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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW MIFFLIN COUNTY

EAST JUNIATA

Football.....................................4 Field hockey..............................8 Boys soccer.............................11 Girls soccer..............................18 Golf..........................................24 Volleyball.................................27 Boys cross country..................32 Girls cross country...................33 Tennis......................................37

Field hockey...........................9 Boys soccer..........................13 Girls soccer...........................20 Golf.......................................25 Volleyball..............................29 BELLEVILLE MENNONITE

Boys soccer..........................14 Girls soccer...........................21

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Football.....................................5 Boys soccer............................12 Girls soccer.............................19 Volleyball................................28 Cross country.........................34

Boys soccer............................15 Girls soccer.............................22 MIDD-WEST

Boys soccer............................16 Girls soccer............................23 Golf........................................26 Volleyball...............................30 Cross country........................35 MOUNT UNION

Football..................................7 Boys soccer.........................17 Volleyball.............................31 Cross country......................36

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MIFFLIN COUNTY FOOTBALL

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Members of the 2021 Mifflin County High School football team are,from left to right, Front row: Tyler Hunter, Kyler Everly, Logan Bodtorf, Landon Mazur, Jacob Kratzer, Jeremiah Partchey, Brody Rishel, Brice Rishel, Tyler Sheetz, Harrison Bulick, Shawn Settle, Logan Parks, Dylan Long, Dupree Reed, Garrett Miller, Joshua Maldonada, GianPaolo Pannizzo and Parker Kearns. Second row: Alexander Snyder, Isaac Wilson, Owen Gipe, Corey Treaster, Steve Himes, coach Christian Hassinger, Autum Goss, Rylee Kline, coach Scot Sechler, Cassie Himes, Mara Gallo, coach Eric Ettinger, coach Trey Hartsock, Tristin Pent, Ethan Davis, Theodore Wyatt Yoder, Deakon Schaeffer. Third row: Stone Miller, Quentin Adams, Corey French, Keason Hampton, Lucas Sheetz, Javon Rosengrant, Derek Swanger, Jared Lyons, Isaac Parks-Gill, Tylor Drukemiller, Hayden Clark, Landon Marks,Tyler Shaw, Trevor Miles, Jordyn Daly, Steven Albert, Reagan Ettinger, Ethan West. Back row: Ty Small, Alexander Price, Kaden Reid, Alex Keller,Gage Sunderland, Avery Aurand, Preston Ettinger, Fletcher Wilson, Peyton Kearns, Ryan Stahl, Jaxson Pupo, Elijah Osborne, Daniel King, Josiah Sechler, Kaden Miller, Travis Renninger.

Youth movement in full swing for Huskies’ football Team Info: District 6, Class 6A 2020 record: 0-6, 0-5 Keystone League: Mid-Penn Keystone Coach: Scot Sechler, assisted by Christian Hassinger, Steve Himes, Butch Bender, Bobby Douglas, Colton Craig, Eric Ettinger and Trey Hartsock

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

LEWISTOWN — It was no secret that COVID-19 presented its own set of challenges and when a smaller

roster and the injury bug took ahold of the Mifflin County High School football team in 2020, the Huskies were facing a stacked deck.

With a much larger roster that features more than 70 players after having just 48 a season ago, Mifflin County coach Scot Sechler expects his team to be in a little better shape entering the season. A spot in the District 6 Class 6A championship game has been set as the goal for a young Huskies team to reach in 2021.

“This year we expect to be in the mix for a District 6 title,” Sechler said. “We

have some tough games from the start, but expect our young group to get their feet under them as the season progresses. We’ll take it one game at a time with a focus on getting better, exe-

cuting and having fun along the way.”

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reer rushing yards.

Mifflin County will also miss the leadership and ability of quarterback and linebacker Brycen Hassinger, along with a few other key See Huskies / Page 38

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JUNIATA FOOTBALL

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Members of the 2021 Juniata High School football team are, from left to right, front: Junior High Coach Spenser Page, Austin Derr, Josh Bomberger, Jacob Condo, Trent Martin, Dominik Rowles, Darren Zeigler, Zachary Herr, Yaniel Ortiz, Phaustyn Houtz, Trenton Kauffman, Ben Wagner, Coach Fletcher Hart. Second row: Junior High Coach Marcus Brothers, Head Coach Kurt Condo, Caleb Smith, Isaiah Staggers, Jerret Condo, Lane Piper, Ethan Espitia, Chadwin Fisher, Brayden Ehrenzeller, Devin Graybill, Wyatt Ehrenzeller, Casey Smith, Heath Hutchinson, Coach Nathan Nace, Coach Steve McLaughlin. Third row: Coach Colton Shertzer, Jr. High Coach Caleb Shertzer, Talan Barndt, Jordan Dickerson, Lucas Harlan, Harrison Mummah, Makih Hunt, Nate Tyson, Hayden Treaster, Grant Reinhold, Jonathan Kauffman, Aaron Kanagy, Waylon Ehrenzeller, Seth Laub, Luis Caraballo, Coach Steve Harris. Missing: Coach Al Ream.

Indians set to build on big year Team Info: District 6, Class 4A Record: 5-2 (2-0) League: Mid-Penn Liberty Coach: Kurt Condo assisted by Nate Nace, Steve McLaughlin, Colton Shertzer, Steve Harris, Fletcher Hart, Marcus Brothers, Al Ream, Caleb Shertzer, Spencer Page

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata High School football team reached new heights in 2020, winning its first District 6 championship and its first district crown in 33 seasons.

The District 6 4A title and an instant classic in the first

round of the PIAA playoffs against an Oil City team that was favored by nearly 50 points has created a different kind of buzz around the Indians football program as Juniata should be one of the favorites in the Mid-Penn Liberty Division.

Coming just a two-point conversion shy of a second round appearance in the state playoffs leaves Juniata beaming with confidence entering the 2021 campaign.

“I think the kids returning learned that they can compete at a high level,” Indians coach Kurt Condo said.

“There was definitely a different feel in the offseason, even with the younger kids, it seemed to create a buzz with the program.”

Among the biggest return-

ers are starting quarterback Jacob Condo, who threw for 843 yards and 10 scores while also rushing for four touchdowns in his junior season. The Indians return running back Yaniel Ortiz who is the team’s returning leading rusher and receptions leader who scored 10 times a season ago, with nine scores on offense and a fumble return on defense.

Ortiz is also strong on kick returns for Juniata.

The Indians also bring back Zach Harr and Trent Martin and Austin Derr will be big returners on the defensive side of the ball. Derr and Martin are the team’s top two returning tacklers from last season.

“We have about seven or eight starters returning on both sides of the ball and

some others that had valuable playing experience,” Condo said. “We also, have some new guys that are very athletic that we are looking at to contribute right away.

It’s a more veteran team, but we have some great young players as well.”

Among the key players who have departed are Emmanuel O’Donell and Caleb Seeger, who both graduated.

O’Donell was the team’s leader in receiving yards while Seeger was the Indians leading rusher in 2020.

Despite the losses, Condo is pleased with the effort he has seen throughout preseason camp.

“Last year was very challenging with COVID, so this year seems a lot more normal,” Condo said. “But See Juniata / Page 29

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MIDD-WEST FOOTBALL

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Members of the 2021 Midd-West High School football team are, from left to right: Front row: Dalton Benfer, Ethan Dunkelberger, Brenyn Spatz, Austin Dorman, Kaden Peters, Wyatt Weaver, Cory Weiand, Elisha Stahl. Second row: Aydin Krout, Juicer Wolf, Abram Borys, Bryce Hackenburg, Brant Brininger, Avery Englehart, Christian Regester, Ryland Portzline, Gavin Treaster. Third row: Dominic Andretta, Erik Knox, Dominick Gomez, Ethan Schlief, Landon Lauver, Gavin Portzline, Miles Aurand, Colby Brower, Kaden Kullman. Fourth row: Parker Boop, Robbie Stahl, Corey Reinard, Everest Wilson, James Troup.

Mustangs ready for challenges Team Info: District 4 Class 3A 2020 record: 1-6 League: Heartland Athletic Conference Coach: Lance Adams, assisted by Dexter Herman, John Roselli, Chris Wolf, John Punako, Jamie Portzline, Bishop Regester, Dan Bishop

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

MIDDLEBURG — The Midd-West Mustangs football program is entering a new era with Lance Adams taking over as coach after previously serving as the offensive coordinator and

quarterbacks coach under former coach Brad Hatter for a number of years.

Adams is looking for his team to improve throughout the season and he looks for Midd-West to be more competitive in the grueling Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference in 2021. The Mustangs will battle in Division II in football once again.

The biggest question looming over the Midd-West football program this season will be replacing the production of the best running back in the school’s young history in Hunter Wolfley, who was District 4’s second-leading rusher a season ago. Wolfley rushed for 1,332 yards and

13 scores. Wolfley was the first running back in MiddWest history to eclipse 1,000-yards in a single season in Mustangs’ history.

Other key losses include Trey Lauver, Ben Umstead and Brayden Swineford. Eli Swan, Walker Stuck and Sawyer Hornberger are gone as well.

“Obviously the elephant in room as far as our offense is concerned, is how in the world do you replace Hunter Wolfley,” Adams said. “I’ve talked to them and I’m not looking to replace Hunter with any one guy. We’ve got to be better in every facet of the game to be able to replace a talent like him. I don’t need any one guy to

be Hunter Wolfley, I need them to be the best versions of themselves.”

While Wolfley is a big loss, Adams in confident in the group he has returning that includes quarterback Christian Regester who also plays defensively in the secondary and at linebacker.

James Troup has stood out at wide receiver and defensive back and running backs Ethan Schlief and Austin Norman have all been standouts in camp.

“They are just a few that have really stood out as far as their work in the summer,” Adams said. “Miles Aurand and Gavin Portzline See Mustangs / Page 38

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The Mount Union High School football team is set for a new era under coach Anthony Sottasante. The Trojans open the 2021 season today against rival Huntingdon.

Trojans work to change culture with new coach Team Info: District 6 Class 2A League: Inter-County Conference Coach: Anthony Sottasante, assisted by Jamie Brumbaugh, Ryin Wertz, Merle Steele, Chuck Hand, Zach Myers and Matt Young

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

MOUNT UNION — Following a rocky COVID-19 season, the Trojans are looking to be back firing on all cylinders entering the 2021 season with a new coach at the helm, as Anthony Sottasante comes over from Inter-County Conference foe Tussey Mountain.

Success has followed Sottasante in each of his previous steps, as he took a once 2-28 Tussey Mountain team and led them to a District 5 championship in 2019, before finishing as the District 5 runner-up a season ago.

Sottasante has made numerous stops in his coaching career and has found success in each spot along the way.

Sottasante said that he has always had an interest in the Mount Union football program and is excited to have an opportunity to try and build the Trojans into a consistent winner.

“The players have had a very good attitude,” Sottasante said. “The effort has been great. The attitude has been great. We are trying to turn the culture around to a we before me culture. We’re preaching that every day and we want to do the little things every day. That’s when the little things can become big things.”

Sottasante and the Trojans have been working to install a flexbone option offense and he has been impressed with what he’s seen from his team in camp. While Sottasante did not elaborate on which players have stood out individually, he has been

pleased with what he’s seen from the team as a whole.

“There are so many different guys — too many to mention any names — but right now I can see five or six running backs playing as well as four or five receivers,” Sottasante said.

“Same thing on defense, there’s a lot of guys in the mix. We will probably wait until Thursday evening to announce our starters. Some guys really surprised, and we have some battles right now which is really good for practice.

“We’re a flexbone option team,” Sottasante added.

“We’re going to be multiple on defense. We’re really working hard on tackling better and our defensive line has been getting off blocks and just rallying to the ball.

You win a lot of games in high school football with effort. We’re really preaching effort because it can overcome a lot.”

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MIFFLIN COUNTY FIELD HOCKEY

Huskies reloading after a solid 2020 campaign Team Info: District 6, Class 3A 2020 record: 5-4-1 League: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Coach: Ashley Suydam, assisted by Anne Harshbarger, Beth Hoffman, Isaac Suydam

By VINCE RODEMER Sentinel correspondent LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County field hockey will have to do something it’s done many, many times.

The Huskies will have to scrap and dig deep to make some noise in the Mid-Penn.

Mifflin County lost 12 players from last year’s team that went 5-4-1 in a season cut short for health and safety reasons.

“We have 22 this year,” Mifflin County coach Ashley Suydam said. “We lost eight seniors that graduated. Four of the seniors for this year’s class didn’t come back. So we went from seven seniors to three now. That definitely hurts because we don’t have as many girls.

So we’re going to be pretty young, but still hopeful.

Great attitude so far on the team. Everyone wants to be there, they’re excited and were hoping for a normal season after last year with COVID-19.”

Among those are Lydia Hidlay and Coletta Beeler, two critical players for the Huskies.

“We lost a lot,” Suydam said. “Seven of the eight seniors were starters. Definitely Lydia Hidlay. Coletta Beeler was our goalie, we’re going to miss her a lot.

We’re going to miss them a lot and then the four seniors that didn’t come back.

We’re going to be young, but you have those years.”

The seniors she does have in Morgan Kaniecki,

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Members of the 2021 Mifflin County High School field hockey team are, from left to right, Front row: Courtney Kohler, Piper Snyder, Adeline Wilburne, Maddie Norman, Hailey Guyer, Adria Hartzler, Lyza Underhill. Second row: Madi Rowe, Lexi Anderson, Maddie McCarter, Morgan Kaniecki, Jaima Shilling, Megan Hartzler, Sophie McCurdy, Lexi Corson. Back row: Hailee Sheetz, Tai Ematat, Monica Druckemiller, Emori Hughes, Brenna Dobson, Hannah Sharp and Alycen Hassinger.

Maddie McCarter and Madi Rowe are taking the steps to lead the way for the young Huskies.

“I can tell our three seniors are already showing leadership,” Suydam said.

“They are showing great leadership. Hailee Sheetz and Monica Druckemiller will be two players to watch.

Our goalie will be Sophie McCurdy. She’s been working hard, so she’ll be one to watch. I would add Adria Hartzler to the list of onfield leaders.”

That group of leaders is something she sees as different from other groups.

“The senior class always brings something different,” Suydam said. “It’s differ-

ent every year. I would say these seniors do a really good job of making the underclassmen feel welcomed.

I noticed that right away.

Sometimes with the smaller senior class, the underclassmen feel more comfortable because there are fewer of them.”

Sheetz was the leading goal scorer from last year and figures to be a force offensively again.

The young Huskies won’t have much margin for error though in the Mid-Penn.

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“Cumberland Valley and Central Dauphin probably,” Suydam said of who she expects to be the best in the league. “They typically are the top two teams, so I expect them to be in the top two. Cedar Cliff and State

College are good games, so I expect them to do well also.

I would say those four, I would think are some of the top teams in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth.”

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Tigers looking for improvement in new season should help lead the offense, Hailey Yeater will be trusted to protect the cage and Becca Dietz and Hannah Reichenbach should each be key contributors as well.

“Alyssa Stroup is a senior defender, and she has great stick stills and the ability to see the field. Corrine Aimes and Kyla Swartz, those two are also senior defenders and they both play a key role on our defensive corners protecting the back posts,” Dressler said. “Becca Dietz and Hannah Reichenbach are both strong players as well both with great field vision and team communication. Karah Goss, is a great forward player with amazing speed. Hailey Yeater is a junior goalkeeper with amazing skill. She stepped-up last year and her confidence has grown. We

are excited to see what she can do this year.”

Dressler has been focusing on emphasizing playing as a team and working to improve stick work to help find some more success in transition in 2021.

“This year we are looking for teamwork and stick skills,” Dressler said. “We want to enhance the individual skills and the ability to move the ball as a team. We really would like to key in on the skill and passing along with field vision. We would also like to look for any type of improvement from last year.”

The biggest key comes in mastering the basics.

“We aren’t looking to win this year if we can’t execute the basic skills and teamwork,” Dressler said. “Once

we are able to execute these things, then we can look at the win. We would really like to avoid team conflicts and individualization of any one player. We win as a team and lose as a team.”

Dressler expects the Tri-Valley League’s top teams to once again be state power Greenwood as well as Newport.

“Greenwood and Newport are always top contenders,” Dressler said. “We want to look at improving our games with them this year as compared to last year.”

The Tigers aren’t setting making the District 4 playoffs as a key benchmark for 2021, but instead are focusing on incremental improvement.

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Members of the 2021 East Juniata field hockey team are, from left to right, Front row: Nicole Huentequeo, Vivian Searer, Jessica Maben, Katelyn Walker. Second row: Elizabeth Fultz, Ava Stoner, Hailey Yeater, Grace Wagner. Third row: Hannah Reichenbach, Nevaeh Sheeler, Kyla Swartz. Fourth row: Karah Goss, Alyssa Stroup, Corrine Ames, Becca Dietz.

Team Info: District 4, Class A 2020 record: 0-9, (0-4) League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Megan Dressler, assisted by Elizabeth Brown

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

COCOLAMUS — The East Juniata field hockey team enters the 2021 season after the Tigers went winless in a strong Tri-Valley League last season. Second-year coach Megan Dressler is looking for a little bit more success at the

helm of her alma mater with a Overall, an experienced more experienced team back group does return for East Jufor the upcoming year. niata with 18 players on the roster for 2021.

The Tigers will be with“We only lost one senior out key midfielder Kaylyn last year, so we have a strong Walters who is continuing group of seniors coming up her playing career at Juniata through,” Dressler said. “We College. do have a few freshmen com“Kaylyn Walters gradu- ing in as well and we hope ated last year — she played that this senior group will be in the midfield and was able a good group of role models to transition back to defense for them.” when we needed,” Dressler Among the key returners said. “She was able to move for East Juniata this season the ball and had great stick will be Alyssa Stroup, Corskills. She will be missed but rine Aimes and Kyla Swartz, she will do great things as she who should all excel on the plays for Juniata College.” defensive end. Karah Goss

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MIDD-WEST FIELD HOCKEY

Mustangs look for return to postseason some underclassmen who have worked hard since last year to make a difference for this team this season.”

