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The Altoona Area High School boys golf team downed Central Mountain, 336-351, at Park Hills Golf Club on Thursday.
Brandt Hite shot an 81 for the Mountain Lions, and Reese Hite shot an 83.
ALTOONA (336): B. Hite 81, R. Hite 83, Aiken 85, Riccio 87.
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN (351): Frayel 80, Karstetter 83, Hill 93, Miller 95.
Portage second
LORETTO -- The Portage boys finished with a team score of 298 and placed behind West Shamokin (234) but ahead of Conemaugh Valley (305) at Immergun Golf Course.
West Shamokin's Nick Krizmanich shot a low round of 42. Kendall Bednarski (53) and Nathan Phillips (54) led Portage.
WEST SHAMOKIN (234): Krizmanich 42, Cook 43, Merrow 44, Scrips 52, Blews 53.
PORTAGE (298): Bednarski 53, Phillips 54, Rosemas 57, Krumenacker 66, Ciokota 68.
CONEMAUGH VALLEY (305): Podrasky 50, George 50, Grange 65, Toth 69, Kichler 71.
Records: Conemaugh Valley (0-7); West Shamokin (4-1); Portage (2-10).
GIRLS
Jackson leads Lady Lions
The Altoona Area High School girls golf team defeated River Valley, 153-173, at Park Hills Golf Club.
Vionna Jackson was the medalist for Altoona with a 47. Kennedy Bankert, Taylor Knepper and Karis McGhee each shot a 53 for the Lady Lions.
ALTOONA (153): Jackson 47, Bankert 53, Knepper 53, McGhee 53, Baker 54, Lantzy 55.
RIVER VALLEY (173): Fridley 56, Twinchek 57, McDowell 60, Dixon 63, Vadala 66.
Records: Altoona (1-0).
Denis shoots a 35
NORTHERN CAMBRIA -- Crosby Denis fired a low round of 35 to lead the Hollidaysburg girls over Northern Cambria, 222-270, at Chetremon Golf Course.
Hollidaysburg improved to 7-1.
HOLLIDAYSBURG (222): Denis 35, Malausky 43, Yost 46, Bihary 49, Weidley 49.
NORTHERN CAMBRIA (270): Paronish 47, Weakland 51, Sheredy 53, E. Neff 56, S. Neff 63.
Records: Hollidaysburg (7-1); Northern Cambria (3-1).
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Foursome win
HOLLIDAYSBURG -- Robin Weaver, Bill Blanset, Herb Bolger and Don Stubbs finished first in this week's Sylvan Hills Butch Focht Senior Men's Tournament with a 35.
Joe DeGennaro, Andy Cameron, David Johns and Joe Maus won a card off with 36 for second, and John Roland, Rodger Fair, Jeff Vaughn and Tim Yingling were third.
Hole-in-one
Beau Rabel, a member of the Hollidaysburg boys golf team, made a hole-in-one at the Scotch Valley Country Club on Thursday.
Rabel made the shot on No. 8, 206 yards long using a 6-iron. The shot was witnessed by Bryan James.