Last year was a very successful season for many of the high school girls soccer teams in the Mirror’s core coverage area. Bishop Guilfoyle Academy (1A), Cambria Heights (2A), Hollidaysburg (3A) and Altoona (4A) all won District 6 championships and many of those teams have key players ...
Last season ended in heartbreak for many of the top high school boys soccer teams in the Mirror’s core coverage area. Altoona (4A) and Bishop Carroll (1A) lost District 6 championship games in double overtime, and Penn Cambria (2A) and Hollidaysburg (3A) also lost district finals. The ...
With scholastic soccer season ready to get underway, several area teams should have very interesting seasons. The Altoona girls team is one of them. Head coach Marc Frye, heading into his third season, has two District 6 crowns under his belt and was the first Altoona coach to advance his ...
FIRST TEAM Meghan Andersen, jr., Penn Cambria: Second-team Mirror all star as a sophomore. … LHAC West first-team all star. … Scored a team-best 28 goals. … Added 10 assists. … Voted team MVP and captain. Ava Barra, sr., Central Cambria: First-team Mirror all star as a junior, second-team Mirror all star as a sophomore. … LHAC West first-team all star. … Scored 19 goals and had one assist for Central Cambria. … Made three game-winning goals. … Two-year captain and voted overall and offensive MVP of her team. … Finished with 64 career goals. Hailey DeGol, jr., ...
FIRST TEAM Cameron Abrams, sr., Cambria Heights: First-team Mirror all star as a junior. … Played both defensive stopper and center midfielder throughout the season. … Scored seven goals and had an assist. … Team captain. … Defensively helped limit opponents to 1.6 goals per game. … Was 54-of-56 on extra points and 5-for-5 on field goals as the kicker for the football team. Jace Black, jr., Altoona: Second-team Mirror all star as a sophomore. … Scored team-high 17 goals. … Had six assists as an anchor of the midfield. … Altoona MVP. … Helped Mountain Lions finish ...
INDIANA — Momentum in a sporting event is very important. It can also be extremely fickle. Such was the case in Saturday afternoon’s PIAA Class 1A quarterfinal-round girls soccer playoff match between Bishop Guilfoyle Academy and Springdale at Indiana High School’s Andy Kuzneski Field, when the momentum of the game turned drastically within a minute’s time late in the game, and Springdale emerged as a 2-1 victor. Springdale led, 1-0 with time winding down, before a quick-strike goal by Bishop Guilfoyle sophomore striker Emma Marasco tied the score, 1-1, with 4:39 left in ...
