There was a winter storm going on outside the Altoona Fieldhouse Tuesday night, while inside, at the PIAA Girls 1A semifinal matchup between Juniata Valley and Bishop Carroll, there was the perfect storm taking place for the Lady Hornets. “I didn’t think we would win by this much, but we ...
JOHNSTOWN — For anyone out there who thought the Bellwood-Antis girls basketball team would struggle without its leading scorer, Alli Campbell, on the floor would be sadly mistaken after what happened Friday at Greater Johnstown High School. With an average of 26.3 points per game, ...
By Scott Franco sfranco@altoonamirror.com High school swimming practice officially started last November according to the PIAA, but for athletes at schools like Huntingdon and Hollidaysburg, it started well before that, with summer and club programs offered throughout each community. Now, ...
By Scott Franco sfranco@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — When you want to get back to the PIAA 1A finals, which is where the Juniata Valley girls basketball team was a year ago, you want to get off to a good start in your state tournament playoff opener. The Lady Hornets can check that ...
By Scott Franco sfranco@altoonamirror.com If you told Lancaster Catholic coach Joe Klazas his Crusaders would hold Huntingdon’s Jonathan Price scoreless in their boys PIAA 4A playoff opener Friday night, he would have liked his chances for a win. Conversely, Huntingdon coach Nick Payne ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — For those of who were there a year ago, the Portage girls basketball team remembered what it was like to lose in a District 6 1A consolation game. You could tell just by how the Lady Mustangs played Thursday night in a dominating 65-24 win over Saint Joseph’s. “Last ...