By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com SALIX — Everyone loves an underdog story when a player or team overcomes the odds to win a championship. But if that underdog doesn’t come through with the championship, no one holds it against them. That’s why being an overwhelming ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg needed just three sets to capture a 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-9) win over Bedford Thursday night in girls high school volleyball. With the win, the Lady Tigers improved to 13-1. Mackenzie McLanahan led the Lady Tigers with 12 service points, while Emily Clapper chipped in nine and Nora Stanek had seven. SERVICE POINTS HOLLIDAYSBURG: McLanahan 12, Clapper 9, Stanek 7, Shoop 5, Budney 5, Basenback 4, Lenhart 2, Baird 2, Dellinger 1. Records: Hollidaysburg (13-1). JV: Hollidaysburg, 25-8, 25-18. Red Devils survive TYRONE — Central Cambria was ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com In doubles tennis, perhaps nothing predicates a team’s success more than the familiarity factor between the players involved. That was the case Wednesday afternoon in the District 4-6 doubles tennis championships at the Summit Tennis and ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The sun has been missing in action throughout most of Pennsylvania for the last two weeks, and the high school golfers at Wednesday’s District 6 boys championships at Scotch Valley Country Club felt the brunt of that. Playing ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Both the Hollidaysburg boys and girls swept Tyrone and Bedford in a high school cross country tri-meet on Wednesday. Reuben Manfred, Sebastian Diaz and Yvan Chen finished 1-2-3 as the Hollidaysburg boys beat Tyrone, 17-46, and Bedford, 16-47. The Bedford boys edged Tyrone, 26-29. Rylan Carney and Katie Etters placed second and third for the Lady Tigers, who beat Tyrone, 15-48, and Bedford, 22-35. Chloe May won the girls race in a course record time of 19 minutes, 15 seconds for Bedford, which topped Tyrone, 16-47. BOYS 1. R. Manfred, H, 17:36; 2. Diaz, H, 17:42; ...
The top-seeded doubles team of Crosby Denis and Grace Muriceak of Hollidaysburg advanced to today’s championship match of the District 4-6 Class 3A Doubles Tennis Tournament with two wins on Tuesday at the Summit Athletic Club. Denis and Muriceak will face No. 2-seeded Joanna Liu and Abby Chen of State College in the final at noon today at the Summit. Central’s Kate Dunn and Zoe Grill will play Central Cambria’s Allie Morgan and Taryn Ream will square off in the District 6 2A final at the same place and time. Denis and Muriceak defeated Altoona’s Skylar Irwin and Andie Adams, ...
