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 ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Carson Kensinger couldn’t stand to watch the final moments of PIAA officials presenting Governor Mifflin with the state championship trophy Friday night after the Mustangs’ 2-1 win over Hollidaysburg in the Class 5A baseball final at the Penn State University’s Medlar ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — A thunderstorm came through State College Friday afternoon and delayed Hollidaysburg’s 2-1 PIAA Class 5A baseball championship setback to Governor Mifflin for nearly three hours. Just before the first pitch of the second game of a tripleheader at Penn State University’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park between Neumann-Goretti and Avonworth, a lightning delay was called. The tarp was placed on the field, and the game did not begin until 4:20 p.m., just 10 minutes before Hollidaysburg was originally scheduled to play. The PIAA was determined to get the final two ...
The big game Who: Hollidaysburg vs. Governor Mifflin When: Friday, 4:30 p.m. Where: Penn State University Streaming service: PCN Select By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — Opportunities at playing in a state championship game are few and far ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com ENOLA — When Hollidaysburg freshman Vince Boland was warming up for the Golden Tigers in their quarterfinal game against Penn-Trafford, some members of the opposing team questioned if he was even old enough to play varsity baseball due to his ...
Name: Cayden Gibbons School: Hollidaysburg Area Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Baseball Athlete of the week achievement: Gibbons hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning for Hollidaysburg in its 3-2 win over Penn-Trafford in the PIAA Class 5A quarterfinals. Gibbons also hit the go-ahead two-run double for the Golden Tigers in a 4-2 win over Franklin Regional in the first round of the state playoffs while catching both games. Season update: Gibbons was batting .265 with a home run, two doubles and eight RBIs through 18 games. He’s also caught a pitching ...
