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Mtn. Lions blank Golden Tigers

Chad Allender, Ryan Good and Mustafa Ahmad all posted singles victories, while the teams of Chris Reighard and Jake Colledge, and Joey Settimio and Matt Eiman produced two doubles wins, as Altoona blanked Hollidaysburg, 5-0, in high school boys tennis Wednesday at the Leopold Rec Center.

Altoona improved to 2-0, while Hollidaysburg dropped its season opener.

SINGLES: 1, Allender def. Alkhafaji, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. 2, Good, A, def. Kirsch, 6-2, 6-1. 3, Ahmad, A, def. Sheetz, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

DOUBLES: 4, Reighard-Colledge, A, def. Miller-Cardakli, 7-6, 6-3. 5, Settimio-Eiman, A, def. Johnson-Cobler, 6-0, 6-2.

Records: Hollidaysburg (0-1). Altoona (2-0).

Bisons fall to WH

BEDFORD – Bedford fell to 0-2 after losing 5-0 to Westmont Hilltop.

SINGLES: 1, Burnheimer, WH, def. Bittner, 7-6, 7-1; 2, Rizkolla, WH, def. Jeffries, 6-0,6 -0; 3, Katz, WH, def. Windows, 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES: 1, Arcurio-Wagner, WH, def. Gaumer-Karns, 6-2, 6-0; 2, Siph-Kmett, WH, def. Black-McDaniel, 6-3, 6-3.

Records: Westmont Hilltop (1-0); Bedford (0-2)

BASEBALL

Bellwood-Antis15

West Branch3

BELLWOOD – Chad Luensmann and Casey Gray each had two hits and two RBIs to help Bellwood-Antis beat West Branch in four innings in high school baseball.

The Blue Devils, who led 14-2 after three innings, also got two RBIs each from Trenton Creppage and winning pitcher Seth Hunter.

WEST BRANCH (3): Sanker cf 200, Myers lf-p 300, Speigle p-3b 210, Kerlin rf 201, Wick c 200, McDowell ph 000, Hayles 2b 000, Zwick 2b 000, Thomas dh 210, English 1b 211, Trude ss 200, McNonigal 3b-p 100, Williams lf 000. Totals – 18-3-2.

BELLWOOD-ANTIS (15): DeGennaro cf 320, Luensmann 1b 322, Gray ss 322, Campbell cr-ph 110, Zitterbart 3b 000, Beech dh 221, Lynn rf 201, Himes ph 000, Creppage c 211, Parson ph 000, Snyder 2b 331, Stapleton lf 120, Mock cr-lf 000, Hunter p 301, Wyland p 100. Totals -24-15-9.

SCORE BY INNINGS

West Branch020 01X X – 3 2 3

Bellwood-Antis068 1XX X – 15 9 2

E-Hayles 2, Kerlin, Gray, Zitterbart. 2B-Luensmann, Snyder, Hunter. HR – English. RBI-English 2, Luensmann 2, Gray 2, Creppage 2, Hunter 2, Mock. WP-Hunter. LP-Speigle. SO-Speigle 4, Hunter 4. BB-Speigle 3, McMonigal 4, Myers 3, Hunter 5, Wyland 2.

Records: Bellwood-Antis (2-0).

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Central5

SPRING MILLS – Colton Trewler drove in two runs, including one with a triple, as Penns Valley came from behind to top Central in a Mountain League game.

Austin Cunningham and Cole Kreider knocked in a pair of runs apiece for Central, which dropped to 0-2 overall and in the league.

CENTRAL (5): Cunningham ss-p 412, Lewis rf 311, Hamm c 300, Moore lf 210, Kreider 3b 301, Hoenstine 2b 200, Slick ph 100, Vollkommer 2b 000, Stern dh 300, Slagenweit cf 000, Croft 1b 310, Mock p-ss 301, Mellott pr 010. Totals – 27-5-5.

PENNS VALLEY (7): Luse ss-p 400, Collison 2b 401, Sharp rf 423, Tobias p-ss 210, Bair 1b 211, Montressor dh 300, Schenkel 3b 300, Weaver cf 410, Courson lf 322, Trewler c 302. Totals -29-7-9.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Central220 100 0-5 5 2

Penns Valley010 042 X-7 9 2

E-Mock, Hoenstine, Luse, Schenkel. 2B-Mock, Sharp. 3B-Trewler. RBI-Cunningham 2, Kreider 2, Sharp, Bair, Weaver, Trewler 2. WP-Luse. LP-Cunningham. SO-Mock 4, Cunningham 3, Tobias 2, Luse 2. BB-Mock 5, Cunningham 1, Tobias 1.

Records: Central (0-2 overall, 0-2 in the Mountain League); Penns Valley (2-0 overall, 1-0 in the Mountain League).

ICE HOCKEY

Mustangs lose

HARTFORD, Ct. – The Mid-State Mustangs U18 ice hockey team lost to the Chicago Bruins, 4-1, at the USA National Championships.

The Mustangs, who out-shot the Bruins in the first period, 13-6, got their only goal from Sam Lafferty on a short-handed score in the third period. That cut the Bruins’ lead to 3-1 at the time.

Mid-State wound up out-shooting its opponent, 38-31. The team is back in action this morning at 8:30 against Port Huron, Mich. Mid-State beat Huron in last year’s tournament. The Mustangs get Weektochaga, N.Y. on Friday. Mid-State needs two wins in the tourney to get to the quarterfinals.

J.H. BASEBALL

Spring Cove tops BC

ROARING SPRING – Michael Speck knocked in three runs to lead Spring Cove to a 16-1 junior high baseball win over Bishop Carroll in the season opener for both teams.

The game was stopped by the mercy rule after three innings. Josh McKnight and Will Helsel combined to pitch no-hit ball over the three innings for Spring Cove.

J.H. VOLLEYBALL

PC juniors sweep B-A

GALLITZIN – Behind Miche Burkett’s 10 service points, Penn Cambria beat Bellwood-Antis, 25-7, 25-14, in junior high girls volleyball. Penn Cambria is 2-1.

The Lady Blue Devils got 11 service points from Mikala Mason and nine more from Anna Shawley.

8th grade: Bellwood-Antis, 25-13, 25-21. Record: Penn Cambria (2-1).

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