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Altoona girls basketball game moved to Tuesday night in Chambersburg

Due to stormy weather concerns in the eastern part of the state, the Altoona-Dallastown PIAA Class 6A girls basketball semifinal matchup, scheduled for Monday night at Big Spring High School in Newville, was postponed to Tuesday. The game will now be the second game of a doubleheader at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Chambersburg Area High School. The Bishop Guilfoyle and Trinity boys will play in the opener at 6 p.m. in a Class 3A semifinal. Six other PIAA semifinal games scheduled for Monday were moved to tonight, including the other 6A girls game between Archbishop Carroll and Upper Dublin in ...

WPIAL champ too much for Lady Panthers basketball team

KITTANNING — Penn Cambria knew from the outset it faced a stiff challenge in its PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal-round game against Oakland Catholic on Saturday at Armstrong Junior-Senior High School. Josie Fontana, the 6-foot-3 senior, personified most of that challenge. “They’re a great ...

BG boys, Williamsburg girls advance; BG girls’ reign ends

The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys and Williamsburg girls punched their tickets to the PIAA final four with victories on Saturday, while the BG girls and Penn Cambria girls were eliminated. The BG boys survived against Westmont Hilltop by prevailing, 50-46, in overtime at Claysburg-Kimmel ...

Altoona Lady Lions advance to state final four

The Altoona Area High School girls basketball team is headed to the PIAA semifinals. The Lady Lions outlasted Cardinal O'Hara, 38-37, in overtime on Friday in the PIAA Class 6A girls quarterfinals at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Altoona will play Dallastown in the semis on Monday. Read the full details in the weekend Mirror.

Altoona Lady Lions knock off Cardinal O’Hara, reach PIAA final four

MECHANICSBURG — Earlier this week, Altoona girls basketball coach Chris Fleegle sought advice from legendary Delone Catholic basketball coach Gerry Eckenrode, who reached 700 career wins earlier this season. Fleegle asked for guidance on how to pull off an upset such as the one his team ...

Central Cambria girls basketball team reached end of road

KITTANNING — The Central Cambria girls basketball team enjoyed a wonderful season and many special accomplishments, but the Lady Red Devils saw things end with a thud in the second half of their PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal game with WPIAL champion and defending state runners-up Shady Side ...