Gavin Ciampoli, like generations of the program’s gold medal hopefuls before him, has looked up daily to the wall at the Altoona Area High School with the two names who have won state titles in wrestling: - Brad Benson (1973) - Steve Maurey (1974) “I’ve always wanted to put my name up ...
McKEESPORT — Williamsburg girls basketball coach Angela Detwiler gathered her team in just before the Lady Blue Pirates took the court against WPIAL champion Serra Catholic on Saturday in the first round of the PIAA Class 1A playoffs and told them to take it to the Lady Eagles from the first ...
The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Lady Marauders have won two straight PIAA Class 1A girls basketball championships, and they showed Saturday afternoon at the Pleasant Valley gymnasium that it will take a Herculean effort by a great team to prevent BG from making it three state titles in a row ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — On an afternoon when the defense played well enough to get the team a win, the offense belonging to the Hollidaysburg Lady Tigers did not, and it was a matter of you can’t have one thing without the other. Trinity definitely had the one thing and that was its long-range ...
The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders are a contender to reach the PIAA Class 3A boys basketball tournament state championship game at Hershey’s Giant Center in 12 days. A quick start out of the gates for BG in Saturday afternoon’s 62-43 PIAA first-round victory over Ligonier Valley at ...
LORETTO — If there’s one thing that challenging times have taught the Penn Cambria girls basketball team this season to build on, it’s been one very important characteristic. “What allows us to be successful is just toughness,” Penn Cambria coach Josh Himmer said. “A lot of things ...
