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Red Devils drop title tilt on kicks

JOHNSTOWN — The District 6 Class 2A boys soccer championship matchup between top-seeded Westmont Hilltop and second-seeded Central Cambria was that proverbial game that neither team deserved to lose, but that circumstances required one team to suffer that unfortunate fate. After the two ...

B-A football coach knows the challenges of BEA team

Bellwood-Antis hosts Bald Eagle Area in an intriguing District 6 Class 2A football quarterfinal Friday at John R. Hayes Stadium at Memorial Field. Both teams began the season 3-0, but while Bellwood-Antis has sustained that success for most of the season and earned the No. 3 seed in the ...

What are the odds?

The Indianapolis Colts have two Blair County high school football stars on their roster in Luke Rhodes (left) and Kevin Givens this season. Givens, a standout at Altoona, was signed this past weekend by the Colts after spending the past eight seasons with the 49ers. Rhodes, a Hollidaysburg ...

CC girls soccer dreams big en route to title

When a program has never won a district title, sometimes that goal seems so far-fetched it isn’t even on anyone’s radar. That’s why emotions were overflowing following Central Cambria’s 2-1 victory in the District 6 Class 2A girls soccer championship game at Mansion Park on ...

Lady Tigers soccer defeats Bellefonte again for gold

PHILIPSBURG — On the surface, playing in a double-overtime semifinal game while your championship opponent had a bye seems like a disadvantage. But for the Hollidaysburg girls soccer team, its victory over Central Mountain in that round helped propel the Lady Tigers to a 2-1 win over ...

Healthy Blake matters for Tigers boys soccer team

PHILIPSBURG — Hollidaysburg entered the District 6 Class 3A boys soccer playoffs as the defending champion, but junior Micah Blake didn’t get a chance to be part of that team due to a knee injury. He’s making up for lost time. After scoring the game-winning goal in a semifinal win over ...