It kind of looked like your normal summer league basketball game from a first glance at Lakemont Park Monday night. There were the familiar faces of local high school kids, coaches and referees scattered over four courts. The familiar colors of scholastic teams from Tyrone, Altoona, ...
There will be summer basketball this year at Lakemont Park. Those words were uttered on Monday evening by Skip Dry, the longtime Lakemont Park Summer Basketball League director, who said that, for a 51sth straight year, summer hoops will be played in Blair County. The league is set to open ...
Spending so much time with family these past few months left me nostalgic for the days when I grew up on Third Avenue in Altoona with seven houses on the block all containing my family. Besides my home, there were grandparents, aunts and uncles and plenty of cousins. Mostly, it was me, my ...
The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the final installment in the series. One day, Nick Vasbinder is going to have one heck of a story to tell his students. Or his team. ...
Senior salute The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually because of the distance between the high jump and the pole vault events in high school, it’s quite a long distance ...
Memorial Day weekend has long ushered in the beginning of the summer recreation season for many folks. With the lingering weeks of being shut in and all the craziness associated with it, some opportunity to get outside should be blessed relief. This Sunday marks the first of two fish for ...