By Scott Franco sfranco@altoonamirror.com LOYSBURG — Last season, the Northern Bedford girls basketball team won its PIAA Class 1A playoff opener over Ridgway, only to lose in the second round several days later. The Lady Panthers, who won their 2024-25 PIAA opener this past Saturday, ...
WARFORDSBURG — The Northern Bedford girls basketball team used the 3-point line, and some opportunistic defense, on Thursday night to knock off No. 2 seed Southern Fulton, 63-52, on the road in the District 5 Class 1A semifinals. The win puts them in the championship game next Thursday ...
You know what you almost never hear uttered by a guy these days … “Hey! I’m turning 60 soon. Let’s go get a puppy!” Not that I uttered that, but it sounded funny in my head, so I thought I would type that up for you guys to make you laugh … you’re welcome. The truth of the ...
I am definitely at the age where I really enjoy giving my family Christmas presents more than I do receiving them. I never would have believed that years ago. It’s a little harder to purchase gifts for grownup kids than young children, but gift certificates are still a nice present, even ...
On Sunday, Oct. 24, 1974, at Vets Field in Altoona, a very funny thing happened to a 9-year-old boy named Scotty Franco … he played in an Altoona Parochial League football game in which his team lost, 62-0. I know this to be true because for one thing, I remember the game. There are not a ...
People have been asking me all summer why they haven’t seen my column in the Mirror, and I have to be honest, it’s because of my kids. That’s right. I’m playing the blame game. You see, because they’ve grown up, they’re hardly at home anymore. How can I make fun of the strange ...