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HOLLIDAYSBURG -- Crosby Denis and Megan Ferris won singles matches, and the doubles teams of Nina Meadows and Grace Muriceak at No. 1 and CeCe Williams and Sarah Neatrour at No. 2 won their matches to lead Hollidaysburg to a 4-1 win in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference championship match in high school girls tennis on Thursday.
Both teams entered Thursday's match at 19-0.
Taylor Ruhlman won at No. 3 singles for Bedford.
"It's been a great two days for our program with winning the district championship yesterday and the Laurel Highlands championship today," Hollidaysburg coach Brian Denis said. "Bedford has an outstanding team with some talented singles players as well as nice depth at doubles. There's a reason they were undefeated, and it was a really exciting match today. One of our goals when the season started was to win the Laurel Highlands title in our first year in the league and we accomplished that today which is a nice way to end the season. ... The girls were up to the challenge today, and I am extremely proud of them. This has been such an outstanding season for us, one of the best."
SINGLES: 1, Denis, H, def. Livengood, 6-1, 6-1; 2, Ferris, H, def. Shuke, 6-2, 6-2; 3, Ruhlman, B, def. McKee, 6-4, 6-0.
DOUBLES: 1, Meadows-Muriceak, H, def. Becker-Milburn, 6-1, 6-1; 2, Williams-Neatrour, H, def. Weyandt-Zavorotny, 6-3, 6-1.
Records: Bedford (19-1); Hollidaysburg (20-0).
Tigers triumph
MARTINSBURG -- Hollidaysburg defeated Central in both boys, 20-35, and girls, 15-30, cross country with the help of a first-place finish in the boys race by Reuben Manfred in 18:30 on Wednesday.
Addison Smith was second in the girls race for Hollidaysburg in 20:34. Lanee Berkhimer won the girls race for Central in 20:06.
BOYS
1, R. Manfred, H, 18:30; 2, Allison, C, 18:44; 3, I. Watt, H, 19:28; 4, Diaz, H, 19:31; 5, McNicholas, H, 19:33; 6, Olivieri, C, 19:44; 7, D. Watt, H, 20:02; 8, Batchelder, H, 20:09; 9, Krupka, H, 20:54; 10, Kuster, C, 21:14.
GIRLS
1, Berkhimer, C, 20:06; 2, Smith, H, 20:34; 3, Etters, H, 21:16.1; 4, Carney, H, 21:39; 5, Moyer, H, 22:21; 6, N. Statler, H, 23:39; 7, J. Watt, H, 23:40; 8, A. Statler, H, 25:31; 9, Miller, C, 25:52; 10, Diaz, H, 26:58.
Junior high: Hollidaysburg's Jack Singer won in 12:52.