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Focht’s victory important for Blue Devils in wrestling win

BELLWOOD — Chase Focht scored a 9-6 decision over Jordan Free for Bellwood-Antis at 172 to help the Blue Devils beat Northern Bedford, 30-28, Thursday night in boys high school wrestling action. B-A picked up falls from Tanner McElravy and Sean McFarland. The Panthers received pins from Nolin Snider, Knox Dibert and Kace Clapper. 215–Snider, NBC, pinned Sneath, :42. 285–Dibert, NBC, pinned Grager, 4:42; 107–Hewitt, BA, tech fall Baker, 22-5, 4:30; 114–Guyer, BA, major dec. Dutchcot, 11-2. 121–Double forfeit. 127–McElravy, BA, pinned Leighty, 1:18. 133–McFarland, BA, ...

Gerwert, Sloey lead B-A hoops to victory

BELLEFONTE — Lilly Gerwert and Isabella Sloey led the way for Bellwood-Antis with 19 points apiece in a 67-25 victory over Bellefonte Thursday night in high school girls basketball action. Marissa Cacciotti knocked down three 3-pointers and totaled 13 points for the Lady Blue Devils which led 45-17 at halftime. BELLWOOD-ANTIS (67): L. Gerwert 9 0-0 19, Sweigert 1 0-0 3, Cacciotti 5 0-0 13, Sloey 8 1-1 19, Hammond 1 0-0 3, Plummer 0 2-2 2, Conlon 1 0-0 3, Johnsonbaugh 0 1-2 1, Walker 0 0-0 0, A. Gerwert 1 0-1 2, Pennington 0 0-0 0, Dey 1 0-0 2. Totals — 27 4-6 67. BELLEFONTE (25): ...

Winning shot hit by Wagner keys Altoona

There haven’t been a lot of feel-good moments for the Altoona boys basketball team in the AAHS Fieldhouse the last few seasons, but Wednesday was certainly one of them. Trailing by two with 14 seconds left, senior Chris Wagner drained a corner 3-pointer, and the Mountain Lions survived two ...

Eagles capture tight hoops game with CHS during trying times

MARTINSBURG — Tyrone boys basketball coach Luke Rhoades was a target of social media drama from earlier this week surrounding the Golden Eagle football program. Rhoades, who serves as the school’s athletic director, found an escape through the negativity on Wednesday evening when the ...

Golden Tiger swimmers get sweep

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg won both the boys and girls meets against Altoona in high school swimming action on Wednesday. Margaret Bandstra won both the 200-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley in leading the Hollidaysburg girls to a 107-63 victory. The Lady Tigers improved to ...