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BG, Altoona soccer teams get doubleheader

Tyrone plays Penn Cambria in 3A football final Friday From Mirror reports The four remaining girls soccer teams in the Mirror’s core coverage area will all be staying close to home in the first round of the PIAA tournament, which begins on Tuesday. Bishop Guilfoyle Academy and Altoona will play in a doubleheader at Mansion Park. The Lady Marauders kick it off with a 5 p.m. game against District 10 champion Seneca in the Class 1A field. Following that game, Altoona will host WPIAL runner-up Seneca Valley at 7 p.m. in a 4A game. In Class 3A, Hollidaysburg will host WPIAL ...

Bulldogs beat Vikes again, move into semifinal round

FLINTON — When Claysburg-Kimmel and Glendale played each other during the regular season, the Bulldogs routed the Vikings, 47-0. When they played again in a District 6 Class 1A quarterfinal game on a chilly Friday night at Dr. Roy F. Baker Field, it was much more competitive. Almost ...

Gates, BG bounce back big time

It was the Hamilton Gates show as Bishop Guilfoyle trounced Juniata Valley, 49-0, in the District 6 1A quarterfinals at Mansion Park Friday night. Gates and his fellow Marauders felt like they had something to prove after falling short in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference championship ...

Tigers down depleted Dragons

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg beat Friday’s playoff opponent, Taylor Allderdice, 42-0, in Week 2 of the regular season. A significant number of players from that game opted not to play and did not make the trip from Pittsburgh, resulting in another mercy-rule win for the Golden ...

Blue Devils show off offensive versatility

BLAIRSVILLE — Bellwood-Antis used a mixture of the Wildcat, Pistol and under-center formations to baffle River Valley en route to a 43-14 victory against the host Panthers in a District 6 Class 2A quarterfinal-round playoff game on Friday night at Panthers Stadium. “Helping switch up our offense makes us more unpredictable. The defense has to adjust more, and changing what we were doing helped more things be open tonight,” Bellwood-Antis quarterback Holden Schreier said. The fifth-seeded Blue Devils take on top-seeded Cambria Heights in the district semifinals on Friday at ...

Heights rallies from big deficit

PATTON — Sometimes, a game doesn’t open the way you hoped, and some of the time it involves things you haven’t done all season. It took just a minute for top-seed Cambria Heights to give up its first scoring drive at home Friday night in the District 6 Class 2A quarterfinals against No. 8 McCort-Carroll. Heights fumbled on its first play from scrimmage, and the Crushers recovered. In the end, the Highlanders’ resiliency showed as they rallied from down 14 to move on with the 24-17 triumph at the Cambria Heights Athletic Field, keeping their dreams of a perfect season ...