Name: Ajaycia Alexander School: Altoona Area Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Soccer Athlete of the week achievement: Alexander led a defensive effort that helped the Lady Lions knock off State College, 2-1, in overtime to capture the District 6 Class 4A title for the fourth season in a row ...
Name: Noah Knobloch School: Bishop Carroll Catholic Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Cross country Athlete of the week achievement: Fresh off his Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference first-place finish, Knobloch repeated as the District 6 Class 1A champion by winning by more than one ...
PITTSBURGH — The safe play would have been to kick the field goal. Maybe the smart play, too. Only Aaron Rodgers didn’t see it that way. Perhaps most importantly to the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, neither did the guys in the huddle with him. So rather than try a chip shot with 5 ...
EBENSBURG — Some playoff matchups over the course of a contest prove why they are as even as they are, and Monday night’s District 6 Class 3A girls volleyball quarterfinal between No. 4 Central Cambria and No. 5 Forest Hills was no exception. It took a race to 15 to decide it, and a pair ...
PATTON — Tyrone senior Pyper Sparklin lived up to her last name, sort of, on Monday night. The Golden Eagles goalkeeper stopped 19 shots, including two in the penalty-kick shootout portion of Tyrone’s 0-0 (2-0) upset victory over Cambria Heights in a District 6 Class 2A girls’ soccer ...
PITTSBURGH — Freshman Chase Foster scored 23 points, transfer Jonathan Powell added 18 points on six 3-pointers, and Pittsburgh began its season with a 95-57 victory over Rider on Monday night. Foster set a program record for the most points scored in a freshman debut. He was 5 of 8 from ...
