JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Win or lose in the 81st All American Amateur Baseball ******* ociation Tournament, veteran New York City SAYO Grays manager Darrel Tiebout believes his team is dressed for success.
The Grays arrived in Johnstown sporting royal blue and white uniforms paying homage to the Homestead Grays, one of the most successful and iconic teams in the former Negro National League.
"Joshua Palacios is with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization," Tiebout said. "He played here with our organization, the Grays. He designed the shirts for us and kind of sponsored the shirts in terms of paying for them.
"These colors are the exact replica of the Homestead Grays in the Negro League."
Tiebout said the uniforms serve a dual purpose. In addition to providing the team with the proper tournament attire, they are intended to tell a story.

#tiebout #johnstown #uniforms

Cleveland B2Bulls starter Owen Tornow held the high-powered Mainline Pharmacy offense without a hit through four innings Wednesday night at Sargent's Stadium.
But the defending champion Johnstown franchise found its figurative footing in the fifth, scoring six runs – enough for a combination of three effective pitchers – in Mainline Pharmacy's 6-1 victory to clinch Pool C in the 81st AAABA Tournament.
"At the end of the day, sometimes it's ugly, sometimes it's pretty," Mainline Pharmacy manager Chance Osborne said. "We just have to find a way to make it happen."
So far, the Johnstown team has succeeded doing exactly that. Mainline Pharmacy carries a 3-0 record into the elimination quarterfinal round Thursday at the Point against Altoona-1 Imler's Poultry (7 p.m.).
Cleveland (2-1) finished second in Pool C and has a date against Pool D winner Buffalo (3-0) at noon Thursday at Forest Hills Junior-Senior High School field.

#pharmacy #pool #owen

KIRKLAND, Wash. – All the West Suburban 14-Under softball team needed was an opportunity.
And twice with two outs, they capitalized.
With timely hitting and strong pitching, West Suburban defeated Asia-Pacific (Bacolod City, Philippines) 2-0 Wednesday at the Junior League Softball World Series at Everest Park.
"We knew coming in it was going to be a tight game," West Suburban manager Rick Roberts said. "... We grinded out enough at-bats to get it done."
The East Region representative out of Johnstown will face Hudsonville, Michigan, the winner of the Central Region, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals. West Suburban's lone loss was to the West Region (Palo Cedro, California) by a 2-0 decision Monday.

#asia

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Johnstown-2 and Altoona-2 played a baseball game that had a little bit of everything Tuesday.
From superb starting pitching, some shaky defense, a controversial ruling and eventually clutch hitting, the two teams traded blows against one another, but it was Martella's Pharmacy that survived a 6-3 decision over ****** Motors in Pool A action during the early game at Sargent's Stadium at the Point.
The Johnstown-2 squad found itself tied late in the game with the Altoona-2 representative and used some small ball to forge ahead. Two Martella's Pharmacy runners reached base via a hit by pitch, then Jack Messina bunted the two into scoring position.
Johnstown-2 second basemen Mason Pfeil came up and roped a go-ahead single up the middle before center fielder Colby Rearick brought in two valuable insurance runs on a base hit of his own.
"I was definitely looking to be aggressive and I was trying to do damage," said Rearick, the No. 10 batter in the order. "I got a bunch of guys backing me. That's not just me getting a hit, that's everyone on this team and we needed that more than air, so that was a big spot for me to come through."

#altoona #cumming

Little League Softball World Series schedule: Full bracket, times, channels, live streams, scores for every 2026 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Little League Softball World Series is here and chock-full of action during the eight-day, 22-game sprint from Greenville, North Carolina.
Teams from across the United States and the world will be competing for a shot at the ***** le, starting with a four-game slate on Sunday, Aug. 2. Action wraps up with the championship game a week later.
Twelve teams — eight representing regions across the U.S. and four international outfits — are divided into two brackets for tournament play. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship game.
Last year, West Suburban Little League of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, captured the Mid-Atlantic Region's first LLSWS championship, defeating Floyds ***** s Community Club Little League of Floyds ***** s, Indiana, in the ***** le game. Neither squad returns for 2026, as new regional champions have punched their tickets to Greenville.

#championship #sporting

Little League Softball World Series schedule: Full bracket, times, channels, live streams, scores for every 2026 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Little League Softball World Series is here and chock-full of action during the eight-day, 22-game sprint from Greenville, North Carolina.
Teams from across the United States and the world will be competing for a shot at the **** le, starting with a four-game slate on Sunday, Aug. 2. Action wraps up with the championship game a week later.
Twelve teams — eight representing regions across the U.S. and four international outfits — are divided into two brackets for tournament play. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship game.
Last year, West Suburban Little League of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, captured the Mid-Atlantic Region's first LLSWS championship, defeating Floyds **** s Community Club Little League of Floyds **** s, Indiana, in the **** le game. Neither squad returns for 2026, as new regional champions have punched their tickets to Greenville.

#little #World #floyds

Little League Softball World Series schedule: Full bracket, times, channels, live streams, scores for every 2026 game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Little League Softball World Series is here and chock-full of action during the eight-day, 22-game sprint from Greenville, North Carolina.
Teams from across the United States and the world will be competing for a shot at the ***** le, starting with a four-game slate on Sunday, Aug. 2. Action wraps up with the championship game a week later.
Twelve teams — eight representing regions across the U.S. and four international outfits — are divided into two brackets for tournament play. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship game.
Last year, West Suburban Little League of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, captured the Mid-Atlantic Region's first LLSWS championship, defeating Floyds ***** s Community Club Little League of Floyds ***** s, Indiana, in the ***** le game. Neither squad returns for 2026, as new regional champions have punched their tickets to Greenville.