Those underclassmen will look to make an impact on the team, much like what Spriggle did three years ago as a freshman starter.

The Mustangs have what Sheaffer calls a “promising group of freshmen” to support the leaders and expect to have 22 players in total.

As a whole, Midd-West is looking to build on the chemistry built leading up to the season. One of Sheaffer’s expectations is to maintain that throughout the year.

“Play as a team and support each other on and off

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Members of the 2021 Midd-West field hockey team are, from left to right: Front row: Nicole Brouse, Hannah Shriver, Mackenzie Noble, Marlo Spriggle. Second row: Delaney Klingler, Sarah Shupp, Lorna Oldt, Haylee Wolfley, Paris Seibel. Third row: Ella Swartz, Emily Kline, McKennin Voss, Hayleigh Zechman, Chloe Hoffman, Aleah Feltman. Back row: Emma Stahl, Bailey McCoy, Jayla Arnold, Layla Brunson, Mekenna Franquet, Abigail Benner. Not in picture: Carinyn Markley.

Team Info: District 4, Class A 2020 record: 8-9, (3-5) Heartland League: Heartland Athletic Conference Coach: Jodie Sheaffer, assisted by Penny Rudy, Jennifer Hummel, Samantha Delong and Beth Wagner.

By VINCE RODEMER Sentinel correspondent MIDDLEBURG— Midd-West field hockey has been a postseason staple for a while and there is optimism the Mustangs will be there again at the end of the day.

The Mustangs have an

experienced leader that has been through the wringer of the Heartland Athletic Conference in Marlo Spriggle that figures to be the driving force for MiddWest again.

Behind Spriggle and three talented juniors, the Mustangs are expecting big things this year. “(We have) high expectations this year,” MiddWest coach Jodie Sheaffer said. “We have a fun, talented group of players. If we play our game and play as a team, we should be participating in postseason play.”

Spriggle, who started as a freshman, will be joined by last year’s leading scor-

er in junior Sarah Shupp, the leader in assists in Delaney Klingler and junior goalkeeper Paris Seibel.

While the Mustangs do have a lot of talent back, they did suffer a big loss from last year.

Midd-West is without graduated four-year starting centerback Haley Stahl and the Mustangs have just three seniors on the roster.

Stahl was a team leader, communicator and a threeyear captain. Despite losing such a leader in Stahl, camp has been great for the Mustangs.

“The team chemistry has been wonderful,” Sheaffer said. “We have some veteran players and definitely

the field,” she said. “Build team unity and enjoy the season (by) creating everlasting memories.”

Some of those memories will be made playing in the hardened Heartland Athletic Conference. The Mustangs will be dealing with perennial contenders like Bloomsburg, Central and Lewisburg. Like most teams, Midd-West is hoping to remain injury free throughout the season.

To reach their postseason expectations, the Mustangs will need to do several things.

“Teamwork, communicating, picking each other up and supporting each other,” Sheaffer said of what her team needs to do to have a successful campaign.

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up as with any game, one game at a time and if we get there we get there,” Dressler said.

Dressler, who played collegiate field hockey for Division II power Shippensburg University, possesses a wealth of field hockey knowledge and is hoping that her expertise can continue to help grow the program in years to come. Along with assistant Elizabeth Brown, the duo is just scratching the surface of what they hope will be a successful turnaround.

“We are two coaches that are still new to (coaching), so we still have a lot to learn as coaches as well,” Dressler said. “But we look forward to teaching these girls and learning from them as well.”

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MIFFLIN COUNTY BOYS SOCCER

Huskies hopeful to return to District 6 playoffs Team Info: District 6, Class 4A 2020 record:1-13, 1-10 Keystone League: Mid-Penn Keystone Coach: Bob Lepley, assisted by Dan Schomaker, Jeff Brytzcuk, Justin Mayo and Allan Hepner

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County boys soccer team enters the 2021 campaign with a strong veteran presence and the group is hungry to get back to the District 6 Class 4A tournament this season.

The Huskies will be without a core group of four experienced players that graduated a season ago, but Mifflin County coach Bob Lepley is confident in the group that returns for the Huskies as they will once again compete in a brutally tough Mid-Penn Keystone Division.

“We had a core of four players last year that included Gavin Ream, Trent Shade, Josiah Yearick and Leeum Noeer,” Lepley said.

“These are definitely holes to fill within the lineup, but I know with the talent and drive we have on our squad this year, there are several that are ready to step up and take on the role with the responsibility that it entails.

You can never “replace” players that you lose within a program, only adapt to the strength of the others coming up through.”

The Huskies roster is stronger in numbers this season as they broke camp with 30 players after having just 19 a season ago. Lepley is hoping that the returning 12 seniors along with some newcomers will allow for some much-needed depth.

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Members of the 2021 Mifflin County High School boys soccer team are, from left to right, Front row: Gunnar Wagner, Jameson Price, Simon Peachey, Dylan Liggett, Conner Lynch, Trevor Stout, Xavier Haughwot, Grady Hoppel, Ayden Seiler, Tristan Leonard, Gage Moore.

Second row: Evan Gilkey, Logan Alexander, Isaac ParksGill, Samuel Liggett, Gabe Lucci, Jacob Bauman, Yanis Patel, Samuel Ward, Blin Cook, Hudson Sellers. Alex Keller, Gabriel Yoder, Seth Miles, Evan Krohn, Quinton Hepner, Conner Zimmerman, Matthew Brytczuk, Dreyson Weaver, Levi Haubrick, Isaac Hallock, Ethan Plank.

“Every player that is returning from the roster last year is a key asset to our program,” Lepley said. “These returning players have the experience, drive and desire to be out on the field for 80 minutes and give everything they have to represent their school and community in a positive way.

“Our roster will be full of seniors, but our numbers are also improved with the underclassmen,” Lepley added. “We are more of a veteran team this year and we will depend on that for leadership the entire way

through the program.”

With another tough goround in the Mid-Penn Keystone, Lepley expects a battle each time his team steps on the field. If he had to pick a favorite, he leans toward Waynesboro and Lower Dauphin but expects a tough match every night.

“The Mid-Penn Keystone Division is a grind, every single year and every single game,” Lepley said. “It’s tough to tell which team will come out on top because every week the teams just beat See Huskies / Page 39

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JUNIATA BOYS SOCCER

New season brings changes for Juniata soccer Team Info: District 6, Class 2A 2020 record: 7-5 League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Jared Byler, assisted by Brian Strawser and Trevor Weaver

By WILLIAM WHISLER Sports editor wwhisler@lewistownsentinel.com

MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata boys soccer team found ample success in 2020, posting a 7-5 record a season ago, but the Indians are looking for more with a strong veteran presence that is set to lead the way throughout the 2021 campaign.

While the Indians do lose some key pieces from a season ago, including three Tri-Valley League First Team All-Stars in starting goalkeeper Johnny Dessin, versatile midfielder Stuart Dare and a key defender in Nathan Swailes, who excelled at winning back possession for Juniata.

Dessin was the Tri-Valley League’s saves leader a season ago with 104 saves, good enough for an 87.39 save percentage. He was a three-time first-team goaltender in the league, while Dare scored seven goals and added two assists in the midfield a season ago.

Dare made two first-team AllStar appearances, and both will be sorely missed.

Despite those losses, the Indians do return multiple seniors that coach Jared Byler is expecting to make an impact on and off the field for his program this season. The Indians have a good-sized roster this season with more than 20 players breaking camp with the team.

“We will be returning 12 seniors that we expect to be positive leaders for the team,” Byler said.

Among those players that Byler expects will make a big

impact this season are defenders Jack Strawser and Kenny Melara, along with Ben Wagner and Dawson Harper in the midfield.

While Byler and the Indians haven’t set tangible goals yet for the 2021 campaign, a point of emphasis has been placed on the team’s ability to grow incrementally throughout the season to peak by season’s end.

“We have not spoken about expectations or goals yet, but we always strive to get better every practice and every game,” Byler said. “If we can do that as a team, then the wins and losses have a way of sorting themselves out on their own.”

Other focal points for the Indians have been working on improving team chemistry to gel properly on and off the field. Team cohesion is critical in all team sports, but in soccer its essential for success. Putting the team first in every situation has been a talking point throughout the Indians’ camp.

Avoiding injuries has been another point of emphasis.

“We need to come together as a team,” Byler said. “All individual and selfish ambitions need to be put aside and the team must be the center of focus for everyone.”

The Tri-Valley League’s normal powers should once again be some of the top competition that Juniata will face in league play. Looking at the Tri-Valley League, cross-county rival East Juniata and Greenwood should be the obvious clear-cut favorites in 2021 for a league title, according to Byler.

For now, the Indians will focus on day-to-day progress instead of worrying about the postseason. The Indians will face another tough test, fighting a talented group of teams in a crowded District 6 Class 2A for a playoff spot.

While Byler didn’t elaborate on if qualifying for the district tournament is the end goal, the

Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS

Members of the 2021 Juniata boys soccer team are, from left to right: Front row: Gunner Glick, Dawson Harper, Nick Dressler, Jelvin Cardenas, Kenny A. Melarar, Seth Landis.

Second row: Manager-Wilson Osorio-Flores, Colten Garver, Ben Wagner, Evan Leach, Jack Strawser, Ben Tyson, Ethan Becker. Third row: Will Saner, Henry Rivas, Henry Montoya, Wyatt Dessin, Mason Beward, Brant Walters. Fourth row: Marcio Cardenas, Caden Swailes, Calvin Decker, Ty Shellenberger, Bryce Rush.

Indians should once again have a solid squad with the ability to compete in the Tri-Valley League. Winning as many games as possible is of the utmost importance if the Indians hope to make some noise in District 6.

“As of right now, we are just trying to improve every practice and every game,” Byler said.

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EAST JUNIATA BOYS SOCCER Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS

Members of the 2021 East Juniata High School boys soccer team are, from left to right, Front row: Brady Roe, Ashton Imes, Owen Dressler, Jack Hoffman, Josef Book, Caedyn Geer. Second row: Jaysen Sheeler, Wesley Ehrisman, Nate Freed, Kolten Martin, Wyatt Weges.

Third row: Aden Fronk, Jake Brackbill, Clark Ritzman, Owen Hubley, Trent Robinson, Kyle Olinger. Fourth row: Cy Fronk, Joseph Haines, Connor Hicks, Kobe Bonnell, Rowan Smith, Levi Brubaker, Blaise Lauver.

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Tigers seek TVL supremacy in ‘21 Team Info: District 4, Class A 2020 record: 10-4-1 League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Cory Fronk assisted by Tyler Inch, Steve Fronk

By KYLE BRADY Sentinel sports kbrady@lewistownsentinel.com

COCOLAMUS — The East Juniata Tigers boys soccer team heads into the upcoming season viewed as a top competitor in the Tri-Valley League. A season ago, East Juniata finished as the runner-up in the district, falling to Millville in the title game. This season, the Tigers return a haul of starters that coach Cory Fronk expects to be the leaders for the team in their pursuit of a district title.

“We have seniors who we

expect to lead the team verbally and by quality play,” Fronk said. “There is a large group of juniors who add a variety of abilities that strengthen our team to give us a well-balanced squad.

Returning for the Tigers are seniors Cy Fronk, who was named a First-Team All-TVL defender last season, Levi Brubaker, Rowan Smith, and Joey Haines. Juniors Jake Brackbill, Aden Fronk and Dontae Martin will also play a huge role for the Tigers. Brackbill was named a Second-Team AllTVL midfielder.

With the departure of some talented seniors from last year’s squad, Fronk and the Tigers will need players to step up and fill the vacant roles.

“Minor adjustments are always needed from one team to the next year’s team.

This team has many players returning with varsity experience and even post season experience,” Fronk said. “Once we find the right spots for each player, they will all need to do their jobs well in that position in order for us to get to where we want to go.”

Within the Tigers’ locker room, they are aware at the talent level that they possess and what they are capable of accomplishing if they are able to play to their abilities.

However, a berth in the district playoff is not a guarantee and the Tigers have some areas of their game that they need to focus on in order to be the juggernaut many other teams expect them to be.

“This team has the potential to accomplish much this season and I think the players are aware that it will not come easily. Our schedule

will not give us much relief from tough competition, so we are going to have to work to continually improve the quality and speed of our play,” Fronk explained.

Despite their playoff run a season ago, Fronk admitted that their offense wasn’t always firing on all cylinders and that this season, their goal is to dominate possession of the ball and limit their mistakes. The team will also need to figure out how to play to everyone’s strengths and make up for any weaknesses.

“It will be important for this team to begin to learn one another’s strengths and tendencies on the field and play together, not as individuals,” Fronk said. “Some of them have been together for a while now, so we should see this developing. If they See Tigers / Page 19

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BELLEVILLE MENNONITE BOYS SOCCER

Thunder hungry for more after first D6 crown Team Info: District 6, Class A 2020 record: 11-9-1 (5-41) ACAA League: Allegheny Christian Athletic Association Coach: Michael Armstrong assisted by Zach Stauffer and Sammy Kauffman

By JOSH YODER Sentinel sports jyoder@lewistownsentinel.com

BELLEVILLE — It is the dawn of a new era for the Belleville Mennonite boys soccer program as long-time coach Brian Renno will not be at the helm for the 2021 campaign. Michael Armstong now takes over for the Thunder as the team’s coach and is joined by assistant Zach Stauffer and goalkeeper coach Sammy Kauffman.

“Looking forward to the upcoming season and the opportunities that taking over this team presents,” Armstrong said. “Being an alum, it is great to come back and be a part of a strong program that helped me begin to reach my goals athletically.”

Armstrong looks to continue the success that Belleville Mennonite accomplished a season ago under Renno when the Thunder made a strong charge late in the year and battled their way to win its first District 6 Class A championship in school history. Armstrong understands the significance of the accomplishment and looks forward to taking that challenge head on.

“Taking over a district champion team is always going to feel like a lofty act to follow,” Armstrong said. “Coach Renno put in the time and effort to reach that title and deserves all the credit. To follow him will be a challenge, but we have yet

to win our league, so there are always opportunities to grow and achieve new goals.”

Much like a season ago, the 2021 Belleville Mennonite squad has a similar turnout as it did during the championship season.

“We’re looking at having 14 players, which is comparable to the roster size last year,” Armstrong said.

Out of those 14 players on the 2021 roster, half of them are returning to this year’s team. Despite that, Armstrong feels there are still pieces that need to be added to the Thunder heading into the season.

“While we have seven returning players, we are still a young team,” Armstrong said. “Overall they lost three vital components in last years seniors, and replacing them will be a challenge.”

However four of the seven returning players will be looked upon to lead the Thunder for not only this season, but in the future as well. Of the four, three are sophomores and one is a junior.

The first key player returning to Belleville Mennonite is sophomore goalkeeper in Aiden Reed. “(Aiden) really came on strong last season and owned this new role for him,” Armstrong said. “He kept the team in some big games.”

The next will be sophomore central attacking midfielder and the team’s leading scorer from last year in Quinn Renno.

Last but certainly not least, the third and final sophomore of the trio is Drew Mirriello, who will be in the center midfield position. “(Drew) brings assists, vision and natural ability,” Armstrong said.

Sentinel photo by JEFF FISHBEIN

Members of the 2021 Belleville Mennonite boys soccer team are, from left, front, Jonah Kauffman, Hunter Peachey, Jackson Renninger, Simon Druckenmiller and Bryson Peachey; back, Seth Herman, Mitchell Kauffman, Drew Miriello, Landen Armstrong and Quinn Renno.

The lone junior that has returned to the team this coming season will be center midfielder Mitchell Kauffman. Kauffman will be looked at to be a strong leader for the team this year. “(Mitchell) brings experience and leadership,” Armstrong said.

This core group will also look to replace the experience that was lost from the previous year in both Josh Sunderland and Matthew Kauffman.

Sunderland was a key part of the offense for the Thunder last year. Whether it was scoring goals — Sunderland had nine — or helping facilitate offensively as he chipped in 10 additional assists. “(Josh) is going to be hard to replace with that sort of

productivity out of a player,” Armstrong said.

For Kauffman, the center back was a major piece on the defensive side of the ball for the Thunder in their road to the District 6 title. “(Matthew) was a defensive leader and leader in tackles won,” Armstrong said.

With all of that in mind,

the Thunder still have the expectations to be very competitive in the ACAA for the coming season, while building for the future as well.

“Expectations at this point are to have a good showing in the league, “ Armstrong said. “Return to District 6 play and shifting into the tactics and style that we are looking to play in the

future.”

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JUNIATA CHRISTIAN BOYS SOCCER

Juniata Christian looks to pick up where it left off Team Info: District 4, Class A 2020 record: 16-3-1, 121-1 ACAA League: Allegheny Christian Athletic Association Coach: David Portzline, assisted by Jorge Florez De Valgaz and Olivier Jean Marie

By JOSH YODER Sentinel sports jyoder@lewistownsentinel.com

MCALISTERVILLE — The Juniata Christian Lions will look to build on their success from last year where they went 16-3-1 overall and 12-1-1 in the ACAA. The Lions finished second in the ACAA Eastern division, only behind the league champion Northumberland Christian.

Juniata Christian also placed third in the ACAA tournament and made the district playoffs for the first time in program history.

Coach David Portzline makes his return at the helm of the program and is joined by assistant coaches Jorge Florez De Valgaz and Olivier Jean Marie.

“I am excited about the challenges that this year will bring,” Portzline said.

Roster depth was an issue for the Lions a season ago and will be much the same this coming season too, as the Lions will only be able to field 14 players.

