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Ryan Hanlon: La Roche baseball

Name: Ryan Hanlon Hometown: Loretto Sport: Baseball Position: Utility College choice: La Roche College Other colleges considered: Hiram College Why I picked La Roche College: “Because I really felt at home with the coaching staff. The campus being closer to home and being able to play some competition that my family can come watch me play was important to me.” Greatest high school achievement: “Being a part of the first football team to go to the state semifinals and also winning the D6 title.” Coach Scooter Ronan’s quote: “Ryan is the ultimate baseball kid. I ...

Area represented on PSBCA all-state team

From Mirror reports Three players from high schools in the Mirror’s core coverage area were selected as Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association first-team all state players recently. Hollidaysburg’s Carson Kensinger made the 5A squad as an infielder, Central’s Griffin Snowberger made it in 3A as an infielder, and Claysburg-Kimmel’s Mason Campagna made the 1A team as a catcher. Hollidaysburg’s Jake Hileman was a 5A second-team outfielder, and Altoona’s Tanner Stroup was a 6A second-team utility player. This was the first year the organization put out an ...

Inaugural Maverick Baker benefit game pleases organizer

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror While former Northern Cambria student, the late Maverick Baker, excelled at both football and hockey, his greatest love in sports was baseball, and his favorite venue to compete at was Peoples Natural Gas Field. “Being from a small rural community and playing on rec fields for the majority of your time until you got into travel ball, and when you finally step foot in a big-league ballpark and you get to see that many seats, and how big a field it actually is, it was surreal and he loved the big stage,” PJ Shell, Baker’s stepfather and game ...

2024 Mirror Baseball all-stars

FIRST TEAM Easton Semelsberger C Sr. Penn Cambria Notable: Mirror first-team all star as a junior. … Hit a team-high .538 for Penn Cambria with a .582 on-base percentage. … Scored 18 runs, stole 14 bases and drove in 20 runs. … First team LHAC West all star. Hunter Smith 1B Sr. Central Notable: Mirror first-team all star as a sophomore and second team as a freshman. … Batted .400 as Central’s leadoff man. … Finished with 20 RBIs, 15 extra-base hits and scored 35 runs. … Second team LHAC East all star as a catcher. Griffin Snowberger INF. Sr. Central Notable: ...

2024 Mirror BOYS track all-stars

FIRST TEAM Caden DeLattre, sr., Hollidaysburg: First-team Mirror all-star as a junior and sophomore. … Led the Mirror honor roll in the long (23-2) and triple jump (47-7). … Won a PIAA bronze medal in the triple jump after finishing sixth as a sophomore. … Won the District 6 Class 3A title in the triple jump with his career-best triple jump. … Set Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference meet records in both the long and triple jumps while claiming league titles in both events. Kole Dickinson, sr., Bellwood-Antis: Led the Mirror honor roll in the 300 hurdles with a time of 40.58 ...

Falling just short: Fielding miscues hurt Tigers’ chances

UNIVERSITY PARK — Baseball can be a cruel game. The defense that fueled Hollidaysburg’s run to the PIAA Class 5A baseball championship game for the first time in school history briefly failed the Golden Tigers in between a pair of spectacular plays that kept them in Friday’s game ...