The Altoona Area High School girls tennis team finished second to Mount Lebanon in the 13th annual Mountain Lion Tennis Invitational on Saturday at the Leopold and Hollidaysburg Area High School courts.
Hollidaysburg was third in the six-team tournament.
Altoona's Ashli Livermore finished runner-up in the No. 1 singles competition, and Altoona's Lauren Lucas was second in the No. 2 singles.
Hollidaysburg's Nur Cardakli and Alyssa Kustenbauder finished runner-up in No. 1 doubles, and Altoona's Kim Letscher and Julia Nagle were second in No. 2 doubles.
TEAM STANDINGS
1, ML-Mount Lebanon, 29; 2, A-Altoona, 20; 3, H-Hollidaysburg, 18; 4, AH-Abington Heights, 15; 5, VM-Villa Maria Academy, 14; 6, CV-Conestoga Valley, 9.
NO. 1 SINGLES
Group A Round Robin: Ashli Livermore, A, def. Elaine Wang, CV, 6-0, 6-0. Haley Geronimo, VM, def. Wang 6-3, 6-4. Livermore def. Geronimo 6-1, 6-0. Group B Round Robin: Annie Baich, ML, def. Marissa Lanzel, H, 6-0, 6-0. Baich def. Tyra Abdalla, AH, 6-2, 6-1. Abdalla def. Lanzel 6-0, 6-1. Fifth-Place Match: Lanzel def. Wang 6-0, 6-2. Third-Place Match: Abdalla def. Geronimo 6-1, 6-1. Championship Match: Baich def. Livermore 6-4, 3-6, 10-6.
NO. 2 SINGLES
Group A Round Robin: Lauren Lucas, A, def. Allie Pusateri, AH, 6-2, 4-6, 10-3. Pusateri def. Meagan Scala, CV, 6-4, 6-2. Lucas def. Scala 6-0, 6-0. Group B Round Robin: Jessie Warshaw, ML, def. Emily McGovern, VM, 6-0, 6-0. Warshaw def. Susie Ellis, H, 6-0, 6-1. Ellis def. McGovern 7-5, 7-5. Fifth-place Match: McGovern def. Scala 6-1, 6-0. Third-place match: Ellis def. Pusateri 6-4, 6-3. Championship Match: Warshaw def. Lucas 6-1, 6-0.
NO. 3 SINGLES
Group A Round Robin: Lauren West, ML, def. Marina Dixon, A, 6-3, 6-2. West def. Kaity Taylor, VM, 4-6, 6-3, 11-9. Taylor def. Dixon 6-4, 6-1. Group B Round Robin: Maisie Supp, H, def. Rachel Linton, CV, 6-2, 6-3. Cierra Beck, AH, def. Linton 6-2, 6-2. Beck def. Supp 6-3, 6-2. Fifth-Place Match: Dixon def. Linton 6-1, 6-1. Third-place match: Taylor def. Supp 6-4, 7-5. Championship Match: Beck def. West 6-4, 6-1.
NO. 1 DOUBLES
Group A Round Robin: Christine Laderer-Kristi Riley, ML, def. Sarah Seidel-Emilee Hollingsworth, A, 5-7, 6-3, 10-4. Laderer-Riley def. Katie Decker-Caroline Mattise, AH, 6-1, 6-1. Seidel-Hollingsworth def. Decker-Mattise 6-3, 6-1. Group B Round Robin: Nur Cardakli-Alyssa Kustenbauder, H, def. Megan Meyers-Grace Zechman, CV, 6-4, 6-4. Meyers-Zechman defAbbey Hallman-Victoria Mayer, VM, 6-4, 6-4. Cardakli-Kustenbauder def. Hallman-Mayer 6-4, 6-1. Fifth-Place Match: Hallman-Mayer def. Decker-Mattise 6-3, 6-3. Third-Place Match: Meyers-Zechman def. Seidel-Hollingsworth 6-0, 6-3. Championship Match: Laderer-Riley def. Kustenbauder-Cardakli 6-2, 6-4.