“We are definitely going to struggle with numbers, as we typically do,” Portzline said. “We are the smallest school in District 4 with less than 20 boys in ninth through 12th grade that are eligible to play soccer. Last year, we had 14 players and this year we will have 14 again.”

There is plenty of youth on this year’s team with very few players on the ros-

ter that have varsity level experience. Juniata Christian hopes that the new players coming in can help contribute to the team right away and help out the returning players.

The Lions will be without two of their players from a season ago as Trey Tusing and Abraham Dressler graduated. A lot of the newcomers will be looked upon to try and fill those holes left behind by Tusing and Dressler.

“We will definitely be working with newcomers,” Portzline said.

However, there will be some experience returning to this year’s team, including three seniors in Anson Portzline, Jorge Florez De Valgaz and Trevor Brubaker to help carry the load for the Lions. There are also three sophomores returning to the team as well, in Clay Brubaker, Avery Portzline and Alejandro Florez De Valgaz, who look to continue to grow as players.

The biggest goal for the Lions this season is to be able to get the experienced players and the newcomers to gel and find their rhythm on the pitch.

“The biggest focus this year will be team unity and conditioning,” Portzline said. “My expectations for this team is that they will continue to grow and develop as a respectable team.”

However due to the low numbers, Juniata Christian will only have three players on the bench. The Lions are hopeful that they will be able to remain healthy and be able to put forward their best team each game.

“The key thing is we are trying to avoid are injuries,” Portzline said.

The ACAA will present a lot of challenges for Juniata Christian this year. Beside

Sentinel photo by WILLIAM WHISLER

Members of the 2021 Juniata Christian School boys soccer team are, from left to right, Front row: Anderson Portzline, Brent Graybill, Clay Brubaker, Avery Portzline, Alejandro Flores De Valgaz, Christian Kline. Back row: Trevor Brubaker, Anson Portzline, Nathan Byler, Micah Dressler, Owen Yorks, Clayton Martin and Jorge Flores De Valgaz.

the defending champs Northumberland Christian, the Lions will face strong competition from the Belleville Mennonite Thunder, as well as Meadowbrook Christian and Blair County Christian.

Despite the tough obstacles, Juniata Christian look to compete with class and work hard each and every day.

“Our goal for this team is to be respectable not only on the field, but off the field.

We want to show the teams that we play that we are all hard workers,” Portzline said. “Each year, we are gaining players that have a solid foundation and understanding of soccer. We continue to gain younger players that are ready for the varsity team.”

As for postseason play, Juniata Christian experi-

enced District 4 play for the first time including getting its first playoff win. Now that the Lions got a taste of District playoffs, they know what it take to get back to the postseason and win some games.

“Last year was the first year we entered District 4 tournament. We won our first district game, but lost to the District champion Millville,” Portzline said.

“This team definitely has the ability to make it to districts again.”

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MIDD-WEST BOYS SOCCER

Midd-West ready to do some damage in District 4 Team Info: District 4, Class 2A 2020 record: 14-4-1 League: Heartland Athletic Conference Coach: Mark Ferster, assisted by Jake Keister, Tyler Martin, Keenan Dietz, Alex Calender

By KYLE BRADY Sentinel sports kbrady@lewistownsentinel.com

MIDDLEBURG— In recent seasons, the MiddWest Mustangs boys soccer team has been a mainstay in the district playoffs after proving themselves in the Heartland Conference during the regular season.

Two years ago, the Mustangs fell in the district title game to Lewisburg but advanced to the state tournament and reached the elite eight. Last season, MiddWest fell again to Lewisburg in the district title, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, were held out of the state tournament.

“Last year, we didn’t get that opportunity, which is a shame,” Ferster said about making a run in states.

“Lewisburg proved themselves by winning the state title. I think if we had the opportunity, we may have been able to face them again in the state tournament at some point and possibly been able to win a couple of state games.”

Going into the 2021 season, coach Mark Ferster and his team aim to not only win the district, but the program’s first ever state title.

“Our goals don’t change year in and year out. We’ve had very talented teams and we’ve had not so talented teams,” Ferster said candidly. “We want to win our league and then we want to win a district title. From there, win the first round

Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS

Members of the 2021 Midd-West High School boys soccer team, are from left to right, Front row: Andrew Abate, Brandon Ferster, Tyshawn Antunez, Layne Ertley, Ayden Hoover, Andrew Romig, Mason Noll, Isaac Knepp. Middle row: Kole Kerstetter, Easton Erb, Tucker McClellan, Nolan Stahl, Cole Keister, Kynn Loss, Matthew Smith, Evan Leitzel, Blake Hackenberg. Back row: Gage Kuhns, Zander Hackenberg, Noah Dorman, Kyle Ferster, Nicholas Eppley, Preston Arbogast, Nathan Hartman, Owen Solomon, Noah Romig.

of states, and then continue on.”

But before setting their eyes on the state title prize, the Mustangs will need to treat each practice, game and scrimmages as a chance to learn and get better, which will ultimately help them achieve their team goals.

“Our plan is to start out with short-term goals. We want to get a little bit better every time we step on the pitch and that starts with our first game this year,” Ferster explained. “We have to show up and play regardless of who we have.”

The Mustangs lost a few key seniors but will be returning a steady core that has experience winning its way through districts and making consecutive District 4 final appearances. Ferster

also believes they have a solid presence from the underclassmen who will have the same chance at playing time as everyone else on the team.

“I believe we are going to be an upperclassmen-laden team,” Ferster said. “There are some underclassmen that could contribute…the door’s always open and that battle every day at practice is what I look for. So, there could be some underclassmen that break the starting lineup or get some time on the pitch — whether they start or not — I think there’s an opportunity for that.”

Fortunately, the Mustangs upperclassmen embrace the leadership role that comes with being the more experienced players on a playoff-caliber team.

Not only do they lead by

example on the field, but with their comradery. They all take their turns doing the menial tasks that other programs would delegate to the younger players and the respect between players translate to success on the pitch.

“We’re a senior-driven team,” Ferster said. “I know that there are some schools out there that with the seniors, it’s about their senior year—it’s about them.

That’s not the case with us.

I believe our tradition has been that our seniors are like last in line. They help pick up everything, even though we have managers, and make sure that nobody’s left behind, just all the things that make our team more than just the team.”

Ferster isn’t a coach who like to make predictions about his team or dive too

deep into preseason analysis. He and his staff will learn the identity of their team as the season progresses, from their highest triumphs to their lowest defeats.

“I’ll let (everyone) look at our scores, see our games, and decide for themselves,” Ferster said simply.

“I believe that we have a pretty talented team coming back.”

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MOUNT UNION BOYS SOCCER

Trojans’ look for growth this year Team Info: District 6, Class 2A League: Inter-County Conference Coach: Jacob Scott, assisted by Ashley Skopic, Dustin Gearhart and Andy Dountas

By KENNY VARNER Sentinel correspondent MOUNT UNION — In just the team’s second season of organized play, the Mount Union boys soccer team is starting out with a new coach at the helm in Jacob Scott.

Scott will be assisted

by Ashley Skopic, Dustin Gearhart and Andy Dountas.

Though Scott was hoping for a bigger turnout this season, the new coach is happy with the players that will take the field this season for the Trojans.

“I was hoping to have at least 20 players on the team this season and we would have had that, but a few players left the team prior to start of the season so our squad has a total of 17,” Scott said. “They started last season with 21 players and that was the first season for varsity soccer at Mount Union Area High School.”

Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS Out of that 21 only 10 Members of the Mount Union boys soccer team are, from left to right, Front row: Jacob Cramer, Alexis Cramer, Abplayers were not seniors.

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MIFFLIN COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER

Huskies ready to compete in crowded Keystone Team Info: District 6, Class 4A 2020 record: 5-8 (4-6) Keystone League: Mid-Penn Keystone Coach: Barrett Knepp, assisted by Carolyn Kline, Emma Hepler and Brett Leister

By KYLE BRADY Sentinel sports kbrady@lewistownsentinel.com

LEWISTOWN—Over the course of the past few seasons, the Mifflin County girls soccer team has been building a core of young players that have been given the playing time needed to bloom into solid starters across the pitch.

Coach Barrett Knepp believes that this season, the Huskies will be able to reap the benefits of all the hard work of seasons past.

Assuming no serious injuries or COVID-19 protocols, Knepp wouldn’t be surprised if his team goes on a run in the district tournament.

“I expect if we can stay healthy and avoid quarantines, we will contend for a district title this year,” Knepp said. “This team is capable of not only making it to the postseason, but also winning some games once they are there.”

A big contributor to Knepp’s expectations are the amount of returning players coming back to the team. Gabi Clark and Bryn Kanagy each played a big part in the Huskies’ 2020 season, but are the only two players from the team who graduated.

“We have most of our team from last year returning, as we only had two players graduate. I expect a nice balance this year across the grades,” Knepp said. “With nine starters re-

Sentinel photo by PAUL HEIL PHOTOGRAPHY

Members of the 2021 Mifflin County girls soccer team, from left to right, Front row: Katelyn Knable, Elise Wagner, Lily Bratton, Brynn Knepp, Bryanna Henry, Catriona Gordon, Hailie Alexander-Yohn, Pia Patel, Aubrey Strohecker, Mackenna Spickler, Rylee Retherford. Second row: Morgan Breon, Morgan Diven, Haleigh Durden, Leah Alexander, Lorynn Knepp, Kaitlyn Brytczuk, Lily Markley, Danielle Warfel, Sarah Henry, Shaelyn Bagrosky. Back row: Sadie Fike, Ella Kammerer, Alexandria Leonard, Leah Bickhart, Bailey McKnitt, Kristen Milliron, Tressie Bender, Kaitlin Bickhart, Madison Finkenbiner.

turning from last year, we have a lot of key players coming back.”

Mifflin County will return its leading goal scorer, its leader in assists and its leader in saves. Aubrey Strohecker found the back of the net 21 times, Brynn Knepp tallied seven assists and Bailey McNitt stonewalled 116 shots on goal last season. Despite being the team leaders in those statistics, Knepp credits the team around them for their success, in addition to those individual girls’ efforts.

The team unity is what

Knepp believes contributes to the drive and determination to get better from his roster of about 25 girls.

“The team chemistry going into this season should be high,” Knepp said.

“With only graduating two players there should be a lot of familiarity with each other, and we have plenty of talent to push each other every day.”

In order for the Huskies to fulfill their postseason aspirations, they will need to contend with the two teams in District 6 in Class See Huskies / Page 31

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do this, I think they will find that good things happen for them.”

Realistically, if the team avoids injuries and any interference from COVID-19, the Tigers will have a real shot to make another deep playoff run. For Fronk and his team, their goals are to improve every single day and

win. If the Tigers can stay on the right track, they stand a good chance to make another appearance in a district title game.

“We want to stay healthy on the field as well as navigate the ongoing COVID-19 issues so that nothing distracts from our progress,” Fronk said. “Every team should want to win titles, whether they are league titles or district titles or even beyond that.”

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Members of the 2021 girls soccer team include, from left to right, front row: Victory Frantz, Hailey Kepner, Emma Pannebaker, Ashlyn Pannebaker, Mararee Rusho. Second row: Amelia Smith, Haley Mummah, Regan Lowrey, Frances Fitzgerald, Abigaile Berrier, Mariska Beward. Third row: Kailey Smith, Jessica Bomberger, Katelyn Fornwalt, Adrianna Brown, Ava Lauver.

Indians ready to roll in ‘21 Team Info: District 6, Class 2A 2020 record: 5-8, 5-5 Tri-Valley League League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Laresa and Garrick Paden

By VINCE RODEMER Sentinel correspondent MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata girls soccer team is set to open another season with high hopes to return back to the top of the Tri-Valley League and a threat in District 6.

The Indians didn’t get there last year in what was a rough season for everyone, but Juniata has 17 players this season and they are ready to get back to that place.

“I think we have a good chance to make a deep run into districts this year,” Juniata co-coaches Garrick and

Laresa Paden said. “It’s always a goal to make it there, and unfortunately with lots of cancellations last year, playing a tough schedule and dropping a few games we should have won (and) we came up a little short of that goal last year. So I think the girls are certainly fired up about making it there this year.”

For the Indians to get back there, they will be leaning on a group of returning players, including three seniors to lead the way.

“All of our returners have their own individual role they will play for us,” the Padens said. “We’ll certainly look to the leadership of our three seniors who have consistently been part of our team’s core their previous three years.”

With a bunch of players back, the Indians are hoping to get better throughout the season to reach that goal of

a deep run.

They want to get better every day as they test themselves every game in the Tri-Valley League.

“I think we have a great chance to improve upon the season we had last year,” the coaches said. “With many solid returners and some new additions to the team if we come out and play well while staying healthy it should be a great year.”

The Indians did lose two players from last year in Katey Martin and Mackenzie Beward.

Beward has been a staple for Juniata in the past and both played well for the Indians in 2020.

While the Indians have a lot of talent back, a lot of the league isn’t that fortunate.

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EAST JUNIATA GIRLS SOCCER production and leadership, Feltman and his coaching staff will turn to their nine returning players from last year’s team to set the example for the underclassmen.

“We have nine girls back from last year’s team, with some of them getting quality playing time. We will be leaning on all our returners to be communicating constantly, especially early in the season.” Feltman said.

“The one thing all those girls experienced was the thrill of victory. We also have some talented underclassmen that have begun to mesh well with the older girls.”

While pleased with his team’s leadership and overall effort, based on recent success, many teams play motivated against East Juniata and the Tigers will have to start the sea-

son ready to win and limit any growing pains.

“We need to grow quickly. We start the season against a quality opponent in Central Columbia. We will need to make the most of our practices and scrimmages to get the girls in the correct positions to set them up for success,” Feltman explained. “I expect our girls will give their best effort every second they are on the field. They have been very motivated this summer to make themselves better, and I expect that mentality to continue throughout the season. We have had an exceptional run over the last couple years. Because of this, I’m sure many teams are anxious to give us their best effort. We will need to bring our best every game.”

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Members of the East Juniata High School girls soccer team are, from left to right, Front row: Jazlynn Sheaffer, Addyson Feltman, Sophia Trent, Libby Hoffman. Second row: Jacey Brubaker, Haley Hoffman, Andrea Maneval, Mar Audreu, Cadee Becker. Third row: Cypress Feltman, Marias Coudriet, Andrea Baer, Madison Arnold. Fourth row: Dalanie Leister, Sara Brackbill, Grace Hibbs, Macy Buskey, Heidi Hoffman.

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“There are going to be a lot of differences from previous teams and this year’s team. Obviously, there are new coaches and several girls have graduated,” Feltman said. “We need to create our own identity,

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BELLEVILLE MENNONITE GIRLS SOCCER

Thunder soccer set for first year Team Info: District 6, Class A League: Allegheny Christian Athletic Association Coach: Kelsey Peachey, assisted by Allyson Zook

By JOSH YODER Sentinel sports jyoder@lewistownsentinel.com

BELLEVILLE — There is something new brewing for Belleville Mennonite as for the first time, the Thunder will be creating a girls varsity soccer program.

Kelsey Peachey will be the first ever coach for the Thunder in their inaugural season and is joined by Allyson Zook, who will act as

an assistant coach.

“I am very excited for the upcoming season because this is BMS’ first girls soccer team in a very long time,” Peachey said. “I am excited to help build the program and get the girls interested and excited about soccer for the many years to come.”

After the loss of the field hockey program, Peachey looks to create a new and positive environment for the girls of Belleville Mennonite during the upcoming fall seasons.

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The goals thus far for Sottasante are simple, as he is just looking to see where the Trojans are in the first couple of games before setting any long-term goals.

“Right now, our goals are to get better every day and to really compete every week and see where the chips fall,” Sottasante said. “If we get things going quick, I can see us being one of the top teams in the ICC. But there is a lot to get done yet and time will tell. I’m very confident in the ability we have.”

Another focus has been locking in on execution.

“We need to get better following through with our assignments and executing,” Sottasante said. “I think that it’s just confidence in knowing what you do. The more confident you are in it, the faster you play.”

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Members of the 2021 Juniata Christian School girls soccer team are, from left to right, Front row: Nia Matthews, Brinley Seler, Annika Martin, Madison Moyer, Kylene Moyer, Renee Moyer, Anna Moyer, Morgan Hoover. Second row: Morgan Moyer, Lydia Goodling, Peyton Burd, Erin Sheaffer, Reanna Hoover, Jenna Glick, Abby Warner, Reagan Burd, Rachel Zeiders and Naomi Leitzel.

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MCALISTERVILLE — After going 11-7-1 a season ago and finishing third in the ACAA Eastern Division and the ACAA tournament, the Juniata Christian Lions look to make splash in the league under coach Todd Taylor, who has returned at the helm of the program and is joined by assistants, Caleb Burd,

Erin Warner and Olivier Jean Marie.

“We are very excited for the upcoming season,” Taylor said. “We have a great core of returning players and are ready to get started.”

There is a a big turnout expected for the Lions this coming season which will allow them to explore the depth of their bench.

“We will have 18 girls on our varsity team,” Taylor said.

The Lions will be without two key players from last year’s team as both Rebecca Martinez and Emily Moyer had moved on from their respective high school careers.

Nonetheless, Juniata Christian feels very confident in its returning core led

by team captains Reanna Hoover and Morgan Moyer.

“Morgan will start again as our goalkeeper. She had a great year at goalkeeper that culminated in making two saves in a penalty kick shootout in our final ACAA tournament game last year,” Taylor said. “Reanna will be starting at forward and will probably also spend some time in midfield. We look for Reanna to provide leadership and an added threat on offense.”

