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Late Owl goal sinks Golden Tigers in subregional

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg and Bradford both scored within the first nine minutes of Saturday afternoon’s PIAA Class 3A subregional match. From that point, the two teams battled back-and-forth in a physical, gritty and sometimes sloppy affair in an attempt to gain the upper hand. Unfortunately, the Owls got a goal off a deflection in the 17th minute of the second half as Hollidaysburg’s season ended in heartbreaking fashion with a 2-1 loss at Tiger Stadium. “I feel bad for the guys because they didn’t deserve to lose that game. We did more than enough to win that game ...

Central outlasts Bedford to win title

By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — It almost seemed as if it were a scene from the movie “Groundhog Day” playing out on Thursday night at Hollidaysburg’s Tiger Stadium. The District 5-6 Class 2A girls soccer championship pitted the same two teams — Bedford ...

Penn Cambria goes two overtimes to win district gold

By Matt Michelone sports@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — On many occasions over the course of the Penn Cambria boys’ soccer program’s history, most Panther playoff visits have ended in heartache. Entering this season, they had only triumphed one time in playoff action — with ...

BG headed to states after D6 title victory

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com With snow flurries flying in the air at Mansion Park on a frosty early-November evening, players on the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School girls soccer team still managed to feel a collective warm glow. After having reached the District 6 ...

Tigers make most of opportunity

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com WINGATE — Hollidaysburg entered the 2023 season with more questions than usual considering the strength of the program built by coach Craig Shale over the past decade. Some of that had to do with the Golden Tigers’ youth as well as ...

Kravetz leads AAHS with 4 goals

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG —After being on District 6 girls soccer championship teams with the Altoona Lady Lions in both her freshman and sophomore years, Hailey Kravetz experienced the other side of the coin last fall, when Altoona was beaten in the ...