INDIANA — Matt Fisher sat by himself on the grass near the third base line as the dugout emptied on another season.

Bellefonte has shown time and again that there may be no better hitting team — top to bottom of the lineup — in PIAA Class AAA baseball.

INDIANA — Brandon Quay swung so hard that he rolled his left ankle. For proof, he held up a large bag of ice afterward while explaining the circumstances.

Matt Fisher and Seth Tressler garner most of the headlines for the Bellefonte baseball team. They have been the centerpieces, along with fellow seniors Bryant James, Frank Parkes, Ian Musser and Cole McClarren, of the Red Raiders' run to a berth in the PIAA quarterfinals.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review came out Monday with an interesting PIAA baseball/softball tournament preview. It had lots of useful information: Teams to watch, players to watch, notes and a "sleeper" pick in each of the four classifications.

BOALSBURG — When Seth Tressler stepped to the plate in the fifth inning, things weren't exactly looking up for the Bellefonte baseball team.

BROCKWAY — You can't say that baserunning woes cost the Bellefonte softball team a chance to advance into the PIAA Class AAA main draw, but they certainly didn't help matters Wednesday.

It's funny how the tone of a season can change in the span of a couple of days.

ALTOONA — You would think a high school baseball coach of 28 years has seen darn near close to everything.

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Every. Single. Day.

Bellefonte baseball coach Denny Leathers hasn't uttered a word of it to his team. That doesn't mean the Red Raiders don't remember how their dreams of a PIAA tournament berth were dashed last season.

BELLEFONTE — Thunder, lightning and rain suspended Bellefonte’s District 6 Class AAA quarterfinal playoff game against Lewistown on Thursday.

BELLEFONTE — It took just one pitch to announce that the second meeting between the Penns Valley and Bellefonte softball teams was going to be a little different than the 52/ 3 no-hit innings in the first contest.

MARTINSBURG — Central’s Marissa Ayers hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning to help the Scarlet Dragons edge Bellefonte 3-2 in a Mountain League softball contest Thursday.

Jordon Schainholz, Bellefonte

The junior baseball player had three hits and drove in three runs in the Red Raiders’ victories over Huntingdon and Tyrone last week. He leads Bellefonte with a .541 batting average (20-for-37) and had knocked in 14 runs in his last seven games coming into this week.

BELLEFONTE — As Bellefonte reaches the midway point of the softball season with a 7-3 record, it would appear the Lady Red Raiders are putting all facets of the game together at the right time.

BELLEFONTE — The question posed to Matt Fisher befuddled him, if only for a split moment.

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.

BELLEFONTE — Matt Fisher was upset with himself. So upset that he talked to himself in unkind terms and shook his head side to side in disgust.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Bellefonte’s Mitchell Port captured perhaps the biggest title of his wrestling career Friday night.

BELLEFONTE — The time might be right to call them the “Mill Hall Mashers.”

Head coach:Gregg Kohlhepp (fourth season)

Head coach:Denny Leathers (28th season)

Head coach:Seth Miller (first season)

BELLEFONTE — The cool early spring weather has had little effect on the Bellefonte bats.

The Red Raiders are mashing like it's early June. No tight muscles here.

Head coach:Seth Miller (first season)

HERSHEY — The youth displayed by Bellefonte’s Tom

HERSHEY — Sudden victory.