Hoover and Morgan Moyer are not the only ones that will be looked upon to bring experience and to have a major impact on the field as Juniata Christian will have returning players who were See Lions / Page 40

Union early in camp has been W.A.D.L. “We’ve got to improve the discipline and the accountability of players on and off the field,” Sottasante said. “We have a saying that’s called WADL, which is Win All Day Long. We need to make sure these kids are doing what they need to do so that there is no issue with grades or behavior. If you don’t take care of those things, you can’t play football. We’re looking to limit that and keep our guys eligible, out of trouble and make an impact in their lives off the field as much as we do on the field.”

Overall, Sottasante is excited to get started with the Mount Union football team as it kicks off the 2021 season against a tough opponent in rival Huntingdon.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to be the head coach at Mount Union,” Sottasante said. “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of getting things going in the right direction.”

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MIDD-WEST GIRLS SOCCER

Mustangs look to reload to compete in the HAC Team Info: District 4, Class 2A 2020 record: 8-9-1 (4-5) League: Heartland Athletic Conference Co-Coaches Chris Sauer and Lori Goodling, assisted

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MIDDLEBURG —After an eventful 2020 season, the Midd-West Mustangs look to get back at it for the 2021 fall season in girls soccer. Chris Sauer and Lori Goodling return to the program as cocoaches and are joined by volunteer coaches Sebastian Calender and Matt Deitz.

“The coaching staff is really excited for this season,” Sauer said.

“We have a great group of girls that are working extremely hard and have had a great attitude and team culture. I know the girls have been looking forward to getting back out there the second our season ended with a loss in the district playoffs to eventual state champion Bloomsburg.”

An unusual thing that the Mustangs will be dealing with this season unlike previous seasons is a low number of players on the roster. The good news is that where will be a solid mixture of youth and experience that will be on the team which the Midd-West coaching staff is very excited to see.

“Our numbers are lower than in past seasons, as we have 24 girls out for the team this season,” Sauer said. “We have some girls that have a lot of experience last year

mixed in with some newcomers.”

Some of those key returners that the Mustangs will be relying on will be Rylee Weaver, Emma Martin, Tessa Berkheimer and several others to carry the team into the new season.

“Defensively, our keeper Rylee Weaver, outside back Emma Martin and center back Tessa Berkheimer,” Sauer said.

“In the midfield, we return Lily Shutt, Rachel Keister and Chloe Sauer.

Up top, we return Becca Yount and we also have Alyssa Hoover, Taylah Schreffler, Camryn Pyle, Alyssa Heckman, Emily Bickel, Sophie Von Neida, Sam Zechman, Sammy Landis and Sarah Walter that we will rely on.”

These girls look to replace a team that had over 10 seniors on the roster last year including three key players whose strong leadership will not be returning to this year’s team.

“We lost 11 seniors from last year,” Sauer said. “Including our leading scorer and captain Makenna Deitz, emotional leader and captain Rylee Shawver and our defensive leader Ava Gemberling.”

One of the main focuses that Midd-West feels is needed for success this coming season is a strong and solid foundation on the defensive side of the ball.

“We are focusing on defending well as a unit and pressing the ball every chance we get,” Sauer said. “We’ve been pleased with the fitness level of the girls, which is necessary for the style

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Members of the 2021 Midd-West High School girls soccer team are, from left to right, front: Sophie Von Neida, Emma Martin, Becca Yount, Sophia Brown, McKenna Stuck, Sammy Landis, Sara Walter. Middle row: Camryn Pyle, Emily Bickel, Alyssa Hoover, Claire Steininger, Audrey Norman, Jillian Freed, Rachel Keister. Third row: Leah Zimmerman, Alyssa Deubner, Chloe Sauer, Taylah Schreffler, Alyssa Heckman, Ry Weaver, Tessa Berkheimer, Sam Zechman.

we’d like to play. We need to be able to connect passes forward in transition moments so we are dangerous as soon as we win the ball.”

Midd-West hopes to avoid missing a lot of its athletes during the season as a major factor to stay competitive in the PHAC. “We need to stay away from injuries,” Sauer said.

Even if the Mustangs are able to keep everyone healthy though, according to Sauer, winning the Heartland Conference will be no easy task. With plenty of tough teams in the league like the Danville Ironmen, the Warrior Run Defenders and of course the Bloomsburg Panthers who are looking to defend their state title

from a season ago, Sauer believes that there will be no days off with such a competitive league.

“We expect to bring a high work rate to every game,” Sauer said. “We play in a very competitive conference and we expect to be ready for the challenge.”

“We want to be in every game,” Sauer continued.

“If we outwork out opponent oon a consistent basis we will do just that.”

But the ultimate prize that Midd-West is looking to abtain this new season is getting back to the district playoffs and potentially a run in states.

“We are expecting to qualify for the District 4 tournament,” Sauer said.

“And hopefully make some noise.”

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MIFFLIN COUNTY GOLF

Huskies searching for more in tough Mid-Penn Team Info: District 6, Class 3A 2020 record: 11-26 League: Mid-Penn Keystone Coach: Aaron Bubb, assisted by Doug Sipe and Tre Fleck

By KYLE BRADY Sentinel sports kbrady@lewistownsentinel.com

LEWISTOWN—Aaron Bubb is no stranger to coaching the Mifflin County golf team, but in all his years of coaching, the 2021 Huskies team might be the most unique he’s had so far.

For starters, Mifflin County had 21 athletes sign up to be on the team—the most that Bubb has ever seen. To go with the roster depth, Bubb has about eight or nine athletes that he believes can shoot below 90 on a consistent basis—another first in his coaching career.

“It’s great to have so many kids interested in playing golf,” Bubb said.

“I’m hopeful this will be our best season yet. We have a lot of returning players who have practiced really hard all summer to improve, and we have lots of depth. So, it should add up to a really good year for Mifflin County golf.”

Of the 21 students on the team, 11 are returning players. A contributing factor to the large roster size is the fact that last season’s team only had one senior, Owen Mock, who graduated. Mifflin County will have five returning starters, and the returning players that remain have had their share of varsity golf experience.

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Members of the 2021 Mifflin County golf team are, from left to right; Front Row: Khristian Mase, Brendon Noerr, Jackson Flood, Reagan Shafranich, Evan Breon, Colby Seiler and Owen Amspacker. Middle Row: Coach Aaron Bubb, James Stringfellow, Bradyn Eversole, Ryan Hine, Jacob Bauman, Dominic Weyman, Blake Stringfellow, Brody Schnell, Jaron Yoder, coach Tre Fleck. Back Row: Cade Penepacker, Jack Porch, Tanner Ferguson, Bryson Bubb, Cole Chilson, Alex Kline and Owen Wise.

son, Cole Chilson, and Alex Kline all started for us on a regular basis last year,” Bubb explained.

“Bryson Bubb, Blake Stringfellow, Ryan Hine, and Brody Schnell also competed in a few matches last year. Reagan Shafranich will be back on the girls’ side as well.”

With the internal expectations at a new high, Bubb recognizes the importance of setting realistic goals that his team is able to strive for all season long. This team is going to compete in most, if not all of their matches, but improving from last season is at the top of their list of accolades to strive for.

“This year’s team is a

veteran team with a lot of talent,” Bubb said. “We’re trying to avoid a letdown from playing with expectations. We should be an older, mature team this year with lots of depth.

We have to avoid setting expectations so high that we can’t achieve them.

Setting realistic goals are a big focus of this year’s team.”

The first step for Mifflin County is to look at their individual games and figure out the areas that need improvement. Last season, Bubb saw his team struggle in their short games, which is an area he is making sure players focus on.

“We need to improve our short game and limit

strokes around the green,” Bubb explained. “We have put a lot of time in this offseason working on putting and chipping. If we are going to succeed this year, it will be because of fewer shots around the green.”

In addition to the smaller, personal goals, the Huskies should be able to represent Mifflin County in both the team and individual district tournament.

Talented competitors that Mifflin County will face off against this year include Red Land, Carlisle and Bishop McDevitt.

“We have several players that should qualify individually for the postseason as well as a realistic shot at having our team

qualify for the postseason,” Bubb said.

Ultimately, Bubb’s goal as a coach is to teach his players a sport that they will take with them long after they graduate from Mifflin County and end their careers as a Husky.

“My goal every year be-

sides winning is to teach the game of golf. Golf is a game than can be played for the rest of your life,” Bubb explained. “I want our players to build the love for the game, so they can keep playing long after their high school career is over.”

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EAST JUNIATA GOLF

Tigers look to repeat on past success in the TVL Team Info: District 4, Class A 2020 record: 12-1-1, 101-1 Tri-Valley League League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Mike Zendt

By KYLE BRADY Sentinel sports kbrady@lewistownsentinel.com

COCOLAMUS — When it comes to golf in the Tri-Valley League, no team was more dominant than the East Juniata Tigers in the 2020 season. Not only did East Juniata win the TVL title, but it also went on to win the District 4 Class 3A championship.

From top to bottom, the Tigers had the players in place to run roughshod through the league, finishing the regular season with a 10-1-1 TVL record and a 12-1-1 record overall.

Leading the way for the Tigers was the trio of Will Orwig, Tanner Barth and Max Lauver — all highly decorated golfers in their careers. The plus side for East Juniata is that Barth and Lauver will be returning for their senior seasons in 2021.

The downside is that Orwig graduated and left big shoes to fill. In his four years as a Tiger, Orwig was named as a TVL AllStar each year, won the TVL Most Valuable Player award three times and twice won the District 4 Class 3A individual championship.

However, East Juniata is built to deal with the loss of players with as many accolades as Orwig. A large core of returning players is ready to step up and defend its team title from a year ago.

“I lost Will Orwig and Isaac Austin to graduation from my starting six,” coach Mike Zendt said.

“But I have Barth, Lauver,

Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS

Members of the 2021 East Juniata High School golf team are, from left to right, Front row: Chaz Auker, Cole Brubaker, Blake Walters, Christopher Martin, Teagan Trout, Valentino Pariso. Second row: Ross Fogleman, Max Lauver, Caleb Kirk, Walker Stutts, Tate Jamison, Wyatt Stoner, Darin Kint. Not pictured: Tanner Barth and Conner Derr.

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Barth is coming off a District 4 Class 3A individual title as well as multiple TVL All-Star nods in his three-year career, while Lauver shot his career low last three and has been named a TV All-Star in each of his first three seasons.

Throughout the course of the season, Zendt will turn to Barth and Lauver to lead the team, but knows he has plenty of talent lined up behind them.

“I have 18 golfers signed up for this season,” Zendt said. “I’m excited about our

depth, I believe we have some good young players coming up that may be able to help out this year.”

This depth is crucial, especially during the beginning of the season, as Barth is going to be sidelined, recovering from an injury.

“We aren’t going to be as strong early on because Tanner Barth has a leg injury that is going to keep him out of our first few matches. I do have some guys that I’m expecting to step in and try to fill his shoes early on in Caleb Kirk and Max Lauver,” Zendt said. “Tate Jamison and Walker Stutts are a couple of guys who have worked to get better over

the summer and I’m expecting some good scores from them as well.”

Not surprisingly, with all the proven talent on the East Juniata roster, Zendt

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MIDD-WEST GOLF

Mustangs hope for return to normalcy in ‘21 Team Info: District 4, Class 2A 2020 record: 7-1, 5-1 PHAC League: Heartland Athletic Conference Coach: Brian Beward, assisted by Matt Deitz

By KYLE BRADY Sentinel sports kbrady@lewistownsentinel.com

MIDDLEBURG — Going into the 2021 fall season, the Midd-West Mustangs golf team is hoping to have a season that is not clouded by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the Heartland Conference and the postseason had a different look, so coach Brian Beward and his team are looking forward to getting back to normal.

“I’m hoping it’s a little bit of a return to normalcy, not only having the PHAC league matches but also getting to have some other matches with teams that we’ve always competed with. We have a couple of matches scheduled with the Tri-Valley League, which is nice to have because that didn’t happen last year,” Beward said. “Hopefully, districts, regionals, and states will be back to its normal routine and normal numbers (of teams) advancing through.”

Midd-West had a great season in 2020, finishing with a record of 7-1 and a bronze medal in District 4 Class 2A team districts.

At the individual level, Jullian Krainak advanced to the state tournament after finishing second in districts.

With Krainak leading the way, the Mustangs will be returning all but one starter and will look

to build on the success they found last year.

“Out of our starting six last year, we have five coming back,” Beward said. “Krainak is coming back. Nick Whitesel will be a senior. My son Kyle Beward will be a sophomore. Noah Bogush is coming back for a sophomore year and Caroline Zerby, who came out last year, will be a senior this year.”

Despite the solid returning core and great finish last season, Beward and his team know that they need to continue to improve, and that last year’s success doesn’t mean they are guaranteed anything going into this season.

The Mustangs used their free time over the summer to work on the areas of their game that can still be touched up. Many played in tournaments while others put in hard work at the driving range.

“I think we just got to keep getting better from the beginning of the year to the end,” Beward said.

“A lot of them put in a bunch of time this summer in the GAP Golf Tour and Jullian played in the Hurricane Tour up in State College. They put a lot of time in, so it’s just a matter of peaking at the right time.”

Another area that Beward and the Mustangs are focusing in on is playing as a team. Normally, in a match, a team’s score is a combination of the best four individual scores. Beward wants his players to come together as a team and push each other to improve.

“We are a team so in the big scheme of things, the goal is for everyone to push each other to get a

Sentinel photo by JEFF FISHBEIN

Members of the Midd-West golf team are, from left, front, managers Rowan Kuhns and Westin Kuhns, Scotty Walls and Chris Walter; middle, Adisson Friel, Caroline Zerby, Kyle Beward, Daylen Wagner, Graham Yount and manager Ben Bowersox; back, coach Brian Beward, Nicholas Whitesel, Noah Bogush, Jeffrey Yount, Ben Rood and Jullian Krainak and coach Matt Deitz.

little better each day,” Beward said. “Part of that is building off of each other.

The strengths of the individuals can make it a lot better for the team. They really worked with each other to help each other with their strengths and weaknesses to try to build the team aspect.”

The success of the Midd-West golf season will stem from how well the Mustangs can play as a team while simultaneously working on lowering their individual scores.

“It’s not always about who number one, and number two are,” Beward explained about the individual seeding of the Mustangs roster. “It’s about how we can gel together as a team when they go out and play.”

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MIFFLIN COUNTY VOLLEYBALL

Youthful Huskies looking for growth in Mid-Penn Team Info: District 6, Class 4A League: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Coach: Krystena Mayo

By VINCE RODEMER Sentinel correspondent LEWISTOWN — After a year that was trying for everyone in athletics, a new season will present a new series of challenges for the Mifflin County volleyball team.

The Huskies will have a very young group this season, something that is unique this year even in comparison to previous teams.

“We are super young, probably the youngest team to come through the program with the least experience on the court due to COVID-19,” Mifflin County coach Krystena Mayo said.

That is saying something compared to past teams that usually have a few experienced senior pillars to lean on. For the Huskies, that means they need to show improvement every day and get better throughout the season.

“We are expecting growth both in skill and gaining playing experience for our young team,” Mayo said. “We are hoping to continue to just build the program and be as competitive as possible.”

What the Huskies do have to help with that development is a pair of seniors Kashia Smith and Audrey Jordan. Both play critical roles for the Huskies.

Smith is a senior setter, a captain and a leader on the team while Jordan is a

Sentinel photo by WILLIAM WHISLER

Members of the 2021 Mifflin County High School volleyball team are, from left to right, Front row: Brenna Crosson, Gaby Powell, Gaby Lynch, Karlee Fake. Middle row: Jordy Fisher, Jayden Zimmerman, Taylor Seese, Elaina Seeley, Macaela Christie, Mila Pavlova, Anna Minek, Liv Suydam. Back row: Trista Turner, Allysa Cooper, Rylie Hine, Saren Wray, Dakota Hershberger, Kashia Smith, Audrey Jordan, Macey Rheam.

force at the net as a strong hitter and blocker, according to Mayo.

“We have two very strong seniors (Smith and Jordan), so our focus is to build our varsity team around their leadership,” Mayo said.

Outside of those two seniors, Mayo is most enthusiastic about a sophomore in a strong overall player in Dakota Hershberger.

She is included though in that group without much experience.

“The underclassmen, some have only played one season either at the JV level or the junior high level,” Mayo said. “Due to COVID-19, our team has less playing experience, however we can use this year as a solid building

and development year to really prepare us for the new conference we are entering in 2022.”

Behind in game-experience, the next biggest loss for the Huskies from last season was senior defensive specialist/libero Caitlyn Kick.

Kick, who will be attending Penn State-Altoona was a second-team Mid-Penn Commonwealth all star last year and will be missed on the defensive end.

The Huskies will have to contend with several high caliber teams in the Commonwealth.

Those teams will definitely include Seven Mountains rival State College, who had four all stars last year, as well Cumberland Valley

and Chambersburg. the league standings.

Like any young team, They want to show conthe Huskies are more fo- sistency and growth. cused on other things than “As always, we focus contending for the top of more on in-season play,

skills and development and team cohesiveness on and off the court before we look at postseason play,” Mayo said.

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JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL

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Members of the 2021 Juniata High School volleyball team are, from left to right, front row: Riley Lyter, Sarah Fisher, Morgan Slemons, Anna Connell, Imarilis Mercado, Adrianna King, Savannah Marshall, Reese Foltz, Kierstyn Dickinson. Second row: Kaitlyn Copeland, Fiorella Berbergi, Brooklyn Ehrenzeller, Valorie Fisher, Josie Abram, Lexi Frontz, Autumn Graybill, Mackenzie Bennett, Chloe Beckenbaugh, Hunter Meifert, Sarah Royer, Cheyenne Kirk, Cheyenne Nealman.

Indians look to win in strong TVL Team Info: District 6, Class 2A 2020 record: 10-7, 2-7 Tri-Valley League League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Susan Paden, assisted by Layne Greenholt

By KENNY VARNER Sentinel correspondent MIFFLINTOWN— Things are starting to show some normalcy around the Juniata volleyball nets this season as the girls team is starting to get back into the swing of things — literally.