NO. 2 DOUBLES
Group A Round Robin: Kim Letscher-Julia Nagle, A, def. Rachel Smertz-Jessica Rickwood, AH, 6-2, 6-0. Danielle Winkler-Amanda Mason, VM, def. Smertz-Rickwood 4-6, 6-0, 10-4. Letscher-Nagle def. Winkler-Mason 6-2,6-3. Group B Round Robin: Katie Parrish-Marikate Reese, ML, def. Sierra Cobler-Alyssa Pheasant, H, 6-0, 6-0. Parrish-Reese def. Laura Gribble-Ada Wang, CV, 6-2, 6-2. Cobler-Pheasant def. Gribble-Wang 6-4, 6-4. Fifth-Place Match: Gribble-Wang def. Smertz-Rickwood 6-4, 7-6. Third-Place Match: Cobler-Pheasant def. Winkler-Mason 2-6, 6-4, 10-4. Championship Match: Parrish-Reese def. Letscher-Nagle 6-2, 6-3.
Lady Lions place fourth
KUTZTOWN - The Altoona girls and boys cross country teams came in fourth and 12th place respectively at the Penntrack Cross Country Invite held at Kutztown University.
Haley Weaver came in ninth at 21:15 for the girls team, and Kyle Heasley was the top finisher for the boys team with a time of 17:55 in 50th place. The JV girls team placed seventh overall.
ALTOONA BOYS FINISHERS
50, Heasley, 17:55; 53, Futrell, 17:58; 66, Foust, 18:11; 69, Nail, 18:17; 78, Kunstbeck, 18:28; 79, Endress, 18:32; 99, Lingafelt, 19:10.
ALTOONA GIRLS FINISHERS
9, Weaver, 21:15; 32, Pensyl, 22:52; 35, Geist, 22:57; 37, Debernardis, 23:04; 47, Sohmer, 23:16; 51, Port, 23:35; 64, Delozier, 23:51.
Bedford's Kachman triumphs
SIDMAN - Bedford's William Kachman won the Forest Hills Invitational in high school cross country in 17:10.
Northern Bedford's Collin Sherlock placed ninth in 17:30, while teammate Mike Heck was 21st in 17:51.
On the girls' side, Northern Bedford's Maria Snyder placed third overall in 19:53.
Mountain Lions fall to McCort
JOHNSTOWN - Nick Beckel scored one unassisted goal in the second half, but Altoona could not overcome Bishop McCort's first-half lead in a 2-1 loss in high school boys soccer.
Altoona is now 2-2.
SCORE BY HALVES
Altoona0 1 - 1
Bishop McCort 2 0 - 2
First Half: BM - Tomkowski (unassisted), 35:00; BM - Junker (unassisted), 23:00.
Second Half: A - Beckel (unassisted), 16:00.
Records: Altoona (2-2); Bishop McCort (3-0).
Tiger JVs reach semifinals
DERRY - Hollidaysburg went 7-1 in pool play at the Derry Area JV Volleyball Tournament, beating Latrobe, 15-11, in the playoffs, but losing to Connellsville in the semifinals, 25-15.
Dani Glunt scored 30 service points in the tournament, and Hannah Civils had 46 assists. Abby McCready had 19 kills.
Altoona edges Kiski Area
VANDERGRIFT - Zach McConnell scored two touchdowns to help the Altoona Area High School junior varsity football team to a 12-6 win over Kiski Area to improve to 2-0.
McConnell caught a 22-yard touchdown pass and ran 67 yards for another score in a game Altoona trailed at the break, 6-0.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Altoona0 0 6 6 - 12
Kiski Area6 0 0 0 - 6
K-Schraff 2 run (run failed)
A-McConnell 22 pass from McGinley (kick failed)
A-McConnell 67 run (pass failed)
Records: Altoona (2-0), Kiski Area (1-1).
Golden Tigers claw Greensburg
GREENSBURG - Colton Ruggery scored on two 5-yard runs to help the Hollidaysburg junior varsity football team move to 2-0 with a 24-6 victory over Greensburg Salem.
Josh Bickley scored on a 3-yard run, and Caleb Parnell and Ryan Waltz connected on two 2-point conversion passes.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Hollidaysburg8 8 0 8 - 24
Greensburg Salem0 6 0 0 - 6
H-Ruggery 5 run (Waltz from Parnell)
GS-Indolf 5 run (run failed).
H-Bickley 3 run (Weaver run).
H-Ruggery 5 run (Waltz from Parnell).
Records: Hollidaysburg (2-0); Greensburg Salem (0-1)
