Franklin Township is taking part in the Pennsylvania State Babe Ruth 13-year old tournament in Milroy.

Franklin is in a nine-team pool playoff in which it randomly plays four different teams.

After dropping its opener, the team owns a 2-1 record following the weekend, with one more game to play this afternoon.

If Franklin wins, it would have a chance to move onto the semis and finals, which starts Tuesday and finishes up Wednesday.

Elsewhere, Franklin Township and Tamaqua Blue picked up wins in the Panther Valley Little League Tournament.

PA BR State Tournament

Franklin Twp.-Altoona

Talan Sensinger tossed a complete game one-hitter in Franklin’s 15-0 victory over Altoona.

Sensinger was aided by a late surge that produced 13 runs. Austin Greene led Franklin Township, which won its second straight game of the tournament, with a single, double, two runs scored and two RBIs, while Evan Murphy chipped in with two singles, two runs scored and two RBIs.

Brady O’Donnel recorded a single, two runs scored and three RBIs in the win.

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Altoona 000 000 0 – 0 1 7

Sensinger and Yeakel; Freiwald, Hartman (3), Smith (5), Herman (7) and Harshbarger. W – Sensinger. L – Freiwald.

UDHL-Franklin Twp.

Franklin Township scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to come from behind and score an 8-7 win over UDHL.

Ian Henkels led Franklin Township with two singles, a walk, a run scored and an RBI, while Brady O’Donnell followed with two singles, a run scored and an RBI.

Talan Sensinger finished with a single and two runs scored as Franklin bounced.

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Demaio, Pearson (3), Dunbar (6) and Kraiza; Henkels, Balak (6), Bastone (6) and Yeakel. W – Henkels. L – Demaio.

Broomall-Franklin Twp.

A six-run third inning helped push Broomall-Newton to a 12-2 victory over Franklin Township.

Talan Sensinger led Franklin Township with a single and a run scored, while Austin Greene, Owen Serfass, Dominick Angelus, Evan Murphy and Hayden Derr all added singles.

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McGowan, McIntire (4), Pugliese (7) and Bennett; Sensinger, Greene (3), Henkels (5), Dyer (7) and Yeakel. W – McGowan. L – Sensinger.

PVLL 11-12 Tournament

Franklin Twp.-Jim Thorpe

Franklin Township only needed four innings to post a 17-0 victory over Jim Thorpe in the Panther Valley 11-12-year-old Little League Tournament.

The winners sent 16 players to the plate in the first inning, as they opened with 13 runs to build a comfortable lead.

Dirk Strohl had Jim Thorpe’s only hit on the day.

Pierce Goida, Cody Snyder and Lukas Croizier all finished with two hits for Franklin Township.

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Birnbaum, White (2), Mehmeti (3), Wentz (4) and Wentz, Goida (4); Jim Thorpe pitchers and catchers weren’t available.

Tamaqua Blue-Anthracite

Tamaqua Blue edged Anthracite 3-2 in the Panther Valley 11-12-year-old Little League Tournament.

No other information was provided to the Times News.