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Bedford native has filly in big-money final

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bedford horse trainer/breeder Roger Hammer, 80, watched his 3-year-old trotting filly Little Road win a $25,000 Breeders Crown elimination race at Eldorado Scioto Downs last Saturday. Little Road now advances to the $664,500 final this Saturday. Hammer supplemented the trotter — which he bred — to the Breeders Crown at a cost of $72,000. "Nothing has come out of my pocket with this horse,’’ Hammer said. “She made the money. I'm going to give her a shot at this." Heading into the Crown elimination, Little Road had made $282,562 this year alone and was ...

Area recognition

Liam Haney, 12 of Portage, broke the USA Powerlifting state record for Pennsylvania in the Youth 3 Division with a raw bench press of 148.8 pounds in Harrisburg on Oct. 17. The old record, from 2019, was for 143.3 pounds.

Lady Lions sweep series from rivals

Altoona swept the season series with Hollidaysburg with a 3-1 victory in high school girls soccer action on Thursday night at Mansion Park. Altoona had also won the earlier meeting, 4-2. Joie Irwin converted a cross from Lauren Metrik halfway through the second half to give Altoona a 2-1 ...

Big challenge awaits Golden Tigers football team

Hollidaysburg’s high school football team is coming off the two best seasons in Golden Tiger history, but Friday night, it will be playing a squad in Williamsport at Tiger Stadium that is enjoying its best year in a decade. “They have a ton of athletes out for new coach Kevin Brown’s ...

Bishop Carroll’s Knobloch celebrates birthday by finishing first

PORTAGE — Wednesday was Bishop Carroll Catholic sophomore Noah Knobloch’s 16th birthday, and he was determined to make it a sweet one. The defending District 6 Class 1A cross country champion had lost to Hollidaysburg senior Reuben Manfred in a race last week and went into the Laurel ...

Ramsey recognized for defensive contribution against Bucs

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Jalen Ramsey was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday for his performance in the Steelers’ overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ramsey recorded 10 tackles, nine of them solo, including four for a loss, and two ...