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Central volleyball defeats Guilfoyle

Central swept its way past Bishop Guilfoyle 25-18, 25-14 and 25-12 in three sets on Thursday night in boys high school volleyball play. Christian Heuston led the Dragons with eight kills and seven service points, Logan Hummel totaled 25 assists, Blake Reynolds added 16 digs, while Bryson Brooks had eight kills and three blocks. Hayden Smith came up with five kills and six blocks. Brenden Young paced the Marauders with 16 assists and four service points, while Noah Kelleher had eight kills and five digs, and Marklin Myers came up with seven kills, four digs and three blocks. ...

Tigers put up fight in defeat

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com A Hollidaysburg Area High School team had won the previous three District 4-6 Class 3A boys doubles championships prior to Wednesday’s championship match at Mansion Park. But although the Golden Tigers’ second-seeded squad of senior Ben ...

Tigers doubles team to compete for championship

The Hollidaysburg tandem of Ben Johnson and Garrett Bouchard secured a spot in the District 4-6 Class 3A Boys Doubles Tennis Championship. Johnson, a senior, and Bouchard, a sophomore, won three matches on Tuesday — beating teams from Williamsport, Central Mountain and Shikellamy without losing a set — and will now face top-seeded Mark Sandow and Peter Novikov in today’s noon championship at Mansion Park. Sandow and Novikov beat Hollidaysburg’s Michael Waibel and Felix Xu in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-1. Westmont Hilltop’s Sebastian Masterson and John Allen will face ...

Tyrone boys tennis defeated on road

MIFFLINTOWN — The Tyrone Area High School boys tennis team lost to Juniata, 4-1, on Friday. Alex Shock and Elijah Knarr won at No. 1 doubles for the Golden Eagles. SINGLES: 1, Whitesel, J, def. Fleck, 6-1, 6-1; 2, Martin, J, def. Walk, 6-3, 6-1; 3, Kint, J, def. Newlin, 6-0, 6-2. DOUBLES: Shock-Knarr, T, def. Stroup-Beward, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. 2, Wriglesworth-Miller, J, def. Dasher-Harpster, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Records: Tyrone (2-11).

Cumberland Valley downs Lions at Fieldhouse

Cumberland Valley swept Altoona, 25-18, 25-17, 25-15, in high school boys volleyball at the AAHS Fieldhouse on Wednesday. Cumberland Valley improved to 8-1. Sam Kessinger had 23 assists and eight digs for the Mountain Lions, and Caleb Fries had a team-high 10 kills, a block and seven digs. Noah Fries and Nino Yohn both contributed 10 digs for Altoona, which fell to 5-5. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: N. Fries 5, Weathersbee 4, Long 3, C. Fries 3, Plunket 1. Records: Cumberland Valley (8-1); Altoona (5-5). JV: Cumberland Valley, 25-3, 22-25, 15-9. Central boys go 3-0 TYRONE — ...

Class 3A tennis finals ready to go

Central Mountain High School senior David Lindsay will be trying to win his fourth District 4-6 Class 3A singles tennis championship today. Top-seeded Lindsay will face No. 2 seed Mark Sandow of State College at noon at Mansion Park in the finals after both won three matches on Tuesday. Lindsay topped Hollidaysburg’s Garrett Bouchard in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-0, and Sandow edged Hollidaysburg’s Ben Johnson, 6-3, 6-2 in the other semifinal matchup. FIRST ROUND: Lindsay, Central Mountain, def. Sponhouse, Williamsport, 6-0, 6-0. Liu, State College, def. Miller, Mifflin County, ...