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High school football week 9 scoreboard

FRIDAY MID-PENN COMMONWEALTH State College 60, Carlisle 0, FINAL Cedar Cliff 31, Altoona 20, FINAL Bishop McDevitt 41, Central Dauphin East 21, FINAL Chambersburg 17, Cumberland Valley 10, FINAL LAUREL HIGHLANDS Bellwood-Antis 32, Bald Eagle Area 18, FINAL Bishop Guilfoyle 49, Philipsburg-Osceola 14, FINAL Clearfield 35, Central 14, FINAL Bellefonte 49, Huntingdon 24, FINAL Bedford 33, Johnstown 22, FINAL Penn Cambria 24, McCort-Carroll 12, FINAL Richland 23, Chestnut Ridge 10, FINAL Forest Hills 17, Somerset 14, FINAL Tyrone 82, Penns Valley 26, FINAL Central Cambria 40, ...

Lions look to build on first victory

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com There hasn’t been much to smile about during Altoona’s high school football season this year, and the Mountain Lions have had some long bus rides to think about that. That made last Friday’s two-hour trek home from Chambersburg that much better after Altoona scored with less than two minutes to play to beat the Trojans for its first win of the 2024 campaign. “After any win, it’s good,” Altoona coach Vince Nedimyer Jr. said. “After starting with seven straight losses and winning in the way we did, it was a lot of ...

High school football: Week 9

FRIDAY Cedar Cliff (3-5) at Altoona (1-7), 7 Notable: Mtn. Lions haven’t played the Colts since 2009. Cedar Cliff won the last two meetings before Lions went to WPIAL. Bellwood-Antis (5-3) at Bald Eagle Area (4-4), 7 Notable: BEA QB Carson Nagle is 138-of-218 for 1,967 yards and has thrown 20 touchdowns and just five interceptions. Bishop Guilfoyle (8-0) at Philipsburg-Osceola (3-5), 7 Notable: Hamilton Gates has scored 23 touchdowns and has scored 90 more points than any other Marauder this season. Central (5-3) at Clearfield (8-0), 7 Notable: Bison senior RB Brady ...

Panthers, Ramblers to play another big game

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Northern Bedford and Windber have been familiar football opponents over the past several years, and the two schools have played for District 5 Class 1A championships in both of the past two seasons, splitting two title games. The stakes were high in those games for the two programs, and they will be again Friday night, when the Black Panthers host the Ramblers in a game that will determine the Inter-County Conference South Division champion. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Panther Community Stadium. Northern Bedford brings a 7-1 overall ...

Bellwood, Central, BG earn victories

CLEARFIELD — Brady Crist racked up 97 yards rushing while scoring on runs of 68 and 4 yards to help Bellwood-Antis to a 22-20 win over Clearfield in junior varsity football action on Monday night. Connor Mayes recovered a fumble in the end zone to account for the other Blue Devils’ touchdown. SCORE BY QUARTERS Bellwood-Antis 0 8 6 8 — 22 Clearfield 6 0 6 8 — 20 First Quarter C–Brothers 21 run (run failed). Second Quarter BA–Crist 68 run (Schreier pass from McNelis). Third Quarter BA–Mayes fumble recovery in end zone (pass failed). C–Ludwig (30 ...

Altoona gets 1st victory

CHAMBERSBURG — Altoona held off Chambersburg in the final seconds to secure the first win of the year for the Mountain Lions with a 21-14 victory at Trojan Field. “I’m just so happy for these kids,” an emotional Altoona coach Vince Nedimyer said following the game. “Just proud of our kids, man, we made plays second half.” Made plays they did as the Mountain Lions fell behind 14-7 after the half with a 41-yard touchdown run by Chambersburg’s Antonio Harrison with 7:12 left in the third quarter. Altoona responded as it marched down the field and scored with a 21-yard pass ...