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No. 6 seed Huskies pull off upset, advance to semis

By Brad Rosemas For the Mirror SIDMAN — The Forest Hills defense held Bishop Carroll to two shots on goal in the second half of Tuesday’s District 6 Class A boys soccer quarterfinal. The No. 6 seeded Huskies still made the most of what they were given. With the game tied, Bishop Carroll’s Pablo Fernandez-Diaz got behind the defense and put a shot past Forest Hills goalkeeper Michael Singer to give the Huskies a 2-1 victory over the No. 3 seed Rangers at G.H. Miller Field. “To be honest, I was kind of nervous,” said Fernandez-Diaz, a native of Madrid, Spain, who is ...

Mirror Female Athlete of the Week: Little deserving of her success

Name: Alli Little School: Altoona Age: 16 Grade: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Athlete of the week achievement: Little scored both goals in Altoona’s 2-1 victory over Hollidaysburg. She also scored a goal in a 3-1 victory over Mifflin County and had a goal and two assists for the Lady Lions in a 7-0 victory over Ridgway. Season update: Little has 10 goals and three assists for Altoona, which is 13-4 overall. Coach Derek Winterburn’s quote: “Alli has been a pleasure to coach over the past two years in our program. She arrives to each training session and game with the ...

Central girls earn top seed

Three teams from Blair County will be top seeds in the upcoming District 6 high school girls soccer playoffs. Altoona (Class 4A), Hollidaysburg (Class 3A) and Central (Class 2A) will all be on top of the bracket when the postseason begins on Tuesday. The Lady Lions will play either second-seeded Mifflin County or third-seeded State College for the District 6 title on Nov. 2 at Hollidaysburg’s Tiger Stadium at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Tigers will play Bellefonte for the 3A championship at Mansion Park on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m., and Central will take on eighth-seeded Cambria Heights in a ...

Lady Lion keys win over rival Tigers

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — Sophomore attacking center-midfielder Ali Little has been Altoona’s go-to player on penalty kicks this season. “I love taking penalty kicks,’’ Little said Thursday night after scoring on two second-half penalty kicks ...

LaRosa hat trick leads Lady Eagles

PATTON — Chloe LaRosa’s hat trick led Tyrone to a 3-2 win over Cambria Heights Thursday in high school girls soccer action. The Lady Eagles improved to 12-6. Heights, which got goals from Erin Behe and Brooklyn Galinis, fell to 9-9. SCORE BY HALVES Tyrone 2 1 — 3 Cambria Heights 0 2 — 2 First Half: T—LaRosa (Vance), 4:00; T—LaRosa (Moore), 38:57 Second Half: T—LaRosa (Quick), 4:47; CH—E. Behe (unassisted), 67:54; CH—B. Galinis (penalty kick), 74:39 Records: Tyrone (12-6), Cambria Heights (9-9) BG falls short Despite two late goals from Lainey ...

Golden Tigers bring home victory

PHILIPSBURG — Hollidaysburg improved to 14-3 with a 4-1 win at Philipsburg-Osceola Thursday night in boys high school soccer action. The Golden Tigers, up 1-0 at the break, got a goal and an assist each from Nate Barton and Luka Waibel to lead the way. Nate Crum and Nate Barton added goals. The Mounties got their lone goal from Carson Long. Hollidaysburg will now wait for the District 6 3A playoffs to begin as its regular season is complete. SCORE BY HALVES Hollidaysburg............................1 3 — 4 Philipsburg-Osceola.................0 1 — 1 First half: ...