The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders are a contender to reach the PIAA Class 3A boys basketball tournament state championship game at Hershey’s Giant Center in 12 days. A quick start out of the gates for BG in Saturday afternoon’s 62-43 PIAA first-round victory over Ligonier Valley at ...
LORETTO — If there’s one thing that challenging times have taught the Penn Cambria girls basketball team this season to build on, it’s been one very important characteristic. “What allows us to be successful is just toughness,” Penn Cambria coach Josh Himmer said. “A lot of things ...
SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP — The Northern Bedford girls basketball team trailed Aquinas Academy by one point after the first quarter on Saturday. The second stanza proved to be the unfortunate undoing of the Lady Panthers as they managed just one field goal and four foul shots. On the flip side, ...
EBENSBURG — Bishop Carroll Catholic, common knowledge holds, dealt with a tough stretch through the 2½ weeks that led up to the PIAA Class 1A girls basketball playoffs. Junior Adelyn Myers admitted the Lady Huskies struggled to not take DuBois Central Catholic seriously early in their ...
Altoona Area High School junior Gavin Ciampoli became the first Mountain Lion wrestler in 52 years to win a state championship with a gold medal performance in Hershey on Saturday. Ciampoli decisioned West Scranton senior Tommy Schechterly, 9-3, in the Class 3A 160-pound championship match at ...
Four area girls and one boys basketball teams opened the PIAA playoffs on Saturday with victories. In Class 1A girls, the Bishop Guilfoyle Lady Marauders routed Otto-Eldred, 71-30, Bishop Carroll beat DuBois Central Catholic, 47-30, and Williamsburg topped Serra Catholic, 60-36. In Class 4A ...
