By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com CRESSON — For Penn Cambria, the wait is over. The Panthers opened their season by controlling rival Richland, 22-8, and snapping a seven-game losing streak to the Rams before a big crowd Friday night at Panther Stadium. “This atmosphere was ...
ROARING SPRING — Longtime Central assistant Jerry Albright will have to wait a little bit longer to collect his first win as the school’s head coach. Bellefonte spoiled Albright’s debut Friday night, forcing four second-half turnovers and scoring three times en route to a stunning 18-7 victory over the Scarlet Dragons on their home field. “Central is a great program, a great team and to come out here and get the win is just fantastic,” Red Raiders coach Tony Confer said. “I can’t give enough credit to our coaches, to our kids.” Central scored 35 seconds into the game ...
BELLWOOD — Coming off a 2-8 season, Bellwood-Antis prepared all off-season to be more competitive in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference. All that preparation paid off in a big way for the Blue Devils Friday night. Playing a Penns Valley team won the last two meetings by a combined ...
TYRONE — After falling behind 20-13 in the third quarter, the Clearfield Bisons exploded for 33 unanswered points to deliver Tyrone a 46-20 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference defeat last night at Gray-Veterans Memorial Field. Clearfield took to the ground in the second half and dominated ...
EBENSBURG — For the way McCort-Carroll Catholic’s 2023 campaign came to a close, all players that returned from last year have more motivation than ever to win this season. The Crushers fell in double-overtime to Philipsburg-Osceola on a game-winning two-point conversion. McCort-Carroll coach Tom Smith said a photograph from that game still hangs in the Crushers locker room. McCort-Carroll carried that fire into Friday night’s season opener with Central Cambria, and after trailing in the fourth quarter, the Crushers used Angelo Gallucci’s game-winning 3-yard touchdown pass to ...
By Mike Brode For the Mirror LOYSBURG — With statistical leaders from the class of 2024 graduated and senior leader, Aaron Bowers, sidelined for week 1 with a preseason injury, fans who gathered at Northern Bedford’s Panther Community Stadium Friday night were ready to see what this fall’s squad had to offer. The Panthers took advantage of great field position in the first half and used a safety and two Ben Clark touchdowns to spur them to a 36-16 win over Southern Huntingdon. Play of the game: Connor Donaldson hauled in a 38-yard pass from Vaughn Schleinkofer to set up ...
