The Bellwood-Antis School Board approved new high school girls volleyball and softball coaches Tuesday evening. Jannell (Wilt) McKinney, a 2008 Bellwood-Antis graduate, hopes she gets the opportunity to lead the Lady Blue Devils’ girls volleyball team if the PIAA keeps the Aug. 24 start ...
Conner Bardell didn’t waste any time Tuesday night in helping Cumming Motors claim the Altoona Teener Minor League Tournament title at Seitz Field. Bardell, the No. 9 hitter in coach Chris Cacciotti’s lineup, hit the first pitch he saw with two outs and Connor Cobaugh on third base in ...
There is some great concern for me up here in the Mirror newsroom, and it has nothing to do with the global pandemic. You see, some of my friends and co-workers have noticed something about me and I cannot ignore it anymore — I have been dressing up for work. But there’s a reason. ...
There were more than 100 freshmen playing Division I rugby in college this past season in schools like Ohio State, UCLA, Penn State, California and Kutztown. The Goff Rugby Report, a media outlet which covers the sport religiously on a national level, comes up with a “Freshmen 15” each ...
Ask anyone upstairs at the Mirror, and they will tell you that I love to tell everyone what happens in the Franco household. Now, whether they love to hear it or not is up for debate. Basically, I just talk until I can’t talk anymore –– people who have known me these 55 years will ...
A journey that started in California, made its way to Altoona and wound up in Lexington, Kentuckywith a few stops along the way. This is not a travel brochure, mind you, but just a little ditty about an Altoona native named Paul Downey. A 1993 Altoona Area High School graduate who played ...