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Altoona baseball team falls short to Williamsport

Williamsport improved to 13-1 on the season with a 6-4 victory over Altoona on senior day Saturday afternoon at Mansion Park in high school baseball. Williamsport added on to a 2-1 lead with two runs each in each of the final two innings. Altoona’s seventh-inning rally plated three runs ...

Lady Lion softball team downed

A pair of five-run innings by Chambersburg sent Altoona to a 14-7 loss on Thursday in high school softball action at Logan Elementary. Jayda Yost homered as part of her two hits and drove in three runs for the Lady Lions, while Skyler Reed garnered two hits, including a home run, with two runs driven in, and Kaya Sprankle smacked two hits, including a double, for Altoona. SCORE BY INNINGS Chambersburg 200 055 2—14 11 0 Altoona 022 030 0— 7 9 4 E—Yost 2, Cafin, Baker. 2B—Varner 2, Gsell, Brookens, Perry (C); Sprankle (A). HR—Jones 2, Onomastico (C); Yost, Reed (A). ...

Central boys volleyball team wins

MARTINSBURG — The Central boys volleyball team improved to 6-3 Wednesday night, thanks to a 25-13, 25-20, 25-23 win over Bishop Guilfoyle Academy in high school action. Central got 18 kills and three blocks from Christian Heuston to go with seven kills from Blake Reynolds. Lincoln Mauk added 14 service points to go with 13 service points from Landyn Rhodes. Rhodes also added 26 assists. The Marauders were led by Brenden Young with 30 assists and Jacob Mellott with 13 digs. SERVICE POINTS BISHOP GUILFOYLE: Young 2, Chwatek 5, Shall 4, Duey 7, Kanish 2. CENTRAL: Mauk 14, Rhodes 13, ...

Banks one of several Tigers to play collegiately

Hollidaysburg senior Josh Banks, the Altoona Mirror’s High School Football Player of the Year, officially signed to play college football at Penn State on Friday alongside several of his classmates. Banks will head to Penn State as a preferred walk-on, but his high school coach believes he ...

Altoona tennis celebrates senior day with victory

Altoona honored seniors Aiden Aiken, Sean Ratchford, Leim King-Settles and Logan Moser before its 7-0 win over Bedford at Mansion Park on Thursday in high school tennis. Ratchford and King-Settles teamed up to win at No. 2 doubles, Aiken was part of the winning team at No. 1 doubles, and Moser won at No. 5 singles. SINGLES: 1, Batrus, A, def. Trimeloni, 6-4, 6-0; 2, Wasovich, A, def. Schrum, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; 3, Brunhuber, A, def. Koontz, 6-1, 6-0; 4, Orr, A, def. Holtz, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 10-4; 5, Moser, A, def Hause, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-1. DOUBLES: 1, Lanzendorfer-Aiken, A, def. ...