Back to take the helm of the team is coach Susan Paden.

Paden will be assisted by Layne Greenholt.

They will look to improve from their overall record of 10-7 and a 2-7 showing in Tri-Valley League action.

Starting with the increase in players, the fortunes look to be already turning in the Indians favor already.

“With COVID last year, our numbers were the smallest they have ever been so we had no idea what to expect this year,” said Paden. “However, we have had a fantastic group of athletes show up this season.”

The team appears to be made up an even mix of athletes from every grade that could make an impact on the floor.

“We are actually split directly down the middle,” said Paden. “We have so many veterans geared up and ready to compete again this season, but we have just as many freshmen and first-time players who are ready to learn.”

One of the biggest losses from last season is one that will be sorely missed.

“Jordan Taylor was among the top 10 in blocks for the TVL last year, so we will definitely miss her height and aggressive playing style,” said Paden.

Paden has reasonable ex-

pectations for this season’s team based on the group that she has.

“As our program grows we continue to surprise ourselves with how far we’ve come,” said Paden. “Last year we reached our goal of making it to districts, but we just barely slid in.

Our hope this year is to make the playoffs again but with a winning record.”

If the Indians are going to find success this season, the biggest things the veteran coach is focusing on is her team’s intensity.

“We have made it by as a scrappy team the last couple of years, so we are looking to finetune and improve the skills that we have,” said Paden.

Paden has been surprised with how close-knit her team is this early in the season and how it gets along on and off the court.

“Our team this year is a group that gets along exceptionally well,” said Paden.

“They are rooting for one an-

other, work well as a team, and it is clear they genuinely enjoy one another.”

A postseason berth and a winning season are on the minds of the team as the season gets underway.

“Our biggest goal this year is to end the season with a winning record. There were several games last year that were extremely close and competitive, but we weren’t able to finish and come out with a win,” said Paden. “This season we hope to finish with a better record to show all of our hard work.”

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Christian.

“Juniata Christian is always a challenging opponent and has a good showing yearly,” Armstrong said.

“Northumberland is also a strong opponent and last year’s league champion.”

Despite all of the obstacles that they will face, the Thunder feel very confident that they will be back in the postseason.

“Postseason play is always within grasp,” Armstrong said. “Looking to continue a culture of where

heading to district and league playoffs is the norm.”

Armstrong is appreciative of what coach Renno has done in years’ past and looks to keep that tradition alive at Belleville Mennonite.

“Overall, I’m looking forward to taking over for the school’s winningest coach, have a great group of returning sophomores that have the talent and ability to continue to do great things on and off the field,” Armstrong said.

“Looking to highlight some of the strengths of the returning players and having our coaching staff put its own stamp on a strong program.”

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EAST JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL

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overall, it seems that expectations are higher with the kids themselves.”

Juniata joined the MidPenn last season, but should get a true taste of what the Liberty Division will look like this year, as long as COVID-19 doesn’t lead to the schedule changes that happened a year ago for Juniata. Among the biggest tests the Indians may face for a division title include the likes of Newport, Upper Dauphin and Line Mountain.

The Indians went 2-0 in league play a season ago, picking up victories over James Buchanan and Halifax.

“Our league has always been extremely competitive, you can’t count anyone out,” Condo said. “Many of us didn’t get to play one another last year, so it should be fun to meet up again.”

Condo said that his biggest goals for his team are to see the Indians playing qual-

ity football and enjoying themselves, but he is especially looking for leadership from his senior class. Condo is emphasizing accountability among his players and wants his players to work to better themselves each day.

Avoiding distractions was another message in the Indians’ preseason camp as well.

Among the things that have stood out for Condo in camp has been his team’s quickness.

“I think we have more speed overall compared to what we are used to,” Condo said. “I expect to be competitive each week, compete at a high level and have fun.”

While the Indians should certainly be in the hunt once again for a District 6 championship, Condo didn’t want to look too far ahead, believing that if the team can take care of the little things, success will take care of itself.

“I just want to focus one week at a time,” Condo said. “It’s high school football and there are a lot of variables to look too far into the future.”

Members of the 2021 East Juniata volleyball team are, from left to right, Front row: Kaylene Mann, Kylie Jewell, Leah Davison. Second row: Alina Fahe, Marissa Lauver, Kendahl Stroup, Autumn Fronk. Coach Maisie Aumiller, Shayannne Pyle, Brenna Watts, Danika Lucas, Maggie Burdge, Shana Burd, coach Chloe Rougeau.

Tigers set for second year in TVL Team Info: District 4, Class 2A 2020 record: 1-14 League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Chloe Rougeau, assisted by Maisie Aumiller

By LUCAS LENZE Sentinel correspondent COCOLAMUS — With a year under her belt, coach Chloe Rougeau and the Tigers look to continue to build up the volleyball program in its second season at East Juniata High School. Rougeau is assisted by Maisie Aumiller.

The Tigers finished last year with a 1-14 record. In year two,

the program will look to build on last season and dealing with some losses from last year’s team.

After losing eight seniors a season ago, leadership from the returning players will be key to the squad as the year progresses.

“Losing those eight seniors was huge lose,” Rougeau said.

“They were a lot of our leadership if not all of it.”

Six players from last year have come back for the team this season. Senior Kylie Jewell, who is the only senior for the Tigers this season, will assume a bigger role on the team with her leadership and knowl-

edge of the game.

“They have definitely had to step up, which they did and with having Kylie Jewell come back, she stepped up as a leader the minute she came back into the gym, which is nice since she is the only senior,” Rougeau said. “The girls who have come back have really had to step up, help me out with open gyms and the start of practices to get the new girls going with fundamentals and stuff like that.”

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MIDD-WEST VOLLEYBALL

Mustangs search for improvement in new year Team Info: District 4, Class 3A 2020 record: 0-12 League: Heartland Conference Coach: Doug Boop, assisted by Sarah Walter and Landon Walter

By KENNY VARNER

Sentinel correspondent MIDDLEBURG — The Midd-West Mustang team has put last year’s 0-12 season behind them and are coming out strong to battle for a spot on this year’s squad.

The numbers on the roster is something that coach Doug Boop is excited about.

“So far we had started practice here on Monday. I think we are at 18-20 players this season,” said Boop.

“We have a few more this year and it’s looking pretty good so far.”

Girls returning to court this season for the Mustangs are Macy cook, Claire Faulhaber, Carley Bevel, LaCie Aucker, Makayla Whitenight , Madison raker, Riley Fergison, Aleah Kahley, Danielle Swope, Holly Dillman, Miriam Goss and Rosie Galbraith.

Boop expects this season to have a veteran core of leadership.

“We’ve been at this (playing volleyball for six years.

The last two we were in the PIAA. But being that some of these girls have been playing since they have been in basically eight grade or even seventh or eight grade when we just started out at the club level and now they’re getting the be a junior and a senior now I’m pretty happy with what the varsity team will be.”

Boop brings back a team that only lost two players from last year’s squad. One varsity player and another

Sentinel photo by WILLIAM WHISLER

Members of the 2021 Midd-West volleyball team are, from left to right, Front row: Veronica Hummel, Jasmine Williams, Holly Dillman, Macy Cook, Lacie Auker, Claire Faulhaber, Keirah Rose, Maliya Krebs. Back row: Coach Sarah Walter, Madison Raker, Aleah Kahley, Makyla Whitenight, Addison Dunkelberger, Miriam Goss, Riley Ferguson, Danielle Swope, Emily Brouse, Coach Doug Boop.

player were lost.

The Midd-West team is hoping that one of their expectations for the season is to add some teams to the schedule.

“I’m hoping with the schedule we have with the team so far, I think we have 12 games,” said Boop.

“With what we have so far I’m thinking most of those teams we are only playing once so we are hoping to try and get to pay them twice. I’m not sure on how this works myself. Some of the schools that are in our district we can qualify for districts. I’m hoping we can compete right now with the talent we have right now.”

Midd-West has been working on numerous things

early in this season to get them primed and ready to go once the season gets underway.

“The three things that I think of is their mental strength is a big thing we’ve been working on. It’s a big one and sometimes comes with the experience of playing the game. Seeing that they are so new to it, it is so hard to teach. That just comes with time, I think,” said Boop. “The practical parts of hitting and bumping are two big things that need to happen in order to score points and start the process off I guess. So that would probably be the three things, between the mental aspect and to practical things like See Mustangs / Page 41

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MOUNT UNION VOLLEYBALL

Trojans prepared for youth movement in 2021 Team Info: District 6, Class 2A 2020 record: 5-5, 5-4 ICC League: Inter-County Conference Coach: Tessa McCormick, assisted by Matthew Sellers

By LUCAS LENZE Sentinel correspondent MOUNT UNION — After finishing last year with a .500 record, the Trojans look ahead to the new season.

Mount Union is led by coach Tessa McCormick and assistant coach Matthew Sellers. Last season the Trojans managed to finish the year 5-5 while going 5-4 in league play.

The 2021 Trojans will be a team full of young talent ready to tackle the upcoming schedule.

“It is safe to say we have a young team with a few newcomers. This group is extremely eager to learn.

They ask questions and focus on improving every day.

Those are great qualities to have as a student athlete,” McCormick said. “This year we have one returning letter winner. We also lost one from a previous injury.

This is a very different team from last year’s team who had six seniors and varsity experience,” she added.

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4A: Altoona and State College, as well as Mid-Penn Keystone foes like Lower Dauphin, Mechanicsburg, and Palmyra.

With the talent that Knepp and his staff will be putting on the pitch, their

navigate their way through the season. Early in the Trojans’ practices, McCormick has picked up on a style of play that fits the team.

“We have a group that I feel can dominate defensively. This will give us time to catch up offensively,” McCormick said.

The early part of the season will show a lot about how the team has prepared through practice and open gyms.

“Opening week is going to be tough, but we are taking it one practice at a time,” McCormick said.

With COVID-19 still causing a stir in the sports world, McCormick discussed how the pandemic affected last season and how little the team actually got to compete.

“Last year, COVID-19 cut our season extremely short. I don’t necessarily like to bring up the past or talk about negative things, but it is definitely worth noting. We lost a lot of time on the court for both our seniors and the underclassmen. That just makes us more eager to improve our record from last season,” McCormick said.

The Trojans are slated to open up the season on the road against West Branch Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.

The first home game will be Thursday, Sept. 9 when the Trojans host Bellwood at 7 p.m. game plan against most teams is going to be similar—control the ball and prevent scoring opportunities.

“Our big focus this season is going to be on possession and being creative in the final third,” Knepp explained. “We also need to defend as one and limit our opponent’s opportunities.”

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Members of the 2021 Mount Union volleyball team are, from left to right, front: Jocelyn Flagle, Jenna Ritchey, Callie Trego, Lily Massey, Hayvn Park, Tiara Claycomb. Second row: Ava Detwiler, Reagan Yocum, Patyn Crisswell, Kendra Garder, Chelsea Williams, Gracey Crumer.

Third row: Autumn Sunderland, Addison Glover, Sophie Smith, Kaylee O’Leary, Trinity Henry, Minerva Sheeder, Maddie Dimoff.

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MIFFLIN COUNTY BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Huskies looking for improvement in Mid-Penn Team Info: District 6, Class 3A 2020 record: 2-4, 1-3 Commonwealth League: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Coach: Greg Loht, assisted by Dylan Kurtz, Anthony Schifano

By LUCAS LENZE Sentinel correspondent LEWISTOWN — With a new season on the horizon, Mifflin County cross country is poised to make the most of it. Last season, the Huskies finished with a 2-4 record and went 1-3 in league meets, finishing the Mid Penn Championship in eighth place.

Huskies coach Greg Loht and assistant coaches Dylan Kurtz and Anthony Schifano look toward an experienced returning core to lead the way this season.

The Huskies had a low turnout this season with only nine boys on the varsity team.

“There are seven varsity spots in a race. Nine doesn’t give us much depth. In past years, our numbers were in the high teens,” Loht said.

“The numbers aren’t going to change what we plan to do. We will need to make sure that we take care of any injuries early so we don’t lose any one for an extended period of time. Proper nutrition and rest will be paramount this fall,” he added.

The Huskies will be returning eight runners from last season’s team.

“The eight have been running for several years and know what to expect. Their experience will be beneficial,” Loht said.

The returning runners for the Huskies feature a mix of grade levels with three seniors, three juniors and two

Sentinel photo by PAUL HEIL PHOTOGRAPHY

Members of the 2021 Mifflin County boys cross country team are, from left to right: Front Row: Hoyt Rodenbaugh, Wyatt Kauffman, Logan Breneman, Aidan Scavitti, Mason Kaniecki, Hart Oden, Reese Cubbison, Dylan Rhodes and Conrad Coffey. Back row: Benjamin Hartzler, Maxwell Laudermilch, Christopher Royer, Caden Bell, Anthony Palopoli, Koy Aurand, Cody Fultz, Luke Breneman and Dominic Reed.

sophomores.

“Senior Chris Royer was a state qualifier last year. I expect him to lead us this fall. We anticipate a return trip to Hershey. Senior Ben Hartzler started his running career as a sprinter and is starting to believe he can be a distance runner. Ben was a solid scorer for us last year.

Senior Dominic Reed returns for his third and final season. Dom has the ability to make an impact for us,” Loht said of his senior runners.

While the Huskies will turn to Royer and Reed to lead with their experience, the juniors will also be expected to step into a new role.

“Conrad Coffey is returning to shape and looking good in the early season. He

came on strong last October and just missed making the trip to states. Luke Breneman keeps improving and he is a strong worker who is starting to see a reward for his toil. Maxwell Laudermilch has been solid for us the past three seasons. Max is ready to step up this fall,” Loht said about the junior class.

As for the underclassmen, Loht expects some of his junior varsity stars to make a seamless transition into the varsity-level competition.

So far, the young talent has shown the drive needed to make that leap a successful one.

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Huskies ready to roll in Mid-Penn Conference Team Info: District 6, Class 3A 2020 record: 3-3, 1-3 Commonwealth League: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Coach: Neil Breneman, assisted by Catie Breneman, Jessica Miller, Lauren Kuykendall, Dylan Kurtz and Milt Harrold

By KENNY VARNER

Sentinel correspondent LEWISTOWN —The future is being made today.

New Mifflin County cross country coach Neil Breneman has been very active since taking the helm of the Mifflin County girls cross country team. He has been gearing up his current team as well as getting new runners out on the course at the junior high level.

Breneman is very familiar with the program as he was an assistant coach for the Huskies boys cross country team last season.

The first-year coach brings on a deep cast of assistant coaches. They will be Catie Breneman, Jessica Miller, Lauren Kuykendall, Kristin Kauffman, Dylan Kurtz and Milt Harrold.

Sporting a 3-3 overall record last season and a 1-3 mark in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division, Breneman is looking forward to a fuller schedule and a very talented mix of runners led

by PIAA state qualifier and numerous breaker of Mifflin County records in Kylee Cubbison.

She will be joined on the course by fellow senior Madisyn Steber.

Juniors returning for this season will be Justice Sheaffer and Sara Diehl. Rounding out the team is Addie Parson. Parson was a standout runner last season in her freshman year.

Sentinel photo by PAUL HEIL PHOTOGRAPHY

Members of the 2021 Mifflin County girls cross country team are, from left to right; Front Row: Addie Parson, Irelynn Milligan, Amilia Coffey, Abigail Anderson, Kahlen McCracken and Margaret Rodenbaugh. Back Row: Justice Sheaffer, Ava Wagner, Caroline Palopoli, Malia Scyoc, Madisyn Steber, Audrey Adams and Kylee Cubbison.

She will be joined by fellow sophomores in Ava Harris and Margaret Rodenbaugh.

Lost to graduation from last year was lone senior Rebecca Montgomery.

“We are small and growing,” said Breneman. “We have seven varsity runners.

We lost one to graduation and three from last year’s team. Junior high we picked up four. I’m really focused on rebuilding. I’m pretty excited about that.”

The team is basically at the same strength it was last year but it added one more to its varsity squad.

“We gained one more runner than last year,” said Breneman. “We are up a little bit. When I stepped into this I knew we had to really focus on build the

younger kids.”

The group has numerous seasoned athletes coming back from last year’s team.

“We have Addie Parson and Kylee Cubbison are our top two who are returning.

Ava Harris was right on the cusp there. She was close to qualifying for states,” said Breneman. “So we have a strong returning group back.”

Breneman sees his team of having a strong mix of seasoned runners this season.

“As far as high school girls we have three sophomores, two juniors and two seniors,” said Breneman.

“Of course in seventh and eighth grade we have three of each. So it’s pretty blended.”

The new coach sees a pos-

sibility for a strong year for his team as his upperclassman will be leading the way.

“We definitely have two or three strong pretty strong possibilities for being state competitors,” said Breneman. “Then I would say we have some building and developing to do with some of the underclassman, especially the junior high. We are

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Encouragement has been something Breneman has been working hard to make sure it gets across.

“I am really focused on encouraging the girls, building them up and helping to build their confidence up no matter what level they’re at,” said Breneman. “No matter

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JUNIATA CROSS COUNTRY

Indians set to succeed Team Info: District 6, Class 2A 2020 records: Boys: 111, 7-1 Girls: 12-0, 8-0 League: Tri-Valley League Coach: Jeff Miller, assisted by Shari Miller

By LUCAS LENZE Sentinel correspondent MIFFLINTOWN— After a strong season, the Indians will be looking to have a lot of the same performances this year. Juniata is coached

by Jeff Miller as well as his wife, assistant coach Shari Miller.

The boys team last year finished with a record of 11-1 and 7-1 in league competition. The girls team went undefeated with a record of 12-0 and 8-0 in league competition.

