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High school football: Week 9

FRIDAY Cedar Cliff (3-5) at Altoona (1-7), 7 Notable: Mtn. Lions haven’t played the Colts since 2009. Cedar Cliff won the last two meetings before Lions went to WPIAL. Bellwood-Antis (5-3) at Bald Eagle Area (4-4), 7 Notable: BEA QB Carson Nagle is 138-of-218 for 1,967 yards and has thrown 20 touchdowns and just five interceptions. Bishop Guilfoyle (8-0) at Philipsburg-Osceola (3-5), 7 Notable: Hamilton Gates has scored 23 touchdowns and has scored 90 more points than any other Marauder this season. Central (5-3) at Clearfield (8-0), 7 Notable: Bison senior RB Brady ...

Panthers, Ramblers to play another big game

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Northern Bedford and Windber have been familiar football opponents over the past several years, and the two schools have played for District 5 Class 1A championships in both of the past two seasons, splitting two title games. The stakes were high in those games for the two programs, and they will be again Friday night, when the Black Panthers host the Ramblers in a game that will determine the Inter-County Conference South Division champion. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Panther Community Stadium. Northern Bedford brings a 7-1 overall ...

Bellwood, Central, BG earn victories

CLEARFIELD — Brady Crist racked up 97 yards rushing while scoring on runs of 68 and 4 yards to help Bellwood-Antis to a 22-20 win over Clearfield in junior varsity football action on Monday night. Connor Mayes recovered a fumble in the end zone to account for the other Blue Devils’ touchdown. SCORE BY QUARTERS Bellwood-Antis 0 8 6 8 — 22 Clearfield 6 0 6 8 — 20 First Quarter C–Brothers 21 run (run failed). Second Quarter BA–Crist 68 run (Schreier pass from McNelis). Third Quarter BA–Mayes fumble recovery in end zone (pass failed). C–Ludwig (30 ...

Altoona gets 1st victory

CHAMBERSBURG — Altoona held off Chambersburg in the final seconds to secure the first win of the year for the Mountain Lions with a 21-14 victory at Trojan Field. “I’m just so happy for these kids,” an emotional Altoona coach Vince Nedimyer said following the game. “Just proud of our kids, man, we made plays second half.” Made plays they did as the Mountain Lions fell behind 14-7 after the half with a 41-yard touchdown run by Chambersburg’s Antonio Harrison with 7:12 left in the third quarter. Altoona responded as it marched down the field and scored with a 21-yard pass ...

Claysburg rallies from behind to stay atop ICC North

CLAYSBURG — The Claysburg-Kimmel community has put a lot of time, money and effort into building a tremendous athletic atmosphere in a school district without a ton of success over its history. The players and coaches on this year’s high school football team are helping make the dream of ...

Guilfoyle steamrolls Ridge

Five was the most significant and operative number Friday night as undefeated Bishop Guilfoyle Academy cruised to a 47-7 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference mercy-rule victory over Chestnut Ridge at Mansion Park. BG senior star Hamilton Gates scored five touchdowns — two rushing, two ...