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Ethan Gilbey: Penn State Altoona wrestling

Name: Ethan Gilbey High school: Glendale Hometown: Blandburg Sport: Wrestling Weight: 149 pounds College choice: Penn State Altoona Other colleges considered: Keystone Why I picked Penn State Altoona: “Close to home and great coaches.’’ Greatest high school achievement: “Being ...

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Bellwood-Antis’ Ella Cherry finishes first in the 100-meter dash against Tyrone ‘s Sarah Chichester in girls track and field action Wednesday. See roundup here.

Strohmyer’s offense leads Lady Pirates to softball victory

WILLIAMSBURG — Bella Strohmyer homered and drove in three runs to help Williamsburg edge Ferndale, 11-10, in high school softball on Wednesday. Winning pitcher Katie Ross had two doubles and three RBIs for the Lady Pirates, who won their second game of the season. SCORE BY ...

Curve baseball handed fifth straight setback

RICHMOND, Va. — Callan Moss reached base four times and knocked home a run with an RBI double, but it wasn’t enough as Altoona dropped a 5-3 decision to the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Wednesday night at Carmax Park. The Curve are 0-5. Altoona scored in the top of the first inning when ...

Seven-run first inning boosts Altoona Mountain Lions over Philipsburg-Osceola

Philipsburg-Osceola has had plenty of success on high school baseball fields over the last quarter century, but the first inning of Thursday’s first-round Altoona Curve Classic game against Altoona was not the Mounties’ best moment. Starting pitcher Zach Yoder threw 46 pitches to get just two outs, and the Mountain Lions took advantage of control issues to score seven runs and take control in a 12-2 Altoona victory at PNG Field. Conner Pike, who finished 3-for-3, and Nick Kraft led off the bottom of the first inning with singles before a hit by pitch and four walks opened the ...

Claysburg-Kimmel football moving up to Class 4A

The PIAA released its list of schools who have opted for voluntary upgrades in classification for the 2026-2028 school years by sport, and seven teams in District 6 are moving up. Four of those will be in football and one is jumping up three classifications. In perhaps the most eye-opening ...