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High school football: Week 2

FRIDAY Central Dauphin (0-1) at Altoona (0-1), 7 Notable: Altoona hasn’t beaten Central Dauphin since it returned to the Mid-Penn. Its last win was in 2009. Bedford (1-0) at Clearfield (0-1), 7 Notable: Since 2020, the series is tied 2-2, but Bison have won the last two meetings, ...

Williamsburg runners take top spots at tri-meet

MARTINSBURG — Williamsburg’s Tanner Ross and April Isenberg were the big winners in a meet with Northern Bedford and Central on Wednesday afternoon in high school cross country action. Ross won the boys race in 18:53 while Isenberg finished first in the girls race in 24:13. Williamsburg’s boys beat Central (15-50) but lost 17-19 to Northern Bedford. Chas Corle was NBC’s top runner, taking second in 19:27. Josh Walter finished fifth for Central in 24:06. For the girls, Williamsburg took the top four spots. NBC’s Lilly Miller was fifth (27:30). BOYS 1, Ross, W, 18:53; 2, ...

Rossi, Batzel, Koontz ADs going into HOF

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors’ Hall of Fame recently announced the addition of three familiar names from the Mirror coverage area to its list of honorees: Dean Rossi, Jeff Batzel and Brian Koontz. Rossi, the former Hollidaysburg Area Athletic Director who passed away in 2015, along with Northern Bedford’s Batzel and Everett’s Koontz, will be inducted at a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the University of Pittsburgh. Rossi served as AD at Hollidaysburg for 25 years and as a part-time athletic director at Huntingdon for two years. He also served at the District 6 ...

Tyrone’s Smearman totals 4 goals for boys soccer team

TYRONE — Ned Smearman scored four goals to go with three from Tytus Novak and two each from Miles Smearman and Ethan Myers in Tyrone’s 14-0 win over Philipsburg-Osceola in high school boys soccer Wednesday. Novak also had three assists to go with two from Noah Gulvas for Tyrone ...

Lady Eagles tennis above .500 mark

HUNTINGDON — The Tyrone girls tennis team improved to 3-2 on Wednesday, thanks to a 4-0 win over Huntingdon in high school play. The Lady Eagles got singles wins from Ezri Bumgarner and Jocelyn Diel. They also earned doubles victories from the tandems of Cassidy Fleck-Grace Zimmerman and Cassie Behrer-Addison Davis. SINGLES: 1, Bumgarner, T, def. Boonie, 6-0, 6-0; 2, Diehl, T, def. Stapleton, 6-0, 6-1 DOUBLES: 1, Fleck-Zimmerman, T, def. Weller-Wiser, 6-0, 6-1; 2, Behrer-Davis, T, def. Huang-Dolan, 6-0, 6-1 Records: Huntingdon (0-5); Tyrone (3-2). Central picks up No. ...

Big test awaits BG football team

After watching his team open its 2026 season with a 46-14 Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference mercy-rule victory over Penns Valley last Friday night at Hollidaysburg’s Tiger Stadium, Bishop Guilfoyle Academy coach Justin Wheeler realizes that the sledding will get much tougher for the ...