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Hot-shooting Altoona routs Thundering Herd

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror There are some nights where everything just goes right for you on the basketball court, whether it’s shooting or just coming up with great plays on defense. Tuesday night, the Altoona Lady Lions used a mixed bag of everything on both sides of the floor as they went on to crush Carlisle, 73-21, at the Altoona Fieldhouse in a Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division game. “When we play to our potential, we defend, we run the floor and our feet get set,” Altoona coach Chris Fleegle said. “It was one of those nights tonight where it was contagious. ...

Several contributors key Lady Tigers’ romp

By Ron Musselman For the Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg girls basketball team opened its home season Tuesday night with a 58-19 thumping of Williamsport. The non-conference game was over early against the overmatched Lady Millionaires. Junior Jillian Sidney scored all 10 of her points during a seven-minute stretch in the first half that triggered a 21-0 run and saw the Lady Tigers’ lead climb from 10-8 to 31-8 with three minutes left in the second quarter. Sidney, who came off the bench, sank two 3-pointers and hit two other baskets. “I knew we needed a lot of ...

Balanced Marauders race past Bald Eagle

Troy Ruggery led Bishop Guilfoyle Academy with 13 points, and Taurean Consiglio added 10 points as the Marauders crushed Bald Eagle Area, 66-28, at Pleasant Valley Gymnasium in high school boys basketball action on Tuesday. Guilfoyle remained unbeaten at 4-0. BALD EAGLE AREA (28): Millward 0 2-2 2, Hosband 3 0-0 7, Wolf 1 0-2 3, Cowan 2 0-4 4, Habovich 2 2-2 8, Clark 0 0-0 0, Klingenfelter 0 0-0 0, Spackman 2 0-0 4. Totals — 10 4-12 28. BISHOP GUILFOYLE (66): Gates 3 0-0 6, Lestochi 3 0-0 7, Consiglio 4 2-2 10, Ruggery 5 0-0 13, Foor 3 0-0 6, J. Kissell 2 0-0 4, C. Kissell 2 1-2 ...

Prosser, Berlin top Lady Hornets

ALEXANDRIA — Coral Prosser scored 31 points and drilled eight 3-pointers to lead Berlin Brothersvalley to a 58-36 victory over Juniata Valley. The Lady Hornets, which got 16 points from Anna Taylor and eight steals and 10 points from Aubrey Anderson, trailed by just three after one quarter. BERLIN BROTHERSVALLEY (58): Sechler 4 0-0 8, C. Prosser 11 1-2 31, Foor 1 0-0 2, Ritchey 1 3-6 5, B. Prosser 1 3-4 5, Walker 1 0-2 2, Stoltzfus 1 0-0 2, Fairman 1 0-0 3. Totals—21 7-14 58. JUNIATA VALLEY (36): Hartman 0 0-0 0, Watson 1 2-4 4, Taylor 3 8-10 16, Harman 1 0-0 2, Anderson 4 2-4 ...

Ruggery, BG off to 4-0 start

Name: Morgan Ruggery School: Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Ruggery scored a team-high 21 points to help Bishop Guilfoyle remain unbeaten with a 54-50 win over Clearfield. Earlier in the week, she scored 15 points in a win over Philipsburg-Osceola and had 11 points and 10 rebounds in a 48-37 win over previously unbeaten Williamsburg. Season update: Bishop Guilfoyle is 4-0, and Ruggery is averaging 17.5 points per game for the defending PIAA Class 1A champions. Coach Kristi Kaack’s quote: “Morgan is an ...

Lady Pirates turn it up on defensive end

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com WILLIAMSBURG — Angela Detwiler is stressing defense to her team in her first year as the Williamsburg High School girls basketball coach this season. “Defense is a big key for us,’’ said Detwiler, a 2004 Bishop Guilfoyle graduate who was a standout during her high school playing days with the Lady Marauders. “There are still areas where we can improve defensively, but we’ve been working hard on defense in practice this year.’’ It showed Monday night, as the Lady Pirates (now 5-1) converted four steals into layups in a ...