HOLLIDAYSBURG — As Hollidaysburg and Huntingdon’s high school girls tennis teams lined up for introductions Monday at their season-opening Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference match, the size of the teams stood out to anyone watching. The Lady Tigers could have fielded four teams with ...
Hollidaysburg will attempt to better the best season in its school history when it returns its entire starting lineup from last year’s District 6 Class 3A championship and PIAA quarterfinalist team. Crosby Denis, who will be attempting to become a four-time Altoona Mirror first-team girls ...
FIRST TEAM Andie Adams, jr., Altoona: No. 1 singles player for Altoona. … District 6 3A singles quarterfinalist. … District 6 3A doubles semifinalist. … Provided a key win against Indiana to win the Mountain Lion Invitational. … Helped lead Altoona girls tennis to a 10-4 record. … Starter on the Altoona girls soccer District 6 championship team registering 1,090 minutes played and helped lead Altoona soccer to a 14-3-2 record. Crosby Denis, jr., Hollidaysburg: Three-time Mirror first-team all-star. … No. 1 singles player helped Lady Tigers to District 6 3A team ...
HERSHEY — Area doubles teams earned first-round victories in the PIAA Singles and Doubles Tennis Championships on Friday at Hershey Racquet Club before getting eliminated in the quarterfinals. Hollidaysburg juniors Grace Muriceak and Crosby Denis, the District 6 3A doubles champions, opened play by beating Manheim Township’s Abby Martin, a freshman, and Maya Lamichane, a senior, 6-0, 6-1. Murceak and Denis then faced District 1 champs, senior Kim Chen and junior Ava Bograd, of Council Rock South in the quarterfinals and fell, 6-3, 6-3, and were eliminated. “The girls played an ...
HERSHEY — Central Cambria High School senior Lydia Paskowski, the District 6 Class 2A singles tennis champion, begins play in the PIAA Singles Tennis Championships on Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club. Paskowski will face District 12 champion Medina Yuldasheva, a sophomore from Constitution, at noon Friday in the first round with the quarterfinals scheduled for later Friday. The semifinals and finals for all classifications will be held Saturday. Hollidaysburg’s junior duo of Grace Muriceak and Crosby Denis will open play in the 3A doubles competition at 10 a.m. Friday against ...
HERSHEY — The Hollidaysburg Area High School girls tennis team finished its season on Friday in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals, falling 3-0, to Lower Merion at the Hershey Racquet Club. “We knew going in against the defending state champions was going to be a tall task but I am extremely proud of the girls and how they battled, Hollidaysburg coach Brian Denis said. “We always look at playing the best in the state as an opportunity to improve and see that there’s not that big of a separation between them and us. The Lady Tigers’ Crosby Denis lost 6-1, 6-1 to Jasmine Taylor ...
