Back-to-back stellar special team plays shifted momentum in Hollidaysburg’s favor as the Golden Tigers defeated rival Altoona, 24-7, in the opener of the high school football season Friday night at a near-capacity Mansion Park. With the game tied at seven and just seconds to play in the ...
ROARING SPRING — In Central’s 2026 season opener, Philipsburg-Osceola’s DaMarcus Law took the opening kickoff back 75 yards for a touchdown. While it didn’t start off in a favorable way, Dragons coach Jerry Albright will be hard-pressed to find any other negatives on film throughout ...
FLINTON — Momentum had shifted from Meyersdale back to Glendale in the blink of an eye on a beautiful Friday night in the season opener at Dr. Roy F. Baker Field. Down by nine points at halftime, the Vikings scored two touchdowns in the third quarter to take the lead for the first time. The Vikings even recovered the onside kick after the second touchdown. But when the Red Raiders got the ball at the end of the third quarter, everything changed. Senior quarterback Spencer Whitfield took over the running game and the Red Raiders blocked a punt, leading to the Red Raiders scoring 20 ...
ST. LOUIS — Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four starts. ...
RURAL VALLEY — Portage won a wild back-and-forth game over West Shamokin when freshman kicker Dylan Bednarski nailed a 36-yard field goal with 53 seconds remaining to give the Mustangs a 31-29 victory. “We stopped them at midfield,” Portage coach Marty Slanoc said. “They were at our ...
TYRONE – New Tyrone coach Jason Jones was hoping to use the Eagles’ season-opener against Bellefonte last night as a measuring stick to see how his team stacked up with one of the promising teams in the Laurel Highlands East Division. After scoring a 14-7, come-from-behind victory at ...
