By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg began Friday night’s contest by getting a few breaks to go its way. The Golden Tigers finished up in the trenches with a ground-and-pound style that kept the ball out of the hands of a DuBois offense that ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com PATTON — When teams are equally matched, sometimes a special teams play makes the difference in the result. With neither team budging on defense in Friday’s game between Bellwood-Antis and Cambria Heights in a District 6 Class 2A semifinal ...
Claysburg-Kimmel won the Inter-County Conference’s North Division, and the Bulldogs have had one of their best high school football seasons in program history by reaching the District 6 Class 1A semifinals. But C-K coach Chuck Kassick knows the challenge in front of his team Saturday when it travels to Hollidaysburg’s Tiger Stadium to take on top-seeded Bishop Guilfoyle Academy at 7 p.m. for the right to play in next week’s district championship. “Everything (is impressive). They have speed, they have athleticism, they have size,” Kassick said. “But it’s an academy in ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Northern Bedford County will be back in Somerset Saturday night to try and defend its District 5 Class 1A crown it won a year ago, but there are some big differences in this year’s matchup with 2022 champion Windber. The Panthers graduated a special group of seniors, and the Ramblers brought back an impressive offensive and defensive line and dominated the regular season meeting in a 35-6 win in which NBC’s only score came on a defensive touchdown. “They played a lot better than us up front,” Northern Bedford coach Garry Black ...
By Brad Rosemas For the Mirror WINDBER — Bedford coach Kevin Steele said Friday night’s contest against Berlin Brothersvalley was the most complete game his team has played all year, and the Bisons saved it for the biggest stage. The Bisons shut down the powerful Mountaineers’ rush offense and received a three-touchdown performance from quarterback Quincy Swaim in an 18-0 victory at Windber Stadium, giving Bedford the District 5 Class 2A crown. “I’m very proud of the kids,” Steele said. “They worked very hard so hard in the offseason, starting out in the summer. ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Hollidaysburg’s high school football team has spent a lot of time traveling all over the state of Pennsylvania due to its status as an independent without a conference to play in the past few years. But Friday night at Tiger Stadium, the Golden Tigers get a chance to capture a District 6-8-9-10 subregional championship on their own field when they host DuBois at 7 p.m. “Other years, we have traveled two-plus hours away to play in our playoff games,” Hollidaysburg coach Homer DeLattre said. “When they put this subregional ...
