By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The District 6 high school boys golf championships have been filled with disappointment and heartbreak for Central the past few years. The Scarlet Dragons lost the team title by just one stroke to Tyrone two years ago and ...
Hollidaysburg Area High School freshman Crosby Denis advanced to the District 4-6 Class 3A Singles Tennis Championship after winning two matches on Tuesday at Summit Athletic Club. Denis, the No. 2 seed, will face top-seeded Addison Lindsay of Central Mountain in the final at noon today at Mansion Park. Denis beat Williamsport’s Kayla Block in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-1, and topped State College’s Joanna Liu, the No. 3 seed, 6-2, 6-0, in the semifinals. Lindsay downed Altoona’s Courtney Irwin in the quarters, 6-0, 6-0, and Hollidaysburg No. 4 seed Megan Ferris in the ...
The top two seeds, Julia Ritchey of Central and Marley Ratchford of Central Cambria, advanced into the District 6 Class 2A individual girls tennis championship Monday at Mansion Park. Ritchey and Ratchford will meet for the 2A title on Wednesday at noon back at Mansion Park. The two played a match last week with Ritchey coming out on top. Lydia Paskoski, Ratchford’s Central Cambria teammate, won two matches to make it to the semifinals before falling to Ritchey. Central’s Brooklyn Coppersmith won a Round of 16 matchup before falling in the quarterfinals. The start of the ...
Altoona outlasted Central Dauphin, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21, 18-25, 15-13, thanks to 16 kills, 16 digs and a pair of aces from Sydney Stroup in high school girls volleyball on Monday. Sami Page added 27 assists and eight digs, and Aunye Counsman had 33 digs for the Lady Spikers, who improved to 5-3. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: Treece 11, Counsman 10, Albright 7, Reed 7, Page 6, Saylor 5, Stroup 4, Steinbugl 1, Kline 1 Team records: Altoona (5-3); Central Dauphin (3-4) JV: Central Dauphin, 25-15, 25-14. Jr. high: Altoona lost to Hunt. (A), 25-16, 25-18; Altoona B won 25-22, ...
BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis won the 16-team Bellwood-Antis High School Girls Volleyball Invitational on Saturday. Bellwood edged Clarion-Limestone in the championship match, 26-24. Bellwood went 5-1 in pool play, then won the Gold Bracket, which had Bishop Carroll and United along with Clarion Limestone. Ava Patton was Bellwood’s MVP for the tourney. Bishop Guilfoyle fell to Mifflin County, 25-6, in the Silver Bracket semifinals after beating Mount Union, 25-18. In pool play, BG split with Williamsburg, 25-27, 25-15, and Mount Union, 14-25, 25-20, defeated Juniata Valley, 25-23, ...
MARTINSBURG — The Central High School girls tennis team edged Central Cambria, 3-2, behind singles wins by Julia Ritchey and Ashlyn Renner on Thursday. Zoe Grill and Kate Dunn won at No. 1 doubles for Central, which improved to 10-4. Lillian Tanako and Taryn Ream won at No. 2 doubles, and Lydia Paskowski won a singles match for the Lady Devils. The loss dropped CC to 11-4. SINGLES: 1, Ritchey, C, def. Ratchford, 6-4, 6-2; 2, Paskowski, CC, def. Coppersmith, 6-4, 6-4; 3, Renner, C, def. Morgan, 6-4, 6-2. DOUBLES: 1, Grill-Dunn, CC, def. Heinzeroth-Stock, 6-0, 6-1; 2, ...
