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Hollidaysburg won the 2026 Mountain Lion Invitational and its players captured championships at each position on Friday.
Altoona, Bedford, Hollidaysburg and Kiski Area participated and Crosby Denis (No. 1 singles), Grace Muriceak (No. 2 singles) and Emma Moritz (No. 3 singles) won titles.
In doubles, the team of Brooklyn Klinger and Taylor Eardley won at No. 1, and the team of Olivia Panaro and Rina Stiffler won at No. 2.
1, SINGLES: Irwin (Altoona) def. Faybik (Kiski) 7-5, 6-3; Denis (Hollidaysburg) def. Ruhlman (Bedford) 6-0, 6-0; Ruhlman (Bedford) def. Irwin (Altoona) – 6-3, 6-4; Denis (Hollidaysburg) def. Faybik (Kiski) – 6-0, 6-0; Denis (Hollidaysburg) def. Irwin (Altoona) 6-1, 6-0; Ruhlman (Bedford) vs. Faybik (Kiski) – Score: 6-4, 6-2.
2, SINGLES: Adams (Altoona) def. Peace (Kiski) – Score: 6-2, 6-3; Muriceak (Hollidaysburg) def. Ednie (Bedford) vs. 6-1, 6-0; Ednie (Bedford) def. Adams (Altoona) – Score: 6-1, 6-2; Muriceak (Hollidaysburg) def. Peace (Kiski) – 6-0, 6-0; Muriceak (Hollidaysburg) def. Adams (Altoona) 6-1, 6-0; Ednie (Bedford) vs. Peace (Kiski) 6-1, 6-1.
3, SINGLES: Moritz (Hollidaysburg) def. Williams (Altoona) vs. 7-5, 6-1; Lohr (Bedford) def. Welshans (Kiski) 6-0, 6-0; Williams (Altoona) def. Welshans (Kiski) 6-3, 6-2; Moritz (Hollidaysburg) def. Lohr (Bedford) 6-0, 6-0; Williams (Altoona) def. Lohr (Bedford) 6-4, 6-3; Wang (Hollidaysburg) def. Welshans (Kiski).
1, DOUBLES: Eardley/Stiffler (Hollidaysburg) def. Emma Hovan/Addy Mitchell (Altoona) vs. 6-4, 6-2; Clapper/Shaffer (Bedford) def. Monaco/Mashock (Kiski) 6-0, 6-0; Emma Hovan/Lopez Oakes (Altoona) def. Monaco/Mashock (Kiski) 6-1, 6-0; Panaro/Eardley (Hollidaysburg) def. Clapper/Shaffer (Bedford) 6-3, 1-6, 10-7; Emma Hovan/Addy Mitchell (Altoona) vs. Clapper/Shaffer (Bedford) – 6-1, 6-2; Klingner/Eardley (Hollidaysburg) vs. Monaco/Mashock (Kiski) – 6-0, 6-0.
2, DOUBLES: Panaro/Klinger (Hollidaysburg) def. Adalia Lopez Oakes/Erika Irwin (Altoona) 6-2, 6-1; Heeter/Becker (Bedford) def Ferraccio/Kowalewski (Kiski) – 6-1, 6-0; Campbell/Long (Altoona) def. Ferraccio/Kowalewski (Kiski) 6-0, 6-0; Klinger/Wang (Hollidaysburg) def. Heeter/Becker (Bedford) 6-1, 7-5; Erika Irwin/Mariah Harris (Altoona) vs. Ulrich/Bullington (Bedford) – 6-4, 6-1; Panaro/Stiffler (Hollidaysburg) vs. Ferraccio/Kowalewski (Kiski) 6-0
BCC wins
HUNTINGDON -- Calee Kennedy had a hat trick, and Tegan Kennedy added two goals and two assists to lead Blair County Christian to a 5-0 win over Calvary Christian in a high school girls soccer game on Friday.
