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Little has big night for Lady Lions in victory

The Altoona Area High School girls soccer team routed Central Mountain, 8-0, at Mansion Park behind three goals from Alli Little Wednesday. Allanah Irwin scored two for the Lady Lions, and Lexi Mattern, Sophia O’Dea and Ava Frye also scored. Keeper Haylee Rodriguez got the shutout with four saves. SCORE BY HALVES Central Mountain 0 0 -- 0 Altoona 3 5 -- 8 First Half: A–Little (unassisted), 4:38; A–Mattern (Frye), 7:22; A–O’Dea (Frye), 25:35. Second Half: A–Little (unassisted), 41:17; A–Irwin (O’Dea), 41:57; A–Little (Metrik), 43:20; A–Irwin (unassisted), ...

Trexler, Dull spark their teams to big victories

CRESSON — Central racked up seven goals in the opening half en route to an 8-1 victory over Penn Cambria Tuesday in girls high school soccer. Kira Trexler netted four goals for the Lady Dragons, Lakkyn Dibert from the back of the net twice and assisted on another, while Paiton Campbell notched a goal and Bethany Kensinger delivered two assists. Meghan Anderson scored the lone goal for the Lady Panthers. SCORE BY HALVES Central 7 1 -- 8 Penn Cambria 0 1 -- 1 First Half: C–Trexler (Kensinger), 3:45; C–Trexler (Dibert), 7:39; C–Dibert (Benton), 22:38; C–Campbell ...

Marshall’s hat trick good for a PC victory

CRESSON — Nick Marshall registered the first three goals for Penn Cambria and tacked on an assist on the fourth as the Panthers recorded an 8-0 shutout over Central Tuesday night in boys high school soccer play. Goalkeeper Duncan Gongloff earned the win with five saves, Elijah Chyr tallied two goals, while Evan Connacher had a goal and an assist and Jake Zunich delivered two assists for PC. SCORE BY HALVES Central 0 0 – 0 Penn Cambria 4 4 -- 0 First Half: PC–Marshall (Conrad), 20:24; PC–Marshall (unassisted), 19:49; PC–Marshall (Helsel), 6:17; PC–Smith (Marshall), ...

BCC girls soccer ends in tie

DUNCANSVILLE — Calee Kennedy had a goal and two assists for Blair County Christian in a 3-3 tie with Northumberland Christian Friday in high school girls soccer action. Teammate Gabby Dull added a goal and an assist for the Lady Bobcats, who are 2-0-1. SCORE BY HALVES Northumberland 3 0 -- 3 Blair County 1 2 -- 3 First Half: NC — Conner; NC–Lamey; BCC — Spinazzola (Kennedy); NC–Lamey (Young). Second Half: BCC–Kennedy (Dull); CC–Dull (Kennedy). Records: Blair County Christian (2-0-1); Northumberland Christian (2-1-1)

Lady Lions take 2 OTs to beat rivals

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com After opening its 2024 season with two losses on the road to Pittsburgh area opponents, the Altoona Area High School girls soccer team was in dire need of a shot in the arm Thursday night. And junior forward/midfielder Tatum Shoemaker was able ...

Waibel leads Tigers past Bearcats

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Luca Waibel scored two goals and had an assist to lead Hollidaysburg to a 6-0 win over Huntingdon in high school boys soccer Thursday. Liam Jancula had three saves and recorded a shutout. SCORE BY HALVES Huntingdon 0 0 -- 0 Hollidaysburg 3 3 -- 6 First Half: H—Waibel (penalty kick), 12:15; H—Jandora (Ross), 9:30; H—Waibel (unassisted), 1:20. Second Half: H—Blake (Waibel), 25:59; H—Chen (Miles), 16:27; H—Arbogast (Dias), 7:07. Records: Hollidaysburg (2-0); Huntingdon (0-2). JV: Hollidaysburg 1, Huntingdon 1 NBC rolls LOYSBURG — Alyssa ...