Tag: Mt. Pleasant

Mt. Pleasant’s Mary Smithnosky keeps an eye on home plate before preparing to pitch against Punxsutawney on June 14 in the PIAA Class 3A semifinals at St. Francis University.

Mt. Pleasant’s Mary Smithnosky writes fairy-tale ending to pitching career

June 21, 2021

A future college outfielder, Mary Smithnosky had to reaffirm to herself that she was a pitcher in her final high school softball season.

Mt Pleasant’s Courtney Poulich celebrates scoring against Mid Valley during the PIAA Class 3A softball championship on Friday, June 18, 2021, at Beard Field in University Park.

Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: June 20, 2021

June 20, 2021

In 2017, when Mt. Pleasant defeated Tunkhannock, 5-3, to win the PIAA Class 4A softball championship, Courtney Poulich and her current Vikings senior teammates were in eighth grade and watching their future team win the school’s first state softball title.

The Mt Pleasant fan cheer after a three-run fifth inning against Mid Valley during the PIAA Class 4A Girls Softball Championship on Friday, June18, 2021 at Beard Field in University Park Pa.

Softball a family affair for PIAA champion Mt. Pleasant

June 19, 2021

UNIVERSITY PARK — Mt. Pleasant took extra time to board the team bus for the ride home Friday from Penn State after the Vikings won the PIAA Class 3A softball championship.

Mt. Pleasant rallies past Mid Valley to capture state softball championship

June 18, 2021

UNIVERSITY PARK — Tested for the first time in the postseason, the Mt. Pleasant softball team had to find a higher gear to get around Mid Valley in the state championship game.

Mt. Pleasant’s Courtney Poulich (8) celebrates her home run with Hannah Gnibus during their PIAA Class 3A first-round playoff game against Bald Eagle Area on June 7.

PIAA Class 3A softball championship preview: Mt. Pleasant vs. Mid Valley

June 17, 2021

PIAA softball preview

From left, Mt. Pleasant softball players Haylie Brunson, Courtney Poulich and Katie Hutter are three of the program’s most productive weightlifters and hitters.

Weight-training program powers Mt. Pleasant softball’s run to state finals

Each grapefruit the Mt. Pleasant softball team smashes out of the park seems to go farther than the last.

Mt. Pleasant’s Courtney Poulich reacts as her team makes a run against Punxsutawney on Monday, June 14, 2021 in the PIAA Class 3A semifinals at St. Francis University.

Mt. Pleasant softball hopes to answer one last call

June 16, 2021

Mt. Pleasant softball coach Chris Brunson has been receiving dozens of phone calls and texts from fellow coaches and colleagues in the area with good luck wishes, salutes and plaudits.