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Hollidaysburg freshman will play for tennis title

Hollidaysburg Area High School freshman Crosby Denis advanced to the District 4-6 Class 3A Singles Tennis Championship after winning two matches on Tuesday at Summit Athletic Club. Denis, the No. 2 seed, will face top-seeded Addison Lindsay of Central Mountain in the final at noon today at Mansion Park. Denis beat Williamsport’s Kayla Block in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-1, and topped State College’s Joanna Liu, the No. 3 seed, 6-2, 6-0, in the semifinals. Lindsay downed Altoona’s Courtney Irwin in the quarters, 6-0, 6-0, and Hollidaysburg No. 4 seed Megan Ferris in the ...

Ritchey, Ratchford will battle for championship

The top two seeds, Julia Ritchey of Central and Marley Ratchford of Central Cambria, advanced into the District 6 Class 2A individual girls tennis championship Monday at Mansion Park. Ritchey and Ratchford will meet for the 2A title on Wednesday at noon back at Mansion Park. The two played a match last week with Ritchey coming out on top. Lydia Paskoski, Ratchford’s Central Cambria teammate, won two matches to make it to the semifinals before falling to Ritchey. Central’s Brooklyn Coppersmith won a Round of 16 matchup before falling in the quarterfinals. The start of the ...

Stroup helps Lady Spikers get the win

Altoona outlasted Central Dauphin, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21, 18-25, 15-13, thanks to 16 kills, 16 digs and a pair of aces from Sydney Stroup in high school girls volleyball on Monday. Sami Page added 27 assists and eight digs, and Aunye Counsman had 33 digs for the Lady Spikers, who improved to 5-3. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: Treece 11, Counsman 10, Albright 7, Reed 7, Page 6, Saylor 5, Stroup 4, Steinbugl 1, Kline 1 Team records: Altoona (5-3); Central Dauphin (3-4) JV: Central Dauphin, 25-15, 25-14. Jr. high: Altoona lost to Hunt. (A), 25-16, 25-18; Altoona B won 25-22, ...

Bellwood-Antis volleyball team captures tourney

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis won the 16-team Bellwood-Antis High School Girls Volleyball Invitational on Saturday. Bellwood edged Clarion-Limestone in the championship match, 26-24. Bellwood went 5-1 in pool play, then won the Gold Bracket, which had Bishop Carroll and United along with Clarion Limestone. Ava Patton was Bellwood’s MVP for the tourney. Bishop Guilfoyle fell to Mifflin County, 25-6, in the Silver Bracket semifinals after beating Mount Union, 25-18. In pool play, BG split with Williamsburg, 25-27, 25-15, and Mount Union, 14-25, 25-20, defeated Juniata Valley, 25-23, ...

Central girls tennis picks up 10th win of season

MARTINSBURG — The Central High School girls tennis team edged Central Cambria, 3-2, behind singles wins by Julia Ritchey and Ashlyn Renner on Thursday. Zoe Grill and Kate Dunn won at No. 1 doubles for Central, which improved to 10-4. Lillian Tanako and Taryn Ream won at No. 2 doubles, and Lydia Paskowski won a singles match for the Lady Devils. The loss dropped CC to 11-4. SINGLES: 1, Ritchey, C, def. Ratchford, 6-4, 6-2; 2, Paskowski, CC, def. Coppersmith, 6-4, 6-4; 3, Renner, C, def. Morgan, 6-4, 6-2. DOUBLES: 1, Grill-Dunn, CC, def. Heinzeroth-Stock, 6-0, 6-1; 2, ...

Lady Tigers up mark to 8-1

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Area girls volleyball team swept Bellwood-Antis, 25-19, 25-13, 25-23, Thursday night behind 11 service points by Emily Clapper. Drew Kordish reached 1,000 career assists for the Lady Tigers (8-1), Lucy Stanek had 12 kills and Lexi McLanahan finished with 16 digs. SERVICE POINTS HOLLIDAYSBURG: Kordish 7, L. Stanek 9, Clapper 11, McGinnis 9, McLanahan 4, Lenhart 1, N. Stanek 1. Records: Hollidaysburg (8-1). JV: Hollidaysburg, 26-16, 25-22. C-K triumphs CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel topped Southern Huntingdon, 25-12, 25-19, 23-25, 25-11, ...