ALEXANDRIA — Juniata Valley High School’s star junior forward Halee Smith enjoyed one of the sweetest accomplishments of her basketball career when she reached the 1,000-point mark Wednesday night. The fact that she pulled it off against a solid Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic team made it all ...
Name: Kaitlyn Maxwell School: Everett Area Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Maxwell was MVP of Windber Tipoff Tournament. She had 17 points in a 37-34 win over United and 21 points, 10 rebounds and four steals in a 45-32 win over Windber in the ...
Name: Jaden Delerme School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 16 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Delerme was the MVP of the Indiana Tipoff Tournament. He had nine points in a 50-36 win over Valley and had 21 points in a 61-42 victory over Purchase Line in the ...
Name: Lindsay Mowry School: Bedford Area Age: 15 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Athlete of the week achievement: Mowry made six saves and earned a shutout in Bedford’s 1-0 overtime win over Lewisburg in the PIAA Class 2A state championship match. She also made the game-winning ...
Name: Brady Walters School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Walters ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 99 yards in leading the Golden Tigers to a 31-0 victory over Wallenpaupack in the first round of the PIAA ...
Name: Maddie Murphy School: Bishop Carroll Catholic Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Volleyball Athlete of the week achievement: Murphy delivered 13 service points, eight kills and five blocks in a 3-0 victory over Carmichaels in a PIAA Class 1A first-round match and then had 12 ...
Name: Keegan Myrick School: Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Myrick rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries and intercepted two passes in BG’s 42-0 victory over Homer-Center in the District 6 Class ...
Name: Lauren Shaffer School: Portage Area Age: 15 Grade: Freshman Sport: Cross country Athlete of the week achievement: Shaffer finished second in the state in Class 1A at the PIAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Hershey. Her time was 19 minutes, 51 seconds. Season ...
Name: Macen Akers School: Everett Area Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Akers rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns, threw for 41 yards, picked off two passes and made the game-saving tackle in the final seconds to lift Everett over ...
Name: Jenna Brown School: Bedford Area Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Soccer Athlete of the week achievement: Brown scored eight goals and assisted on three others in a 15-1 thrashing of Forest Hills in the District 5-6 Class 2A semifinals. Season update: Brown has 35 goals and ...
Name: Shawn Wolfe School: Bellwood-Antis Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Wolfe rushed for 92 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries, threw for 88 yards and one touchdown and intercepted a pass in Bellwood’s 42-20 comeback win over ...
Name: Paige Wess School: Central Cambria Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Cross country Athlete of the week achievement: Wess raced to a first-place finish in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Championship Meet in Ebensburg with a time of 19 minutes, 22.4 seconds to win by ...
Name: Andrew Ferguson School: Tyrone Area Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Golf Athlete of the week achievement: Shot a 74 in poor weather conditions to finish as the runner-up at the Class 2A PIAA Western Regional. The finish qualified Ferguson for the PIAA Championships. Season ...
Name: Rita Kendziora School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 15 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Athlete of the week achievement: Kendziora had two goals and three assists in a 6-2 victory over Central Mountain and collected three second-half goals and an assist in a 5-0 victory over ...
Name: Derek Brown School: Penn Cambria Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Brown carried the ball 38 times for 262 yards and two touchdowns in Penn Cambria’s 25-0 victory over Somerset. Season update: Brown has 924 yards rushing on 177 carries for the ...
Name: Halle Herrington School: Philipsburg-Osceola Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Golf Athlete of the week achievement: Herrington won the individual title in the District 6 Class 2A Girls Golf Championships at Summit Country Club. Season update: Herrington will compete in the ...
Name: Logan Pfister School: Chestnut Ridge Age: 15 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Pfister ran for 152 yards and two TDs and passed for 229 yards and three touchdowns in Ridge’s 37-14 victory over rival Bedford. Season update: Pfister is ...
Name: Claire Sauerland School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Volleyball Athlete of the week achievement: Sauerland helped lead Hollidaysburg to the Bellwood-Antis Invitational title by recording 32 kills, 32 service points and 23 digs. The Lady Tigers went ...
Name: Mitchell Lawhead School: Altoona Area Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Football Athlete of the week achievement: Lawhead scored five touchdowns — three rushing, one on a pass reception and one on a fumble return — to help Altoona top Carlisle, 49-42 in double overtime. He ...
Name: Gabby Krug School: Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Volleyball Athlete of the week achievement: Krug helped Bishop Guilfoyle to three sweeps over Johnstown (34 assists), Richland (27 assists, 11 service points) and Bishop McCort (47 assists/16 points) as ...