MARTINSBURG — Hunter Klotz wears many hats at Central High School representing the Scarlet Dragons in football, basketball, fishing and baseball, but Wednesday at the Bistro at the Village Green, Klotz decided which cap he’ll be wearing in the future. The multi-talented senior signed ...

Senior Salute: The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Philipsburg-Osceola’s high school baseball season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it appeared as though ...

The NCAA’s decision to give all spring athletes another year of eligibility was applauded by many people happy to see players at that level avoid being robbed of an opportunity. But that same move may negatively impact younger players trying to get to the same stage. “I have heard a lot ...

Senior salute The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As long as there’s been the game of baseball, you’ve always had a guy somewhere in America coaching his kid in a youth ...

Senior Salute: The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Patience is a virtue when it comes to dealing with love. Altoona Area High School senior Joe DeRubeis identified his true love ...

Senior salute The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tyrone Area High School baseball team won its first Mountain League title in nearly 30 years and earned the top seed in ...

Senior salute The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of all 2020 PIAA spring sports, Central Cambria High School ...

The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though Tommy Williams only coached him one season on the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic baseball team, he knew he had a star in junior Gaige ...

Senior salute The Mirror is recognizing some high school senior spring sports athletes who missed out on their final scholastic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. HOLLIDAYSBURG — According to Hollidaysburg Area High School baseball coach Jon Szynal, Golden Tigers senior left-handed ...

Living without spring sports gives everyone a chance to reflect on some of their memories of years past. Staring out the window into the sun and an empty baseball field while visiting my father in Tyrone a couple weeks ago, I started to think about one of the most memorable high school ...

Editor’s note: The fate of the spring scholastic sports season is very much in doubt due to the coronavirus. The Mirror is publishing the preview capsules to at least recognize the athletes who are part of the various teams throughout the region: Altoona Coach: Tom Smith, 19th ...

Central sophomore Paxton Kling made a verbal commitment to LSU Monday afternoon to play college baseball. Kling made the announcement on Twitter. “I am excited to announce that I have verbally committed to Louisiana State University,” Kling wrote. “I want to thank God, my family and ...

For the second time in as many days, a Blair County baseball product has committed to a Division I program. Hollidaysburg senior-to-be Joey Grassi announced on Twitter late Monday night that he’d continue his baseball career at Miami University in Ohio. “I like the facilities there, and ...

Travis Luensmann has spent most of his high school athletic career traveling anywhere he was given the opportunity to throw a baseball. But that entire journey, as well as the success he’s experienced on the Bellwood-Antis varsity team and with personal coaches like State College’s Troy ...

FIRST TEAM Cory Lehman C Sr. Tyrone Notable: First-team Mountain League All-Star hit .410 with 12 extra-base hits and 21 RBIs. Devin Renzi 1B Sr. Central Cambria Notable: All-LHAC selection hit .565 with 11 extra-base hits and stole 10 bases. Was winning pitcher against PIAA 1A ...

Hollidaysburg Area High School’s Jon Szynal was named the Central Penn Baseball League coach of the year for 2019. Szynal led Hollidaysburg to the league title. Altoona infielder Matt Hartman made the CPL all-star team for the second straight season. He was joined on the all-star team ...

DUBOIS — Philipsburg-Osceola rode a literal perfect storm throughout the postseason that, up until Thursday, allowed the Mounties to start star sophomore pitcher Ryan Whitehead in each game. With no rain in the forecast, senior Bubba Slogosky took the mound for P-O in its PIAA Class 3A ...

Claysburg-Kimmel and Glendale both will stay in the Mirror’s coverage area as they move into the quarterfinal round of the PIAA Class 1A softball playoffs. The District 6 champion Lady Bulldogs will take on District 9 champion DuBois Central Catholic very close to home at Mount Aloysius at ...

CRESSON — A very successful and very special 2019 baseball season came to an end for the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School Marauders late Monday afternoon. After winning the District 6 Class 2A championshp last week, the Marauders lost a pitchers’ battle, 2-0 to WPIAL third-place ...

BUTLER — Ryan Whitehead gave Philipsburg-Osceola a golden opportunity to win the District 6 Class 3A title last week when he kept Mount Union scoreless into extra innings, but the Mounties couldn’t capitalize. Isaiah Dixon was determined not to let it happen again. The senior designated ...