The Altoona Area High School boys soccer team brings back two Altoona Mirror first-team all-stars in Alex Lieb and Justin Bossler as it attempts to make it back to the District 6 4A championship game and come out on top in the game it lost a year ago. Hollidaysburg won a District 6 title ...
From Mirror reports Hollidaysburg will attempt to defend its District 6 Class 3A title, and Altoona, Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic and Central will try and return to District 6 title games and bring home the gold this time when the high school girls soccer season opens. Chloe Stoehr and Lauren ...
Name: Eric Arbogast High school: Hollidaysburg Area Hometown: Duncansville Sport: Soccer Position: Center-mid College choice: Wilson Other colleges considered: Washington & Jefferson, Mount Aloysius, Juniata Why I picked Wilson: “I enjoyed the environment during my visit and I liked their head soccer coach.’’ Greatest high school achievement: “Being named all-state.’’ Coach Craig Shale’s quote: “Eric has worked hard and improved his game each of his four years at the high school level, culminating in a standout senior year in which he led the team in ...
Name: Lainey Farabaugh High school: Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic Hometown: Altoona Sport: Soccer Position: Forward/attacking midfielder College choice: University of Montevallo (Alabama) Other colleges considered: McDaniel College, UPJ, Messiah University Greatest high school achievement: Scoring 171 goals Coach Joe DeLeo’s quote: “We’re not going to go into her accolades, but no one is going to touch her numbers here for a really long time. She’s the all-time leading scorer in the four years she was here in the state of Pennsylvania. I was recently asked to do a ...
Most people’s tenure in youth soccer lasts for the duration of their children’s involvement with the sport, but for some, youth soccer is a lifetime commitment. Jim Fee is one of those who has made a lifetime commitment to the sport. Earlier this year, Fee refereed the 6,000th game of his ...
By Buck Frank bfrank@altoonamirror.com Before 2015, the Altoona Area High School girls soccer program didn’t enjoy much team success. After Derek Winterburn was hired as head coach in 2015, the team’s achievements improved dramatically to the point where it won its first three District 6 championships in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Now the program will be hoping to sustain that success moving forward as Winterburn’s resignation as coach was officially accepted by the Altoona School Board on Tuesday night. “Derek came in when the program was at rock bottom,’’ Altoona ...
