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BG’s Foor hits game-winner

Nick Foor, who led Bishop Guilfoyle Academy with 17 points, hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Marauders to a 66-63 win over Trinity in high school boys basketball at Penn State Altoona’s Adler Arena on Saturday. Troy Ruggery added 14 points, Taurean Consiglio scored 11 points and Hamilton Games chipped in with 10 points for BG, now 9-3. Trinity fell to 10-3. TRINITY (63): Steele 6 1-1 13, Craig 0 0-0 0, Yeager 5 1-1 13, Smith 1 0-2 2, Schlager 10 6-6 27, Sexton 2 0-2 4, Iddi 2 0-0 4, Lewis 0 0-0 0. Totals — 26 8-12 63. BISHOP GUILFOYLE (66): Lestochi 1 0-0 ...

BG hands Tyrone its first loss

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com TYRONE — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy was supposed to be the team to beat in District 6 Class 3A boys basketball. But the Marauders saw Danny “Jude” Haigh transfer to a school in Utah and star forward Trevor Rehm suffer a major injury before ...

CC uses big quarter to earn ‘W’

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com EBENSBURG — After losing two straight games the past two seasons to neighboring rival Bishop Carroll, the Central Cambria High School girls basketball team came out on a mission for Friday night’s Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference game between the two squads on Sideline Cancer Night at the Central Cambria High School gymnasium. On an evening when the Carroll and Central Cambria communities combined to raise a total of $5,600 for the Sideline Cancer organization, Central Cambria took control of the game with a big second quarter ...

BG girls still perfect in the LHAC

By Kevin Petrochko For the Mirror The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Lady Marauders basketball team came out firing on all cylinders on Friday night and it got them a victory. With scrappy defense, and shooting 11 of 16 from the charity stripe, the Lady Marauders picked up a 54-26 victory over the Tyrone Lady Eagles at the Pleasant Valley Gymnasium. With the win, BG remains unbeaten in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference at 9-0. “I was really proud of the way we came out to start the game,” Bishop Guilfoyle coach Kristi Kaack said. “Especially on the defensive end of ...

So. Huntingdon coach steps down

From Mirror reports Craig Sellers, who had previously coached at Huntingdon, stepped down as the varsity girls basketball coach at Southern Huntingdon following the team’s 65-60 overtime loss to Williamsburg on Thursday, Jan 2. “Coach Sellers did resign on Friday,” confirmed Southern Huntingdon athletic director Tracy Cornelius in an email after being asked if Sellers had stepped down. “He was tired of being yelled at by parents over playing time.” Southern Huntingdon is 8-3. There were accounts sent to the Mirror that Sellers had suffered more than just verbal abuse ...

First-half performance too much for Lions to overcome

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com For the majority of Friday evening’s game against Harrisburg, the Altoona boys basketball team was playing as sloppy of a game that coach Doug Pfeffer could have feared with the Mountain Lions down 19 points midway through the third quarter. The Mountain Lions scratched and clawed their way back to make it a 4-point game with under two minutes left, but a major comeback fell short in a 55-49 loss to the Cougars at the Fieldhouse. Altoona turned the ball over 22 times in the game, which was a backbreaker for the Mountain Lions. They ...