DERRY — The Central High School boys volleyball team fell to 0-14 Friday night after losing to Derry, 25-11, 25-11, 25-14. Christian Heuston had four digs and three kills to go with 11 digs and two blocks from Christian Cherry for the Scarlet Dragons. Teammate Logan Hummel added seven assists. Derry improved to 10-4 with the victory. SERVICE POINTS CENTRAL: Brooks 3, Cherry 1, Myers 1, Daugherty 1 Records: Central (0-14). JV: Derry, 25-15, 25-8
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Thursday was an historic and memorable day for the Hollidaysburg Area High School boys tennis team in so many ways. For the first time in school history, the Golden Tigers boasted two boys doubles teams in the district finals, and ...
HARRISBURG — The Altoona boys volleyball team fell to 7-5 Thursday night, losing a hard-fought 25-14, 25-20, 20-25, 25-17 match to Central Dauphin high school action. The Mountain Lions got 15 kills and six digs from Caleb Fries to go with eight kills from Landen Fisher, 10 digs and six service points from Garrett Baumgartner. Teammate Sam Kessinger added 32 assists. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: Baumgartner 6, Kessinger 5, C. Fries 4, M. Long 3, Fisher 3, N. Fries 2 Records: Central Dauphin (7-6), Altoona (7-5) JV: Central Dauphin, 22-25, 25-23, 15-11 Dragons ...
The Blair County Sports Hall of Fame is seeking nominations of individuals and teams to be considered for its next induction (April 13, 2024). Nominations of individuals and teams should be accompanied by documentation of achievements that would include newspaper articles, information from colleges or professional teams and statistics pulled from websites. Criteria: 1) Individuals must be born or lived in Blair County, 2) The individual (or team) has achieved national, regional or statewide recognition in their respective sport; 3) The individual must be retired from his ...
Hollidaysburg is guaranteed to have the District 4-6 Class 3A Boys Doubles Tennis champion after both of its teams advanced through the semifinals on Tuesday at Gorilla House. Top-seeded Nathan Barton and Jadd Younes of Hollidaysburg will face unseeded Ben Johnson and Haddy Obeid, also of Hollidaysburg, in the final at 3:30 p.m. Thursday on the Hollidaysburg courts. Barton and Younes beat Selinsgrove’s Austin Imhoof and Mcalister Dafazio, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round, Altoona’s Kadyn Carey and Brady Sassano, 6-0, 6-3, in the quarterfinals, and State College fourth-seeded Peter ...
The Altoona Area High School boys volleyball team improved to 7-4 with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-16 win over Chambersburg on Tuesday at the AAHS Fieldhouse. Sam Kessinger delivered 29 assists and 17 service points, including three aces, for Altoona, Caleb Fries had 11 kills and three blocks, Garrett Baumgartner had eights kills and nine digs, Zach Ronan contributed three blocks, and Landen Fisher added five kills. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: Kessinger 17, Weathersbee 10, Fisher 4, N. Fries 4, C. Fries 3, Baumgartner 3, Winters 1, Hartman 1. Records: Chambersburg (2-9); Altoona (7-4). JV: ...
