Baseball

The games are supposed to get tougher once you reach the postseason but they haven’t for the Kutztown Cougars. They have averaged better than eight runs per game and are batting .351 since the start of the district playoffs three…

Kutztown will play in its first state semifinal baseball game in 16 years when it meets Mount Union Monday at Big Spring High School at 4 in the PIAA Class 2A Tournament. The District 3 champion Cougars (19-6) advanced with a 9-0…

PINE GROVE – Matt Remick told one of his Kutztown teammates before Thursday’s PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal against South Williamsport that the Cougars were going to put up a pair of first-inning runs. The prediction was far from a…

J.D. Drew and Ajay Sczepkowski. That’s it; that’s the list. They’re the only players in the history of college baseball to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season. Ajay Sczepkowski Sczepkowski, a 2017 Gov.…

Kutztown will bid for consecutive wins in the PIAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years when it meets South Williamsport Thursday at Pine Grove at 6 in a Class 2A quarterfinal. The District 3 champion Cougars (18-6) advanced…

PLYMOUTH MEETING — Matt VanOstenbridge saw the way his Central Bucks West rival, Julio Ermigiotti, buzzed through Wilson’s lineup in the top of the first inning Monday. The Bulldogs left-hander figured it might take a shutout to…

Muhlenberg knocked around Shaler ace Miguel Hugas and had some early opportunities but couldn’t take advantage and fell to the District 7 champion Titans 7-1 Monday in a PIAA Class 5A baseball opener at North Allegheny High School in…

The Kutztown Cougars have a first-round win in the PIAA baseball tournament and an ace in the hole. They got a solid pitching performance from sophomore Colten Mathias in Monday’s 8-4 win over Elk Lake in a Class 2A opener at…

Wilson, Muhlenberg and Kutztown will be hitting the road for their PIAA baseball openers Monday. The District 3 Class 2A champion Cougars (17-6) are looking at nearly a 2 ½-hour trip to Springville to play District 2 champ Elk Lake…

Alex Kelsey of Exeter and Jaydon Goebel of Twin Valley are among six repeat selections for the 25-man Berks/LL Carpenter Cup team, which will open tournament play June 13. Other return picks include Gio Cavanna of Muhlenberg,…