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Marauders boys golf team opens season with tourney title

Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s boys golf team opened the season by winning its own Park Hills Invitational on Thursday with a 10-under best-ball round of 60 at Park Hills Golf Course. Grant Okonak, who finished third individually with a 2-over par score of 72, Carter Boland, Aidan Sheehan and ...

D6 Class 1A football will have different look

LOYSBURG — A year ago, Juniata Valley and Claysburg-Kimmel met in the District 6 Class 1A semifinals with a shot at playing at Mansion Park for a district title on the line. That won’t happen in 2026. A major shakeup in Class 1A within the district added Bishop McCort Catholic Academy to ...

Heritage Conference teams hoping to raise the level

PATTON — A year ago, the District 6 high school football champions in all three lower classifications came from the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference. Penn Cambria won Class 3A, Richland took the 2A title, and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy won in Class 1A. But there’s still plenty of hope ...

New West Branch football coach hoping to turn program around

LOYSBURG — The Inter-County Conference held its annual high school football media day at Northern Bedford County High School on Wednesday, and there were plenty of new faces leading programs along with other teams entering the season with big expectations. One of those teams — ...

Putting in the work

Landon Simala of Portage Area High School competes in the big man competition on Saturday at Richland High School in Johnstown, while Northern Bedford’s Trace Baker (right) looks for a receiver in 7-on-7 drills. The teams were two of 16 taking part in summer football activities. Mirror ...

Bill’s definition of public school is concerning

STATE COLLEGE — House Bill 41 was not discussed at length at the PIAA’s summer meeting on Wednesday at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, but the notes regarding PIAA Executive Director Mark Byers’ meetings with various advisory committees provided a possible clue into an eventual ...