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Lady Dragons see their season end in quarters

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 ...

Lady Tigers going back to the finals

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — After suffering the worst type of heartbreak in last season’s District 6 Class 3A girls championship game, the Hollidaysburg Lady Tigers soccer team will get another shot at the gold medal next week. Hollidaysburg, which ...

Lady Marauders crush Rams en route to finals trip

By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com Top-seeded Bishop Guilfoyle came out smothering fourth-seeded Richland in dominating fashion as the Lady Rams couldn’t even hold possession 10 yards into their attack zone until late in the first half. By then, the Lady Marauders had ...

No OT necessary for Carroll-McCort

By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com Despite playing in different conferences, the Bishop Carroll-McCort and United boys soccer teams are no stranger to one another. The two schools met twice in September with both matches going into double overtime. For the first nearly 74 ...

Galinis, defense more than enough for Lady Highlanders

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com PATTON — Led by junior forward Brooklyn Galinis, the Cambria Heights girls soccer team had just enough offense to get past archrival Central Cambria in a District 6 Class 2A quarterfinal playoff game Tuesday night on the plush Cambria Heights High School soccer field. And the Lady Highlanders’ defensive effort guaranteed them that not much offense would be required to prevail and advance in the tournament. Galinis scored two goals, teammate Kinley Rogal added two assists, and second-seeded Heights played lock-down defense ...

Lady Devils edge Forest Hills

EBENSBURG — Ava Barra scored the lone goal on an assist from Abby McMullen in the second half to lift Central Cambria to a 1-0 win over Forest Hills in high school girls soccer on Thursday. SCORE BY HALVES Forest Hills 0 0 -- 0 Central Cambria 0 1 -- 1 First Half: No ...