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HOLLIDAYSBURG -- Hollidaysburg's No. 2 doubles team of Olivia Panaro and Rina Stiffler came through with a 6-3, 6-4 victory to give the Lady Tigers a 3-2 win over rival Altoona in high school girls tennis action on Tuesday.
Hollidaysburg, which received singles wins from Crosby Denis and Grace Muriceak, improved to 4-0, while Altoona, which got a singles win from Andie Adams and a doubles victory from Emma Hovan and Addy Mitchell, fell to 4-1.
SINGLES: 1, Denis, H, def. S. Irwin, 6-1, 6-2. 2, Muriceak, H, def. Williams, 6-0, 6-1. 3, Adams, A, def. Moritz, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5.
DOUBLES: 1, Hovan-Mitchell, A, def. Eardley-Klingner, 6-3, 6-1. 2, Panaro-Stiffler, H, def. Lopez-Oakes-E. Irwin, 6-3, 6-4.
Records: Altoona (4-1); Hollidaysburg (4-0).
CC tops Ridge
NEW PARIS -- Central Cambria improved to 4-2 with a 4-1 win over Chestnut Ridge in girls tennis.
Ireland DeBalli and Madison Dietz won singles matches for CC, and Chloe Sandoval and Daisy Smith, and Kat Kubat and Madalyn Bobby won doubles matches. Haley Hundley won at No. 1 singles for Ridge.
SINGLES: 1, Hundley, CR, def. Ream, 6-0, 6-0. 2, DeBalli, CC, def. Weyant, 6-1, 6-3. 3, Dietz, CC, def. Feathers, 6-1, 6-1.
DOUBLES: 1, Sandoval-D. Smith, CC, def. Claycomb-Miller, 6-0, 6-0. 2, Kubat-Bobby, CC, def. Cristr-G. Smith, 6-0, 6-0.
Records: Central Cambria (4-2); Chestnut Ridge (0-3).
GOLF
Central perfect
BEDFORD --The Central boys went 5-0 in its Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference matchup, beating Bedford, Penn Cambria, Central Cambria, Bishop Carroll and Chestnut Ridge in high school golf play at Omni Bedford Springs Resort Golf Course.
Central and Bedford both finished at 324, but the Scarlet Dragons won the tiebreaker when their fifth-best scorer, Tristan Ritchey (86), bested Bedford's Noah Nelson (89).
Central was led by Brock Beach's 79, while Bedford's top golfer was Gavin Kollander at 79.
Penn Cambria, third at 327, got an 80 from Garrett Ligas while Central Cambria (337) was led by Andrew Kasecky's 78. Finishing four was Bishop Carroll (364), led by Ethan Holtz at 90. Chestnut Ridge was fifth (389), led by Colton Boozer's 88.
CENTRAL (324): Beach 79, Clapper 80, Martin 82, Hartman 83, Ritchey 86
BEDFORD (324): Kollander, 79, Liebfried 79, Clark 83, Ripple 84, Nelson 89
PENN CAMBRIA (327): Ligas 80, Durbin 81, Karlheim 83, Michina 83, Gides 85
CENTRAL CAMBRIA (337): Kasecky 78, Link 85, Forcellini 85, Bearer 89, Williams 105
BISHOP CARROLL (364): Holtz 90, Myers 90, Zernick 91, Hall-Campbell 93, Phillips 111
CHESTNUT RIDGE (389): Boozer 88, Dull 92, J. Dufour 104, Johnson 105, K. Dufour 106
Portage wins two
JOHNSTOWN -- The Portage boys golf team earned a team score of 260 to beat Conemaugh Valley (269) and Turkeyfoot Valley (291) at Berkley Hills Golf Course.
Kendall Bednarski was the medalist for Portage with a 44.
PORTAGE (260): Bednarski 44, Phillips 47, Rosemas 47, Ciokota 55, Gabel 67.
CONEMAUGH VALLEY (269): George 47, Podrasky 49, Deitz 53, Masser 58, Toth 62.
TURKEYFOOT VALLEY (291): McClintock 53, Walker 54, Feathers 59, Bowers 62, Miller 65.
Records: Portage (4-10); Turkeyfoot Valley (0-2); Conemaugh Valley (1-8).
Altoona girls go 1-1
The Altoona girls golf team went 1-1, beating Northern Cambria, 154-168, and falling to State College, 290-322, at Park Hills Golf Club.
Altoona's Kennady Bankert was the medalist in the loss to State College with a round of 92, and Altoona's Natalie Baker shot a 49 to earn medalist honors in the win over Northern Cambria.
FIRST MATCH
STATE COLLEGE (290): Lee 93, Wheeler 94, Arrowsmith 103.
ALTOONA (322): Bankert 92, McGhee 107, Baker 123.
SECOND MATCH
ALTOONA (154): Baker 49 McGhee 52, Jackson 53.
NORTHERN CAMBRIA (168): Sheredy 53, Paronish 56, E. Neff 59.
Records: Northern Cambria (3-3), State College (3-0), Altoona (2-1).