…

A.J. Alexy (Photo courtesy of the Texas Rangers) His pitching skills were raw and his control erratic but Rich DeLucia, then a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, thought there might be something special about A.J. Alexy. "He…

Twin Valley's A.J. Alexy has been close to perfect in his first two major league starts. The 23-year-old right-hander fired six shutout innings Monday, allowing just one hit, as the Texas Rangers defeated the Anaheim Angels…