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O-line makes strides with strong showing

Offensive linemen come to work every day knowing they won’t be in it for the glory from the outside. However, on the inside, their backfield is usually the first people to point out the success of the five players up front. Although the unit has had its struggles in the first four games ...

AAHS hockey team wins

The Altoona Area High School ice hockey team improved to 2-1 Thursday night, thanks to a 4-2 win over Johnstown at Galactic Ice. Altoona broke open a 2-2 game with two goals in the third period. The Mountain Lions got four goals from four different individuals in Tyler Mock, Ryan ...

Red Devils drop title tilt on kicks

JOHNSTOWN — The District 6 Class 2A boys soccer championship matchup between top-seeded Westmont Hilltop and second-seeded Central Cambria was that proverbial game that neither team deserved to lose, but that circumstances required one team to suffer that unfortunate fate. After the two ...

Injured Murray forces Vikes to change plans

EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray will miss at least the next game because of a hamstring strain, coach Kevin O’Connell announced on Thursday. Carson Wentz will start instead against Buffalo on Monday, with Max Brosmer serving as the backup. Murray’s status will ...

Teams (like PSU) scramble to salvage season

With the end of Daylight Saving Time, salvage operations have commenced at the bases of numerous college football programs that possessed high hopes for singular achievement during the preseason. Seven teams that broke training camp ranked in the Top 20, including five in the Big Ten, are ...

Williamsburg grad leads basketball team to upset

TOWSON, Md. — Williamsburg graduate Ayla Hileman made a game-tying 3-pointer with four seconds left to force overtime and helped Division II Frostburg State defeat Division I Towson, 94-92, in double overtime in women’s college basketball action on Thursday. Hileman started and finished ...