BELLWOOD — Leigha Clapper has played in a lot of big moments at Bellwood-Antis and was a part of the Lady Blue Devils’ run to the PIAA semifinals as a freshman. With B-A on a three-game losing streak going into Monday’s matchup with Central, Clapper’s experience helped the Lady Devils ...
By Ron Musselman For The Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg girls basketball team is marching toward its fourth consecutive 20-win season. Lately, there’s not much that has been able to slow down the Lady Tigers. Hollidaysburg ran its winning streak to 11 games Monday night, and remained unbeaten in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference with a resounding 55-13 victory over Tyrone. The Lady Tigers also improved to 13-1 overall and 11-0 in the conference as junior guard/forward Makenna Weimert scored a game-high 15 points and senior guard Alissa Heim added ...
EBENSBURG — Central Cambria senior Grady Snyder recorded his 1,000th career point in the Red Devils’ 82-52 non-conference win over River Valley on Monday night in high school boys basketball. Snyder needed 31 points to reach the mark and finished the game with 31. Brayden Swope scored 16, and Isaac Bradley had 14 for the Red Devils, now 8-6 overall. Max Persichetti scored 19 for River Valley. RIVER VALLEY (52): Persichetti 6 4-5 19, Reed 1 1-2 4, McDowell 3 0-0 6, Mortimer 2 0-0 5, Pynos 2 0-0 6, Doak 3 0-0 7, 0 1-2 1, Brezinski 0 0-0 0, Dinger 2 0-0 4. Totals — 19 6-9 ...
SIDMAN — Katie George drilled five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points to lead Central Cambria to a 55-42 victory over Forest Hills in girls high school basketball Monday. Alaina Long added 13 points for the Lady Red Devils (10-5). Aivah Maul led the Lady Rangers with 15 points. CENTRAL CAMBRIA (55): Al. Sheehan 0 2-2 2, Ab. Sheehan 1 2-4 5, Barra 0 0-0 0, A. Ruddek 1 1-2 4, Long 5 2-2 13, Link 0 0-0 0, George 8 5-6 27, R. Ruddek 2 0-2 5, Hite 0 0-0 0. Totals — 17 13-19 55. FOREST HILLS (42): Spangler 0 2-4 2, Gdula 2 0-0 5, Maul 4 7-8 15, Myers 4 0-0 9, Picola 2 0-0 ...
High school boys MONDAY Portage at West Shamokin, 7:15 Notable: Start of a tough week of games for Mustangs against the current No. 5 seed in D6 Class 3A. River Valley at Central Cambria, 7:15 Notable: Red Devils are currently in playoff position in 2A and River Valley isn’t, but Panthers aren’t far back of the Devils. TUESDAY Blair Co. Christian at Great Commission, 7 Notable: Great Commission has enjoyed the better season so far of the Blair County ACAA rivals. Williamsburg at West Branch, 7:15 Notable: Blue Pirates lost the first matchup 65-38 at home and will ...
EBENSBURG — During a typical high school basketball game, most teams will end up with two to three scorers ending their night in double figures. Friday night, Hollidaysburg’s scoring balance went beyond that. In fact, it was the entirety of its starting lineup that ended up with 10 points or more in Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference action at Central Cambria High School. Starting on the defensive end on a takeaway by McKenna Weimert, which set up Bella Vent for an early bucket, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Devils 25-6 in the first quarter and never looked back as they ...
