By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com After returning to the PIAA’s Class 1A classification in high school football this season, the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders are a program on a mission. BG made five appearances in the Class 1A state championship game from the 2014 ...
MID-PENN COMMONWEALTH Bishop McDevitt 40, Chambersburg 3 (FINAL) Central Dauphin East 28, Cedar Cliff 27 (FINAL) Central Dauphin 48, Carlisle 0 (FINAL) Cumberland Valley 13, Altoona 0 (FINAL) LAUREL HIGHLANDS Bedford 10, Central Cambria 7 (FINAL) Central 13, Tyrone 7 (FINAL) Chestnut Ridge 21, McCort-Carroll 14 (FINAL) Clearfield 33, Philipsburg-Osceola 7 (FINAL) Penn Cambria 30, Forest Hills 22 (FINAL) Bellwood-Antis 20, Huntingdon 14 (FINAL) Bald Eagle Area 49, Penns Valley 7 (FINAL) Richland 57, Westmont Hilltop 21 (FINAL) Somerset 35, Johnstown 12 (FINAL) ICC Berlin ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Hollidaysburg’s high-powered offense has been clicking on all cylinders during the first two weeks of the 2024 high school football season. The Golden Tigers’ defense has been very sharp as well. After opening the season with a 28-14 victory over archrival Altoona at Mansion Park, the Golden Tigers traveled to Pittsburgh last Friday and blitzed Taylor Allderdice, 42-0. That sets the table for Hollidaysburg’s home opener, this Friday at 7 p.m. against Allegany (Md.) at Tiger Stadium. “We had a pretty good game,’’ ...
FRIDAY Cumberland Valley (1-1) at Altoona (0-2), 7 Notable: CV has won eight of the last nine meetings with the lone exception coming in 2020. Bedford (2-0) at Central Cambria (0-2), 7 Notable: Last year’s 12-7 win by the Red Devils snapped a nine-game losing streak to Bedford in the series. Central (1-1) at Tyrone (1-1), 7 Notable: Dragons have had the Eagles’ number, winning eight of the last nine matchups. Chestnut Ridge (1-1) at McCort-Carroll (1-1), 7 Notable: The Lions have won six in a row in the series, scoring at least 35 points in each of the last four ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com The significance of Jerry Albright’s first victory as head football coach at Central High School didn’t initially sink in for him in the immediate aftermath of the Scarlet Dragons’ 20-13 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference road victory over Somerset last Friday night. But the satisfaction of the moment gradually increased for Albright, who had spent nearly three decades as an assistant coach in the Central football program before taking the head coaching reins this past March. “At the time, no, but afterwards, it meant a lot ...
Jack Gioiosa and Cam Bush each scored two touchdowns to lead Bishop Guilfoyle Academy to a 41-8 win over DuBois in JV football Tuesday at Tom Irwin Field. Gioiosa scored on runs of 17 and 50 yards, while Bush scored on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Justin Wheeler and on a 29-yard interception return. Wheeler also threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Evan Schimminger. Connor Okonak added a 74-yard scoring run for the 2-0 Marauders. SCORE BY QUARTERS DuBois 0 8 0 0 -- 8 Bishop Guilfoyle 6 13 22 0 -- 41 First Quarter BG–Bush 18 pass from Wheeler (kick ...
