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Lady Tigers soccer defeats Bellefonte again for gold

PHILIPSBURG — On the surface, playing in a double-overtime semifinal game while your championship opponent had a bye seems like a disadvantage. But for the Hollidaysburg girls soccer team, its victory over Central Mountain in that round helped propel the Lady Tigers to a 2-1 win over ...

Healthy Blake matters for Tigers boys soccer team

PHILIPSBURG — Hollidaysburg entered the District 6 Class 3A boys soccer playoffs as the defending champion, but junior Micah Blake didn’t get a chance to be part of that team due to a knee injury. He’s making up for lost time. After scoring the game-winning goal in a semifinal win over ...

Mountain Lions football team not lamenting road playoff game

There was a level of disappointment for Altoona last weekend when it found out that it would be on the road this week at McDowell rather than the Trojans coming to Mansion Park. After games were completed last Friday night, the standings on the District 6 website showed that Altoona would be ...

Altoona girls soccer team moves to subregional final

PITTSBURGH — The Altoona Area High School girls soccer team kept its season alive on Wednesday night with a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over Allderdice in the District 6-8-10 Class 4A semifinals at Cupples Stadium. Altoona’s Ajaycia Alexander buried the game-winner with 17 seconds ...

Area Division III college basketball preview capsules

Saint Francis men Coach: Luke McConnell, second season, 7-24 Last year: 7-24, 5-13 NEC Key returnee: Trey Weiand, 6-4 Sr. G (2.5 ppg.) Area players: Taurean Consiglio, 6-0 Fr. G (Bishop Guilfoyle); Kasen Metzger, 6-4 Fr. G-F (Hollidaysburg); Carson Rhodes, 6-3 Jr. G (Hollidaysburg); ...

High school football: Week 11

FRIDAY DISTRICT 6-8-10 CLASS 6A SEMIFINALS Altoona (3) at McDowell (2), 7 Notable: The teams last met in 2010 and 2011. McDowell won both by a combined score of 122-27. DISTRICT 2-6-9 CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS 9-1 DuBois at 6-1 Hollidaysburg, 7 Notable: In 2024, Beavers lost the in-season game by 21 and playoff by 5. Last year, they lost by 49 and then by 1. DISTRICT 6 CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS Philipsburg-Osceola (4) at Central (1), 7 Notable: P-O opened the 2024 season with a 48-24 win over Central but lost this year’s opener 43-20. DISTRICT 6 CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS Central Cambria (3) ...