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Albright, Counsman lead Spikers to victory

MILL HALL — In girls high school volleyball play, Altoona swept Central Mountain, 25-17, 25-19, 25-13, behind 10 kills, five digs and two aces by Ella Albright and 23 digs and three aces by Aunye Counsman Monday night. Sami Page added 19 assists for the Lady Spikers. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: Albright 8, Counsman 7, Steinbugl 5, Treece 5, Page 4, Reed 3. Records: Altoona (7-7); Central Mountain (7-5). JV: Altoona, 25-21, 25-18. Tigers cruise HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg swept Bellefonte, 25-15, 25-11, 25-10, and got 14 service points from Lucy Stanek on senior ...

CC teams win LHAC crowns

SPRING MILLS — Central Cambria won both the boys and girls Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference dual meet cross country championships on Saturday. The Red Devils topped fellow section champions Bedford, 17-43, and Bellefonte, 23-32. The Lady Devils beat Bedford, 20-43 and Bellefonte, 15-48. Evan George finished as the individual runner-up for Central Cambria in 17:39.2 behind only Bellefonte’s Alexander Crist, who finished in 17:11.8. On the girls side, Bedford’s Chloe May was first in 18:59.1, and Central Cambria’s Abigail Sheehan finished third in 20:34.7. BOYS 1, ...

Lady Tigers earn LHAC team title

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Crosby Denis and Megan Ferris won singles matches, and the doubles teams of Nina Meadows and Grace Muriceak at No. 1 and CeCe Williams and Sarah Neatrour at No. 2 won their matches to lead Hollidaysburg to a 4-1 win in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference championship match in high school girls tennis on Thursday. Both teams entered Thursday’s match at 19-0. Taylor Ruhlman won at No. 3 singles for Bedford. “It’s been a great two days for our program with winning the district championship yesterday and the Laurel Highlands championship today,” ...

Claysburg-Kimmel tops Moshannon Valley in 3

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel swept Moshannon Valley, 25-18, 25-16, 25-21, behind 25 service points by Zailee Bush and 22 kills by Emalee Cavender in high school girls volleyball Thursday. Haydyn Lamborn added 18 assists for Claysburg. SERVICE POINTS CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL: Bush 25, Cavender 16. JV: Claysburg-Kimmel, 2-0. Tyrone rolls BELLWOOD — Thanks in part to 14 kills, 13 digs, an ace and a block by Kylee Nelson, Tyrone swept Bellwood-Antis. Madelyn Rockwell added 29 assists and nine digs, and Rylan Crowell had nine kills and two aces. Records: Tyrone (10-5). NBC ...

Positive attitudes lead Lady Tigers to team title

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com STATE COLLEGE — From 2008 through 2018, the Hollidaysburg girls tennis team won 10 out of 11 District 6 Class 3A team championships, but as the sport has grown in the area, so has the competition. Altoona won in 2019, and State College has ...

Third-seed Westmont defeats Red Devils

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com EBENSBURG — Over the past nine seasons, Central Cambria and Westmont Hilltop have been annual combatants in the District 6 Class 2A girls team tennis championship match. The two programs have battled for the team title in every one of the last nine seasons, and Westmont claimed a 5-4 edge in those matches by winning this year’s district title match, 3-2, under sunny skies and brisk temperatures Wednesday afternoon on the Ebensburg Tennis Center Courts. Third-seeded Westmont (10-5) swept both doubles matches to earn the District 6 ...