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BG adds to its rich sports history

Shining rays of sun on some good news:

Sports can build pride, in school and in the community, and Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School has enjoyed a strong sense of that pride for decades.

The Marauders added their fourth Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association football championship last week to go with seven girls basketball championships and the two Pennsylvania Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association titles won by BG’s boys basketball team in 1967 and 1970.

The latest football title came via a 21-14 victory over Redbank Valley last Thursday at Hersheypark Stadium.

Credit goes to head coach Justin Wheeler, his coaching staff, BG’s support personnel and, of course, the Marauder players.

The Mirror will feature a tribute section in this weekend’s edition (Dec. 18-19).

Altoona’s Meghan Sinisi is representing Pennsylvania this week in the Miss America Pageant.

A 2013 graduate of Altoona Area High School, Sinisi is just the second Altoona native to win Miss Pennsylvania honors, joining Jill Shaffer Swanson, who was crowned in 1981.

Local residents are invited to a “watch party” at 8 p.m. tonight at the Buccinese Club in Altoona to support Sinisi in what is the 100th anniversary of the pageant.

The show will air live on Peacock, NBC Universal’s streaming service. The competition culminates a week of appearances and activities.

Sinisi has brought much positive publicity to Altoona, and we wish her good luck.

The Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission made a good choice in selecting former Altoona mayor and former Rec Commission member Bill Schirf with its Respected Citizen Award at its Community Classic Dinner on Feb. 26.

Schirf has always had the city and its recreation programs at heart and has contributed to approximately 40 community organizations over the past 50 years, according to Mike Hofer, Blair Rec executive director.

The dinner, which is accompanied by an auction, has traditionally been the organization’s biggest fundraiser.

A bridge on Route 1008 over Chest Creek in East Carroll Township, Cambria County, last month was named after Pfc. Kenneth John Ivory, a Chest Springs native who was killed in the Vietnam War.

Ivory was 19 years old when he was killed in action on Oct. 18, 1966, in the Thua Thien Province during the Vietnam War.

A 1965 graduate of Bishop Carroll High School, the Chest Springs native enlisted in the Army in March 1966 and was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division.

We salute Ivory for his service, VFW District 26 for its role and Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Cambria, who is also chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.

To all the community organizations that rally at this time of the year to raise money and provide food and gifts to the less fortunate around us, we salute you.

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