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Tyrone school board hires several new coaches

TYRONE — At its school board meeting Tuesday, Tyrone Area High School approved three new varsity head coaches. Cate Baran, a 2020 graduate of Tyrone who was a two-time Altoona Mirror first-team all-star for the Lady Eagles softball team, will be the new head coach of the program, taking over for Hilary Soellner, who stepped down after last season. Baran was hired at a $4,000 stipend as was new head baseball coach Jim Lang. Lang was a longtime assistant under Kevin Soellner, who also resigned after last season. Lang was on the coaching staff that led the Golden Eagles to the 2021 ...

Lady Lions tennis team earns victory

DuBOIS — Altoona defeated DuBois, 4-1, behind singles wins from Skylar Irwin, Ava Williams and Adalia Lopez-Oakes in high school girls tennis on Wednesday. Emma Hovan and Natalie Baker won at No. 1 doubles for the Lady Lions (5-1). SINGLES: 1, S. Irwin, A, def. Parekh, 3-6, 6-2, 10-7; 2, Williams, A, def. Lashinsky, 6-1, 6-2; Lopez-Oakes, A, def. Catalano, 6-2, 6-2. DOUBLES: 1, Hovan-Baker, A, def. Orzechowski-Sarick, 6-3, 6-0; 2, Sheloski-Gutheridge, D, def. E. Irwin-Harris, 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 10-4. Records: Altoona (5-1); DuBois (4-2). SOCCER BG cruises Emma Marasco scored ...

Lady Bears, Bobcats win big

The Great Commission girls soccer team improved to 2-1 Friday afternoon, thanks to a 5-1 win over Johnstown Christian in high school action at the Valley View Field. Grace DiBiase scored two goals and added an assist in a game it led, 2-0, at halftime. Teammate Alexa Hall added two goals. SCORE BY HALVES Johnstown Christian 0 1 -- 1 Great Commission 2 3 -- 5 First Half: GC–Hall (DiBiase); GC–DiBiase (unassisted) Second Half: GC–Hall (unassisted); GC–DiBiase (Miller); GC–Miller (unassisted) Records: Great Commission (2-1), Johnstown Christian (0-1) Kennedy keys ...

Lady Eagles tennis above .500 mark

HUNTINGDON — The Tyrone girls tennis team improved to 3-2 on Wednesday, thanks to a 4-0 win over Huntingdon in high school play. The Lady Eagles got singles wins from Ezri Bumgarner and Jocelyn Diel. They also earned doubles victories from the tandems of Cassidy Fleck-Grace Zimmerman and Cassie Behrer-Addison Davis. SINGLES: 1, Bumgarner, T, def. Boonie, 6-0, 6-0; 2, Diehl, T, def. Stapleton, 6-0, 6-1 DOUBLES: 1, Fleck-Zimmerman, T, def. Weller-Wiser, 6-0, 6-1; 2, Behrer-Davis, T, def. Huang-Dolan, 6-0, 6-1 Records: Huntingdon (0-5); Tyrone (3-2). Central picks up No. ...

Doubles team helps Lady Tigers defeat rival Lady Lions

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg’s No. 2 doubles team of Olivia Panaro and Rina Stiffler came through with a 6-3, 6-4 victory to give the Lady Tigers a 3-2 win over rival Altoona in high school girls tennis action on Tuesday. Hollidaysburg, which received singles wins from Crosby Denis and Grace Muriceak, improved to 4-0, while Altoona, which got a singles win from Andie Adams and a doubles victory from Emma Hovan and Addy Mitchell, fell to 4-1. SINGLES: 1, Denis, H, def. S. Irwin, 6-1, 6-2. 2, Muriceak, H, def. Williams, 6-0, 6-1. 3, Adams, A, def. Moritz, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5. DOUBLES: 1, ...

Hollidaysburg wins Forest Hills tourney

SIDMAN — Hollidaysburg won the high school girls volleyball Forest Hills Kickoff Tournament on Saturday after going 8-0 in pool play and beating three teams in the playoffs to win the Gold Division title. The Lady Tigers topped Richland, 25-15, 25-11, in the championship after topping ...