#league

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Mainline Pharmacy needed extra innings and had to overcome an unusual three-run single by Martella’s Pharmacy Monday night with the Johnstown Collegiate Baseball League regular-season ***** le at stake.
Even though manager Chance Osborne had to watch the final out from the stands, he savored the ending in Mainline Pharmacy’s 5-4 victory over Martella’s Pharmacy in eight innings at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point.
PHOTO GALLERY | Mainline Pharmacy defeats Martella's Pharmacy 5-4 in 8 innings
“Anytime we play Martella’s, we know we’re in for a ballgame and it’s not going to be over until the final out is made,” said Osborne, whose team edged Martella’s Pharmacy 4-3 in the regular-season series to lock down the top spot and secure a berth in the 81st All American Amateur Baseball ***** ociation Tournament next month.
“It means a lot to us to overcome adversity,” he said. “We’ve been on both sides of that. Now, we’ve got to carry that momentum.”

Here is the week-by-week 2026 schedule for central Ohio high school football. Schedules were obtained from area schools and are subject to change.
Fairbanks at North Robinson Colonel Crawford; Harvest Prep at Versailles
Africentric at Groveport; Amanda-Clearcreek at West Jefferson; Bellville Clear Fork at Granville; Berlin Center Western Reserve at Whetstone; Berne Union at Bidwell River Valley; Bloom-Carroll at Caledonia River Valley; Bucyrus Wynford at Cardington; Canal Winchester at Grove City; Centennial at Grandview Heights; Centerburg at Utica; Chillicothe Southeastern at Fairfield Christian; Circleville at Chillicothe; Dalton at Danville; Dayton Dunbar at Briggs; Delaware at Buckeye Valley; Dublin Coffman at Hartley; Dublin Scioto at Thomas Worthington; East Knox at Northridge; Eastmoor Academy vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz; Fisher Catholic at Belpre; Franklin Heights at West; Fredericktown at Highland; Hamilton Township at Whitehall; Heath at Duncan Falls Philo; Hilliard Bradley at Big Walnut; Hilliard Darby at Lancaster; Huntington at Newark Catholic; KIPP Columbus at Beechcroft; Liberty Union at Woodsfield Monroe Central; Licking Heights at Newark; Linden-McKinley at Bexley; Logan Elm at Chillicothe Zane Trace; Madison-Plains at Westfall; Mansfield Senior at Hilliard Davidson; Marion Pleasant at North Union; Martins Ferry at Mount Gilead; Marysville at Westerville North; Millersport at Portsmouth Sciotoville East; Mount Vernon at Marion Harding; New Albany at London; New Lexington at Fairfield Union; Northland at Columbus Academy; Olentangy Liberty vs. Lakewood St. Edward at Lakewood; Olentangy Orange at Olentangy Berlin; Pickerington Central at Gahanna; Pickerington North at Troy; Reynoldsburg at Toledo Whitmer; St. Charles at Central Crossing; South at Mifflin; Thornville Sheridan at Licking Valley; Upper Arlington at Olentangy; Vermilion at Johnstown; Walnut Ridge at East; Watkins Memorial at Worthington Kilbourne; Watterson at Whitehouse Anthony Wayne; West Liberty-Salem at Jonathan Alder; Westerville Central at Marion-Franklin; Westerville South at Dublin Jerome; Westland at Teays Valley; Worthington Christian at Grove City Christian; Youngstown Ursuline at DeSales; Zanesville West Muskingum at Lakewood
Independence vs. Dayton Meadowdale at Welcome Stadium; Columbus Crusaders at Byron Center (Michigan) Grand Valley Christian
Beechcroft at Independence; Berne Union at Chillicothe Huntington; Bexley at Worthington Christian; Big Walnut at Dublin Coffman; Briggs at Dublin Scioto; Buckeye Valley at Africentric; Bucyrus Wynford at East Knox; Canal Winchester at New Albany; Cardington at Sycamore Mohawk; Centerburg at Johnstown; Cincinnati Aiken at Northland; Circleville at Washington Court House; Cleveland Glenville at Olentangy Liberty; Cleveland St. Ignatius at Pickerington North; Danville at Utica; DeSales at Walnut Ridge; East at Whitehall; Eastmoor Academy at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy; Franklin Heights at Linden-McKi

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – After 56 years, a customer with a unique stature returned to the Miller’s of Johnstown clothing store.
“The last time my mother brought me here was my senior year in college – 1970,” Steve Smear said Saturday inside the store at 525 Main St. in downtown Johnstown.
Smear, an All-American defensive tackle for the Penn State Nittany Lions at the time, had contributed to Penn State’s 22-0 record in 1968 and ’69 with a pair of Orange Bowl victories.
In his senior college year, Smear was fitted for a blazer, and he has had it ever since.
At age 78, the Johnstown native, who went on to a championship-winning career in the Canadian Football League after college, returned Saturday to Miller’s for a new coat.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The annual City Golf Championship at Berkley Hills Golf Course has been canceled for this year.
The three-round event was scheduled to take place next Friday through Sunday at the City of Johnstown-owned course in Upper Yoder Township.
"Honestly, the main reason is just very low sign-ups," Derek Hayes, manager of Berkley Hills, said. "Unfortunately, they have been kinda decreasing over the last couple years. We just hit a point this year where it's so low that I just think it's not even going to be a tournament. Having 10-ish people in an event really doesn't constitute a tournament. So that just kinda made it a relatively easy decision to have to cancel.
"I'm not a huge fan of it, but you obviously can't force people to play, so there's not much control we have in that aspect."
The tournament began in 1938.