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Mountain Lions earn 5th win of the season

MARTINSBURG — Altoona improved to 5-3 with a three set victory (25-12, 25-12, 25-14) over Central Thursday night in high school boys volleyball action. Altoona improved to 5-3 while Central fell to 2-7. Lukas Weathersbee led the Lions with 12 service points, including four aces, eight kills and four digs, while Caleb Fries had 10 kills and six blocks, and Sam Kessinger tallied 23 assists and Nino Yohn totaled 15 digs. Bryson Brooks fronted the Scarlet Dragons with five kills and five digs, while Christian Heuston had four kills and Logan Hummel registered 11 assists. SERVICE ...

Tigers clinch LHAC regular-season division title

TYRONE — The Hollidaysburg Area High School boys tennis team clinched the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference East Division regular-season title with a 5-0 win over Tyrone on Wednesday. Ben Johnson, Michael Waibel and Aamir Azad won singles matches for the Tigers, now 12-0 overall, and Yvan Chen and Jacob Sidney, and Noah Kanish and Kaden Kirkham won doubles matches. SINGLES: 1, Johnson, H, def. Fleck, 6-0, 6-0; 2, Waibel, H, def. Walk, 6-0, 6-0; 3, Azad, H, def. Newlin, 6-0, 6-0. DOUBLES: 1, Chen-Sidney, H, def. Dasher-Shock, 6-4, 6-1; 2, Kanish-Kirkham, H, def. ...

Area volleyball teams both handed setbacks

CARLISLE — Altoona suffered a three set loss to Carlisle on the road by scores of 25-21, 25-15 and 25-19 in boys high school volleyball Tuesday night. Sam Kessinger dished out 21 assists and had two digs, Caleb Fries totaled 12 kills and five digs, Noah Fries added 12 digs and four kills and Nino Yohn collected 10 digs for the Mountain Lions. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: C. Fries 3, Weathersbee 2, N. Fries, Kessinger. Records: Altoona (4-3); Carlisle (9-1). JV: Carlisle won 2-1 (23-25, 25-17, 15-10). Dragons defeated MARTINSBURG — Central fell to 2-5 with a 25-9, 25-10, ...

Mirror seeking nominations

The Mirror is seeking nominations for its annual high school sports recognition program. Area high schools are invited to submit nominations for the Ron Rickens Sportsmanship Awards, the Dean Rossi Leadership Award and the Erin (Johnson) Kelly Award, which recognizes the area high school athlete who has overcome the most adversity. The Rickens awards, which honor a deserving male and female athlete, are presented in memory of former local coach and referee Ron Rickens. Nominations should include supportive examples of sportsmanship, leadership, academic excellence and community ...

Tigers down rival, keep mark perfect

Hollidaysburg swept Altoona, 5-0, in high school boys tennis action on Monday at Mansion Park and improved its record to 11-0. Ben Johnson, Garrett Bouchard and Michael Waibel won singles matches for the Golden Tigers, and Yvan Chen and Felix Xu, and Alex Arbogast and Jacob Sidney prevailed in doubles matches. Altoona dropped to 7-7. SINGLES: 1, Johnson, H, def. Mitchell, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4; 2, Bouchard, H, def. Adams, 6-4, 6-1; 3, Waibel, H, def. Sassano, 6-3, 2-6, 10-2. DOUBLES: 1, Chen-Xu, H, def. Aiken-Lanzendorfer, 6-1, 6-3; 2, Arbogast-Sidney, H, def. Chile-Ratchford, 6-3, ...

2023-24 Mirror SWIMMING all-stars

BOYS FIRST TEAM Maxwell Baronner, senior, Hollidaysburg: Two-time Mirror first-team all-star and honorable mention as a sophomore … Placed second in the 100 freestyle in the District 6 Class 3A meet in 51.46 … Was third in the District 6 Class 3A 50 freestyle in 23.23 … Was part of the 200 medley relay team and 400 freestyle relay team that both placed second at districts … Laurel Highlands Conference fourth-place finisher in the 50 free and part of the winning 400 free relay Spencer Dunklebarger, senior, Tyrone: Mirror second-team all-star as a junior and honorable mention ...