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H.S. Basketball Preview Capsules: District 5-6 3A girls and District 6 3A boys

TONIGHT DISTRICT 5-6 CLASS 3A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP Teams: Cambria Heights Lady Highlanders (16-8) vs. Central Cambria Lady Devils (19-6) Site, time: Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, 6 p.m. The coaches: Cambria Heights — Eric Thomas; Central Cambria — Brittany Bracken Playoff path: Cambria Heights — def. Central, 40-31, in the quarterfinals; def. Marion Center, 35-32, in the semifinals. Central Cambria — def. Philipsburg-Osceola, 54-10, in the quarterfinals; def. Penns Valley, 52-37, in the semifinals. Probable starting lineups: Cambria Heights — PG Kinley Rogal, sr.; G ...

Altoona girls basketball tops rivals in state playoff tuneup

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 ...

Regional wrestling title on Scott’s wish list

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 ...

NBC girls can’t make up deficit in D5 finals loss

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 Class 2A Southwest Wrestling Regional — Todd Irwin’s wrestling picks

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 ...

Lady Pirates nearly win, despite no Gorsuch in lineup

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 ...