BELLEFONTE — In basketball, rebounding is often the name of the game. Teams that control the boards limit opponents to one shot, while setting up numerous offensive opportunities for themselves under the basket. District 4 champion Northumberland Christian fashioned a 40-16 rebounding ...
Rainey hits 1,000 GREENSBURG — For the entire first half of its District 6 championship game against Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic and most of Wednesday’s first two quarters against Our Lady of Sacred Heart, Portage proved it could hang with two of the top eight Class 2A teams in the ...
INDIANA — Tussey Mountain had it going early in the contest, holding an 11-8 lead after eight minutes. But the Lady Titans were unable to keep up, ending their season again in the second round of the PIAA Class 1A playoffs, this time with a 70-50 loss to WPIAL champion Rochester Wednesday ...
From Mirror reports The popular NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments -- March Madness -- was canceled at 4:15 p.m. this afternoon due to the coronavirus. The PIAA announced today the immediate suspension of both the high school boys and girls basketball playoffs as well as the PIAA ...
BELLEFONTE — Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic’s Teresa Haigh was a little late coming out of the locker room at halftime and started the third quarter on the bench. She must have mistaken how hot her hand was for a fever. The junior drilled eight 3-pointers, six in the first half, and finished ...
DuBOIS — The Redbank Valley girls basketball team played with two-time defending state champ Bellwood-Antis for most of the first half Tuesday night in a PIAA Class 2A second round game. However, Lady Blue Devil Alli Campbell and company proved to have too much firepower as they eventually ...
HARRISBURG — At several points in Tuesday’s state playoff showdown, Altoona appeared as if it had moved close enough to Nazareth to put some pressure on the front-running Eagles. At every juncture, though, an athletic, hard-defending Nazareth squad showed it had the answer for every ...
CLARION — Tyrone girls basketball coach Luke Rhoades looked over at his bench after another incredible move by sophomore Jaida Parker. “I said to the bench ‘Oh my’,” Rhoades said. Parker completely dominated the paint with 23 points and the Golden Eagles made program history by ...
BELLEFONTE — Trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half, Trinity made some defensive adjustments to take a one-point lead over Cambria Heights early in the third quarter. Unfortunately for the Lady Shamrocks, that was when Emily Henry made some adjustments of her own. The senior ...
JOHNSTOWN — With the way Everett played through the first three-and-a-half quarters, the Lady Warriors seemed well on their well to seeing their season come to an end in crushing fashion. The Ellis School completely dominated in every facet of the game, and got up by 19 points a little over ...
JOHNSTOWN — Bishop Carroll’s Tristan McDannell has hit some game-winning shots in his high school career. However, none of them have ever come standing at the free throw line, the clocked stopped and with a berth in the next round of the state playoffs on the line. The senior showed ...
BROOKVILLE — Despite registering an outstanding season with a senior-studded lineup, the Huntingdon Area High School boys basketball team knew that it faced a tall order against District 10 champion Hickory in a PIAA Class 4A second-round game Tuesday night. Hickory brought back a strong ...
GREENSBURG — They didn’t make it any further than last season, but the Penn Cambria Lady Panthers are on solid ground. Making their second consecutive appearance in the PIAA playoffs, the Lady Panthers fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 48-36 loss to WPIAL runner-up Beaver in a ...
Name: Caranda Perea School: Altoona Age: 18 Grade: 12 Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Scored 21 points, had eight blocks and eight rebounds in Altoona’s 60-54 overtime win over Mount Lebanon in the first round of the state playoffs. Season update: She is ...
Name: Brock McMillen School: Glendale Age: 17 Grade: 11 Sport: Wrestling Athlete of the week achievement: McMillen captured his second state title this past Saturday with a 5-1 win over Burrell’s Ian Oswalt in the 132-pound Class 2A championship match at Hershey’s Giant Center. ...
Tuesday’s girls games PIAA 2A SECOND ROUND Teams: Bellwood-Antis Lady Blue Devils (25-2) vs. Redbank Valley Lady Bulldogs (20-7) Site, time: DuBois Area H.S., 7 p.m. The coaches: Bellwood-Antis — Jim Swaney; Redbank Valley — Chris Edmonds Playoff path: Bellwood-Antis — ...
We know about Glendale’s Brock McMillen’s heart problems and how he’s had to overcome adversity this season en route to a second state title. He’s an inspiration to many, but there were two other inspirational wrestlers who had to arguably overcome more adversity than McMillen. Fans ...
HERSHEY — Terry Tate, Brad Pataky and Billy Dubler are part of a select group in the area who have both wrestled and coached in the PIAA Championships. Tate won a Class 2A state title at 275 pounds as a senior at Tyrone in 2005 and coached Hunter Walk to a sixth-place finish at 113 on ...
WINS 1. Knisely CR 43-4 2. C. Bollman CR 40-4 3. Ka. Burkett CR 40-7 4. Mills Hunt 40-8 5. Johnston Glen 39-6 6. Walk Ty 39-9 7. Dull CR 39-11 8. Cassidy Bed 38-0 9. N. Holderbaum CR 37-12 10. McMillen Glen 36-3 PINS 1. Johnston Glen 25 2. Crouch Cent 21 ...
From Mirror reports High school boys and girls basketball teams from the Mirror coverage area are scattered all over central, northern and western Pennsylvania for their second-round dates in the PIAA State Tournament. On Tuesday night, nine area teams will open up play in the Sweet 16 ...