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Bishop Carroll, Central Cambria get Cambria County basketball first-teamers

JOHNSTOWN — Bishop Carroll and Central Cambria each placed one player on both the boys and girls Cambria County Basketball Coaches Association All-County First Team. BC’s Jace Casses and Central Cambria’s JD Brouse made the boys first team, while BC’s Emily Lucko and CC’s Katie George were on the girls first team. Penn Cambria’s Caden Gibbons made the boys second team, and CC’s Brayden Swope was on the third team. BC’s Ben Kirsch and PC’s Landon Semelsberger were honorable mention picks, and Portage’s Tyson Burkett was the freshman of the year. Cambria Heights’ ...

Seventh-inning heroics spark Claysburg-Kimmel baseball

ORBISONIA — Claysburg-Kimmel scored four runs in the top of the seventh on Saturday to record an 8-7 come-from-behind win over Southern Huntingdon in high school baseball action. Gavin Treon had three hits and two RBIs for the Bulldogs (2-0), who also got two hits and two RBIs from Dustin ...

Williamsburg shows it belongs among elite girls basketball programs

HERSHEY — There weren’t very many dry eyes on the Williamsburg side after Friday’s 39-36 loss to Delco Christian in the PIAA Class 1A championship. There were many tears after coming up so close, and it was almost as excruciating for the Lady Pirates to watch the Knights receive gold ...

Williamsburg girls basketball seniors leave mark on program

HERSHEY — After finishing fourth in the District 6 Class 1A tournament last month, the Williamsburg Lady Pirates went on a state tournament playoff run in March that would force everybody else to sit up and take notice. The Lady Pirates knocked off Serra Catholic, Elk County Catholic and ...

Tigers tennis team shuts down Wildcats to keep perfect early record

The Hollidaysburg boys tennis team improved to 3-0 on Friday, defeating Central Mountain 5-0 in high school action played indoors at the Summit Tennis and Athletic Club. The Golden Tigers earned singles victories from Garrett Bouchard, Felix Xu and Michael Waibel, while the doubles teams of Aamir Azad and Jacob Sidney, along with Alex Arbogast and Cooper McAleer, took home wins. It was Central Mountain’s first loss (2-1). SINGLES: 1, Bouchard, H, def. McCluskey, 6-0, 6-2; 2, Xu, H, def. Brinker, 7-6, 6-0; 3, Waibel, H, def. Spedding, 6-0, 6-1. DOUBLES: 1, Azaad-Sidne, H, def. ...

A strong afternoon for Red Devil programs

EBENSBURG — An 11-run first inning helped the Central Cambria High School softball team dominate Cambria Heights, 17-5, in five innings on Friday. Camryn Matlin went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Lady Devils, Avery Biter drove in two runs, and Kaydence Sinclair and Bailee Saylor each drove in a pair. Rowyn Ruddek earned the win. Hallie Hayes had three hits and three RBIs for Heights. SCORE BY INNINGS Cambria Heights 0 20 12X X— 5 6 1 Central Cambria (11)05 1XX X—17 8 2 2B—Kountz, Hayes, Kelly (CH); Biter, Scott (CC). RBI—Hayes 3, Kelly, Ivory (CH); Matlin 3, ...