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GROVE CITY -- Ashlyn Noce was the runner-up at the John Sample Invitational at Memorial Park on Saturday with a time of 18:41 for the Altoona Area High School girls cross country team.
Noce's finish, along with Emma Etters' third-place finish in 19:12, helped the Lady Lions finish third as a team behind only Grove City and Mars. Lana Luke also medaled with a 21st-place finish in 20:36.
On the boys side, Archie Glover finished ninth overall for Altoona with a time of 16:57, and Seth Lieb also earned a medal with a 17th-place finish in 17:09.
The Mountain Lions finished sixth out of 16 teams.
Leo Ingham finished 24th in 11:57 in the middle school race for Altoona to earn a medal. On the girls side in the middle school race, Altoona's Adelaide Harper was 22nd in 13:29.
ALTOONA BOYS: 9, Glover, 16:57; 17, Lieb, 17:09; 44, Frederick, 18:18; 46, Dunkle, 18:15; 53, Broadrick, 18:28; 69, Stahlman, 18:54; 80, VanEgdom, 19:15.
ALTOONA GIRLS: 2, Noce, 18:41; 3, Etters, 19:12; 21, Luke, 20:36; 38, Adams, 21:31; 54, Harkins, 22:34; 55, Broadrick, 22:35; 64, Walstrom, 23:13
BOYS SOCCER
Mountain Lions win
Altoona topped Selinsgrove, 2-0, at Mansion Park in high school boys soccer with the help of a goal and an assist by Bilal Eltayeb.
Leonardo Chiminazzo also scored for the Mountain Lions.
SCORE BY HALVES
Selinsgrove 0 0 -- 0
Altoona 1 1 -- 2
First Half: A--Eltayeb (Crawford), 39:50.
Second Half: A--Chiminazzo (Eltayeb), 77:00.
Records: Selinsgrove (8-4-0); Altoona (5-6-1).
JV: Altoona, 3-0.
Bears tie
JOHNSTOWN -- Aaron Kurty scored two second-half goals to tie the game in Great Commission's 3-3 draw with Johnstown Christian in high school boys soccer.
Joel Lohsl also scored on an assist by Kurty.
SCORE BY HALVES
Great Commission 1 2 -- 3
Johnstown Christian 3 0 -- 3
First Half: JC--DiGuardi, 35:00; GC--Lohsl (Kurty), 32:00; JC--Kibbe (penalty kick), 18:00; JC--Taylor.
Second Half: GC--Kurty, 52:56; GC--Kurty, 54:32.
Records: Great Commission (2-5-1); Johnstown Christian (6-2-1).
GIRLS SOCCER
Lady Lions tie
Altoona's Ava Frye converted an Ajaycia Alexander feed early in the second half to lead the host Mountain Lions to a 1-1 tie in a girls soccer match at Mansion Park against visiting Selinsgrove.
The Seals (9-1-2) got their first-half goal from Kaia Hoke.
SCORE BY HALVES
Altoona 0 1 -- 1
Selinsgrove 1 0 -- 1
First Half: S--Hoke (unassisted), 8:20.
Second Half: A--Frye (Alexander), 46:27.
Records: Altoona (4-5-1); Selinsgrove (9-1-2).
JV: Selinsgrove, 2-0.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Heights tops Altoona
SIDMAN -- Altoona fell in the Silver semifinals at the girls Forest Hills Junior Varsity Volleyball Tournament, 25-23, to Cambria Heights.
In pool play, DuBois defeated Altoona, 25-20, 25-23, and Richland beat the Lady Spikers, 25-23, 25-14. Altoona topped Westmont Hilltop, 25-22, 27-25.
Maddie Rupp had 13 kills and 14 digs. Morgon Thompson had 30 assists and seven aces, and Haleigh Fisher had a team-high 22 kills and 15 digs.
The Altoona junior high girls volleyball team competed in the Bald Eagle Area Invitational and finished pool play 2-4 before falling in the playoffs.
SERVICE POINTS
ALTOONA: Thompson 18, Rupp 13, Mallory 11, Fisher 8, Rosas 8, Wilt 7, Fries 4.