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Lady Tigers capture Altoona tennis tourney

The Hollidaysburg Area High School girls tennis team captured the Mountain Lion Invitational on Friday at the Mansion Park Tennis Courts. The host Altoona Area High School Lady Lions finished second while New Oxford and Abington Heights tied for third place. In singles play, Hollidaysburg’s Grace Muriceak won the No. 2 flight with a win over Altoona’s Courtney Irwin in the finals. Lady Lion Skylar Irwin won the No. 3 singles flight title by beating Hollidaysburg’s Emma Moritz in the finals. In doubles play, Altoona’s Andie Adams and Emma Hovan won the No. 1 flight over ...

Stewart helps Altoona boys golf team beat Central

ROARING SPRING — Altoona’s Dylan Stewart shot a 77 to capture medalist honors by a single stroke as Altoona defeated Central, 314-343, at Iron Masters Country Club on Thursday in high school boys golf. Kai Hillegass was second with a 78 for the Mountain Lions, while Cody Clapper had an 81 to lead the Scarlet Dragons. ALTOONA (314): Stewart 77, Hillegass 78, Kanouff 79, Sankey 79. CENTRAL (343): Clapper 81, Brooks 85, Barnes 88, Hartman 89. Records: Altoona (6-3); Central (17-9). RV edges PC, Portage BLAIRSVILLE — Jake Pynos shot a 34 to lead the field by three strokes ...

Lady Tigers, Central shut out opponents

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg cruised to a 5-0 victory over Tyrone in high school girls tennis on Thursday. Crosby Denis, Grace Muriceak and Sarah Neatrour won in singles action, while the teams of Sarah Urban-Lily Grosser and Katie Klingner-Sophia Zangrilli claimed the doubles matches for the Lady Tigers. Hollidaysburg is now 9-0, while Tyrone fell to 3-4. SINGLES: 1. Denis, H, def. Ramsey, 6-0, 6-0; 2. Muriceak, H, def. Witkamp, 6-0, 6-0; 3. Neatrour, H, def. Bumgarner, 6-3, 6-2. DOUBLES: 1. Urban-Grosser, H, def. Fleck-Diehl, 6-0, 6-0; 2. Klingner-Zangrilli, H, def. ...

Altoona takes two vs. rivals

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Altoona girls edged out Hollidaysburg in a tightly contested high school cross country meet on Wednesday. Ashlyn Noce won the race in 20 minutes, 8 seconds to help the Lady Lions prevail, 27-28. Rylan Carney finished second for Hollidaysburg, which beat Penn Cambria, 15-50. Altoona’s Andrew Quinn won the boys race in leading the Mountain Lions to a 24-31 win over Hollidaysburg. Reuben Manfred placed second for the Tigers, who beat Penn Cambria, 15-50. BOYS 1, Quinn, A, 17:15; 2, R. Manfred, H, 17:37; 3, Woomer, A, 17:46; 4, Sunderland, A, 17:48; 5, Chen, ...

Lady Panthers score victory over rival C-K

CLAYSBURG — Northern Bedford outlasted Claysburg-Kimmel, 19-25, 23-25, 25-13, 25-20, 15-4, in high school girls volleyball action Wednesday night. Laure Robxy had 11 kills, and Payton Hinish had nine service points and nine assists for Claysburg. The Lady Panthers got 24 assists from Callie Miller to go with 14 service points from Addie Love. SERVICE POINTS CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL: Hinish 9, Lamborn 7, Imler 5, Herline 5, Dibert 4, Paris 3, Roxby 2. NORTHERN BEDFORD: Detterline 11, Love 14, Sipes 9, Dainty 12, Bowser 11, Miller 10 Records: Claysburg-Kimmel (2-6), Northern ...

CHS girls tennis cruises past Rams

JOHNSTOWN — The Central girls tennis team rolled past Richland, 5-0, without dropping a game, Wednesday in high school action. Julia Ritchey, Kate Dunn and Zoe Grill won in singles play, and Brooklyn Coppersmith and Breslyn Beech, and Taryn Walters and Hailey Fries won in doubles action. SINGLES: 1, Ritchey, C, def. Carabaugh, 6-0, 6-0; 2, Dunn, C, def. Rasa, 6-0, 6-0; 3, Grill, C, def. Stape, 6-0, 6-0. DOUBLES: 1, Coppersmith-Beech, C, def. Lesto-Deesm, 6-0, 6-0; 2, Walters-Fries, C, def. Yarnick-Louder, 6-0, 6-0. Records: Central (7-2). GOLF Portage boys triumph LORETTO ...