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Hite keys Lady Panthers in victory

JOHNSTOWN — Penn Cambria swept Johnstown, 25-9, 25-12, 25-11, behind 16 service points and two blocks by Addie Hite Thursday night in girls high school volleyball play. Loren Stipanovich added 11 kills, and Sophia Rabatin had 21 assists for the Lady Panthers. SERVICE POINTS PENN CAMBRIA: Phister 4, Swires 7, Hoover 3, Stipanovich 4, Hite 16, McCoy 7, Rabatin 9. Valley cruises CURWENSVILLE — Juniata Valley swept Curwensville, 25-14, 25-14, 25-13, to improve to 13-4 overall. Braelyn Hall had 13 digs, and Selena Sunderland finished with 18 service points. Kassidy Watson ...

Foursome capture Scramble event

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The team of Ethan Brown, Isaak Bloom, Elliot Lingle and Griffin Snowberger shot a 51 to win the Knights of Columbus scramble at Scotch Valley Country Club. Dave Williams, Justin Kobuck and Daryl Lee won skill prizes. The team of Aaron Harr, Kyle Rhodes, Keith Saleme and Jonathan Madey won the Sideline Cancer Athletics Golf Outing. Park Hills The Park Hills Fall League concluded with standout performances across all flights. Brandon Traficante and Brian Irwin took the championship flight of the Park Hills Golf Club Fall League. George Sinisi and Justin ...

Strategy pays off for Hollidaysburg

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com STATE COLLEGE — Champions often balance a fine line between risk and reward. The Hollidaysburg Area girls tennis team didn’t just walk that line — they aimed for it. The Lady Golden Tigers swept the doubles matches in Wednesday’s ...

Curve set game times

The Altoona Curve announced home game times and fireworks dates for the 2025 season on Wednesday. Game times are subject to change. The 2025 season will again feature 6 p.m. start times for many of the team’s home games with 19 postgame fireworks shows slated throughout the 69-game home schedule. Altoona is again slated to play 138 games in the Eastern League regular season and will face every team for the first time since 2019, hosting nine of 11 possible opponents at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Game times for nine fireworks shows during the summer have been pushed back to ...

CC teams sweep

PORTAGE — The Central Cambria High School boys and girls cross country teams swept their way to victories in a meet with Altoona, Ferndale, Forest Hills and Portage on Wednesday. The CC boys got a first-place finish from Dom Kuntz with a time of 16:35, and Ethan Haycisak was second. Andrew Quinn was Altoona’s highest finisher at sixth in 17:07. The Red Devils defeated Portage (15-50), Altoona (18-37), Ferndale (15-50) and Forest Hills (18-43), while Altoona beat Portage (15-50), Ferndale (15-50) and Forest Hills (20-42), and Portage fell to Forest Hills (23-34). The Lady Red ...

CC captures district title

JOHNSTOWN — Central Cambria, the No. 3 seed, upset top-seeded Westmont Hilltop, 4-1, to win the District 6 Class 2A team tennis championship on Tuesday at Westmont Hilltop High School. Marley Ratchford led the Lady Devils with a three-set win at No. 1 singles, and Lydia Paskowski and Ally ...