Name: Dylan Focht School: Central Age: 17 Grade: Senior Sport: Baseball Athlete of the week achievement: Focht was named MVP of the Curve Classic in leading the Scarlet Dragons to the title by holding Altoona to one hit in the championship game. He also three-hit Bellefonte ...
Name: Cate Baran School: Tyrone Area Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Softball Athlete of the week achievement: Baran threw a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts to help Tyrone beat Bellefonte for the first time in seven seasons, 5-0. She also allowed just three hits and struck out ...
Name: Trent Howe School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Track and field Athlete of the week achievement: Won the 100-meter dash and 400 dash at the Altoona Igloo Invitational. He also won both of those events, as well as the 400 relay, in a dual meet with Central ...
Name: Sakeria Haralson School: Bellwood-Antis Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Haralson was 7-of-8 from the field and had 14 points, seven rebounds and five blocks in Bellwood’s PIAA Class 2A championship victory over West Middlesex. She ...
Name: Jessiah Witherspoon School: Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic Age: 16 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Witherspoon scored 17 points in a 62-61 win over Our Lady of Sacred Heart in the PIAA Class 2A semifinals and followed with a game-high 19 points ...
Name: Nick Buckley School: Huntingdon Area Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Swimming Athlete of the week achievement: Buckley won the gold medal in the Class 2A 50-yard freestyle event at the PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 21.22 seconds. He also was ninth in the ...
Name: Jenna Bauer School: Central Cambria Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Bauer collected eight points and nine rebounds in a 63-57 win over Shady Side Academy in the PIAA Class 3A second round and had 15 points and eight rebounds in a ...
GREENSBURG — McKenna Hayward was hoping for a rematch with Penns Valley. She’ll have to settle for another opponent. And that’s OK with the Central Cambria senior point guard, who scored a career-high 34 points Tuesday night in a 63-57 PIAA Class 3A second-round girls basketball victory ...
Name: Tristan McDannell School: Bishop Carroll Catholic Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: McDannell led Carroll with 22 points in a 68-58 victory over North Clarion in the PIAA Class 1A playoffs on Friday night at Kane Area High School. Season ...
Name: Emilie Leidig School: Bellwood-Antis Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Leidig tied a school record with eight 3-pointers and scored a game-high 28 points in leading Bellwood-Antis to a 70-50 win over Windber in the PIAA Class 2A playoffs. ...
Name: Haley Goldstone School: Huntingdon Area Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Swimming Athlete of the week achievement: Goldstone won the 50-yard freestyle event and 100 freestyle in the District 6 Class 2A Swimming and Diving Championships. She also was second in the 400 free relay ...
Name: Matt Sarbo School: Altoona Area Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Wrestling Athlete of the week achievement: Sarbo won the PIAA Class 3A Northwest Regional Wrestling Tournament at 126 pounds. It was his second straight regional title. Season update: Sarbo heads to the state ...
Name: Conor McKeirnan School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Swimming Athlete of the week achievement: McKeirnan won the Class 3A 200-yard freestyle event for the second straight year and also won the 100 butterfly in the District 6 Swimming and Diving ...
Name: Kate Yahner School: Bishop Carroll Catholic Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Yahner scored in double figures in three BC victories — 11 in a 42-27 win over Somerset, 12 in a 47-42 upset of Forest Hills in the Laurel Highlands ...
Name: Kaden Cassidy School: Bedford Area Age: 18 Grade: Junior Sport: Wrestling Athlete of the week achievement: Cassidy won the 132-pound championship in the District 5 Class 2A championships by edging returning state medalist Garret Cornell of Everett in the final, 5-3. ...
Name: Kai Burkett School: Chestnut Ridge Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Wrestling Athlete of the week achievement: Burkett helped the Lions finish third in the PIAA Class 2A Duals Tournament in Hershey by going undefeated. He won by fall, technical fall, regular decision twice ...
Name: Marissa Stouffer School: Altoona Area Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Gymnastics Athlete of the week achievement: Stouffer led Altoona to its sixth straight Central Pa. Gymnastics League title. She won the all-around with a 37.0. She finished first in the vault, bar and ...
Name: Nathan Wolfe School: Bellwood-Antis Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Wolfe collected 23 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots in avenging a loss to Glendale with a 65-48 win and then had 27 points, 17 rebounds and four blocked ...
Name: Allison Hileman School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 16 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Hileman scored a team-high 16 points, including 14 in the first half, in a 50-23 win over Bellefonte and had a game-high 29 points in a 46-40 win over ...
Name: Luke Ruggery School: Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Ruggery scored 29 points and became the Bishop Guilfoyle boys basketball program’s all-time leading scorer in a 73-56 win over Richland. Season ...