SOMERSET — Northern Bedford and Windber have been District 5’s premier Class 1A teams the last several years. The two programs have split the district crown the previous two years, and it was only fitting that they were back at it again for round three on Saturday night at Somerset Area ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy continues to roll through the District 6 Class 1A playoffs. After shutting out Juniata Valley, 49-0, in the quarterfinals, BG downed Claysburg-Kimmel, 49-7 in the semifinals Saturday night at Tiger Stadium. The Marauders dominated the line of ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Penn Cambria’s long and arduous quest for a District 6 Class 3A football championship finally came to fruition Friday night. After reaching the district title game the past three years but losing there to Central, unbeaten Penn Cambria overcame ...
By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg began Friday night’s contest by getting a few breaks to go its way. The Golden Tigers finished up in the trenches with a ground-and-pound style that kept the ball out of the hands of a DuBois offense that ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com PATTON — When teams are equally matched, sometimes a special teams play makes the difference in the result. With neither team budging on defense in Friday’s game between Bellwood-Antis and Cambria Heights in a District 6 Class 2A semifinal ...
Claysburg-Kimmel won the Inter-County Conference’s North Division, and the Bulldogs have had one of their best high school football seasons in program history by reaching the District 6 Class 1A semifinals. But C-K coach Chuck Kassick knows the challenge in front of his team Saturday when it travels to Hollidaysburg’s Tiger Stadium to take on top-seeded Bishop Guilfoyle Academy at 7 p.m. for the right to play in next week’s district championship. “Everything (is impressive). They have speed, they have athleticism, they have size,” Kassick said. “But it’s an academy in ...
