Kierra Irwin scored four goals and added an assist as the Altoona Area High School girls soccer team won its season opener, 6-2, over Ligonier Valley on the AAHS Intramural Field.
Michaela Bryan and Morgan Chathams added goals for Altoona, which carried the second half, 4-1.
SCORE BY HALVES
Ligonier Valley1 1 - 2
Altoona 2 4 - 6
First Half: 1, A-Irwin (unassisted), 6:03. 2, A-Chathams (unassisted), 29:01. 3, LV-Grimm (unassisted), 30:34.
Second Half: 4, A-Bryan (Irwin), 13:05. 5, A-Irwin (Chathams), 17:44. 6, A-Irwin (unassisted), 29:27. 7, LV-Grimm (unassisted), 30:34. 8, A-Irwin (Bryan), 32:22.
Records: Ligonier Valley (0-1); Altoona (1-0).
JV: Altoona, 2-0. (Altoona is 1-0).
DuBois3
Hollidaysburg1
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Emily Titler scored two goals to spark DuBois past Hollidaysburg. Tanya Davies added the game's other goal for DuBois (2-1).
Hollidaysburg (3-1) got its goal from Tori Surma.
SCORE BY HALVES
DuBois1 2 - 3
Hollidaysburg 0 1 - 1
First Half: 1, D-Davies (unassisted), 5:42.
Second Half: 2, D-Titler (unassisted), 23:25. 3, H-Surma (Stubbs), 27:57. 4, H-Titler (unassisted), 36:02.
Records: DuBois (2-1); Hollidaysburg (3-1).
Tussey Mountain4
Hancock 0
SAXTON - Tussey Mountain started its season with a shutout against Hancock, Md.
Tess Drenning was the goalie for Tussey. Olivia Claycomb scored three goals, while Alyse Starr scored one.
SCORE BY HALVES
Hancock0 0 - 0
Tussey Mountain 3 1 - 4
First Half: TM-Claycomb; TM-Starr; T-Claycomb.
Second Half: TM-Claycomb.
Records: Tussey Mountain (1-0); Hancock (0-1).
Westmont Hilltop11
Bishop Carroll4
EBENSBURG - Bishop Carroll fell to 0-2 with a loss to Westmont Hilltop.
Carrie D'Andrea and Paisley Zatek each scored two goals for Carroll.
SCORE BY HALVES
Westmont Hilltop7 4 - 11
Bishop Carroll 3 1 - 4
First Half: WH-Hughes; WH-Hughes; BC-D'Andrea; WH-Helsel; WH-Walko; WH-Walko; WH-Walko; WH-Hughes; BC-Zatek; BC-Zatek.
Second Half: WH-Walko; WH-Hughes; BC-D'Andrea; WH-Letzo; WH-Sanford.
Records: Westmont Hilltop (2-0); Bishop Carroll (0-2).
BOYS
Northern Bedford7
Southern Fulton3
WARFORDSBURG - Northern Bedford's boys team started its season with a win against Southern Fulton.
Trenton Barnes scored three goals for Northern in the first half, and Tanner Russell added two.
SCORE BY HALVES
Northern Bedford6 1 - 7
Southern Fulton 0 3 - 3
First Half: 1, NB-Russell (unassisted) 27:06; 2, NB-Barnes (Russell) 10:50; 3, NB-Russell (unassisted) 9:51; 4, NB-Replogle (unassisted) 8:51; 5, NB-Barnes (Childers) 5:00; 6, NB-Barnes (Ott) :26.
Second Half: 7, NB-Ott (Ebersole) 39:14, 8, SF-Hill (unassisted) 35:21; 9, SF-Mellott (unassisted) 25:14, 10, SF-Voight (unassisted) 8:47.
Records: Northern Bedford (1-0); Southern Fulton (0-2).
Tyrone3
Bellefonte2
TYRONE - Alex Bartlett scored two goals, including the game-winner with 4 minutes remaining in the game, to lift Tyrone past Bellefonte.
Kyle Bartlett scored Tyrone's other goal.
SCORE BY HALVES
Bellefonte1 1 - 2
Tyrone 1 2 - 3
Records: Bellefonte (0-1); Tyrone (1-0).
Philipsburg-Osc.1
Penns Valley0
PHILIPSBURG - Senior midfielder Caleb Henry scored the only goal of the game with just 7:30 remaining to spark Philipsburg-Osceola to a win over Penns Valley in the season opener for both teams.
SCORE BY HALVES
Penns Valley0 0 - 0
Philipsburg-Osceola 0 1 - 1
Second Half: 1, PO-Henry (unassisted), 32:30.
Records: Penns Valley (0-1); Philipsburg-Osceola (1-0).
Clearfield4
Central2
ROARING?SPRING - Eric Trexler and Zach Slagenweit each scored a goal in the second half, but Central could not overcome Clearfield.
Zach Fox and Aaron Angstadt each scored two goals for Clearfield.
SCORE BY HALVES
Clearfield2 2 - 4
Central 0 2 - 2
First Half: 1, Cl-Fox 32:00; 2, Cl-Fox 22:00.
Second Half: 3, Cl-Angstadt 28:00; 4, Cl-Angstadt 25:00; 5, Ce-Trexler 19:00; 6, Ce-Slagenweit 9:00.
Records: Clearfield (1-0); Central (0-1).
Altoona juniors win
Altoona picked up a 5-2 victory in junior high girls soccer with the help of Paris Haugh, who scored a pair of goals.
Corrections
n Nick Beckel scored three goals for the Altoona boys soccer team in a 6-0 victory over Ligonier Valley on Tuesday. Incorrect information was reported to the Mirror.
n Ashley Morchesky scored the lone goal for Cambria Heights in a loss to Bedford Tuesday in high school girls soccer. Incorrect information was reported to the Mirror.
