The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys and Williamsburg girls punched their tickets to the PIAA final four with victories on Saturday, while the BG girls and Penn Cambria girls were eliminated. The BG boys survived against Westmont Hilltop by prevailing, 50-46, in overtime at Claysburg-Kimmel ...
The Altoona Area High School girls basketball team is headed to the PIAA semifinals. The Lady Lions outlasted Cardinal O'Hara, 38-37, in overtime on Friday in the PIAA Class 6A girls quarterfinals at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Altoona will play Dallastown in the semis on Monday. Read the full details in the weekend Mirror.
MECHANICSBURG — Earlier this week, Altoona girls basketball coach Chris Fleegle sought advice from legendary Delone Catholic basketball coach Gerry Eckenrode, who reached 700 career wins earlier this season. Fleegle asked for guidance on how to pull off an upset such as the one his team ...
KITTANNING — The Central Cambria girls basketball team enjoyed a wonderful season and many special accomplishments, but the Lady Red Devils saw things end with a thud in the second half of their PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal game with WPIAL champion and defending state runners-up Shady Side ...
SATURDAY GIRLS PIAA CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS Teams: 7-1 Oakland Catholic Eagles (23-2) vs. 6-1 Penn Cambria Lady Panthers (21-5) Site, time: Armstrong H.S., Kittanning, 3 p.m. The coaches: Oakland Catholic — Henry Schechter. Penn Cambria — Josh Himmer. Playoff path: Oakland Catholic ...
JOHNSTOWN — The cruelty of a great championship game being as tightly and as well contested as it can possibly be, is that in the end a team has to win and another has to lose. While both goalies were terrific and both sides were even, two third-period goals were the back breaker for the ...
