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Bishop Guilfoyle Academy beats Altoona in Blair YMCA boys basketball final

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy graduated three starters from its District 6 Class 3A championship team that made it to the PIAA semifinals last season, but the Marauders team that dismantled Altoona in the Blair Regional YMCA boys title game Monday night looked more than capable of ...

Claysburg-Kimmel has new boys basketball coach in Matthew Claar

Claysburg-Kimmel hired Matthew Claar to be its new high school boys basketball coach at its board meeting last Wednesday. Claar replaces Mike Harris, who resigned last month, after leading the Bulldogs to a 20-win season, their most wins in a single season in school history. Claar will be ...

Harris stepping down as C-K basketball, Hollidaysburg softball coach

Mike Harris likely coached more high school varsity sporting events than anyone locally during the 2025-2026 school year. He served as the Claysburg-Kimmel golf head coach in the fall, C-K boys basketball head coach over the winter and Hollidaysburg Area softball head coach this spring. But ...

Carroll’s Casses named first team all-state in hoops

Bishop Carroll Catholic senior Jace Casses was named to the boys basketball Pa. Sportswriters All-State first team on Thursday, marking the third year in a row he was recognized but the first time he made the first team. “I am really happy for him. After all the work he’s put in, it’s ...

Mirror boys basketball all-stars: Casses, Lestochi reach higher levels

Bishop Guilfoyle Academy won its first District 6 Class 3A boys basketball championship since 2021 when the Marauders knocked off Forest Hills, which had beaten them for the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference title just a couple weeks before. Thanks in part to that championship and the ...

Altoona Mirror Basketball Classic: Central PA boys rule

The boys’ version of the Altoona Mirror Classic was a close battle through one quarter of action with the Blair County squad holding a slight advantage. However, the Central Pennsylvania team used a 20-point scoring difference in the second quarter to separate itself. Central PA got ...