SHIPPENSBURG — You don’t see many job interviews during a state championship softball game, but Bald Eagle Area coach Dave Breon needed to get some answers.

SHIPPENSBURG — It was the bottom of the fifth inning and Brandywine Heights had the bases loaded with one out in the PIAA Class AA championship game against Bald Eagle Area.

By this morning the PIAA gold medals won by the Bald Eagle Area girls’ softball team are hanging in places of honor in the rooms of the recipients, replacing the silver medals that have hung there for the past year as a reminder of how close they had come a year ago.

The Lady Eagles have won the state title again.

Maybe déja vu isn’t the correct term, but Bald Eagle Area softball coach Dave Breon sure has a strange feeling he’s been here before.

Bald Eagle Area softball catcher Brooke Klinefelter hobbled out of a dugout after a recent playoff game wearing about as much ice as Frosty the Snowman.

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Bald Eagle Area softball pitcher Megan Shaw is so stone-faced that she could have a spot on Mount Rushmore. You'd be likely to see more emotion from the carvings of George Washington or Teddy Roosevelt.

Only one opponent stands between the Bald Eagle Area softball team and a return trip to the PIAA Class AA championship game in Shippensburg, but that foe casts a big shadow.

The Bald Eagle Area softball team will walk onto a familiar field as it tries to take the final step in returning to the state championship game.

Most folks who have played a sport have heard it uttered, "It's better to be lucky than good," after catching a break.

ALTOONA — Bald Eagle Area will attempt to win its third straight District 6 Class AA baseball title next year.

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Maybe it was caused by a post P-O letdown, a hangover from Saturday's prom or a steady diet of tough pitches from Bishop Canevin's Jamie Kertes, but the Bald Eagle Area softball team didn't open the PIAA Class AA playoffs hitting on all cylinders Monday.

As of late Tuesday afternoon, Bald Eagle Area second baseman Dillon Schall knew very little about Mount Union, the Eagles' opponent in the District 6 Class AA championship game.

WINGATE — The circumstances seemed dire at best for the Bald Eagle Area baseball team.

WESTMONT — After 162/ 3 postseason innings, it finally appeared somebody

WINGATE — Bald Eagle Area’s hitters dug their cleats into the dirt, unsure if the offerings from three different Central Cambria pitchers were going to hit the catcher’s mitt, the grass in front of the batter’s box or someplace around their rib cages, and waited.

Each of the three Centre County baseball teams that open District 6 tournament play this afternoon have enjoyed postseason success in recent years.

MILESBURG — Tuesday was supposed to be a celebration of Senior Day for the Bald Eagle Area softball team against rival Bellefonte, but a junior stole the show.

MILESBURG — To prepare for Bald Eagle Area ace A.J. Robinson, the Bellefonte baseball coaches turned the pitching machine way up.

MILESBURG — Megan Shaw tossed a three-hitter as Bald Eagle Area avenged an earlier season loss with a 5-1 softball victory against Central Mountain on Tuesday.

BELLEFONTE — The O’Leary Field scoreboard said Bald Eagle Area defeated Bellefonte 2-1 in a gem of a 10-inning softball game on Friday.

BELLEFONTE — In a Bellefonte lineup that features a good number of qualified hitters, a player like Ethan Kline can often become an afterthought.

TYRONE — Bald Eagle Area rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning without getting a hit as the Eagles edged Tyrone 3-2 in high school baseball action on Wednesday.

MILESBURG — Wet grounds forced Bald Eagle Area to move Monday's game against Penns Valley to the teener league field in Milesburg.

Connor McGee, an ex-Bald Eagle Area athlete, won two events and placed second in another in Lafayette's track meet with neighboring Lehigh Saturday.

SPRING MILLS — One side of the diamond thought it was about a foot fair. The other side thought it was about foot foul.

Head coach:Dave Breon (sixth season)

Head coach:Jim Gardner (8th season)

Head coach:Jeff Jodon (15th season)