By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders are a fast, athletic team that poses a supreme challenge for its opponents to defend. The Marauders feature balanced scoring, an excellent transition running game, they rebound well, and ...
By Matt Michelone For the Mirror BELLWOOD — When you’re coming off two tough losses in back-to-back games, sometimes playing against your rival can be the perfect pick-me up. Wednesday night both Tyrone and Bellwood-Antis had a back-and-forth first-half affair. Both teams played to an eight-point Golden Eagle lead at the break. The Eagles, however, exploded in the third quarter, outscoring the Blue Devils 19-4, never looking back as they got a 63-34 win. “I thought we came out the first half and didn’t execute real well defensively,” Tyrone coach Luke Rhoades said. ...
PHILIPSBURG — Central opened up a 26-point halftime advantage en route to a 75-44 victory over Philipsburg-Osceola in high school boys basketball action on Wednesday. The Scarlet Dragons connected on 15 3-pointers with Mason Byler canning five and finishing with 15 points. Eli Muthler led the Dragons, now 8-2, with 17 points. CENTRAL (75): E. Muthler 6 2-2 17, Byler 5 0-0 15, Klotz 1 0-0 3, Black 1 0-0 2, J. Muthler 4 0-0 10, Heuston 1 2-2 4, Lingenfelter 2 0-0 4, Bassler 0 0-0 0, Hoover 1 0-0 3, Beltz 2 0-0 5, Dickson 2 0-0 5, Member-Meneh 2 0-0 4, Hartman 0 0-0 0, Schenk 0 0-0 0, ...
WILLIAMSPORT — The Altoona girls basketball team jumped out to a 41-13 halftime lead en route to a 60-22 win at Williamsport Wednesday night in high school action. The Lady Lions, who improved to 13-2, got 13 points from Melana Eyer and 11 points from Brionna Hudson. Williamsport (4-8) got six points each from Khamya Moate and Isabella Campbell. ALTOONA (60): Stadtmiller 1 0-0 2, Cuspert 0 0-0 0, M. Eyer 6 1-3 13, Nguyen-Moore 4 0-0 9, Hudson 4 3-3 11, Heyward 0 0-0 0, Beck 0 0-0 0, Wilt 3 0-0 6, R. Eyer 1 1-2 4, Beltz 2 0-0 4, Cogan 2 0-0 4, Lantzy 1 0-0 2, Williams 0 0-0 0, ...
By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com Turnovers have been a large factor for much of the season with a young Altoona team that had five juniors starting on the court on Tuesday evening against rival State College. Although the Mountain Lions kept it close through the first quarter, ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com STATE COLLEGE — The Altoona Area High School girls basketball program has a long and storied history that includes four state championships and 28 District 6 titles. So, it was only appropriate that the program’s 1,000th victory came ...
