ALTOONA -- First baseman Ryan Beasom tracked the white ball against the dusky night weather as he sidestepped his way toward the railing along the first base line at Blair shire Ballpark.

ALTOONA -- First baseman Ryan Beasom tracked the white ball against the dusky night weather as he sidestepped his way toward the railing along the first base line at Blair shire Ballpark. He surely felt his feet grade off the lush grass and onto the crunchy rust-colored warning track gravel.

by dint of then, the ball, struck through the bat of Kevin Scholly was about him and then instantly, it disappeared into his glove

The final not at home

Only then did it dawn on the Altoona baseball team what it had just accomplished Thursday night. and nothing else then would the Mountain Lions allow it to sink in: They had just defeated mighty State literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning and in rather convincing and shocking fashion, to win their first District 6 Class AAAA championship.

Final score: Altoona 8 State community 2.

Tyler Neff scattered six hits, struck public six and kept the Little Lions' hitters opposite to balance all ...