The turnout for the team this year was around what it has been in the past for Miller and the Indians. On the boys’ side the team had eight come out. On the girls’ side, there were six for the team this year.

The boys team will look to their two returning seniors Micah Fausey and Noah Sheaffer to help out the new runners out this season.

“On the boys side we will have four-year starter Micah Fausey, along with Noah Sheaffer. The boys will have six newcomers with a lot of talent. They are juniors Logan Strawser and Brady Roe, sophomore Xander Hunt, freshmen Joey Bomberger, Wyatt Stroup and Charlie Telfer,” Miller said “The girls team will have experience

with four returners; Emily Houtz, Elizabeth Gaisior, Peyton Sheaffer and Joceline Telfer.

They will help newcomers Haley Mummah and Jessica Bomberger.”

Having a veteran presence is a nice thing to have around a team especially with new additions. Miller says two of the biggest returners from last season are Fausey on the boys side and Houtz for the girls.

With adding new people to the team that comes with losing some runners as well. The Indians lost several runners to graduation on both the boys and girls side. James Hazard, Brody Powell and Yadiel Nieves- Aguirre all were lost to graduation on the boys team and Kierstyn Fogle, Katie Hart and Rachel Fisher on the girls team.

Junior Tim Kelly from the boys team departed since he will be attending private school this year.

Miller has very high expectations for this group heading into this season. For the boys, Miller is aiming for the TVL championship. The goal is the same for the girls although it will be a little tougher due to other commitments.

“The TVL champs plus have girls compete as a scoring team in as many meets as possible because of low numbers and two of our athletes are doing soccer as their main sport,” he said.

To find the success they want to achieve, Miller and Indians look to experience to be a factor this season.

“For the boys, running as a team and having experienced runners help with the talented inexperienced runners in their first year and for the girls running as a team and staying healthy,” Miller said.

Another thing that will be key to the Indians having a successful year are to avoid setbacks throughout the season. Injuries are the number one setback Miller talked about avoiding this year. The other thing that will be important to avoid is a COVID-19 shutdown as it is still looming in coaches’ minds to make sure their student athletes remain safe and healthy during the season.

Other than winning, Miller has other goals for the team to accomplish this season.

“For the boys it is to win TVL Championship and place high at districts as a team and for the girls the goals are the same as the boys,” he said.

Miller and the Indians are have a focus when it comes to the outlook on postseason play.

“Beyond districts I’m looking at first year cross country junior Logan Strawser to make it to the PIAA Cross Country State Championships,” Miller said. “Logan was eighth in the 3,200 meters at states this past track season in 2A. He has been training hard this summer with over 1,000 miles of running and cycling. Logan is extremely talented with big goals and he learns quickly.”

Sentinel photo by MIKE GOSS

Members of the Juniata High School cross country team are from left to right, front row: Haley Mummah, Emily Houtz, Jessica Bomberger, Peyton Sheaffer, Elizabeth Gaisior. Second row: Joceline Telfer, Logan Strawser, Charlie Telfer, Joey Bomberger.

Third row: Wyatt Stroup, Xander Hunt, Micah Fausey, Noah Sheaffer, Manager-Kaleb Louder.

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MIDD-WEST CROSS COUNTRY

Mustangs looking to get most out of small roster Team Info: District 4, Class 2A League: Heartland Athletic Conference Coach: Stan Share

By KENNY VARNER Sentinel correspondent MIDDLEBURG — Despite the lifting of some COVID-19 protocols and the lessening of restriction due to the pandemic, not all sports teams have been able to recover as easy from the last two years of the crisis.

Such is the case with the Midd-West cross country team as it still is feeling the effect of the pandemic, noticeably in its turnouts both for last year’s squad and continuing with this year as well.

“Last year our varsity girls team had two seniors and a junior,” said Midd-West coach Stan Snare. “Our varsity boys team had one freshman.”

With such a small squad last season, points were hard to come by as both boys and girls teams went winless.

Snare will be handling the coaching duties by himself for now as well.

The Mustangs did not win any matches last season due to its low numbers. Snare fears that it might be the same way this year as well.

“This fall will not be much better in terms of varsity runners,” said Snare. “The boy’s team will have only three runners. They are sophomore Anden Aitkins, freshman Ben Hummel, and freshman Grant Yount. We still do not have numbers, nor do we have experience.”

The same is also the case with the girl’s squad.

“The girl’s varsity team has senior Lydia Bowersox and sophomore Kaitlynn Ewing,” said Snare of his returnees from last season.

The future is looking better for the veteran coach as he sees a bigger group of junior high

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Members of the 2021 junior varsity/varsity Midd-West cross country team are, from left to right, Front row: Elise Nesbit, Faith Maneval, Esme Plasterer, Grant Boop, Connor Stoltzfus, Connor Kreisher, Lydia Bowersox, Nathan Horst, Gabe Romig. Back row: Maya Zechman, Kaitlynn Ewing, Anden Aitkins, Benjamin Hummel, Grant Yount, Nolan Delong, Ava Aitkins and Lauren Nesbit.

runners who are coming up through the system.

“The boys middle school team has 7th graders Grant Boop, Conner Kreisher, Gabe Romig, and 8th graders Conner Stoltzfus, Nate Horst, and Nolan Delong,” said Snare. “They are also all new to the sport.”

Things are just as prosperous on the girls’ side as well as the team has a nice size roster this season.

“The girls middle school team consists of 7th grade runners, Lauren Nesbit, Elise Nesbit, Maya Zechman, Esme Plasterer, Faith Maneval , Ava Aitkins and 8th graders Elisha Troutman and Maura Aurand,” said Snare. “Only Maura ran last year as a 7th grader, the rest are first year runners.”

Not only does Snare have to struggle with COVID-19 but

he also has to battle with the realization that they will not be able to host any meets due to construction.

“I do not have a home meet due to construction and I have no assistant coach this year,” said Snare. “There are a total of 19 runners with an accumulated total of seven years of experience.”

However, Snare is staying optimistic about the talent on all his squads and can see the chances of things turning around in the very near future.

“There are some potentially good runners in these groups, but it will take some hard work and meet experience before their talents will began to surface,” said Snare. If nothing else much patience will be emphasized and hopefully received on their parts, as we go for real.”

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Mount Union ready for tough meets in the ICC Team Info: District 6, Class 2A 2020 records: Boys: 7-2, 6-2 Girls: 1-8, 1-7 League: Inter-County Conference Coach: Bob Wydock, assisted by Casey Hanlon, Brooke Kurtz

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MOUNT UNION — The Mount Union Trojans look for continued improvement as they head into the 2021 cross country season under head coach Bob Wydock, who is joined on his staff by long time assistant Casey Hanlon and volunteer coach Brooke Kurtz.

“I’m very excited for the upcoming season,” Wydock said.

The roster turnout is expected to be the same on this year’s team as it was last year. Mount Union sported a roster of 12 athletes on the boys’ team and eight on the girls’.

There is a slight difference to the program this season which is the introduction of a junior high boys and girls teams. Mount Union hopes that this can help build the program up for many years to come.

“We approved it in late spring,” Wydock said. “More and more schools are building junior high programs and I’m so happy to build a program to help prepare for varsity cross country.”

The Trojans believed themselves to be a veteran team coming into the new season, as they have a total of 10 returning letter winners.

Six of those returning letter winners will be on the boys side and the remaining four come from the girls squad.

For the boys, the Trojans will look to seniors Caden

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Members of the 2021 Mount Union cross country team are, from left to right, front row: Lillianna Kenawell, Emma Smith, Celia Stever, Kenzie Mitchell, Cailyn Skopic, Cadince Staks. Second row: Aveyn Chilcote, Caden Chilcote, Mason Beatty, Logan Yakymac, Hunter Flagle. Third row: Coach Casey Hanlon, Coach Brooke Emery, Jevon Trice, Blake Hurley, Ryan Plank, Aydin Grove, Domonick Christoff, Head coach Bob Wydock.

Chilcote, Domonick Christoff and Hunter Flagle, as well as juniors Mason Beatty, Ryan Plank and sophomore AJ Chilcote to bring leadership and to continue growing as athletes.

On the girls side, the four returning letter winners are the senior trio of Carmen Loner, Celia Stever and Lillianna Kenawell to be strong competitors this upcoming season along with junior Jonnell Welsh. “(We have a) good group of veteran runners and great team chemistry,” Wydock said.

There will be a lot of expectations on some of the younger talent on the team this year for Mount Union including senior Blake Hurley, sophomores Jevon Trice, Logan Yakymac and Baidon Pratt as well as freshmen Ayden Grove and Ethan

Fisher.

The girls have a lot of new athletes that the Trojans are excited to see for the 2021 season in freshmen Cailyn Skopic, Cadince Staks and Makenize Mitchell as well as junior Emma Smith.

Though Mount Union has plenty of returning athletes on the team this year, the Trojans will miss the experience of top runner in Bryce Beatty who left due to graduation.

“Number one, he was an excellent runner, but more importantly, a team leader,” Wydock said.

One of the main goals that Wydock has for his team is to never stop improving and to continue to be better.

Wydock hopes and expects to see improvement, not only from last season, but throughout the season. Also, the Trojans like to help build

the new athletes up to create a solid foundation for the the future. “(Our goal is) to improve from last year,” Wydock said. “(Also we will work on) improving times and have new runners gain experience.”

The Trojans look to avoid the injury bug this season as they continue to push forward in their quest of an ICC title.

“Just making sure our runners stay healthy,” Wydock said. “So they can continue to improve and run to the best of their abilities.”

The top two teams that Mount Union believes will bring the biggest challenges are the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils and the Northern Bedford Panthers on the boys side. For the girls, Mount See Trojans / Page 41

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MIFFLIN COUNTY GIRLS TENNIS

Huskies ready to battle tough Mid-Penn foes tween the three athletes with both Kyle and Curry each playing for four years, while Yoder had three years experience at the varsity level.

“Just the experience, a lot of matches under their belts,” Kyle said.

The main expectation for Mifflin County this coming season is improvement from a season ago. Coach Kyle wants to have his team feel more and more confident by season’s end then the team was from the start of the season.

“We just want to be better,” Kyle said. “Just getting better every day and feeling good about improving each day.”

One internal dilemma that Mifflin County hopes to avoid this season, is getting bit by the injury bug. With only having seven players,

one potiental injury could interfere with the Huskies’ plans.

“Injuries, due to lack of depth to the roster,” Kyle said.

The one team though Mifflin County believes will be the one to beat will the Hershey Trojans who according to coach Kyle have set the standard for tennis in the Mid-Penn Conference.

“Hershey always has the top team,” Kyle said. “Hershey will be the best team.”

The main goal for the new season for Mifflin County will be focusing on improving as a team as well as looking to be very competitive in the Mid-Penn Conference.

“We want to have a .500 record, practice hard, have continued improvement and show up to each match ready to play,” Kyle said.

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Members of the 2021 Mifflin County girls tennis team are, from left to right; Front Row: Katie Riden, Melanie Liang and Izzy Wagner. Back Row: Ella Knepp, Lilly Riden, Olivia Kahley and Aja Binder.

Team Info: District 6, Class 3A League: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Coach: Glenn Kyle, assisted by Jeff Mazurek and Steve Hugendubler

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LEWISTOWN —A new season is upon us for Mifflin County girls tennis as the Huskies head into the 2021 fall season with hopes of continued growth. Glenn Kyle returns at the helm of the Mifflin County tennis program.

Joining Kyle on the coaching staff are assistant coaches Jeff Mazurek and Steve Hugenduber.

“I am excited,” Kyle said.

“We lost four players and they were solid players, but all the players we have coming back have a lot of experience.”

The one big issue that the Huskies are looking to address in the coming season is the low turnout to this season’s team opposed to last year’s team with only seven girls on the roster.

“It’s been low we only have seven, but hope to recruit a couple more for the

season,” Kyle said.

Fortunately for Mifflin County, it has enough players to compete in each match.

Even more so, each player has plenty of experience playing tennis at the varsity level.

“They have all improved from last year,” Kyle said.

“We’re always shooting for a .500 record, and we hope to be in the middle of the pack this year in the league.”

One of the biggest returners is senior Olivia Kahley, who will compete in No. 1 singles for the Huskies this season. Also returning will be fellow senior Lilly Riden, juniors Izzy Wagner, Ella

Knepp and Aja Binder will all see if they will be competing for either singles or doubles competition.

“Our number one, Olivia Kahley, I expect her to continue to get better and to be competitive in more matches,” Kyle said. “We’ve got some players Izzy Wagner, Ella Knepp and Aja Binder. Those girls will be in competition for the other two singles spots.”

These players will be looked upon to fill holes left behind by Sydney Kyle, Jaylynn Yoder and Sky Curry who are no longer on the team due to graduation. Lots of experience will be missed be-

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pieces in Jayden Jackson, Trey Kibe and Zach Williams.

The Huskies will instead be counting on a few returners in Daniel King, Jared Lyons, Alexander Price, Josiah Sechler, Isaac Wilson, Reagan Ettinger, Braden Shaeffer, Eli Osbourne and Jaxson Pupo.

Lyons will return at quarterback after leading the Huskies in passing yards in 2020. Pupo was the Huskies leading tackler last season while Sechler and King will lead very young wide receiver and defensive back units.

Ettinger will be a factor in the Huskies’ backfield on offense and will be tasked with helping replace a stout linebacking core on the defensive side of the ball that was decimated by graduation.

“This is a relatively young team, with a few strong senior leaders ready to lead the way,” Sechler said. “This year, we are focusing on being better ball players and people every day. That combined with enjoying the experience and executing to the best

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and the Little Lions as it usually does.

Mifflin County has had a great deal of success in that match up including classics like their 2014 title win over the Little Lions on Emma Aumiller’s overtime game-winner.

“I honestly don’t know who they lost from last year and what the girls look like,” Suydam said. “We’ll just focus on what we can control; the way we play, how conditioned we come in, our

of our abilities will be our focus. We want to get kids involved this year. It’s our goal as a coaching staff to get a lot of kids on the field.”

Mifflin County opens its season with a stout opponent right of the bat when the Huskies welcome State College to Mitchell Field to kick things off. From there, Mifflin County will host Hollidaysburg before traveling to Williamsport to wrap up its non-conference schedule.

Lower Dauphin begins a stretch of seven Mid-Penn Keystone games with the toughest challenge of the season coming on Sept. 24 when the Huskies travel to Bishop McDevitt.

Sechler expects McDevitt, a perennial state power to once again live up to its name in 2021 with the return of stud running back Marques Williams and wide receiver Mario Easterly to lead a high-powered offense.

“Bishop McDevitt is the team to beat in the league this year,” Sechler said.

“They are returning all of their skill guys and should be a top team in the state.”

While the roster may lack experience in some places, Sechler has been

impressed with the effort and energy throughout camp.

“We are a very young team this year, but honestly the energy level so far at practice has exceeded any level from my previous years as head coach,” Sechler said. “This team has spunk and personality.

I love the energy.”

One of the biggest keys for Mifflin County will be staying healthy throughout the 2021 campaign as injuries played a big part down the stretch. Mifflin County dropped three close contests that could have changed its season.

“We need to avoid the injury bug this year,” Sechler said. “Last year, it put a hurting on us. We also need to play loose and fast and avoid the mental errors.”

All in all, Mifflin County’s goal is the same as its been each year under Sechler.

“Our goal as always is to win a D6 championship,” Sechler said. “To get there it’s our goal to have fun and execute. We’ll focus on the post season when we get there. For now, it’s one game at a time. We want to focus on what is directly in front of us.”

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communication. I don’t like to think too much about it. I know that it’s always an exciting game. I just look at it like the way we play every game. We want to be consistent, we want to be prepared.

I don’t like to make any sort of predictions or expectations are far as certain teams are concerned.”

With a young group, in one of the toughest leagues in the state, the Huskies goals are simple.

“I don’t have any specific expectations,” Suydam said.

“I want us to stay healthy, no injuries. I want some of my young players to gain good

experience this year, for there to be good attitudes, good team morale and good encouragement. I want to keep working on our small passing game. Those kinds

of things are kind of what we’ve been focusing on.

Defense, offense, circle play are what we’ve been focusing on so far. The biggest thing is conditioning.”

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on the offensive line have us solidified up front.

I’ve seen them all a lot in the weight room and at speed and agility and seven-on-seven. I’m excited that it’s for real now and I know that they are too.”

While the Mustangs have had their fair share of struggles, Adams has noticed a fire within his team to try and prove the doubters wrong this season.

“I don’t think anyone expects us to do anything quite honestly, outside of our meeting room,” Adams said. “It’s few and far between when the Mustangs have some success on the field. They’re hungry to prove people wrong but aside from that, we’ve worked this summer to get the mental and emotional part of the game in check.

When it’s 90 some degrees on the turf and we’re tired, that’s when those things need to kick in.

Maybe we’re not as talented as the team across from us, but if we are willing to work and are smarter in preparation and are emotionally bonded together — those things can carry

us through some games.”

Midd-West will once again have two big challenges right off the bat, having to face Central Columbia and Danville to open the season. Adams expects Montoursville and Danville to be the top teams the Mustangs will face in the Heartland Conference.

“Montoursville and Danville are the top two that come to mind,” Adams said. “We’ve been so focused on what we need to do to improve. I know that’s a football coach cliche, but we’ve been so focused on what we need to do to improve that I haven’t been looking at other teams and their rosters, but their programs speak for themselves.”

The main focus for Midd-West in camp has been focusing on playing hard-nosed, aggressive football, especially on the defensive end.

“The biggest thing I would like them to do is play with some emotion and to play aggressively,” Adams said. “With our style, we’re going to try and be pretty aggressive on both sides of the football.

With aggression comes mistakes and sometimes if

you’re too aggressive on defense you give up big plays, but it is what it is. We will need to be aggressive, especially on defense. We need to be able to move on to the next play mentally.”

