Scholastic Sports

Hollidaysburg girls volleyball battles back to defeat Bald Eagle Area

H.S. girls volleyball

WINGATE -- Hollidaysburg dropped the first set (25-11), but claimed the next three (25-18, 25-18 and 26-24) in a 3-1 victory over Bald Eagle Area in high school girls volleyball action on Monday night.

The Lady Tigers received 12 service points from Delayni Baird and 11 by Jessica Becker.

In Hollidaysburg's match last week against Philipsburg-Osceola, Addison Basenback recorded the 500th kill of her career.

SERVICE POINTS

HOLLIDAYSBURG: Baird 12, Becker 11, Stanek 7, Budny 5, Basenback 4, Harshaw 4, McLanahan 2.

Records: Hollidaysburg (16-1).

JV: Bald Eagle Area, 25-20, 15-25, 15-11.

Altoona falls short

WILLIAMSPORT -- Altoona managed to claim the third set (25-22) against Williamsport, but dropped the other three (25-19, 25-17, 25-21) in a 3-1 loss.

Maraya Bittner recorded 13 assists, seven service points and three digs for the Lady Lions, while Marina Petucci finished with 13 digs and Sophia Knorr collected nine digs and seven points.

SERVICE POINTS

ALTOONA: Knorr 7, Bittner 6, Yost 5, Lopez-Oakes 5, Petucci 4, Mitchell 2, Bower 1, Thompson 1.

Records: Altoona (0-14).

JV: Williamsport won, 25-18, 25-20.

PC edged at home

CRESSON -- Penn Cambria battled with Forest Hills through five sets before the Lady Panthers fell by a 3-2 score.

PC took the first (25-23) and fourth (25-20) sets, while the Lady Rangers won the second (25-16), third (25-20) and fifth (15-10).

Maddy Kittell had 35 assists for the Lady Panthers, Lily Gergely finished with 21 kills and seven service points while Makenna McCoy tallied 10 digs.

Glendale prevails

JOHNSTOWN -- Glendale needed five sets, but the Lady Vikings were able to upend Ferndale by scores of 20-25, 25-15, 25-20, 23-25 and 16-14.

Rachel McClellan posted 28 kills, Olivia Frank had 23 digs, Hannah Matish collected 20 assists, while Ava Rutter came up with 16 service points for Glendale.

Records: Glendale (11-8).

JV: Glendale won, 25-23, 25-18.

JH: Ferndale won, 25-23, 8-25, 15-7

Central downed

MARTINSBURG -- Central opened with a 27-25 win in the first set before Huntingdon swept the next three (25-17, 25-14 and 26-28) to hand the Lady Dragons a loss.

Amber Shade posted team-highs of 24 assists and nine service points, while Adisen Closson finished with eight kills and eight points, and Kerrie Mock added eight kills for Central.

SERVICE POINTS

CENTRAL: Shade 9, Closson 8, Flemish 5, Goff 4, Steele 4, Fisher 3, Ayers 2, Marko 1.

Records: Central (3-14).

JV: Central won, 25-20, 25-23.

P-O tops Tyrone

TYRONE -- Tyrone was swept in three sets by Philipsburg-Osceola (25-19, 25-14, 25-19).

Abigail Anthony led the Lady Eagles with 10 digs, while Sarila Hensley recorded six kills.

SERVICE POINTS

TYRONE: Snyder 6, Anthony 5, Goodwin 4, Crowell 4, Volders 2, Oliver 1.

Records: Tyrone (8-8).

JV: Tyrone won, 24-26, 25-17, 15-6.

Portage nips United

ARMAGH -- Portage went all five sets against United before pulling out a 3-2 win by scores of 25-15, 25-23, 24-26, 21-25 and 15-9.

Mya Selapack led the Lady Mustangs with 42 assists and 13 service points, Kylie Hess tallied 40 digs and Bridget Semanchik had 13 kills.

JV: Portage won, 25-20, 25-16.