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Lady Tigers win LHAC swim title

SOMERSET — The Hollidaysburg Area High School girls swim team finished 11-0 in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference and claimed the team championship with a 105-65 win over Somerset on Monday. Addison Smith won the 200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle, and Jackie Bevan won the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle for the Lady Tigers The Hollidaysburg boys prevailed 96-66 with Andrew Shanafelt (200 freestyle and 100 butterfly), Charlie Pollock (200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke) and Kaden Henderson (50 freestyle and 100 backstroke) each winning two individual ...

Sipes sets new mark at AAHS

Lions place second From Mirror reports MILL HALL — Altoona senior Luke Sipes became his school’s career leader in wrestling victories Saturday with a pair of falls in the Mountain Lions’ District 6 Class 3A duals. Altoona defeated Mifflin County, 41-26, with the help of Sipes’ ...

Central makes history with win

MARTINSBURG — Bryer Mickel pinned Marion Center’s Landon Spence in the second period to lift Central to a 34-32 victory in high school wrestling action on Thursday. The win was Central’s 19th of the season and set a school record for most wins in a single season. Ty Matthews and Carsen Mowery also won by fall to help Central get to within 32-28 after trailing 32-16, and Kaden Horn won by major decision. 133—Brady Haggerty, MC, over Joel Morris, (Fall 2:39) 139—Griffin Tinsman, MC, over Jeremiah Hart, (Fall 2:47) 145—Kaden Horn, C, over Josh Schleicher, MC, (MD 12-3) ...

AAHS rolls over under-the-weather Millionaires

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com With the District 6 Class 3A dual meet and postseason tournaments on the very near horizon, it’s important that a wrestling team like the one at Altoona Area High School gets sufficient mat time against live competition. In that respect, the ...

Scarlet Dragons bounced by McCort in quarters

JOHNSTOWN — Sixth-seeded Central lost 75-0 to Bishop McCort Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the District 6 Class 2A dual-meet championships in high school wrestling. The Dragons slipped past 11th-seeded Mount Union in the first round, 41-35. Against the Trojans, the Dragons’ Bryer Mickel (127), Thaide Mickel (152) and Blair Miller (215) all won by pins, while Cody Clapper (189) logged a technical fall victory. CENTRAL 41, MOUNT UNION 35 127–B. Mickel, C, pinned Shugart, 0:44; 133–Morris, C, won by forfeit; 139–Hess, MU, pinned McClellan, 2:21; 145–Horn, C, won ...

Scott earns runner-up

MORRISDALE — Tyrone’s Kyle Scott made it to the Ultimate Warrior finals at 189 pounds but fell to Bald Eagle Area’s Caleb Close, 8-1, to lose by decision at West Branch High School on Saturday. In other area matches, Hollidaysburg’s Mitchell Baronner defeated Tyrone’s Kyle Suhoney by major decision, 8-0, to finish seventh with Suhoney in eighth at 172 pounds. Baronner’s teammate, Connor Sidney, pinned Canton’s Levi Vemiliya in 3:40 to place seventh at 107 pounds. Hollidaysburg’s Landon Krupka (121) and Braydin Sidney (114) finished eighth as did Cambria Heights’ ...