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MILL HALL -- The Altoona boys team won all three of its matches at the Central Mountain Tournament on Thursday in high school tennis action.
The Mountain Lions started with a 3-2 win over the host Wildcats, then defeated Galeton by a 4-1 score before finishing off the day with a 3-2 victory over Mifflin County.
Josh Adams captured two wins playing in the No. 2 singles spot and combined with Luke Mitchell, who also won at No. 1 singles, for a victory in No. 1 doubles.
Aiden Aiken joined with Brady Sassano to take two wins in doubles matches and played with Avery Lanzendorfer, who also came out on top at No. 1 singles, in another win, while the doubles team of Max Chille and Sean Ratchford took two.
ALTOONA 3, CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 2
SINGLES: 1, Lindsey, CM, def. Mitchell, 6-0, 6-1; 2, Adams, A, def. Talbot, 6-2, 6-3; 3, McCluskey, CM, def. Sassano, 2-6, 6-3, 10-8.
DOUBLES: 1, Aiken-Lanzendorfer, A, def. Brinker-Caimi, 6-3, 6-4; 2, Chille-Ratchford, A def. Proctor-Piergallini, 6-0, 6-1.
ALTOONA 4, GALETON 1
SINGLES: 1, Mitchell, A, def. Batson, 6-1, 6-2; 2, Adams, A, def. Streich, 6-2, 6-3; 3, Cimino, G, def. Lanzendorfer, 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES: 1, Sassano-Aiken, A, def. Martin-Basile, 6-2, 6-1; 2, Chille-Ratchford, A, def. Shutt-Miller, 6-0, 6-3.
ALTOONA 3, MIFFLIN COUNTY 2
SINGLES: 1, Lanzendorfer, A, def. Breneman, 6-1, 6-0; 2, Crader, MC, def. Whitaker, 6-2, 6-4 ; 3, Sellers, MC, def. King-Settles, 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES: 1, Mitchell-Adams, A, def. Miller-Mazur, 6-0, 6-0, 2, Sassano-Aiken A, def. Noerr-Hancock, 6-0, 6-0.
Records: Altoona (10-7).
Tigers win again
JOHNSTOWN -- Hollidaysburg won all three singles matches to hand Westmont Hilltop its first loss of the season in a 3-2 win.
Ben Johnson, Garrett Bouchard and Michael Waibel were victorious for the Golden Tigers, which remained unbeaten through 13 matches.
SINGLES: 1. Johnson, H, def. Masterson, 6-1, 6-0; 2. Bouchard, H, def. Allen, 6-0, 6-0; 3. Waibel, H, def. Poad, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES: 1. Ragno-Hoffman, WH, def. Xu-Chen, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; 2. McCoy-Weslager, WH, def. Arbogast-Sidney, 6-2, 2-6, (11-9).
Records: Hollidaysburg (13-0); Westmont Hilltop (10-1).