JOHNSTOWN —
Soccer
Local players named all-state
Four area scholastic soccer players will be honored during the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association awards banquet on Saturday at the Harrisburg/Hershey Holiday Inn.
Two area girls players and two area boys players were named to the PSCA all-state team.
Conemaugh Township senior Cody Aurandt and Richland senior Dylan Horne were PSCA all-state boys selections.
Richland’s Elly Colvin and Windber’s Amber Wozny were PSCA all-state girls picks.
The Class A, Class AA and Class AAA boys and girls state championship teams also will be honored during the banquet.
Basketball
Penn Highlands wins nail-biter
Pennsylvania Highlands (6-11) defeated Butler County Community College 97-95 with a 3-pointer at the buzzer by former Shade standout Tyler Smith.
Playing with only six active players, the Black Bears held off the hot-shooting Pioneers as they blistered the 3-point line by hitting 16 from behind the arc in the game.
All six players scored for Pennsylvania Highlands Community College.
Martez Redfearn led the Black Bears with 44 points followed by Smith’s 19. Joel Kaminsky, also a Shade graduate, added 14 points and Tyrell Williams (Greater Johnstown) had 10.
Roller Skating
Mother, daughter earn medals
Kath Frombach of Johnstown and her daughter, Karissa Jean Miller, fared well at the Winter Invitational Roller Skating Meet in Reading on Jan 15-16.
Frombach, a member of the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame, won the Classic Ladies gold medal.
Miller won gold medals in the Primary Girls Figures and Solo Dance categories. Miller also won a silver in Juvenile B Girls Figures and a bronze in the Tot’s Girls Figures.
Sports
Local sports briefs 1-26-2011
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Pirates pick up fourth straight victory
There were times earlier in his career when James McDonald would run into trouble and innings would slow to a crawl. Even worse, runners would disappear, and not in a good way.
Too much thinking. Not enough attacking. -
AAABA League will open after busy offseason
The AAABA League opens on Tuesday at Point Stadium with two new, but familiar managers, a new but familiar sponsor, an expanded interleague schedule and two new franchises committed to the 2013 season.
A lot of activity took place during the offseason, including the AAABA national committee’s vote to expand the age limit to 21 years old beginning in 2013. -
AAABA League Preview
A look at this season's Johnstown AAABA League:
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2012 AAABA League schedule
A look at this season's schedule:
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2011 AAABA in Review
A look back at the 2011 AAABA season:
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Sympathetic Pirates add to Cubs’ slide
Andrew McCutchen and the Pittsburgh Pirates can relate to what the Chicago Cubs are going through.
Perhaps more than anyone, they know what it feels like to be on an extended losing streak
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Richland's Lumley settles for pair of silver medals
Paige Lumley was on an emotional roller coaster and seeing silver on Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
The Richland senior had state record jumps twice during the triple jump competition, but ended up with a silver–medal leap of 40 feet,
1¾ inches.
Defending state champion, second-seeded junior Lanae Newsome of Brookville, won with a jump of 40-3½. -
Ridge’s Dull takes second with school-record time
Matt Dull finished his athletic career with his best on Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
The Chestnut Ridge senior ran a career-best time of 38.12 to finish second in the 300 hurdles final, also setting another school record. -
Hit batsman lifts Pirates over Cubs
Matt Hague was hit by a pitch from Rafael Dolis with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their 11th straight loss with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.
Hague took a 96 mph fastball from Dolis (2-4) in the back near the shoulder blade, scoring Jose Tabata and eliciting an incredulous look to the sky by the Cubs reliever. -
Generals return to defeat Sting
It’s been a dramatic month for the Johnstown Generals.
There were two postponed games that left the immediate and long-term future of the franchise in serious doubt just two weeks ago. - More Sports Headlines
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