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Confident Panthers take show on the road

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com After reaching the District 6 Class 3A football championship game last season and losing there to Central, the Penn Cambria Panthers have been a team on a mission this fall. Penn Cambria carries a 7-0 overall and Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference record into its conference game at Bellwood-Antis tonight. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on John Hayes Field at Bellwood’s Memorial Stadium. “It’s definitely not a surprise,’’ Penn Cambria two-way senior standout Gavin Harrold said of his team’s performance so far this season. “We ...

High school football Week 8 live scoreboard

FRIDAY -PENN COMMONWEALTH Altoona 21, Chambersburg 14, FINAL Cedar Cliff 28, Carlisle 7, FINAL Bishop McDevitt 28, Central Dauphin 10, FINAL State College 55, Central Dauphin East 17, FINAL LAUREL HIGHLANDS Bedford 34, Central 27, FINAL Tyrone 55, Central Cambria 19, FINAL Bishop Guilfoyle 47, Chestnut Ridge 7, FINAL Forest Hills 48, Huntingdon 33, FINAL Bald Eagle Area 32, Johnstown 26, FINAL-2OT McCort-Carroll 28, Bellefonte 0, FINAL Penn Cambria 45, Bellwood-Antis 6, FINAL Clearfield 41, Richland 21, FINAL Somerset 56, Penns Valley 42, FINAL Philipsburg-Osceola 44, ...

BG, trying to stay unbeaten, hosts Ridge

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com With two games left before the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference’s crossover week pitting the teams from each side of the league against their counterpart in the opposite standings, Bishop Guilfoyle Academy seems poised to be at or near the top at 7-0. But the Marauders’ next challenge will come from a team that’s had success against them, even winning in 2021 when BG last won a state championship. Chestnut Ridge comes into the game reeling from a 45-7 loss to fellow LHAC undefeated squad Penn Cambria, but the Lions have some ...

High school football: Week 8

FRIDAY Altoona (0-7) at Chambersburg (3-4), 7 Notable: The Mountain Lions have won four straight in the series and have beaten Chambersburg 10 of the last 12 meetings. Bedford (5-2) at Central (5-2), 7 Notable: Since beating the Scarlet Dragons in the 2020 state playoffs, Bedford has dropped four straight, including a 42-7 loss last year. Central Cambria (0-7) at Tyrone (3-4), 7 Notable: Tyrone won last year’s regular season game, but Central Cambria won two previous matchups, both playoff games, in 2007-08. Chestnut Ridge (4-3) at Bishop Guilfoyle (7-0), 7 Notable: ...

Players of the week

Team Offense Defense Lineman Special teams Altoona Noah Staines Tykear Davis Tyrese Pearson Mark Harrington Bedford Owen Tedrow Jacob Wilson Christian Stahlman Treg Nave Bellwood-Antis Holden Schreier Colin Gibbons Christian Jennings Griffin Kyle Bishop Guilfoyle Braden Reilly Rocco Cacciotti Joe Eckenrode Michael Cacciotti Cambria Heights Marshall Eckenrode Luke Mulraney Braylon Rydbom Trey Trybus Central Jay Hoenstine Lukas Black Austin Emig Cole Marks Central Cambria Grady Snyder David Smith Hunter Spochart Noah Contorchick Claysburg-Kimmel Mark Lattieri Collton ...

C-K’s game carries an air of gravitas

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com One of the biggest games in the Inter-County Conference and in all of District 6 Class 1A high school football will take place this week at … Bulldog Stadium in Claysburg. Claysburg-Kimmel hosts Moshannon Valley in a matchup of two 5-2 teams, both undefeated in the ICC North and both on five-game winning streaks that have propelled them near the top of the district playoff rankings with three weeks left in the regular season. “If you look at our schedules, we actually mirror each other a lot,” C-K coach Chuck Kassick said. “We ...