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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pirates’ Lowe up for hitting award

Brandon Lowe has been named an N.L. Silver Slugger Award finalist among second basemen by Louisville Slugger. Lowe, who is looking to win his first Silver Slugger, is joined by Milwaukee’s Brice Turang. Lowe hit .260 (152-for-584) with 29 doubles, 35 home runs, 96 RBI, a .331 on-base ...

Lady Bulldogs volleyball gets noticed in semis loss to Purchase Line

COMMODORE — Claysburg-Kimmel made history and gave many reasons for District 6 girls’ volleyball followers to sit up and take notice. The Lady Bulldogs added to their most successful season in program history with a 3-0 loss to second-seeded Purchase Line in a Class 2A semifinal match ...