Sports

Elk County reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with its total number of cases increasing to 2,671 since the beginning of the pandemic. 

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader softball team defeated Curwensville by a score of 12-8 on Thursday afternoon at Benzinger Park. 

The St. Marys Area Dutch baseball team defeated Brookville by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Berwind Park. 

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch softball team defeated the DuBois Area Lady Beavers by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday.

The St. Marys Area High School track and field teams opened their season on Tuesday by hosting squads from Bradford. The Lady Owls defeated the Lady Dutch 89-61, and the Owls defeated the Dutchmen by a score of 73-67.

The St. Marys Area boys' tennis team defeated Clearfield by a score of 7-0 on Monday afternoon in a match played at St. Marys Area High School.

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch softball team opened their season with a 6-0 victory over the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders on Monday afternoon.

The St. Marys Area Dutch baseball team opened their season with a 20-1 five-inning loss to Warren at Berwind Park on Saturday afternoon. 

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader softball team defeated Kane by a score of 12-3 on Tuesday evening at Benzinger Park. 

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch saw their season come to an end with a 60-13 loss to Villa Maria on Wednesday night. 

The St. Marys Area Dutch basketball team ended their season as the District 9 Class AAAA runner-up on Saturday with a 48-39 loss to Clearfield in the boys' championship game. 

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders saw their season come to an end on Saturday afternoon with a 35-22 loss to Otto-Eldred in the District 9 Class A girls' semifinals. 

The Elk County Catholic Crusader basketball team saw their season come to an end with a 55-49 loss to Clarion in the District 9 Class A boys' semifinals on Friday night. 

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch defeated Clearfield by a score of 43-26 on Thursday night to claim this year's District 9 Class AAAA girls' basketball title. 

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch will take on Clearfield tonight at 7 p.m. at St. Marys Area High School in the District 9 Class AAAA girls' championship game. 

The Elk County Catholic Crusaders defeated the Otto-Eldred Terrors by a score of 61-48 in a D9-A boys' quarterfinal game played at Elk County Catholic High School on Wednesday night. 

The St. Marys Area boys basketball team won a double overtime thriller against the Punxsutawney Chucks by a score of 44-42 on Tuesday night in the District 9 Class AAAA semifinals. St. Marys advances to the D9-AAAA championship game, which is scheduled for Saturday. 

Spring sports practices officially got underway on Monday, with members of the boys' tennis, baseball, softball and track and field squads at both Elk County Catholic High School and St. Marys Area High School in action preparing for their upcoming seasons. 

The St. Marys Area Dutch basketball team defeated crosstown rival Elk County Catholic by a score of 37-28 on Friday night in a contest played at St. Marys Area High School. The game was the regular season finale for both teams.

The Elk County Catholic Crusader junior varsity basketball team defeated St. Marys Area by a score of 40-31 in the season finale for both teams on Friday night at St. Marys Area High School

Family members of late Joe Petrilli were presented with a special award on his behalf during a special ceremony held prior to Thursday's varsity girls basketball game at Elk County Catholic High School. Petrilli served as a PIAA official in District 9 for more than 50 years. 

The St. Marys Area Dutch basketball team defeated the Kane Wolves by a score of 40-31 in a game played at St. Marys Area High School on Thursday night. 

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders ended their regular season with a 58-39 victory over Kane on Thursday night. 

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The St. Marys Area boys basketball team edged the Cameron County Red Raiders by a score of 45-42 in a game played at St. Marys Area High School on Tuesday night. 

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders defeated the Northern Potter Lady Panthers by a score of 51-32 on Tuesday night in a contest played at Elk County Catholic High School.

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch basketball team defeated the Smethport Lady Hubbers by a score of 58-24 on Monday night at St. Marys Area High School. It was the final home game of the regular season for the Lady Dutch. 

The Elk County Catholic Crusader basketball team defeated the Coudersport Falcons by a score of 51-43 on Monday night at Elk County Catholic High School. It was the Crusaders' final home game of the regular season. 

The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch defeated the Bradford Lady Owls by a score of 57-45 on Saturday night in a game played at St. Marys Area High School.

The Elk County Catholic High School competition cheerleading squad won the District 9 title in the Large Varsity division at the District 9 Competitive Spirit Championships held at Moniteau High School on Saturday.

The St. Marys Area High School boys basketball team defeated Coudersport by a score of 43-37 on Saturday afternoon in a game played at St. Marys Area High School. 

The Elk County Catholic Crusader basketball team defeated Austin by a score of 55-25 on Saturday night. The game was also Senior Player Night for the ECC squad. 

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders played host to the Ridgway Lady Elkers on Friday night at Elk County Catholic High School. ECC won the game by a score of 39-22. 

The St. Marys Area High School gymnastics team won the League Invitational, defeating squads from Bellefonte, DuBois Area, and Ridgway. The two-day event concluded on Thursday evening. St. Marys had a team score of 129.825. Bellefonte was second with a team score of 124.200, DuBois Area was …