By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com BELLWOOD — Sometimes the big rivalry games don’t pan out, become blowouts and aren’t interesting. That wasn’t the case on Friday night between Bellwood-Antis and Tyrone in the 19th Backyard Brawl Trophy game before a large crowd at John ...
By Kevin Petrochko For the Mirror WILLIAMSBURG — Coming off a blowout loss last week, the Juniata Valley Green Hornets came into Friday night’s game against West Branch looking for a much-needed win in a game that was played in Williamsburg instead of Alexandria. Thanks to their ground game, the Hornets secured a 46-19 victory over the West Branch Warriors at Veterans Memorial Field in Williamsburg. “I feel good for these kids, because they worked extremely hard,” Hornets coach Bill Musser said. “Some good things headed are way tonight and they took advantage of it.” ...
DAVIDSVILLE — Portage fell behind by two touchdowns early on in Friday night’s Heritage Conference contest at Conemaugh Township, and the Mustangs battled through a plethora of mistakes before rallying in the second half. However, the comeback fell just short on the final play of the game ...
NORTHERN CAMBRIA — Cambria Heights stands alone. Marshall Eckenrode’s 2-yard touchdown run with 4:01 remaining lifted the Highlanders to a hard-fought 21-14 victory against host Northern Cambria in the annual Coal Bowl game at Duffy Daugherty Stadium on Friday night. The win gave ...
Coal Bowl Game: Cambria Heights at Northern Cambria. Site, time: Friday, 7 p.m. at Northern Cambria’s Duffy Daugherty Stadium. Records: Both teams are 4-0 overall and in the Heritage Conference. Coaches: Jarrod Lewis is in his 14th season at Cambria Heights and has a 78-69 career record. Sam Shutty is in his eighth season at Northern Cambria and has a career record of 50-32. Last week: Both teams won big on their home fields, with Cambria Heights blanking Conemaugh Valley, 48-0, and Northern Cambria shutting out West Shamokin, 42-0. Last season: Northern Cambria won the ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Golden Tiger Football Association’s Facebook page confirmed sophomore Spencer Davis had a medical emergency during a football play at Hollidaysburg’s varsity practice on Wednesday. He was transported to UPMC Altoona and according to the Facebook post, he was listed in stable condition. A post from a woman who identified herself as Davis’ aunt said tests on his heart and body came back normal, but that he did aspirate fluids during the incident and was transferred to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. A report of the incident came across ...
