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It takes two: KarPro takes Altoona Teener League 15U title

Local Sports

PennCrest Bank and KarPro Tire & Auto Center met on Sunday with KarPro coming out on top in action at the Altoona Teener League 15U Playoff Tournament. PennCrest needed to win on Tuesday night to extend the double-elimination series, and it was able to do just that with a 7-4 win in the ...

McCort coach glad to promote football at school

Local Sports

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Bishop McCort graduated just two seniors from its high school football team last year and was already expected to be among the contenders in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference due to simply that and the leap the Crushers took last season. But this offseason, there may ...

Refresh Med Spa beats Lilly to tie City League finals

Local Sports

Joe Fornwalt has been around the Altoona Greater City Baseball League, and the game itself, long enough to recognize a juggernaut when he sees one. Fornwalt’s Refresh Med Spa team is taking on a Lilly Conrad Chiropractic squad in this year’s best-of-five GCBL championship series that has ...

Shooting in Manhatthan unnerves NFL community

National Sports

NEW YORK — Graham Gano stayed late at the New York Giants’ practice facility Monday watching news coverage of a gunman killing four people at a Manhattan office building that includes the NFL headquarters. “I was praying for just whoever was involved immediately,” said Gano, a veteran ...

Jets’ QB Justin Fields feeling ‘relieved’

National Sports

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields is “relieved” his dislocated toe wasn’t a more serious injury that could’ve sidelined him for a significant part of training camp. Fields, scheduled to be the Jets’ starter, was injured last Thursday during practice when ...