Trending
Hollidaysburg's Crosby Denis and Grace Muriceak will play for a District 6 Class 3A doubles title today after advancing by claiming two wins on Tuesday in high shcool tennis play at Mansion Park.
The Lady Tigers' duo will meet up with second seeded Joanna Liu and Pervi Narayanan of State College at noon.
Denis-Muriceak, the top seed, captured a quarterfinal victory over Maddy Clinard and Ava Kelley of Mifflin County before knocking off Altoona's Andie Adams and Skylar Irwin in semifinal action.
Liu-Narayanan beat Ava Williams and Adalia Lopez-Oakes of the Lady Lions in the quarterfinals before getting past the Lady Tigers' team of Emma Moritz and Olivia Panaro in the semis.
The Adams-Irwin team beat the Williamsport team of Audrey Dincher and Gabriella McQuillen in the round of 16 and State College's Isabella Terrones and Jessica Lee in the quarters.
Moritz and Panaro picked up a round of 16 victory over another team from Williamsport, and then got by a team from Shikellamy in the quarterfinals.
The Altoona team of Williams and Lopez-Oakes earned a round of 16 victory over a team from Central Mountain.
ROUND OF 16
Clinard-Kelley, MC, def. Eaton-Williams, CM, 7-6(6-3), 7-5. Adams-Irwin, A, def. Dincher-McQuillen, W, 6-0, 6-1. Terrones-Lee, SC, def. Hoffman-Lainez, S, 6-4, 6-3. Moritz-Panaro, H, def. Kelley/Lundy, W, 6-2, 6-3. Underkoffler-Marlow, S, def. McKee-Newlan, MC, 4-6, 6-0, 10-5. Williams-Lopez-Oakes, A, def. L. Walker-L. Walker, CM, 7-5, 5-7, 10-7.
QUARTERFINALS
Denis-Muriceak, H, def. Clinard-Kelley, MC, 6-0, 6-1. Adams-Irwin, A, def. Terrones-Lee, SC, 7-6(7-2), 6-4. Moritz-Panaro, H, def. Underkoffler-Marlow, S, 6-1, 6-1. Liu-Narayanan, SC, def. Williams-Lopez-Oakes, A.
SEMIFINALS
Denis-Muriceak, H, def. Adams-Irwin, A, 6-2, 6-1. Liu-Narayanan, SC, def. Moritz-Panaro, H, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.
Lady Dragons triumph
MARTINSBURG -- Central received wins in all three singles matches in girls high school tennis to claim a 3-2 win over Tyrone, which won both matches in doubles play.
Kate Dunn, Zoe Grill and Breslin Beech were singles winners for the Lady Dragons.
The Lady Eagles teams of Cassidy Fleck-Sydney Beeman and Emily Christofer-Grace Zimmerman captured doubles matches.
SINGLES: 1. Dunn, C, def. Ramsey, 6-4, 6-3; 2. Grill, C, def. Diehl, 7-5, 6-1; 3. Beech, C, def. Behrer, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES: 1. Fleck-Beeman, T, def. Eukman-Walters, 1-6, 6-2, 10-7; 2. Christopher-Zimmerman, T, def. Decker-Longwell, 6-1, 6-1.
Records: Tyrone (6-6); Central (6-6).
Cross country
Central splits
CLEARFIELD -- Lanee Berkhimer captured the girls race with a time of 18:34.41 as the Central girls cross country team defeated Philipsburg-Osceola (19-34) but lost to Clearfield (20-43) in high school action.
Braden Allison finished in second place for the Scarlet Dragons with a time of 18:46.42, while Clearfield's Gavin Coudriet took first on the boys side.
Reese Miller and Bayley Moushlian rounded out the top 10 finishers for the Lady Dragons.
BOYS
1, Coudriet, CL, 18:24.04; 2, Allison, C, 18:46.42; 3, Potter, CL, 18:53.37; 4, Matweecha, PO, 19:39.24; 5, Barrett, CL, 20:20.13; 6, Martin, PO, 20:24.15; 7, Hutton, CL, 20:32.35; 8, Thompson, CL, 20:49.41; 9, Thorp, CL, 21:16.75; 10, Thompson, PO, 21:36.88.
GIRLS
1, Berkhimer, C, 18:34.41; 2, B. Jacob, CL, 20:55.07; 3, Custaney, CL, 20:56.41; 4, Campolong, CL, 22:30.32; 5, Miller, CL, 24:16.46; 6, Work, CL, 24:25.47; 7, E. Jacob, CL, 25:00.95; 8, Natoli, CL, 25:22.15; 9, Miller, C, 25:50.18; 10, Moushlian, C, 26:07.61.