Mirenda propels Altoona
Kristian Mirenda scored four goals to help Altoona dominate Tyrone, 7-1, in high school boys soccer at Mansion Park on Saturday afternoon.
Danny Cowan added two goals and an assist, and Ryan Good scored the Lions’ first goal just 14 seconds into the game. Altoona improved to 2-2.
Bobby Dawson scored for Tyrone (2-1).
SCORE BY HALVES
Tyrone0 1 – 1
Altoona 5 2 – 7
First Half: A-Good (unassisted), :14; A-Mirenda (unassisted), 15:00; A-Cowan (unassisted), 20:00; A-Cowan (Allender), 26:00; A-Mirenda (Cowan), 33:00.
Second Half: T-Dawson (unassisted), 3:00; A-Mirenda (unassisted), 8:00; A-Mirenda (Good), 15:00.
Records: Tyrone (2-1); Altoona (2-2).
Central4
Bald Eagle Area0
WINGATE – Central’s Jacob Mellott and Daniel Clapper each netted two goals in a 4-0 win over Bald Eagle Area.
Connor Gahagan, Zach Johnston and Rodolfo Santos each assisted. Goalkeeper Tristen Greenland also had six saves in the shutout.
SCORE BY HALVES
Bald Eagle Area0 0 – 0
Central1 3 – 4
First Half: C-Mellott (Gahagan), 12:19.
Second Half: C-Mellott (Santos), 44:02; C-Clapper (Johnston), 62:49; C-Clapper (unassisted), 66:39.
Records : Bald Eagle Area (0-2), Central (2-0).
Hollidaysburg4
Latrobe2
LATROBE – Tyler Miller, Eric Miller, Rommy Obeid and Collin Terchanik scored goals for Hollidaysburg in a victory over Latrobe.
Hollidaysburg hiked its record to 4-1.
SCORE BY HALVES
Hollidaysburg1 3 – 4
Latrobe 1 1 – 2
First Half: L-Green (unassisted), 25:08; H-T. Miller (Kustenbauder), 34:12.
Second Half: H-E. Miller (Alkhafaji), 33:25; H-Obeid (E. Miller), 20:15; L-Kavella (unassisted), 14:26; H-Terchanik (Alkhafaji), 9:05.
Records: Hollidaysburg (4-1); Latrobe (0-3-1).
Windber4
Everett0
WINDBER – Windber topped Everett in high school boys soccer.
“We played a very skilled opponent in Windber,” Everett coach Bradley Zembower said.
SCORE BY HALVES
Everett0 0 – 0
Windber 2 2 – 4
First Half: W-Leitenberger (unassisted), 35:12; W-Leitenberger (unassisted), 15:15.
Second Half: W-Cominsky, 17:41; W-Feather (unassisted), 10:22.
GIRLS
East Juniata5
Altoona1
EAST JUNIATA – East Juniata scored four second-half goals to pull away from Altoona.
Megan Vigne scored the Lady Lions’ lone goal and was assisted by Kierra Irwin.
SCORE BY HALVES
Altoona1 0 – 1
East Juniata 1 4 – 5
First Half: A-Vigne (Irwin), 39:00; EJ-Knouse, 29:30.
Second Half: EJ-Goodling, 31:45; EJ-Parr, 21:17; EJ-Knouse, 19:02; EJ-Goodling, 3:01.
Records: Altoona (1-1).
Bald Eagle Area2
Central1
ROARING SPRING – Bald Eagle Area got a goal and an assist from Morgan Nyman and beat Central in high school girls action.
Alyssa Laird scored the lone Dragons goal.
SCORE BY HALVES
Bald Eagle Area1 1 – 2
Central 0 1 – 1
First Half: BEA-Peters (Nyman), 27:16.
Second Half: BEA-Nyman (unassisted), 13:27; C-Laird (Replogle), 21:17.
Records: Bald Eagle Area (1-1); Central (0-2).
Northern Bedford2
J-town Christian1
LOYSBURG – Freshmen Peyton Leidy and Whitley Furry scored goals for Northern Bedford in a 2-1 victory over Johnstown Christian in high school girls soccer.
SCORE BY HALVES
Johnstown Christian0 1 – 1
Northern Bedford 1 1 – 2
First Half: NB-Leidy (Gates), 34:12.
Second Half: NB-Furry (unassisted), 20:24; JC-Walters (unassisted), 25:04.
Latrobe3
Hollidaysburg1
LATROBE – Latrobe scored three second-half goals in a win over the Hollidaysburg girls team.
The Lady Tigers led 1-0 going into the second thanks to an Emily Brown goal.
SCORE BY HALVES
Hollidaysburg1 0 – 1
Latrobe 0 3 – 3
First Half: H-Brown (Mielnik), 6:03.
Second Half: L-Greene (unassited), 24:40; Petrosky (unassited), 34:36; Laduke (unassisted), 37:00.
Records: Hollidaysburg (3-2); Latrobe (3-0-1).
Tyrone4
P-burg-Osceola3
PHILIPSBURG – Carrie Vance scored the game-winning goal for Tyrone in double overtime as the Eagles edged Philipsburg-Osceola to improve to 2-1.
SCORE BY HALVES
Tyrone1 2 0 1 – 4
Philipsburg-Osceola 2 1 0 0 – 3
Records: Tyrone (2-1); Philipsburg-Osceola (1-1).