CLAYSBURG — Defense and grit often make the difference in high school basketball playoff games — especially when those games go into overtime. Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys basketball coach Ryan Lestochi said that his Marauders team prides itself on cultivating an aura of mental ...
CLAYSBURG — It’s been readily apparent all winter that it would take a superlative effort by a very good team — and perhaps, a great player — to stop the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Lady Marauders from winning their third consecutive PIAA Class 1A girls basketball championship this ...
Due to stormy weather concerns in the eastern part of the state, the Altoona-Dallastown PIAA Class 6A girls basketball semifinal matchup, scheduled for Monday night at Big Spring High School in Newville, was postponed to Tuesday. The game will now be the second game of a doubleheader at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Chambersburg Area High School. The Bishop Guilfoyle and Trinity boys will play in the opener at 6 p.m. in a Class 3A semifinal. Six other PIAA semifinal games scheduled for Monday were moved to tonight, including the other 6A girls game between Archbishop Carroll and Upper Dublin in ...
KITTANNING — Penn Cambria knew from the outset it faced a stiff challenge in its PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal-round game against Oakland Catholic on Saturday at Armstrong Junior-Senior High School. Josie Fontana, the 6-foot-3 senior, personified most of that challenge. “They’re a great ...
TONIGHT PIAA CLASS 1A GIRLS SEMIFINALS Teams: 6-3 Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy Lady Wolves (27-3) vs. 6-4 Williamsburg Lady Blue Pirates (25-5) Site, time: Altoona Area High School Fieldhouse, Altoona, 7:30 p.m. The coaches: Saint Joseph’s—Bethany Irwin. Williamsburg— Angela ...
Tickets for the 2026 Altoona Mirror Classic are available for advance purchase weekdays at the Mirror, 301 Cayuga Ave., Altoona, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by calling Autumn Feather at 814-946-7485 or emailing afeather@altoonamirror.com; and at Penn State Altoona beginning at 5:30 p.m. March ...