Above all else, Adams is looking for his team to execute at a high level.

“We have to execute.

We can’t get in long third and 15 type situations, we have to take what we can get,” Adams said. “We had to move the ball down the field. We won’t be faster or be stronger than everybody that we play. We have to do all of those intangible things and be consistent through it.”

Overall, Adams is pleased with what he saw from his team in camp and is ready to see what his team can do when it opens the season today at Central Columbia.

“I’m pleased with the focus, their leadership, their effort and I’ve seen us make strides and progress,” Adams said. “Obviously we won’t know that for sure until we start playing against somebody other than ourselves, but I’m pleased with where we’re at right now and to continue to work on it in the coming weeks.”

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up on one another. Lower Dauphin always seems to find a way to the top, but Waynesboro is a scrappy team that always has the ability to surprise. If it isn’t us coming out on top, that is OK, we will take it one game at a time and make

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Out of that 21 only 10 players were not seniors.

“Of the 10, only seven decided to play soccer this season so most of my team this season are newcomers to soccer at the high school level,” Scott said. “Some players that we’ll miss this season that I would have liked the chance to coach are Trevor Skopic, Connor Sieber, and Ian Brod-

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and Juniata County’s alltime leading goal scorer in Kierstyn Fogle (28 goals), Leah Sankey (12 goals) and Brianna Henry.

Fogle and Sankey were

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Like many teams, East Juniata has prepared their bodies for the wear and tear of a season but based on the talent level of the Tri-Valley League, any lingering injuries may prove costly.

“I believe this year, the league is going to be incredibly balanced. Last year, the quality of play by all teams increased. I

each of our divisional opponents play with everything they have to beat us.”

The expectations are once again the same for the Huskies’ program.

“The expectations this year come down to our strong work ethic and being a family on and off the field,” Lepley said. “We will play for 80 minutes with everything we have regardless

of score. Period.”

The focal points in camp have included team cohesion and staying locked in mentally.

“Our biggest focuses will be twofold — mental preparation and team,” Lepley said. “You are nothing without the team. Not a single player can go out and win a game himself. We stress staying mentally strong re-

gardless of what happens on the field because a mental lapse in a game can cost you the game. We have to keep the focus for 80 minutes and have a short memory. We also need to keep the body healthy to avoid the nagging serious injuries that have the potential to derail your individual season.”

At the end of the day, the Huskies hope to build on

their appearance in the District 6 tournament from a season ago.

“Another appearance in the district tournament would be the main goal for the season,” Lepley said.

“The experience of playing in “The Pit” at State College in the first round of the PIAA District 6 tournament last year was excellent for the program. There were a

lot of people in the stands, the energy was high and the kids could barely walk off the field afterwards because they gave every ounce of energy they could give.

I’m confident they can get there. We have Altoona twice on the schedule and State College once. These will be good opportunities to see exactly where we stand.”

beck who all graduated last year.”

Scott remains very optimistic about his team’s ability to make some noise in the Inter-County Conference and its regular season.

But he knows that it will take an all-out effort by his players.

“With some hard work and dedication, I look to make it to districts and become district champions,” Scott said.

To accomplish that Scott knows what they need to

work hard at focusing on in the field.

“Scoring goals and keeping play out of our half of the field, and keeping play out of our defending half of the field to keep from making any costly mistakes is what we will need to do,” said Scott.

Being one of the “new kids on the block” the team is having a hard time measuring its skills against other teams. Plus, they aren’t really sure who will be some of the ICC’s top

teams and tough teams.

“We’re only going into a second season of soccer at Mount Union Area High School so we really don’t have much to compare to,” said Scott.

Scott wants his team to play a strong offense and makes sure their opponents visits are limited.

“We’re looking to keep play out of our defending half of the field,” he said.

“I’m looking to be a top contender this season, but I know the ICC has some re-

ally great teams so we have a lot of hard work to put in to make that happen. But I know it can happen.”

With a goal being a postseason berth, Scott and his staff have plans on how to get that accomplished and what the players need to do.

“My outlook for postseason is to get my players into the weight room, gym, and offer a spring soccer training camp for any kids in the area that might be interested in playing soccer at the high school level,” Scott said.

Despite being a new coach, Scott has a foundation and plan of action to make his team a successful one.

“As I stated before, this is only the second year for soccer at the varsity level for Mount Union and this is my first-year coaching at the high school level,” Scott said. “But I’ve gathered a very dedicated coaching staff that are all focused on improving the players and building and growing this new program.”

also in the top five in assists.

Add in Millersburg’s Hannah Morrison (10 goals) and that’s four of the top 10 scorers gone.

“The league as a whole graduated some really great players from each team,” the Padens said. “I think going into this season it will be

wide-open. The competition in the TVL is always good, it sort of feels like playing a rivalry game each time you step out on the field.

So (we) really think anyone has a shot at coming out on top this year. Getting to play competitive games like that just makes everyone better

as we all look towards District play as well.”

Juniata does have two of the top 10 leading scorers in the league from last year in senior Ashlyn Pannebaker (12 goals) and junior Victory Franz (five). Both figure to be major parts of the Juniata offense this season.

The Indians are also returning the top goalkeeper in the league save-percentage wise in senior Hailey Kepner (86.87 percent).

The Indians want to remain healthy and get better every day.

“You never want to see a player go down with an inju-

ry,” the coaches said. “Other than that, ending the year better than we started it. We have girls on the team looking towards continuing their career at the college level, so helping prepare any of our players that desire to take that step is always part of what we do.”

expect that to continue this year,” Feltman said. “It is going to be important for us to stay healthy. The girls worked extremely hard this summer getting stronger and have done everything they could do to prepare themselves physically. It’s just going to be a matter of avoiding freak injuries.”

While the recent success of East Juniata girls soccer has been measured in TVL dominance and annual runs to the district fi-

nal, Feltman and his team will base the success of the 2021 season on how much it improves and how hard the players work.

“Success for this season will not need to be measured in wins and losses— these girls have proven to be me they are going to be winners in life,” Feltman said. “The work, dedication, and discipline they have shown over the summer tells me more about these girls than any wins or losses.”

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and start something new,” Peachey said. “I am hopeful that we will see a jump in female participation as we continue to work on creating a fun and engaging environment to learn the sport, but also build relationships with each other and learn to work hard together.”

Though is there a lot of unknown for the Thunder as they head into the 2021 fall season, but Peachey is grate-

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named as ACAA all-stars last year in junior Peyton Burd and sophomores Annika Martin and Erin Sheaffer.

“Burd is our third captain and she will anchor our center midfield. We will rely on her to be a key playmaker and scoring threat,” Taylor said. “Martin will be dangerous again at center forward and we will rely on her to be a goal scoring threat.

Hoover, will start at center defender along with returning starter sophomore Jenna Glick.”

“We anticipate both of them having good years at central defender positions,”

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the year.

“I just expect them to always work hard, always give their best effort in practices and games, exemplify and demonstrate good sportsmanship everywhere and be a positive influence on their teammates,” she said. “If they work hard and they are showing up 100 percent in the gym, I expect them to compete in games,” she added.

Having a “successful” sea-

ful for the opportunity to build the program up, as well as the constant support of all of the Belleville Mennonite community.

“So far, we have received a lot of support from parents, students and the community for this program, so I am expecting a good turnout for our first season,” Peachey said.

Peachey also anticipates a lot of growing pains, however, she still expects the players to come ready to play hard.

“Everyone on our team is

fairly new to the sport, so we are definitely a group of newcomers willing to work hard and learn as we go,” Peachey said.

Belleville Mennonite look to head into its first season with the expectations of just taking it one game at a time and set a solid foundation for the program not only for this season, but for many years to come.

“Some expectations that I have for this season are just to grow,” Peachey said.

“To grow as a team, grow as players, grow in mutual trust

and respect for each other’s abilities, and grow in knowledge of the game.”

The Thunder will face stiff competition as they will take on foes like Juniata Christian, Northumberland Christian and Meadowbrook Christian. Nonetheless, Belleville Mennonite sees this as a major opportunity to learn the game of soccer.

“We plan to focus a lot on conditioning and stamina and to learn how each position on the field works together,” Peachey said.

Though it may seem a bit

early to talk about postseason play, Belleville Mennonite sees it as another opportunity to build on the skills they have already developed.

“I think postseason play is an excellent way to improve your skills,” Peachey said. “It gives you more touches on the ball and practice always gets you closer to perfect, so the more you play, the better you will get.”

The ultimate goal for the Thunder going into the season is to simply create a safe and positive envronment for girls to learn how to work to-

gether and play as a team, as well as being a positive role model both on and off the field.

“Our goal is to teach the girls the game of soccer, for them to be confident in their abilities, and to learn to have a good attitude through all the challenges this season may or may not bring,” Peachey said. “This year is mostly going to be a building year and every team has to start somewhere. We are thankful to be starting now and looking forward to what this season brings.”

Taylor continued. “Erin Sheaffer will start again at forward. Her speed and crossing ablilty will be key to our scoring defense.”

Juniors Lydia Glick and Renee Moyer will also make their return to the roster and will be expected to be major contributors to the Lions for the coming year.

“Glick has improved a lot and we will rely on her to play a lot of minutes in our midfield,” Taylor said. “Renee returns to play a third year at outside defender and we look to see her continue to improve.”

There will be plenty of new faces that will be expected to bring alot to the table for the new season including sisters Kylene and

Morgan Moyer.

“Sophomore sisters Kylene and Morgan Moyer will see a lot of time this year. Kylene is a very diverse player and can play almost anywhere on the field,” Taylor said. “Also returning from last year is sophomore Nia Matthews, who will continue to provide needed depth to our defense.

Sophomore Abby Varner is coming off an injury in basketball season and we are still uncertain how much she will be able to play right now,” Taylor continued.

“We have sophomore Brinley Seler coming out for the first time. Finally, we have four freshmen Reagan Burd, Naomi Leitzel, Anna Moyer and Rachel Zeiders who we

hope will add much needed depth at several positions.”

With all that talent returning from last year’s team and the addition of the newcomers, Juniata Christian feels extremely confident in its ability to be highly competitive in the league.

“We expect to be very competitive in th ACAA,” Taylor said. “We also have a lot of PIAA games with teams outside of the ACAA and hope to be competitive in these games as well.”

But the Lions are keeping an eye on traditional rivals in Northumberland Christian as well as Meadowbrook Christian. Also Juniata Christian is excited to welcome new challenger in Belleville Mennonite who

had recently formed a girls soccer program of its own.

“I expect Northumberland Christian, Meadowbrook Christian and ourselves to be the top three teams competing for the ACAA title,” Taylor said.

The Lions look to finally break through and over take the top spot in the ACAA and they believe that they can do it while working as a team. Having more players on the bench will help keep players fresh and hopefully avoid having players on the sidelines.

“Team chemistry is very important. Last year, it took us a while to find our team identity and chemistry. We need to have chemistry at the start of the season,” Tay-

lor said. “We have a very busy schedule, so injury and fatigue will be two things that we need to avoid.”

Along with the goal of taking over the ACAA, Juniata Christian has set its sights on not only playing in the ACAA tournament, but playing beyond it.

“We expect to make playoffs for the ACAA and we hope to be able to participate in District 4 PIAA playoffs this year,” Taylor said.

But ultimately, coach Taylor wants his players to grow both on the field as well as off of it. In mind, body and spirit.

“Our goals are the same as every year,” Taylor said.

“Play hard, have fun and honor God in all that we do.”

son can be defined in many ways. To Rougeau, success with a very young team will be achieved through the most important aspect of the game in her eyes, communication.

“I said it last year and I will say it every year, I am a huge stickler on communication and all the girls know that, even the newer girls are starting to catch on to that. I think that will be our biggest key to success,” Rougeau said. “In volleyball, having six of you in a small area on the court, you have to communicate and listen to each other while you are out there.”

Avoiding setbacks are crucial in having a good year.

Keeping players healthy, now trying not to get set back by a pandemic, setbacks still loom over the sports world as they always have. Rougeau’s biggest thing is just making sure her players stay healthy and safe this upcoming season.

“Injuries and COVID, obviously that had cut our season short last year, so keeping everyone safe and healthy remains our number one priority,” Rougeau said.

Maintaining a solid teamwork mindset is another thing

Rougeau wants to make sure the girls focus on this season.

“Teamwork, working as a team throughout the whole season, we don’t want that to go down. There are times throughout the year when it can get down but, so we just have to keep communicating and keep motivating each other,” she added.

With the program being still in its infancy, it is hard to compare it to previous teams since there has only been one prior to this year. Rougeau touched on how with COVID, it was really hard to build a brand-new pro-

gram with that looming overhead.

With fewer numbers this year finding key players and key positions for those players with the low numbers.

“It is going to be exciting to see players step up this year, and step into new positions, ones that they may not have played last year, we just need to find our groove with this new younger group of girls,” Rougeau said.

Some goals Rougeau talked about for the upcoming season are to really focus on teamwork and building a strong unit with

the new group she has. Getting out on the court and just learning is something she really wants to see out of her players.

As far as her outlook on the postseason, Rougeau said that they are just taking the season one game at a time. With a newer program, the focus remains building a strong program and working on the fundamentals of the game.

“I am really just excited to see how they grow throughout the year and even just from the start of open gyms to the first practice or to the first game,” Rougeau said.

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been with it for a couple years or so and are going to be for the most part the varsity team but the new girls coning into it and how they welcome them and encourage them to do better. That’s going to help in year’s to come too,” said Boop. “It’s hope that they play as a team and not be a couple girls here and a couple girls there and not be a clique and work together.”

The coach sees a few teams that will be tough competition to the team and the league this season.

“I think Upper Dauphin has always been a good team and I think they’ve been established for a little while.

I’m sure that’s why it makes them the toughest team we probably have,” said Boop.

“The other teams I don’t know if they are. Most started a year before us or when we started. That just means that most have just one more year of experience playing in the PIAA in the competitive part of their schools.”

Midd-West’s first scheduled game at this point is September 9th at 5:30.

courage and pick each other up. If we can race that way we will have a very competitive group,” Loht said. “If the kids can pull and push each other and race as a team we have the potential to be a pretty good team. There is a great team chemistry. Individuals don’t win meets. As our pack improves the team will get better.”

Some of the Huskies toughest competition comes within the Mid Penn Conference they compete in. State College, Cumberland Valley and Carlisle are always top contenders when they compete against the Huskies. In addition to league meets, the Huskies will be racing in some invitationals that will

have some of the top teams and runners in the state.

As far as the postseason is concerned Loht said that he expects the team to perform even better than they did last year.

“We would like to improve our league championship placing. We are usually a top ten team. We placed eighth last fall and would like to move up a few notches. We go into districts with the goal of running our best and getting a couple people qualified for the state championship meet. We can’t control what other teams do so we don’t worry about.

We will do what we can do and let the results speak for themselves.”

last few years for the league championship on the boys side,” Wydock said. “I exContinued from Page 36 pect it to be the same this Union sees Juniata Valley as year” its top rival.

As far as postseason goes, “We’ve battled it out be- the Trojans just look to fotween each other for the cus on the here and now and

with hardwork, they will find the prize of making the postseason and possibly an ICC championship and beyond.

“Just taking it one meet at a time and see where we’re at,” Wydock said.

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that that if you don’t get served in your not going to get points in and you won’t get points if you don’t pass the ball.”

Coming into the season, Boop sees that experience will be something his team will bring to the table.

“I think the core group of girls are going to bring the new girls into the group and routine. I have a real strong core group of girls that have

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years,” Loht said “Dylan Kurtz is off to Penn State.

Dylan has great leadership potential. He was a volunteer this summer and is helping us this fall.”

Loht talked about how different this team is compared to others and how their selflessness and strong team chemistry will help develop the younger talent as the season progresses.

“This team likes each other and doesn’t have an ego.

The kids are training in a group and are willing to help each other excel. If someone is having a bad day they en-

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where they’re at.”

“Another thing is leadership. Because we have a good mix. We have the high school girls but we also have a growing group of junior high girls and I feel like it’s a great opportunity to have some of the older girls invest in the younger girls,” Breneman added. “That helps them develop as leaders and also helps the younger girls develop.”

One of the biggest things that Breneman is working on this season will be conditioning and preventive action to avoid injuries.

“One of the things we are trying to avoid is obviously injury. If we push them too fast, too soon, too many miles they are going to get injured, so we’re trying to avoid that,” said Breneman.

“With as many new runners as we have, the younger ones particularly, we’ve got to find that balance between wanting them to progress but not getting them to progress to quick or they’re going to get injured and then they’re going to be on the sidelines and I don’t want that.”

“Another thing is discouragement. We are going to have some good competition. We are not going to avoid or ignore the team aspect or the team win kind of thing, but really that’s where I want to be at focusing on individual and individual goals and accomplishments.

We want to keep them upbeat and keep them encouraged.”

There are some new aspects to this team that are a little unusual from teams of the past.

“We’ve got a few veterans but a lot of new girls,” said Breneman. “We have

a pretty young team. If you look at the overall high school and junior high we are pretty young and even inexperienced. So, that’s a bit different.”

Running in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth division is tough up and down the schedule but there are a few that stand out to Breneman.

“State College is always a contender. We’ve got some tough teams we face,” said Breneman. “Carlisle always has a tough team. Cumberland Valley has a good team as well. There’s going to be good competition out there for sure.”

Breneman sees some familiar faces he expects to do well during the postseason, especially two runners who ran at Hershey last fall.

“Kylee and Addie both went to states last year, so I expect they’re probably going to be there again,” said Breneman.

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HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULES Mifflin County High School

Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29

Football State College at Mifflin County, 7 p.m.

Hollidaysburg at Mifflin County, 7 p.m.

Mifflin County at Williamsport, 7 p.m.

Lower Dauphin at Mifflin County, 7 p.m.

Mifflin County at Bishop McDevitt, 7 p.m.

