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Little, Sipes sign letters to play at D-I level

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Two Altoona Area High School senior athletes, wrestler Luke Sipes and girls soccer player Alli Little, have both shown a dedicated and unwavering commitment to their sport. That commitment has paid off quite handsomely, as both have earned NCAA Division I athletic scholarships. Sipes, who will wrestle for the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Little, who will play soccer at Iona University in New Rochelle, N.Y.. signed their national college letters of intent Thursday morning at the Altoona High School Fieldhouse. They ...

A rugby family reunion this weekend in Virginia

By Andy Haines For the Mirror This Saturday, family members, from multiple generations of the Adams and Butler families of Altoona, will be in Culpeper, Va., watching cousins Colin Butler and Andrew Adams compete in the Sweet 16 of National Collegiate Rugby. Colin, a junior at Susquehanna University and a former Bishop Guilfoyle football standout, will be leading the River Hawks against Duke University, in the initial game of the Division 3 bracket. If Susquehanna wins, it will face off against either Catholic University or Charleston College. A win on Sunday moves the Riverhawks to ...

Mentzer helps Tigers win shootout over CC

EBENSBURG — Jayden Mentzer scored in overtime to lead Hollidaysburg to a 9-8 victory over Central Cambria at the Northern Cambria Rec Center Tuesday in high school ice hockey. Mentzer finished with two goals for the Golden Tigers (3-2), who were tied at 2-2 after one period, 5-5 after two periods and 8-8 at the end of regulation. Isaac Miller finished the night with five goals for Hollidaysburg, which left the ice with 41 shots on goal. Central Cambria, which totaled 28 shots on goal, got a hat trick each from Kayden Park and Austin Semelsberger. Semelsberger scored the last two ...

Volleyball stars are named

The District 6 2A Volleyball All-District teams were released on Tuesday with two Blair County girls on the first-team roster. Making the first team from Tyrone was Kylee Nelson while Addy Turek made it for Bellwood-Antis. Third-team honors were earned by Cambria Heights’ Carly Sowers and Regan Conrad, along with Penn Cambria’s Loren Stipanovich, Tyrone’s Bailey Woomer and Central Cambria’s Erica Brouse. OTHERS FIRST TEAM Bald Eagle Area: Leah Bryan; Forest Hills: Mya Colosimo, Julia Chunta, Eva Myers; Huntingdon: Lily Fiscus; Richland: Addison Hirsch; West Shamokin: ...

ICC names fall stars

The Inter-County Conference released its all-stars for the fall sports season for girls volleyball, boys and girls soccer, golf, as well as boys and girls cross country. Making the first team in volleyball in the Mirror coverage area included Glendale’s Rachel McClellan, Juniata Valley’s Kassidy Watson, Claysburg-Kimmel’s Lauren Roxby and Ava Dibert, Northern Bedford’s Amberly Detterline, along with Williamsburg’s Scotlyn Barroner. Honorable Mention status went to Williamsburg’s Maggie Manippo. In boys soccer, Northern Bedford’s Alex Kochara and Nate Eckenroad made ...

State College skates past Golden Tigers

STATE COLLEGE — State College defeated Hollidaysburg, 10-2, in high school ice hockey action on Thursday at Pegula Ice Arena. Henry Jacob had three goals and three assists for State College. Isaac Miller and Porter Weise scored goals for the Golden Tigers, who dropped to 2-2 on the season. SCORE BY PERIODS Hollidaysburg 2 0 0 -- 2 State College 6 1 3 -- 10 First period: SC—Coffey (Jacob, Murphy), 15:57; SC—Jacob (Coffey), 13:34; SC—Murphy (Jabob), 11:52; SC—Coffey (Peltzer, Keys), 11:52; H—Miller (unassisted), 11:04; H—Weise (Hartman, Mentzer), 6:08; ...