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Williamsburg girls defeat Forest Hills

SIDMAN — Williamsburg downed Forest Hills, 47-41, in the championship game of the Forest Hills girls basketball tipoff tournament Saturday with the help of 13 points each from LeeAnna Royer and Levada Gorsuch. Regan Prough added 10 points for the Lady Pirates, which led 29-13 at halftime. “We are thankful to Forest Hills for welcoming us to their tournament. We have been looking to strengthen our schedule to help prepare for the postseason,” Williamsburg coach Angela Detwiler said. “This was a perfect way to start the season with two really good teams in Indiana and Forest ...

Lady Huskies settle in quicker to get win

By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com EBENSBURG — Opening night of the high school basketball season is usually a night of uncertainty as teams often struggle to find their groove or any sort of rhythm in the early going. During Friday night’s second game of the Lady Huskies Tip-off Tournament, it was Bishop Carroll that settled in before Central during the second quarter after the two teams came out cold and timid in a turnover-filled first stanza. However, the Lady Dragons came out on fire from deep after the half before BC quieted them down with a run of its own en ...

Lady Pirates will get host Forest Hills in final

SIDMAN — The Williamsburg girls basketball team opened up its season Friday night with a 53-45 win over Indiana at the Forest Hills Tournament in high school action. The Lady Pirates will play Forest Hills in the tourney final Saturday. Williamsburg, which got 17 points from LeeAnna Royer, outscored Indiana 25-13 in the fourth for the win. Teammate Levada Gorsuch added 11 points. Indiana got 10 points from Laken Kugler. In the other tourney opener, Forest Hills beat Juniata Valley, 50-18, behind 21 points from Aivah Maul. The Lady Green Hornets, who trailed 19-1 after one ...

Eyer back on court after accident

Since she was a little girl, Melana Eyer dreamed of playing college basketball. This summer, that dream began to develop into reality as the years of camps, AAU games, long days of practice and training paid off with an offer to play collegiately at Shippensburg University. With a lifelong ...

Haigh heads to Utah for senior season

Division I recruit starred at Guilfoyle By Buck Frank bfrank@altoonamirror.com Arguably the top returning boys basketball player in the area will not play his senior season in Pennsylvania. Jude “Danny’’ Haigh confirmed on Monday he has moved to Utah to finish his scholastic career after starring for three seasons at Bishop Guilfoyle Academy. Haigh has enrolled at Green Canyon High School in Logan, Utah, where his father, Joe, the former Saint Francis University women’s basketball coach, is in his first season as an assistant women’s coach at Utah State ...

Minus Wilt, Altoona tops BG, three-peats

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — With star incoming senior guard Lanie Wilt unavailable to play in his team’s Blair Regional YMCA High School Girls Division championship game Thursday night, coach Chris Fleegle stressed the added importance of teamwork to ...