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Golden Tigers come up short against State in final

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Hollidaysburg boys tennis team dropped a 3-0 decision to State College on Friday in the District 6 Class 3A championships held at the Penn State Tennis Center in high school play. “I am really proud of my guys,” said Hollidaysburg coach Brian Denis, whose club fell to 18-1. “We knew we had to play almost perfect tennis to have a shot, and for the first half of the match, we were playing lights out, looking good in three of the four matches that were being played. Credit to State College for turning those matches around.” In singles play, ...

Altoona, Central get strong pitching in wins

DuBOIS — Tanner Stroup pitched four innings and allowed just one hit and struck out seven as Altoona defeated DuBois, 12-1, in high school baseball on Friday. Andrew Berkheimer drove in three runs with a double, and Eric McAllister, Aaron Smearman and Gavin Albright each had two RBIs. Dante LaRocco had three hits and scored three times for the Mountain Lions, who improved to 11-8. ALTOONA (12): LaRocco cf 433, Friewald 2b-p 110, Nicolini ph-cr 020, Stroup p 321, Friedenberger rf 000, McAllister 3b 421, Smearman ss 311, Ca. Sanders 1b 111, Royer ph 100, Speece 1b 000, Albright ...

Tigers qualify for LHAC title tilt

Hollidaysburg defeated Westmont Hilltop, 4-1, in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference high school boys tennis semifinals at the Summit Tennis & Athletic Club on Thursday. Ben Johnson, Garrett Bouchard and Michael Waibel swept the singles competition for the Golden Tigers, and Alex Arbogast and Jacob Sidney won a doubles match. The Golden Tigers, who improved their record to 18-0 will play the LHAC championship match next week and will play State College today at 5 p.m. for the District 6 team title. SINGLES: 1, Johnson, H, def. Masterson, 6-4, 6-1; 2, Bouchard, H, def. Allen, ...

Tigers win, will wait to find out team final foe

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg captured two singles and both doubles matches to claim a 4-1 win over Central Mountain in the District 4-6 Class 3A semifinal action Monday in high school boys tennis play. Garrett Bouchard and Michael Waibel won their singles matches, while the teams of Felix Xu-Yvan Chen and Alex Arbogast-Jacob Sidney captured the doubles for the Golden Tigers. On Friday, Hollidaysburg plays the winner of Altoona-State College for the title. SINGLES: 1, Lindsay, CM, def Johnson, 6-0, 6-0; 2, Bouchard, H, def Talbot, 6-1, 6-0; 3, Waibel, H, def McCluskey, 6-4, ...

Mountain Lions pick up road win

HARRISBURG — Altoona swept its way past Central Dauphin East with scores of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-21 in boys high school volleyball action Monday night. With the win, Altoona moved to 7-6 while CD East dropped to 4-14. Caleb Fries led the Mountain Lions with 10 digs, seven service points, five kills and two blocks, while Sam Kessinger dished out 26 assists and eight digs, and Nino Yohn came up with 14 digs. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: C. Fries 7, N. Fries 6, Long 5, Yohn 5, Kessinger 3, Weathersbee 3. Records: Altoona (7-6); Central Dauphin East (4-14). JV: Central Dauphin East ...

Smearman sparks Altoona to victory

LEWISBERRY — Aaron Smearman’s RBI single in the top of the seventh broke a 4-4 tie Saturday afternoon as the Altoona baseball team went on to a 9-5 win over Red Land in high school action. Starting pitcher Tanner Stroup struck out 11 in five innings of work, and hit a double and triple with one RBI. Teammate Connor Sanders added two hits and two RBIs. Altoona, which trailed 3-0 after two innings, improved to 10-6. Red Land fell to 3-12. ALTOONA (9): LaRocco cf 410, Freiwald 2b 410, Stroup p-1b 322, McAllister 3b-p 221, Smearman ss 311, Cal. Sanders 1b-3b 310, Sankey lf 000, ...