Hall of Fame welcomes nominations

May 13, 2023

The Blair County Sports Hall of Fame is seeking nominations of individuals and teams to be considered for its next induction (April 13, 2024). Nominations of individuals and teams should be accompanied by documentation of achievements that would include newspaper articles, information from colleges or professional teams and statistics pulled from websites. Criteria: 1) Individuals must be born or lived in Blair County, 2) The individual (or team) has achieved national, regional or statewide recognition in their respective sport; 3) The individual must be retired from his ...

Sports at a glance

May 13, 2023

Dragons fall to McKeesport MARTINSBURG — The Central High School boys volleyball team fell to 0-15 Friday night with a 25-23, 8-25, 25-15, 15-25, 15-10 loss to McKeesport. Central got 20 digs, 11 service points and nine kills from Bryson Books to go with Logan Hummel’s 31 assists, 10 digs and nine service points. Christian Cherry added 15 digs and seven kills alongside Christian Heuston’s eight kills. SERVICE POINTS CENTRAL: Brooks 11, Heuston 10, Hummel 9, Daugherty 5, Cherry 4, Reynolds 2, Kocsis 1, Myers 1 Team records: McKeesport (2-8), Central (0-15) JV: No match

Golden Tiger boys advance to title match with State

May 10, 2023

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Area High School boys tennis team has had a fabulous season, winning 18 of its 19 matches and earning a berth in the District 4-6 Class 3A team championship match for the third straight spring. The only order of business left for the Golden Tigers to complete now is to travel to State College this afternoon and reclaim the district team championship that the Little Lions took from them last year. Second-seeded Hollidaysburg trimmed third-seeded Altoona, 4-1 in the tournament semifinals at the Golden ...

Hollidaysburg gets sweep at ML meet

May 10, 2023

From Mirror reports BELLEFONTE — Hollidaysburg captured both the boys and girls titles in the Mountain League Track and Field Championships on Tuesday at Bellefonte Area High School. Isaac Yarnell won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and Caden DeLattre won the long jump and triple jump for the Hollidaysburg boys, who also got wins from Nathan Grabill in the high jump and Carter Belton-Ruiz in the javelin. The Hollidaysburg girls swept all three relays, and Elizabeth Frazier (100 dash) and Aubree Waksmonski (400 dash) won individual events. Reagan Irons won both the triple and ...

Lions triumph

May 9, 2023

Altoona honored its five seniors — Garrett Baumgartner, Dustin Baughman, Landen Fisher, Zach Ronan and Brock Winters — and then went out and beat Central Dauphin East, 20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-9, in high school boys volleyball action at the AAHS Fieldhouse on Monday. Baumgartner led Altoona with 12 kills, Fisher had four kills and two blocks, Sam Kessinger delivered 27 assists, and Noah Fries contributed nine kills and seven digs. SERVICE POINTS ALTOONA: Baumgartner 19, Kessinger 12, Winters 6, N. Fries 6, Fisher 5, C. Fries 2. Team records: CD East (1-15); Altoona ...

Central boys volleyball team defeated

May 6, 2023

DERRY — The Central High School boys volleyball team fell to 0-14 Friday night after losing to Derry, 25-11, 25-11, 25-14. Christian Heuston had four digs and three kills to go with 11 digs and two blocks from Christian Cherry for the Scarlet Dragons. Teammate Logan Hummel added seven assists. Derry improved to 10-4 with the victory. SERVICE POINTS CENTRAL: Brooks 3, Cherry 1, Myers 1, Daugherty 1 Records: Central (0-14). JV: Derry, 25-15, 25-8