Milton at Mifflin County, 7 p.m.

Mifflin County at Red Land, 7 p.m.

Hershey at Mifflin County, 7 p.m.

Mifflin County at Palmyra, 7 p.m.

Mifflin County at Cedar Cliff, 7 p.m.

Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 20

Field hockey Mifflin County at Cumberland Valley, 4:15 p.m.

Mifflin County at Newport, 7:15 p.m.

Cedar Cliff at Mifflin County, 4:15 p.m.

Carlisle at Mifflin County, 4:15 p.m.

Mifflin County at Central Dauphin, 4:15 p.m.

Chambersburg at Mifflin County, 4:15 p.m.

Cumberland Valley at Mifflin County, 4:15 p.m.

Mifflin County at Lewisburg, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Cedar Cliff, 4:15 p.m.

Mifflin County at Carlisle, 4:15 p.m.

Mifflin County at State College, 4:15 p.m.

Central Dauphin at Mifflin County, 4:15 p.m.

Mifflin County at Chambersburg, 4:15 p.m.

State College at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Sept. 8 Sept. 11 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 21 Oct. 25

Girls soccer Palmyra at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Central Dauphin East, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Hershey, 4 p.m.

State College at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at West Perry, 10 a.m.

Mifflin County at Waynesboro, 4 p.m.

Lower Dauphin at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Mechanicsburg, 6:30 p.m.

Mifflin County at Palmyra, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Juniata, 11 a.m.

Mifflin County at Altoona, 7:30 p.m.

Hershey at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Williamsport, 11 a.m.

Central Dauphin East at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Waynesboro at Mifflin County, 11 a.m.

Mifflin County at Lower Dauphin, 6:30 p.m.

Mechanicsburg at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Camp Hill at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Sept. 4 Sept. 8 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 27 Sept. 29

Boys soccer Mifflin County at West Perry, 6:30 p.m.

Mifflin County at Palmyra, 4 p.m.

Central Dauphin East at Mifflin County, 10:30 a.m.

Mifflin County at Altoona, 7:30 p.m.

Hershey at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Waynesboro at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Lower Dauphin, 6:30 p.m.

Mechanicsburg at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Palmyra at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 21 Oct. 23

Millersburg at Mifflin County, 10:30 a.m.

Altoona at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Hershey, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Central Dauphin East, 3:45 p.m.

Mifflin County at Bellefonte, 6 p.m.

Mifflin County at Waynesboro, 11 a..m.

Lower Dauphin at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Mechanicsburg, 6:30 p.m.

State College at Mifflin County, 10:30 a.m.

Aug. 30 Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Oct. 1

Girls Tennis Cedar Cliff at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Carlisle, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Harrisburg, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Lower Dauphin, 4 p.m.

Palmyra at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

State College at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Northern, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Mechanicsburg, 4 p.m.

Red Land at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Central Dauphin, 4 p.m.

Central Dauphin East at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Cumberland Valley at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Hershey, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Hollidaysburg, 3:30 p.m.

Chambersburg at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.

Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 6

Cross country Central Dauphin East at Mifflin County, 4:30 p.m.

Chambersburg at Mifflin County, 4:30 p.m.

Tri-Meet at Mifflin County, 4:30 p.m.

Mifflin County at Cumberland Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Altoona at Mifflin County, 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 27 Aug. 30 Sept. 7 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 20

Golf Mifflin County at Red Land, 11 a.m.

Mifflin County at Carlisle, 1 p.m.

Mifflin County at Bishop McDevitt, 1:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Mifflin County, 1 p.m.

Bellefonte at Mifflin County, 1 p.m.

Mifflin County at Palmyra, 1:30 p.m.

Mifflin County at Cedar Cliff, 12 p.m.

Mifflin County at Mechanicsburg, 2 p.m.

Juniata High School Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29

Football Line Mountain at Juniata, 7 p.m.

Juniata at Upper Dauphin, 7 p.m.

Juniata at West Perry, 7 p.m.

Juniata at Steelton-Highspire, 1 p.m.

Middletown at Juniata, 7 p.m.

Halifax at Juniata, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Juniata, 7 p.m.

Newport at Juniata, 7 p.m.

Juniata at James Buchanan, 7 p.m.

Juniata at Susquenita, 7 p.m.

Sept. 4

Cross country Juniata at Big Valley Invitational, TBA

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Juniata at Susquenita, 4:15 p.m.

Juniata at Big Spring, 10:30 a.m.

Juniata at Hershey Foundation Invitational, TBA Juniata at Paul Short CC Invitational, TBA Juniata at Susquenita, 4:15 p.m.

Juniata at Newport, 4 p.m.

Juniata at Bald Eagle Area, 4 p.m.

Juniata at Mifflin County, 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Oct. 14

Boys soccer Millersburg at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Juniata at Susquenita, 7 p.m.

Greenwood at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Halifax at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Huntingdon at Juniata, 10 a.m.

Juniata at Line Mountain, 4:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Tyrone at Juniata, 12 p.m.

Juniata at Millersburg, 6:15 p.m.

Susquenita at Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Juniata at Greenwood, 6:30 p.m.

Danville at Juniata, 12 p.m.

Big Spring at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Juniata at Halifax, 6:30 p.m.

Juniata at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Line Mountain at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Juniata at St. Joe’s, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 18 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9

Girls soccer Juniata at Bellefonte tournament, 10 a.m.

Juniata at Millersburg, 6:15 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Halifax at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Juniata at Fannett-Metal, 4 p.m.

Juniata at Susquenita, 4 p.m.

East Juniata at Juniata, 2 p.m.

Juniata at Line Mountain, 4:30 p.m.

Millersburg at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Huntingdon at Juniata, 10 a.m.

Linden Hall at Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Juniata at Halifax, 6 p.m.

Susquenita at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Mifflin County at Juniata, 10 a.m.

Juniata at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Line Mountain at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Midd-West at Juniata 11 a.m.

Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 12

Volleyball Juniata at St. Joe’s, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Williamsport at Juniata, 11 a.m.

Halifax at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at Upper Dauphin, 5:30 p.m.

Fannett-Metal at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Sugar Valley at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at Shamokin, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at Halifax, 5:30 p.m.

West Perry at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at Northern Dauphin Christian, 11 a.m.

Juniata at Millersburg, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at Fairfield, 5:30 p.m.

Upper Dauphin at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at South Williamsport, 11 a.m.

Northern Dauphin Christian at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 14 Oct. 19 Oct. 21

Sugar Valley at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Millersburg at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata High School Aug. 19 Aug. 23 Aug. 26 Aug. 31 Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 27

Golf East Juniata at Newport, 2 p.m.

East Juniata at St. Joe’s, 1 p.m.

East Juniata at Millersburg, 2 p.m.

East Juniata at Midd-West, 2 p.m.

Newport at East Juniata, 2 p.m.

East Juniata at Newport, 2 p.m.

East Juniata at Mifflin County, 1 p.m.

East Juniata at Millersburg, 2 p.m.

Millersburg at East Juniata, 2 p.m.

Shikellamy at East Juniata, 2 p.m.

Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 11 Oct. 14

Boys soccer East Juniata at Selinsgrove, 10 a.m.

East Juniata at Loyalsock, 3:15 p.m.

East Juniata at Halifax, 6:30 p.m.

West Perry at East Juniata, 6 p.m.

Millersburg at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Line Mountain, 4:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Danville, 6:30 p.m.

Susquenita at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Greenwood at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Halifax at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Millersburg, 6:15 p.m.

East Juniata at Altoona, 3:30 p.m.

Line Mountain at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Susquenita, 4 p.m.

Juniata at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Greenwood, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Sept. 4 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 18 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 16

Girls soccer East Juniata at Central Columbia tournament, TBA Line Mountain at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Millersburg at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

Halifax at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Juniata, 2 p.m.

Susquenita at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Line Mountain, 4:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Bloomsburg, 2:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Millersburg, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Halifax, 6 p.m.

Danville at East Juniata, 6 p.m.

Juniata at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Susquenita, 4 p.m.

East Juniata at Fairfield, 2 p.m.

East Juniata at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Trintiy at East Juniata, 6:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Lewisburg, 11 a.m.

Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 21

Field hockey East Juniata at Forbes Road, 4:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Line Mountain, 4:30 p.m.

Fairfield at East Juniata, 11 a.m.

East Juniata at Muncy, 4 p.m.

Greenwood at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

Susquenita at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

East Juniata at Newport, 4 p.m.

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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 13 Oct. 16

East Juniata at Susquenita, 4:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Shikellamy, 11 a.m.

Line Mountain at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

Southern Columbia at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

Muncy at East Juniata, 4:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Greenwood, 7:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Southern Huntingdon, 6 p.m.

Newport at at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

Southern Huntingdon at East Juniata, 11 a.m.

Midd-West at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

East Juniata at Benton, 12 p.m.

Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 18 Oct. 20 Oct. 21

Volleyball Sugar Valley at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

South Williamsport at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Halifax at East Juniata, 11 a.m.

East Juniata at West Perry, 6:15 p.m.

Fairfield at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Midd-West at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Christian School of York, 10 a.m.

Millersburg at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Northern Dauphin Christian at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Upper Dauphin at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

St. Joe’s at East Juniata, 6 p.m.

East Juniata at Northern Dauphin Christian, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Williamsport, 4 p.m.

East Juniata at Halifax, 5:30 p.m.

Sugar Valley at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Fannett-Metal, 11 a.m.

Shamokin at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Upper Dauphin, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Millersburg, 5:30 p.m.

East Juniata at Linden Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Juniata at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite School Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 10 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 15 Aug. 31 Sept. 3 Sept. 7 Sept. 10 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 21

Girls soccer Walnut Street Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Grace Prep, 5 p.m.

Northumberland Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p..m Belleville Mennonite at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Walnut Street Christian, 3 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Meadowbrook Christian, 2 p.m.

Columbia County Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Mifflin County Christian, 12 p.m.

Grace Prep at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Northumberland Christian, 3 p.m.

Mifflin County Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 10 a.m.

Juniata Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Columbia County Christian, 3 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Johnstown Christian, 12 p.m.

Meadowbrook Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

St. Joe’s at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Boys soccer Walnut Street Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Forbes Road at Belleville Mennonite, 4 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Grace Prep, 3:30 p.m.

Northumberland Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Walnut Street Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Meadowbrook Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Columbia County Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 15

Harrisburg Academy at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Forbes Road, 11 a.m.

Grace Prep at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Northumberland Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Huntingdon at Belleville Mennonite 2 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Columbia County Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Johnstown Christian, 1:30 p.m.

Meadowbrook Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

St. Joe’s at Belleville Mennonite, 4:30 p.m.

Juniata Christian School Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16

Girls soccer Northumberland Christian at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Grace Prep at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Columbia County Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Christian School of York at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Columbia County Christian at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Penns Valley at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Meadowbrook Christian at Juniata Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Montgomery, 4:30 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Northumberland Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Meadowbrook Christian, 3 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Grace Prep, 3 p.m.

Harrisburg Academy at Juniata Christian, 4 p.m.

Lancaster County Christian at Juniata Christian, 3 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Fannett-Metal, 4 p.m.

Johnstown Christian at Juniata Christian, 11 a.m.

Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 16

Boys soccer Northumberland Christian at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Juniata Christian at St. Joe’s, 5:30 p.m.

Grace Prep at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Columbia County Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Belleville Mennonite at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Christian School of York at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Columbia County Christian at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Fannett-Metal at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Walnut Street Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Covenant Christian at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Meadowbrook Christian at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Northumberland Christian, 5:15 p.m.

St. Joe’s at Juniata Christian, 5:15 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Meadowbrook Christian, 4:45 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Belleville Mennonite, 4:45 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Grace Prep, 4:45 p.m.

Walnut Street Christian at Juniata Christian, 4:45 p.m.

Juniata Christian at Harrisburg Academy, 4:15 p.m.

Lancaster County Christian at Juniata Christian, 4:45 p.m.

Johnstown Christian at Juniata Christian, 12:30 p.m.

Midd-West High School Aug. 27 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8

Football Midd-West at Central Columbia, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Danville, 7 p.m.

Mifflinburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Bloomsburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Lewisburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at North-Penn, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Juniata, 7 p.m.

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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29

Montoursville at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Central Mountain, 7 p.m.

Halifax at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Aug. 24 Aug. 27 Aug. 31 Sept. 2 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 30

Golf Warrior Run at Midd-West, 3:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Central Columbia, 3:30 p.m.

East Juniata, Williamsport at Midd-West, 2 p.m.

Midd-West at Bloomsburg, 3:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Lewisburg, TBD Midd-West at Danville, 3:30 p.m.

Milton at Midd-West, 3:30 p.m.

Loyalsock at Midd-West, 3:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Williamsport, TBD Midd-West at Selinsgrove, TBD Midd-West at East Juniata, TBD Midd-West at Williamsport, TBD

Sept. 4 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 19

Field hockey Midd-West at Mifflinburg, 11 a.m.

Midd-West at Warrior Run, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Central Columbia, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Bloomsburg, 7 p.m.

Southern Columbia at Midd-West, 9 a.m.

Midd-West at Lewisburg, 4:30 p.m.

Benton at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Line Mountain at Midd-West 7 p.m.

Danville at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Shikellamy, 11 a.m.

Midd-West at Susquenita, 4:30 p.m.

Warrior Run at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Central Columbia at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Northwest, 12 p.m.

Midd-West at East Juniata, 4 p.m.

Bloomsburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Lewisburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 12

Cross Country Midd-West at Mifflinburg, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Selinsgrove, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Jersey Shore, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Bloomsburg, 9 a.m.

Midd-West at Shikellamy, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Montoursville, 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 8 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 19

Boys soccer Athens at Midd-West, 6 p.m.

Midd-West at Tournament, 10 a.m.

Midd-West at Selinsgrove, 4:30 p.m.

Mifflinburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Loyalsock at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Jersey Shore, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Juniata, 4 p.m.

Midd-West at St. Joe’s, 3:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Danville, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Williamsport, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Greenwood, 4 p.m.

Lewisburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Central Mountain, 4 p.m.

Warrior Run at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Shikellamy at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

East Juniata Midd-West. 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Millville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 9 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 18 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 18

Girls soccer Danville at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Mifflinburg at Midd-West, 4:30 p.m.

Southern Columbia at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Jersey Shore, 4:30 p.m.

Shamokin at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Montoursville, 4:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Williamsport, 4:30 p.m.

Lewisburg at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Midd-West at Central Mountain, 4 p.m.

Midd-West at Juniata, 11 a.m.

Shikellamy at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

East Juniata at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Mt. Carmel at Midd-West, 4 p.m.

Midd-West at Warrior Run, 4 p.m.

Midd-West at Line Mountain, 4 p.m.

Penns Valley at Midd-West, 7 p.m.

Volleyball Juniata at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Shamokin at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Sugar Valley at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Midd-West at East Juniata, 5:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Upper Dauphin, 5:30 p.m.

Loyalsock at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Williamsport at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Midd-West at South Williamsport, 5:30 p.m.

Upper Dauphin at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Midd-West at Loyalsock, 5:30 p.m.

South Williamsport at Midd-West, 5:30 p.m.

Mount Union High School

Football Aug. 27 Mount Union at Huntingdon, 7 p.m.

Sept. 3 Mount Union at Curwensville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 10 Tussey Mountain at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Sept. 17 Mount Union at Southern Huntingdon, 7 p.m.

Sept. 24 West Branch at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Oct. 1 Mount Union at Moshannon Valley, 7 p.m.

Oct. 8 Everett at Mount Union. 7 p.m.

Oct. 15 Bellwood-Antis at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Oct. 22 Claysburg-Kimmel at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Oct. 29 Mount Union at Northern Bedford, 7 p.m.

Cross Country Sept. 7 Mount Union at Juniata Valley, 4 p.m.

Sept. 15 Juniata Valley at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Sept. 23 Mount Union/Bellwood-Antis at Southern Fulton, 4 p.m.

Sept. 30 Bald Eagle Area at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Oct. 7 Mount Union/Williamsburg at Northern Bedford County, 4 p.m.

Oct. 14 Mount Union/Moshannon Valley at West Branch, 4 p.m.

Oct. 20 ICC Championship Meet at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Oct. 30 Mount Union at District Championship, TBA Nov. 6 Mount Union at PIAA State Championship, TBA Volleyball Sept. 7 Mount Union at West Branch, 7 p.m.

Sept. 9 Bellwood-Antis at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Sept. 14 Curwensville at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Sept. 16 Mount Union at Williamsburg, 7 p.m.

Sept. 20 St. Joseph at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Sept. 21 Mount Union at Juniata Valley, 7 p.m.

Sept. 23 Moshannon Valley at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 21 Sept. 7

Mount Union at Bellwood Invitational, 9 a.m.

Mount Union at Huntingdon, 7:15 p.m.

Mount Union at Glendale, 7 p.m.

West Branch at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Mount Union at Everett, 7 p.m.

Mount Union at Bellwood-Antis, 7 p.m.

Mount Union at Curwensville, 7 p.m.

Williamsburg at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Juniata Valley at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Fannett-Metal at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Mount Union at Moshannon Valley, 7 p.m.

Glendale at Mount Union, 7 p.m.

Boys Soccer Mount Union at Forbes Road, 4 p.m.

Sept. 8 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 18

Everett at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Fannett-Metal at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Penns Valley at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Mount Union at Bald Eagle Area, 11 a.m.

Mount Union at St. Joseph’s, 4 p.m.

Mount Union at Northern Bedford, 4 p.m.

McConnellsburg at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Forbes Road at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Southern Fulton at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Mount Union at Fannett-Metal, 4 p.m.

Northern Bedford at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Mount Union at McConnellsburg, 6 p.m.

Mount Union at Everett, 7 p.m.

Huntingdon at Mount Union, 4 p.m.

Mount Union at Southern Fulton, 4 p.m.

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