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Lady Lions capture first Mid-Penn title

From Mirror reports HERSHEY — The Altoona girls basketball team found itself down 19-11 to Middletown Thursday night after one quarter of play in the Mid-Penn Conference championship game at Milton Hershey High School. No one pushed the panic button, certainly not Altoona coach Chris Fleegle and certainly not his Lady Lions. “Credit to Middletown. They jumped out to a quick start. With this group, I felt like we didn’t panic, got back to the basics of defending and moving the basketball, and was able to put together a great second quarter,” Fleegle said. And great it ...

Strong finish keys BG

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com JOHNSTOWN — Starting strong can sometimes be helpful in an athletic competition. But finishing strong can be even more important. The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Lady Marauders used a very solid finish en route to posting a 62-51 victory over diocesan and Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference rival Bishop McCort Catholic Thursday night in a hotly-contested LHAC semifinal matchup at McCort High School’s Bradley Center. BG (21-2 overall and 18-1 in the conference) outscored McCort down the stretch, 13-2, to break out of a 49-49 ...

Guilfoyle thinking 3-peat

Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s boys basketball team wasn’t supposed to be back in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference championship game this season after losing two star players — one to injury and another that transferred out of state. The Marauders also won’t be the top seed in the upcoming District 6 Class 3A playoffs — that went to Forest Hills. But Thursday’s LHAC semifinal game at Pleasant Valley gymnasium certainly did not. BG jumped ahead of the Rangers by as many as 24 points before settling for a 78-69 victory, and the Marauders find themselves back in a ...

Bellwood-Antis pulls off upset of Pirates

BELLWOOD — The Bellwood-Antis boys basketball team picked up its second win of the season on the final night of the regular season Thursday, beating Williamsburg, 53-50, in high school action. The Blue Devils (2-20) used a 16-11 second-quarter showing for a 28-26 halftime lead. Holden Schreier led B-A with 16 points to go with 13 points from Martin Fatzinger. Jackson Dorminy contributed 10 points. Williamsburg (13-9) was led by Evan Zehner with 14 points. Jesse Brumbaugh added 10. WILLIAMSBURG (50): Brumbaugh 3 1-2 10, Brantner 3 1-2 7, Parks 2 0-0 4, Reffner 3 0-0 7, Isenberg 3 ...

Trojans’ Tisinger, Robinson too much for Tigers

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror JOHNSTOWN — Depending on how the bracket falls, it’s possible that next weekend both Hollidaysburg and Johnstown could meet with their season on the line in the District 6 Class 5A playoffs. Both teams were sitting in the top two spots at the points deadline. Thursday night, though, both teams were meeting for a chance to grab Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference supremacy, and it was the Trojans who had almost everything go right from the opening tip. After a back-and-forth start to the game, Johnstown went on a 14-5 run and never looked back ...

Lady Tigers cruise into LHAC finals

By Ron Musselman For The Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg girls basketball team has sprinted through the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference in its first two years, going 36-0 in the regular season. But one thing missing from the Lady Tigers’ resume was a win in the ...