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Penn State product Carter Starocci wins boxing debut

Five-time Penn State NCAA wrestling champion Carter Starocci won his amateur boxing debut in Altoona on Saturday. Starocci won in three rounds by unanimous decision of three judges at the “Clash on the Rail” at Scorchin Boxing Club on Beale Ave, according to club owner/trainer Jeremiah ...

Summit crowns champions in Senior Invitational

CRESSON — Randy Jarratt and Wally Clapper won the 50-59 age gross division with a 138, and Ron Kenner and Bill Allen won the net division with a 131 at the Summit Country Club’s Senior Invitational. Shaun Lepore and Jason Steinbugl were second in the gross, and Ron Shuty and Larry Benton were second in the net. In the 60-69 age group, John Dziabo and Tony Mignogna shot a 140 to win the gross division by one stroke over Ed Smith and Ken Love, and Terry Funcheon and Pummy Pirozzola took the net with a 129 ahead of Jim Smith and Dale Perino and Greg Simpson and Bob Ruggiero, who both ...

Grabbing gold

Master Lucy DiLeo (left) placed first in masters forms at the Zang Invitational Martial Arts Championships. She also placed first in masters forms and advanced board-breaking at the Joe Goss Invitational. Heather Guirand (right) placed first in intermediate forms and second in board-breaking ...

Youth baseball roundup

AABA ALTOONA AREA BASEBALL ASSOCIATION MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS W-L Leonard S. Fiore 23-1 Holsinger’s Plumbing 19-5 Park Home 17-8 Drenning Delivery 13-12 Marana Electric 12-14 Masonic Lodges 9-15 John Sisto Law Office 8-13 Locker ...

Another shaky start for Skenes in Pirates defeat

PITTSBURGH — Pinch-hitter Noelvi Marte hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning after Cincinnati scored four runs off Paul Skenes in the second inning, and the Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Friday night. Given a 1-0 lead on Konnor Griffin’s first-inning homer, ...