By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com PATTON — Cambria Heights senior Maria Wendekier has paid her dues as a high school soccer goalkeeper. Now a four-year starter, Wendekier said that she had a rough indoctrination into the sport as a freshman at the varsity level. “I gave ...
By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com WINGATE — Top-seeded Altoona was looking to claim a second straight district title when it met third-seeded State College on Wednesday night. The Lady Lions put on a dominating first half performance that left little doubt they would ...
By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com WINGATE — When it comes to the Altoona and State College boys soccer teams, you can throw records out the window. That theme played out from start-to-finish in Wednesday night’s District 6 Class 4A title game as the two teams battled into a ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — According to veteran Hollidaysburg Area High School boys soccer coach Craig Shale, freshman striker Micah Blake is a catalyst who makes things happen out on the field for the Golden Tigers. “He can do that,’’ Shale said. “He brings a lot of energy to the team. He’s a good quality technical player who reads the game well and plays it at a very high level.’’ Blake was the man of the hour Wednesday night for the Tigers in a District 6 Class 3A semifinal-round playoff game at Tiger Stadium, accounting for ...
By Matt Michelone For the Mirror Penn Cambria entered the District 6 Class 2A boys soccer playoffs in some unfamiliar territory where instead of being a team trying to knock off the champion, it was the one everyone else was trying to beat. The Panthers’ Nick Marshall scored the game-winner in last year’s district championship in overtime. On Wednesday night, he came up clutch again, midway through the extra session, to send the fourth-seeded Panthers to the semifinal following a 3-2 win over No. 5 Cambria Heights. “(Cody Farabaugh) hit a beautiful cross, and Nick just ...
By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com The first four minutes of Wednesday evening’s District 6 Class 2A quarterfinal with third-seeded Central and No. 6 Juniata looked like it was going to be a shootout. Juniata scored in the first four minutes of the game, but Central dominated possession for much of the rest of the game. The Lady Dragons hit the crossbar twice on the night and had a couple more close calls, but were upset by the Indians in the end, 1-0, at Mansion Park Stadium. Central actually had twice as many shots on the night than Juniata with a final total of 10-5, but ...
