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Smearman sparks Altoona to victory

LEWISBERRY — Aaron Smearman’s RBI single in the top of the seventh broke a 4-4 tie Saturday afternoon as the Altoona baseball team went on to a 9-5 win over Red Land in high school action. Starting pitcher Tanner Stroup struck out 11 in five innings of work, and hit a double and triple with one RBI. Teammate Connor Sanders added two hits and two RBIs. Altoona, which trailed 3-0 after two innings, improved to 10-6. Red Land fell to 3-12. ALTOONA (9): LaRocco cf 410, Freiwald 2b 410, Stroup p-1b 322, McAllister 3b-p 221, Smearman ss 311, Cal. Sanders 1b-3b 310, Sankey lf 000, ...

Central volleyball defeats Guilfoyle

Central swept its way past Bishop Guilfoyle 25-18, 25-14 and 25-12 in three sets on Thursday night in boys high school volleyball play. Christian Heuston led the Dragons with eight kills and seven service points, Logan Hummel totaled 25 assists, Blake Reynolds added 16 digs, while Bryson Brooks had eight kills and three blocks. Hayden Smith came up with five kills and six blocks. Brenden Young paced the Marauders with 16 assists and four service points, while Noah Kelleher had eight kills and five digs, and Marklin Myers came up with seven kills, four digs and three blocks. ...

Tigers put up fight in defeat

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com A Hollidaysburg Area High School team had won the previous three District 4-6 Class 3A boys doubles championships prior to Wednesday’s championship match at Mansion Park. But although the Golden Tigers’ second-seeded squad of senior Ben ...

Tigers doubles team to compete for championship

The Hollidaysburg tandem of Ben Johnson and Garrett Bouchard secured a spot in the District 4-6 Class 3A Boys Doubles Tennis Championship. Johnson, a senior, and Bouchard, a sophomore, won three matches on Tuesday — beating teams from Williamsport, Central Mountain and Shikellamy without losing a set — and will now face top-seeded Mark Sandow and Peter Novikov in today’s noon championship at Mansion Park. Sandow and Novikov beat Hollidaysburg’s Michael Waibel and Felix Xu in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-1. Westmont Hilltop’s Sebastian Masterson and John Allen will face ...

Tyrone boys tennis defeated on road

MIFFLINTOWN — The Tyrone Area High School boys tennis team lost to Juniata, 4-1, on Friday. Alex Shock and Elijah Knarr won at No. 1 doubles for the Golden Eagles. SINGLES: 1, Whitesel, J, def. Fleck, 6-1, 6-1; 2, Martin, J, def. Walk, 6-3, 6-1; 3, Kint, J, def. Newlin, 6-0, 6-2. DOUBLES: Shock-Knarr, T, def. Stroup-Beward, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. 2, Wriglesworth-Miller, J, def. Dasher-Harpster, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Records: Tyrone (2-11).

Cumberland Valley downs Lions at Fieldhouse

Cumberland Valley swept Altoona, 25-18, 25-17, 25-15, in high school boys volleyball at the AAHS Fieldhouse on Wednesday. Cumberland Valley improved to 8-1. Sam Kessinger had 23 assists and eight digs for the Mountain Lions, and Caleb Fries had a team-high 10 kills, a block and seven digs. Noah Fries and Nino Yohn both contributed 10 digs for Altoona, which fell to 5-5. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: N. Fries 5, Weathersbee 4, Long 3, C. Fries 3, Plunket 1. Records: Cumberland Valley (8-1); Altoona (5-5). JV: Cumberland Valley, 25-3, 22-25, 15-9. Central boys go 3-0 TYRONE — ...