Brumbaugh’s legacy cherished at Claysburg-Kimmel
LORETTO — Jill Brumbaugh will always be seared into the memory of Hollidaysburg girls basketball coach Joe Hurd.
With good reason. Even by the standards of an area in which her sport was becoming extraordinary, Brumbaugh was still an extraordinary talent.
‘‘This is no lie. We played Claysburg one of the first years that I coached. It was a fairly close game. Jill Brumbaugh, with about five and a half minutes left in the game and them up one,’’ Hurd said with a pause, ‘‘dribbled out the clock.’’
Such is the legend of Jill Brumbaugh.
Brumbaugh, who was for about 10 years the all-time leading scorer in Blair County girls hoops history but now calls Northport, Fla., her home, was back in the area Friday night to serve as an honorary captain in the third annual Altoona Mirror Basketball Classic at St. Francis University’s DeGol Arena.
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