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Hollidaysburg gets a pair of winners in Altoona Middle School Championships

Hollidaysburg had a pair of champions at the Altoona Middle School Championships held Saturday at Mansion Park. Mason Kephart won the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:24.93, and Layla Budny claimed the shot put title with a throw of 36 feet, 2.75 inches. Two other local boys won championships. Central Cambria’s Roman Forcellini sprinted to the 100 dash championship in 12.06 seconds, and Spring Cove’s Brayden Bartley won the 400 dash in 53.98 seconds. KEY: Nittany Christian (NC); Altoona (A); Bald Eagle Area (BEA); Beaty-Warren (BW); Bedford (B); Bellefonte (BF); Belleville ...

Tyrone, Central baseball eye runs as lower seeds

The two Mirror core coverage area high school baseball teams which have won PIAA championships most recently — Central and Tyrone — both will enter the District 6 Class 3A playoffs as less than ideal seeds. But baseball is the one sport where that hasn’t mattered much over the ...

Claysburg hopes to regain fire

A year ago, Claysburg-Kimmel was the only team from the Mirror’s core coverage area to win a District 6 championship in high school softball, and the Lady Bulldogs have been near the top if not at the top among all area teams during coach Mike Barbarini’s 26-year tenure. Claysburg enters ...

Records for Altoona shot put, Hollidaysburg discus have stood 60 years

Records are meant to be broken, and, especially in high school track and field, they fall almost weekly. Whether it’s senior, junior, sophomore, school or various meet marks, the sport’s directors and historians must be armed with an eraser. That’s why there are two records in Blair ...

I got it!

Hollidaysburg catcher Braden Hatch tracks a pop-up from Altoona’s Lucas Gority during the Golden Tigers’ 5-1 win in high school baseball on Friday in Hollidaysburg. See the game story here. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Lafferty will play for USA

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg native Sam Lafferty will represent Team USA this spring at the IIHF Men’s World Hockey Championships. Lafferty made the preliminary roster for the U.S. men’s national team. The Chicago Blackhawks forward will compete in Switzerland on May 15-31. The U.S. ...