HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg and Altoona Area girls basketball teams had not played in a week or more when the two met up Thursday night to make up a game that had been postponed from earlier this month. Both had won their respective District 6 titles in 6A and 5A, respectively. It ...
Tyrone’s Kyle Scott is entering the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional Wrestling Tournament looking to cross off another goal on his bucket list. Scott has finished second at the regional tournament twice. He was the runner-up as a freshman and last year as a junior, when he was waging ...
JOHNSTOWN — Northern Bedford got off to a slow start in its District 5 Class 1A championship game against top-seeded Southern Fulton on Thursday at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s SportsCenter — and Bailey Hull made sure they never recovered. The Southern Fulton freshman, ...
PIAA 2A Southwest Regional 107 POUNDS: Finalists: Kooper Deputy, Chestnut Ridge vs. Mason Keesecker, Derry Area. Champion: Deputy. Comment: Central’s Ty Matthews will have to clear some big hurdles, including a possible semifinal against Keesecker. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Patrick Bulger, Derry Area vs. Carter Ickes, Chestnut Ridge. Champion: Bulger. Comment: West Branch’s Will Edwards could wrestle Ickes in the semifinals. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Keegan Bassett, Bishop McCort vs. Max Dinges, Penns Valley. Champion: Bassett. Comment: Dinges will probably wrestle Tussey Mountain’s ...
WINGATE — The Williamsburg Lady Pirates have faced a lot of adversity recently, but head coach Angela Detwiler and her players are adopting a glass half-full approach. With star junior post Levada Gorsuch sidelined with an ankle injury, the significantly undersized Lady Pirates played with the heart of a lion Thursday night in their District 6 Class 1A third-place consolation game against Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy at the Bald Eagle Area High School gymnasium. In a matchup in which both teams, win or lose, were guaranteed to move on to next week’s PIAA state tournament, both ...
CLAYSBURG — Sometimes in a basketball game, you just run into a team that just shoots the lights out. During its District 6 Class 2A boys basketball consolation game Thursday night against No. 4 Northern Cambria, second seed Claysburg-Kimmel ran into that perfect storm bringing a historic season to sudden halt. The Colts’ Parker Shutty and Zachary Cavallo combined for 41 points as they upset the Bulldogs, 60-46, to clinch their spot in the PIAA postseason. “They’re two very good shooters,” Northern Cambria coach Clint Gochnour said. “Parker can hit from anywhere from the ...
