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Area swimmers set to perform at state championships

From Mirror reports Seven area high school swimmers will compete over the next four days at the PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships to be held at Bucknell University. Bedford’s Leah Shackley leads the way as a four-time PIAA champion from her performances in the 100 fly and 100 back in her sophomore and junior seasons. She will be joined at the 2A event this Friday and Saturday by Tyrone’s 200 free relay team of Isaac Yeskey, Cameron Gallagher, Lucas Bonsell and Spencer Dunklebarger, along with Central Cambria’s Ethan Haycisak who is in the 500 free event. The 3A ...

Freshman’s goal ends season for Altoona

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com JOHNSTOWN — Altoona entered the Laurel Mountain Hockey League playoffs on a tear, but exited them with a heartbreak. The Mountain Lions, who had lost only one game since late December entering the playoffs, closed a 10-9 season when State College freshman forward Ryder Steidl scored 26 seconds into the second five-minute overtime period Tuesday night, giving State College a hard-fought 3-2 quarterfinal-round victory at the First Summit Bank Cambria County War Memorial Arena. “Horrible … heartbreaker,’’ Altoona coach Don ...

Tigers finish regular season 18-0

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com JOHNSTOWN — After reaching the Laurel Mountain Hockey League championship game last March and falling short in a hard-fought game with State College, this season’s senior-laden Hollidaysburg squad is on a mission. The Golden Tigers completed a perfect 18-0 regular season by edging Richland, 5-3, Tuesday night at The First Summit Bank Arena at the Cambria County War Memorial. As the league’s top seed this year, Hollidaysburg will get a first-round playoff bye into next Thursday’s league semifinal round at Penn State ...

Altoona hockey falls

EBENSBURG — The Central Cambria ice hockey team defeated Altoona, 3-2, Tuesday night in a shootout during high school action at the Northern Cambria Recreation Center. The game ended in regulation tied at 2-2. The Red Devils, who improved to 9-8, won the shootout. Altoona dropped to 10-8. No shootout total was reported. Altoona got goals from Brady Sassano and Iain McHenry while Central Cambria got goals from Logan Holley and Benjamin Lundberg. Lundberg’s game-tying goal came in the third period. Altoona was out-shot, 31-29. Mountain Lion goalie Seth Conrad stopped 29 shots in ...

Hollidaysburg, Altoona hockey teams win

EBENSBURG — With one game left in the regular season, the Hollidaysburg Area ice hockey team improved to 17-0 with a 6-2 win over Forest Hills Thursday night in high school action at the Northern Cambria Recreation Center. The Golden Tigers finish up the regular season next week at 1st Summit Arena in Johnstown against Richland in which they will go for the perfect mark. Ben Pfeilstucker and Isaac Miller each had goals for the winners in the first and second period, respectively, but it was 2-2 going into the final frame when the winners exploded for four goals, courtesy of Carson ...

Shackley set for final D6 meet

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Four-time PIAA state champion Leah Shackley will be competing in the District 6 Swimming Championships this weekend at the Penn State University Natatorium. Shackley, a Bedford Area High School senior headed to North Carolina State in the fall, is top-seeded in both the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke. She is the district record holder in both events with a time of 53.10 seconds in the butterfly and 50.83 in the backstroke. Shackley is a six-time district champion, having won the backstroke three times, the butterfly the last two years ...