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Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Altoona's Luke Mitchell battles Hollidaysburg's Ben Johnson.

HOLLIDAYSBURG -- The Hollidaysburg Area High School boys tennis team improved to 5-0 on Tuesday, surviving against Altoona, 3-2.

Altoona (1-4) got a win in singles play from Luke Mitchell, and from its doubles team of Aiden Aiken and Avery Lanzendorfer.

The Golden Tigers got singles wins from Garrett Bouchard and Michael Waibel, and the doubles team of Alex Arbogast and Jacob Sidney.

SINGLES: 1, Mitchell, A, def. Johnson, 6-4, 6-1; 2, Bouchard, H, def. Adams, 6-3, 6-2; 3, Waibel, H, def. Sassano, 6-0, 6-3.

DOUBLES: 1, Aiken-Lanzendorfer, A, def. Chen-Xu, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4; 2, Arbogast-Sidney, H, def. King-Settles, 6-2, 6-1.

Records: Altoona (1-4); Hollidaysburg (5-0).

Central wins in six

MARTINSBURG -- Central downed Penns Valley, 19-9, in six innings in high school baseball.

Mason Byler picked up the win in relief, striking out four. Jay Hoenstine had three hits and four RBIs, Troy McNichol had three hits and three RBIs, Griffin Snowberger had three hits and two RBIs, and Britton Marko added two hits and three RBIs to lead the Dragon offense.

PENNS VALLEY (9): Meyer cf 201, Karc ss 310, Stover 1b 301, Romig rf,p 411, Lieb p,1b 300, MIller p 000, Berge p 000, Webster lf 321, Feltenberger c 110, Kurtz c 100, Shawley 2b 311, Gillespie 3b 312. Totals - 26-9-7.

CENTRAL (19): Smith c,1b 330, Snowberger 2b 433, Marko dh,c 432, Loucks cf 000, Black 3b,cf 230, McNichol rf 533, Hoenstine lf 413, Dilling ss 210, Byler 1b,p 210, Harbaugh p 100, Oakes 3b 110. Totals - 28-19-11.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Penns Valley 014 040 X-- 9 7 4

Central 204 094 X--19 11 3​

E-Hoenstine, Dilling, Oakes, Karc 2, Kurtz, Gillespie. 2B-Webster, Stover, Shawley. 3B-None. HR-None. RBI-Karc, Stover 2, Webster, Shawley, Gillespie 3, Smith, Snowberger 2, Marko 3, McNichol 3, Hoenstine 4, Dilling, Byler, Harbaugh, Oakes. WP-Byler. LP-Miller. SO-Harbaugh 5, Byler 4, Lieb 1. BB-Harbaugh 6, Byler 2, Lieb 4, Miller 2, Romig 1, Berge 2.

Records: Penns Valley (1-3); Central (2-0).

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