Zoey Duey and Jena Kane combined for the shutout in goal.
SCORE BY HALVES
Blair Christian 2 3 — 5
Calvary Christian 0 0 — 0
First Half: BCC--C. Kennedy (T. Kennedy), 24:13; BCC--T. Kennedy (unassisted), 28:40.
Second Half: BCC--T. Kennedy (unassisted), 43:53; BCC--C. Kennedy (T. Kennedy), 61:40; BCC--C. Kennedy (Hall), 71:08.
Lady Bears win
DuBOIS -- Sophia Hicks had a hat trick and Alexa Hall added two goals as Great Commission topped DuBois Christian, 5-2, in high school girls soccer.
SCORE BY HALVES
Great Commission 1 4 — 5
DuBois Christian 2 0 — 2
First Half: GC--Hicks (Hall), 37:04; DC--I. Shenkle (unassisted), 19:32; DC--A. Shenkle (unassisted), 12:19.
Second Half: GC--Hicks (DiBiase), 38:59; GC--Hall (unassisted), 34:12; GC--Hicks (Miller), 31:03; GC--Hall (Fleck), 30:04.
Records: Great Commission (4-1-0); DuBois Christian (1-3-0).
Noce sixth
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Ashlyn Noce finished sixth overall in 18:51.2 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational cross country event on Friday at the Blue Course.
Williamsport's Isabelle Sanders was the overall winner in 18:05.
Emma Etters finished 12th in 19:19.1.
Hanover won the girls team title, and Altoona was sixth out of 21 teams.
GIRLS
1, Sanders, W, 18:05; 2, Houck, Red Lion, 18:16; 3, Younkin, SC, 18:34 4, Smith, Hanover, 18:46; 5, Shopell, Hanover, 18:50.7; 6, Noce, 18:38;7, Cobb, 19:03; 8, Sanders, M, W, 19:06.9; 9, Hanville, Hanover, 19:07; 10, Rogers, University, 19:10.
ALTOONA INDIVIDUALS: 6, Noce, 18:51; 12, Etters, E., 19:19; , 47, Luke, 21:15; 67, Adams, 22:06; 75, Murtiff, 22:20; 88, Harkins, 22:42;110, Broadrick, 23:27; 122, Walstrom, 24:00; 192, Havlin 28:40, 1; 199, Ferguson, 29:35; 202; Harrington, 30:50; 207,Trsoky,32:56.6; 208, Resig, 32:57.
Panthers go 5-0
CRESSON -- Penn Cambria went 5-0 with a score of 322 led by Kingston Durbin's 77 at the Summit Country Club in high school golf on Thursday.
Central Cambria's Andrew Kasecky had the medalist score with a 75, and the Red Devils went 2-3 with a score of 353. Central, led by Cody Clapper's 82, went 3-2 with a score of 349.
Bedford was 4-1 with a 78 from Gavin Kollander, Ryen Myers shot an 81 for Bishop Carroll, which shot 376 and went 1-4, and Chestnut Ridge shot a 387 with a team-best score of 79 by Colton Boozer.
PENN CAMBRIA (322): Durbin 77, Karlheim 78, Ligas 82, Michina 85.
BEDFORD (335): G. Kollander 78, Clark 84, Nelson 85, R. Kollander 88.
CENTRAL (349): Clapper 82, Martin 87, Beach 87, Ritchey 93.
CENTRAL CAMBRIA (353): Kasecky 75, Link 86, Bearer 94, Forcellini 98.
BISHOP CARROLL (376): Myers 81, Zernick 86, Holtz 92, Peterman 117.
CHESTNUT RIDGE (387): Boozer 79, Dull 98, Dufour 104, Johnson 106.
Correction
Dean Hoffer shot a 41 for the Bellwood-Antis golf team in its wins over Claysburg-Kimmel and Shanksville-Stonycreek on Thursday. Due to a copy editing error, Hoffer was misidentified in the Friday's sports section.