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Mountain Lions have rough outing in opener

BALDWIN — The Altoona Area High School boys basketball team opened its season Friday night, losing 55-33 to Baldwin in the Baldwin Tip-Off Tournament. Roan Greaser’s eight points were tops for Altoona, which trailed, 30-11, at halftime. Josh Corso added seven points. Altoona will play Peters Township Saturday in the tournament. ALTOONA (33): Walker 0 0-0 0, LaRocco 0 0-0 0, Polito 0 0-0 0, Barr 1 0-0 2, Sankey 2 0-0 5, Biddle 0 0-0 0, Greaser 1 6-8 8, Simendinger 1 0-0 2, Dunkle 0 0-0 0, Crawford 2 0-0 4, Herr 1 1-2 3, Purvis 0 0-0 0, Corso 3 1-2 7, Harrington 1 0-0 2, Owaulde ...

Royer has big game to lead Lady Pirates

HOMER CITY — LeAnna Royer scored 25 points to lead Williamsburg to a 57-22 win over Homer-Center, which played for the PIAA Class 2A championship last season, in the Lady Pirates opener Friday night in high school girls basketball. Anastasia Ranalli added 10 points for Williamsburg. WILLIAMSBURG (57): Bilger 0 0-0 0, G. Colbert 2 0-0 4, R. Prough 1 0-0 3, Royer 9 4-7 25, C. Carper 0 0-0 0, Gorsuch 4 0-0 8, A. Colbert 0 0-0 0, Frye 1 0-0 2, Alexander 0 0-0 0, L. Prough 1 3-4 5, Ranalli 4 2-2 10. Totals — 22 9-13 57. HOMER CENTER (22): Fabin 4 1-2 11, Kerr 1 0-2 2, Arone 0 0-2 0, ...

Hoops du Jour

Men: Saint Francis at Lehigh Tipoff: 7 p.m., Stabler Arena, Bethlehem Records: Saint Francis (2-5); Lehigh (1-5) TV: ESPN + (Matt Markus, pxp) Live stats: Available at sidearmsports.com. Link on SFU’s schedule at sfuathletics.com Notable: Saint Francis is 27-42 against the Patriot League and 7-24 away from Loretto against the conference. … Lehigh fell at Providence, 78-64, on Nov. 24. Senior Dominic Parolin paced the Mountain Hawks with 18 points, while junior Keith Higgins Jr. (16 points) and senior Jalin Sinclair (10 points) also found double figures. Higgins leads the ...

PC’s Ronan recognized for his work

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Penn Cambria boys basketball coach Jim “Scooter” Ronan was named the 2022-2023 PIAA/NFHS Boys Basketball Coach of the Year Friday morning. Ronan led the Panthers to the District 6 Class 3A championship and the PIAA semifinals, the longest playoff run in school history. “It’s super humbling, and I’m honored,” Ronan said. “You don’t go into coaching to get recognized, but when it happens, it’s something really special. At the end of the day, I’ll never forget this moment and the past couple years that we have had as a ...

Over hired to coach Central girls basketball

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com ROARING SPRING — Central hired Northern Bedford graduate Blake Over to be its next high school girls basketball coach Monday evening. Over served as an assistant under Courteney Lingafelt last season, but Lingafelt informed the school she was stepping down in August after coaching the team in the Blair Regional YMCA Summer League. “We’re very optimistic about him taking the girls basketball program over,” Central athletic director Stacy Kuster said. “Unfortunately, that program has gone through several coaches as my tenure as ...

Tyrone grad excited for Valley job

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Juniata Valley approved Elizabeth (Deihl) Radabaugh as its new high school girls basketball coach Monday at its board meeting. Radabaugh will take over a program that has experienced plenty of recent success, including a trip to the PIAA ...