By Will Graves
The Associated Press
Keith Dambrot didn’t want to overstay his welcome. Didn’t want his love of his chosen profession to morph into something far less joyous.
The Duquesne coach was “80% sure” last summer that this season would be his last, a number that spiked to ...
The Hollidaysburg Area High School boys tennis team improved to 2-0 on Monday, going indoors at the Summit Tennis & Athletic Club to defeat a 2-0 Juniata team, 5-0.
The Golden Tigers got singles wins from Ben Johnson (over Xane Whitesel), Felix Xu and Jacob Sidney. Whitesel is the ...
Travis Luensmann tossed six innings, giving up just one run on two hits in leading the Penn State baseball team to a 3-2 win over UMass-Lowell.
A Bellwood-Antis graduate, Luensmann struck out five and walked three. He gave up a solo home run in the sixth inning on his way to his second win of ...
By Michael Boytim
mboytim@altoonamirror.com
JOHNSTOWN — Williamsburg and its fan base had to sweat out literally every second of Saturday’s PIAA Class 1A quarterfinal game against Berlin Brothersvalley, but in the end, the Lady Blue Pirates avenged a loss in the Inter-County Conference ...
By Nate Ritchey
nritchey@altoonamirror.com
IRWIN — Union Area entered Saturday afternoon’s PIAA Class 1A quarterfinal matchup as the defending state champion.
So, it would have been easy to understand if a young Bishop Guilfoyle squad came in nervous and needing a few minutes to ...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2024:
By Ken Love
For the Mirror
An all-around athlete growing up, Blair County native Artie Fink was a particularly successful bowler as a young teenager.
He would go on to achieve great ...