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Panthers pin their way to road victory

BOSWELL — Northern Bedford downed North Star, 45-21, in high school wrestling Thursday night behind falls from Haidyn Dively, Rece Dibert, Brock Beach, Aiden Replogle and Wyatt Clouse. 139: Dively, NB, over Frazier, (Fall 2:44) 145: K. Amick, NB, won by forfeit. 152: Galentine, NS, over Pittman, (Fall 5:21) 160: Yoder, NS, over N. Snider, (Dec 5-4) 172: Double forfeit. 189: E. Snider, NB, won by forfeit. 215: Dibert, NB, over Koval, (Fall 1:43). 285: Beach, NB, over Tirko, (Fall 2:11) 107: Replogle, NB, over Barnick, (Fall 4:55) 114: Mullen, NS, over Clapper, (Fall 4:54) 121: ...

AAHS gymnasts triumph

The Altoona Area High School gymnastics team improved to 3-0 Thursday night, thanks to a 139.025-120.45 win over Waynesboro at the Fieldhouse. Claire Piper was firing on all cylinders for the Lady Lions in the All-Around, which she won with a 37.1 score. She won the vault, the bars, the beam and the floor. Teammate Maddy Pastor finished second in every event. Altoona is off until Wednesday, Jan. 10, when it hosts Ridgway. Vault— 1,Claire Piper A 9.45; 2,Linea Heaster 8.5 A; 3, Emma Bettwy 8.45 A. Bars— 1, Claire Piper 8.975 A; 2, Emma Bettwy A 8.775; 3, Maddy Pastor A 8.475. ...

Bellwood-Antis will honor team

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis athletic director Charlie Burch is calling for any members of the 1973-1974 Blue Devil boys basketball team, or people with knowledge of the players from that team’s whereabouts, to reach out to him at cnb@blwd.k12.pa.us. Bellwood is planning to honor the team, which finished 22-0 and won the Juniata Valley League, on Friday, Jan. 12 at halftime of the Blue Devil boys home game against Juniata Valley, and would like to have as many members of the team present as possible. The team was led by head coach Michael Sakash and assistant coach Greg Perry and ...

Tigers 11-0 after victory over rival Mountain Lions

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Undefeated Hollidaysburg checked every box in a 7-0 Laurel Mountain Hockey League victory over archrival Altoona Tuesday night at Galactic Ice. The 11-0 Golden Tigers got a pair of goals apiece from junior forward Isaac Miller and senior ...

Altoona Mirror high school boys cross country all stars

FIRST TEAM Evan George, sr., Central Cambria: First-team Mirror all-star as a junior and as a sophomore. … Earned a state medal with a 24th-place finish at the PIAA Class 1A meet with a time of 17:17 in Hershey. … Finished fourth at District 6 Class 1A meet in 17:19.1 and helped Red Devils win the team title. … Was third in the individual Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference race in 16:52.8. … Was the individual runner-up in 17:39.2 and helped Central Cambria win the LHAC title at the dual meet championship. … Time of 16:47 at the Big Valley Invitational was good enough for a ...

Altoona Mirror high school girls cross country all stars

FIRST TEAM Lanee Berkhimer, so., Central: First-team Mirror all-star as a freshman. … Finished as the top runner in Class 1A in all of her regular season meets. … Won the District 6 Class 1A championship for the second year in a row with a time of 19:45.6. … Won the Blair-Huntingdon County Meet in 20:08. … Placed seventh overall at the PIAA meet in 19:58 at Hershey. … Was third overall in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference individual race with a time of 19:10.5. … Finished fifth in 19:46 at the Big Valley Invitational. … Was third at the Mountain Lion Cross Country ...