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2023 Mirror football all-stars

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Grady Snyder Central Cambria ATH Jr. 5-11 181 Joe Eckenrode Bishop Guilfoyle OT Jr. 6-2 273 Braden Ewing Tyrone OT Sr. 6-1 265 Josiah Bowser Northern Bedford OG Sr. 6-4 270 Calvin Troutman Altoona OG Jr. 6-1 290 Hayden Speece Altoona C Sr. 6-1 280 Eli Muthler Central QB Jr. 6-2 170 Bron Mosley Altoona RB Sr. 6-0 230 Brady Ronan Tyrone RB Sr. 6-2 192 Jacob Benton Central WR Sr. 6-0 156 Caden DeLattre Hollidaysburg WR Sr. 6-2 165 Jack Dunn Central WR Sr. 6-3 171 Gavin Harrold Penn ...

Turnovers prove too costly for Highlanders in defeat

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com WILLIAMSPORT — Cambria Heights and South Williamsport have a lot of similarities. Both teams avenged two losses in their district playoffs to win gold and make the state playoffs and the Highlanders and Mountaineers would rather run than ...

Well-coached Hickory ends Scarlet Dragons’ season

Speed wins football games, and defense wins football championships. An aroused, well-coached and well-prepared District 10 champion Hickory team arrived at Mansion Park Friday night for its PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal-round game against previously unbeaten Central with a solid game plan in ...

Heights may know its opponent quite well

As Cambria Heights continues to bask in the glory of its first-ever District 6 championship, it will encounter a team with a style that should be pretty familiar to the Highlanders. District 4 champion South Williamsport enters Saturday’s PIAA Class 1A quarterfinal game at Williamsport at 7 ...

Central always happy to be practicing on the holiday

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com In the spirit of the holiday, players and coaches from Pennsylvania high school football teams who are still practicing on Thanksgiving Day and competing in the PIAA state playoffs a day or two later feel truly grateful. Most teams have seen ...

High school football week 14

FRIDAY PIAA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS at Mansion Park, Altoona 10-1 Hickory vs. 6-1 Central, 7 Notable: Hickory and Central met twice recently in the state playoffs with Dragons winning in 2015 and Hornets taking the 2013 meeting. CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS 6-1 Bald Eagle Area at 4-1 Southern Columbia, 7 Notable: Southern senior running back duo Garrett Garcia and Louden Murphy have each rushed for at least 1,200 yards and 20 touchdowns. SATURDAY CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS at Williamsport H.S. 6-1 Cambria Heights vs. 4-1 South Williamsport, 7 Notable: Four South ...