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Tigers find themselves in title tilt

By Ron Musselman For The Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — The seniors on the Hollidaysburg boys basketball team cleared a major hurdle Wednesday night. For the first time in four years, that class finally won a District 4-6 Class 5A semifinal playoff game, beating Shikellamy 72-57. “To get past this mentally, I think it’s big for all of the seniors and for all of us coaches,” Hollidaysburg coach Brad Lear said. The top-seeded Golden Tigers advanced to their first championship game since 2018, which is when they captured their last of seven district titles. They will play ...

Treon helps C-K put this one in the record books

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com CLAYSBURG — Building a program from the ground up is often a multiple-step process. Mike Harris and the Claysburg-Kimmel boys basketball team took a huge one Wednesday night. A season after losing a home playoff game, the Bulldogs took care ...

Lady Panthers’ season is over

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com CRESSON — Johnstown High School girls basketball coach Xavier Thomas has a starting lineup of three sophomores and two freshmen, so he expected some growing pains from his team this season. The young players on squad have done well in negotiating them, though. “We’ve lost some tough games this year but we never collapsed,’’ Thomas said. “These kids are young, but their maturity level has steadily grown since the beginning of the season.’’ Johnstown took another positive step Wednesday night, carving out a 65-55 ...

Carroll’s pressure sets tone in beating Mustangs

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com PORTAGE — Just seconds into Bishop Carroll Catholic’s District 6 Class 1A quarterfinal game at Portage’s Len Chappell Gymnasium on Tuesday, Huskies senior Luke Repko swiped the ball away and made an uncontested layup. Less than a minute ...

Pirates advance to semis

By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com WILLIAMSBURG — The Williamsburg boys basketball team could have hung its heads when they struggled to shoot the ball through the first half and midway through the third. However, the Blue Pirates stayed close enough throughout to put themselves in prime position when Blacklick Valley finally went through a stretch where nothing seemed to go its way. That time came in the fourth and third-seeded Williamsburg took full advantage and turned a deficit into a lead it didn’t relinquish. In the end, the Pirates were able to ride that ...

Tigers have no trouble

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Lady Tigers’ first roadblock in the District 4-6 Class 5A basketball playoffs proved to be nothing more than a speed bump. Hollidaysburg dominated from start to finish Tuesday night and rolled to a 59-12 victory over outmanned Selinsgrove in a semifinal-round district playoff game at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School gymnasium. The Lady Tigers, now 21-3 this season, broke out to a 21-3 lead after one quarter, expanded it to 38-9 at intermission, and got the mercy-rule clock running less ...