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BG boys, Williamsburg girls advance; BG girls’ reign ends

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The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys and Williamsburg girls punched their tickets to the PIAA final four with victories on Saturday, while the BG girls and Penn Cambria girls were eliminated. The BG boys survived against Westmont Hilltop by prevailing, 50-46, in overtime at Claysburg-Kimmel High ...

Altoona Lady Lions advance to state final four

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The Altoona Area High School girls basketball team is headed to the PIAA semifinals. The Lady Lions outlasted Cardinal O'Hara, 38-37, in overtime on Friday in the PIAA Class 6A girls quarterfinals at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Altoona will play Dallastown in the semis on ...

Central Cambria girls basketball team reached end of road

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KITTANNING — The Central Cambria girls basketball team enjoyed a wonderful season and many special accomplishments, but the Lady Red Devils saw things end with a thud in the second half of their PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal game with WPIAL champion and defending state runners-up Shady Side ...

Robot umpires should help MLB’s taller hitters

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PHOENIX — San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 “and some change,” he said. That was the measurement for the slugger for the major leagues’ Automated Ball-Strike System. That is one expansive strike zone — but a more defined one, at least. “I think ...