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Hollidaysburg gets a pair of winners in Altoona Middle School Championships

Hollidaysburg had a pair of champions at the Altoona Middle School Championships held Saturday at Mansion Park. Mason Kephart won the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:24.93, and Layla Budny claimed the shot put title with a throw of 36 feet, 2.75 inches. Two other local boys won championships. Central Cambria’s Roman Forcellini sprinted to the 100 dash championship in 12.06 seconds, and Spring Cove’s Brayden Bartley won the 400 dash in 53.98 seconds. KEY: Nittany Christian (NC); Altoona (A); Bald Eagle Area (BEA); Beaty-Warren (BW); Bedford (B); Bellefonte (BF); Belleville ...

Tyrone, Central baseball eye runs as lower seeds

The two Mirror core coverage area high school baseball teams which have won PIAA championships most recently — Central and Tyrone — both will enter the District 6 Class 3A playoffs as less than ideal seeds. But baseball is the one sport where that hasn’t mattered much over the ...

Claysburg hopes to regain fire

A year ago, Claysburg-Kimmel was the only team from the Mirror’s core coverage area to win a District 6 championship in high school softball, and the Lady Bulldogs have been near the top if not at the top among all area teams during coach Mike Barbarini’s 26-year tenure. Claysburg enters ...

I got it!

Hollidaysburg catcher Braden Hatch tracks a pop-up from Altoona’s Lucas Gority during the Golden Tigers’ 5-1 win in high school baseball on Friday in Hollidaysburg. See the game story here. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Hollidaysburg gets pitching, hitting in beating Lions

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Over the past few years, Hollidaysburg has established itself as one of the finest Class 5A baseball programs in the state. The Golden Tigers are just two seasons removed from the program’s first-ever appearance in a PIAA baseball state championship game, and this ...

Hartman pitches Golden Tigers to baseball win over Eagles

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Winning pitcher Cole Hartman went the distance with five strikeouts to lead Hollidaysburg to a 3-1 win over Bald Eagle Area Thursday in high school baseball action. Mason Mierley led the way with two runs batted in, while Braden Hatch smacked two hits for the Golden Tigers. BALD EAGLE AREA (1): White rf 300, Hosband ss 301, Irion 1b 311, Runkle cf 302, Dipka 3b 301, Clark lf 301, Bucha dh 200, Jones p 000, Stimer c 200, Johnson 2b 200. Totals – 24-1-6. HOLLIDAYSBURG (3): Banks rf 110, Mierley ss 301, McGough 2b 301, Hartman p 200, Rossman 1b 301, Phillips cf 300, ...