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Nick Baum of Roaring Spring won The College Prep series held at The Links at Gettysburg course on July 22 and 23. Baum was the leader through the first round, shooting two under through 10 holes. The back nine proved a little trickier, but he held his own finishing for a first-place tie shooting a 74. Day two was a tough battle between him and his two other teammates, but Baum ended up capturing the title. Baum finished the tournament with one eagle and four birdies. Baum took his chances when...
Spring Cove Jr. High Boys Basketball finished second in the nine-team 12u division of Hoopsfest. The team composed of (from left) Colby Gojmerac, Landyn Kasun, Brooks Decker and Kaemen Oakes finished with a 5-1 record. All four boys will be seventh graders this coming season at Spring Cove Middle School. The only loss of the day came to Chambersburg 21-19 in the finals. The HoopsFest 3-on-3 basketball tournament held each year on the 4th Saturday of July was always the largest fundraiser for...
My neighbor, Dr. Archie O. Logist, constantly evaluates my column. One recent afternoon he interrupted my lawn mowing to accost me. “Rich, you’re constantly criticizing the game commission. Don’t you have anything good to say about it?” “No. I once had great respect for the commission. But, it and its board members have pretty much thumbed their collective noses at sportsmen to satisfy non-sportsmen’s agendas. The list is extensive. “I have written about their disdain for sportsmen while catering to game hogs with their brown-and-dow...
Skunks are common animals, especially in town where they have many places to hide and where they have reliable food sources. They are beautiful animals with lovely fur coats. Unfortunately, they smell, well, like skunks. This past winter Donna had to let her little dog, Sage, out during the night to take care of “business.” However, after taking care of business, Sage was sprayed by a skunk before making it back into the house. Donna gathered some Dawn dishwashing liquid and other cleansers, and we de-scented the dog. Several rugs where we had...
Hundreds of basketball players and fans descended on Altoona Saturday for Hoopsfest. Two hundred teams from six states were entered in the three-on-three competition. This is the 21st year for the annual event. The first 19 years were in Tyrone. This year's theme was "Elevate." "HoopsFest continues to solidify its position as the go-to three-on-three basketball destination in the state," said Founder Jim Kilmartin. "We are thrilled that, for the second year in a row, downtown Altoona will...
Spring Cove won the six-day 12u Spring Cove Youth Baseball tournament on July 6 by defeating Bellwood Antis 7-6 in the championship game. Spring Cove finished the tournament undefeated with wins over Williamsburg, Mount Union, Hollidaysburg and Bellwood-Antis. Team members are (front row, from left)Cam Heck, Rory Martin, Troy Marks, Ethan Baker, Owen Clark; (second row, from left)Brooks Decker, Kaemen Oakes, Colby Gojmerac, Jack Hetrick, Landyn Kasun, and Talon Deihl....
Note: This article was originally printed in the May 29, 2008, edition of the Herald. It is being reprinted in honor of Williamsburg’s recent celebration of 125 years of graduates. Exactly 50 years to the day that the Blue Pirates’ baseball team won the Blair County League with a 6-1 victory over Hollidaysburg, Williamsburg school officials on Saturday, May 14, honored WHS’s “Triple Crown” winners from the 1957-58 school year. The day was also declared “Sam Fonzi Day” in Williamsburg. Mr. Fonzi was the coach of the football and baseball team...
HoopsFest, the largest outdoor 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Pennsylvania, is back again for its 21st year. This year’s tournament is scheduled for Saturday, July 22. Known for its excellence in youth and adult 3-on-3 basketball, HoopsFest attracts players from across Pennsylvania and nine other states. This year the speakers will match the excellence on the court. John James, an original member of Newsboys, is set to attend and speak along with Johnny Moore. John James joined the Newsboys as lead vocalist around 1985; he stayed with the News...
Josh Dell, a student at Hoover Martial Arts Center in Martinsburg, recently tested for his 1st Degree Black Belt in Okinawa Kenpo Karate and Kobudo. Dell has been training at Hoover Martial Arts Center for nearly 10 years having begun his study of the art at the age of 7. He completed a multi-day testing at the home school in Martinsburg consisting of not only physical technique requirements, but also a question-and-answer session, a written portion, and a thesis on the history of Okinawa...
When I was a young fisherman, the veterans of that long-ago time gradually began to accept me. After all, I was constantly on the stream and occasionally bumped into notable season-long fishermen like Michael “Pike” DiBartolome and Sam Lower, often bugging them about fishing strategies and times to be on the water. A few other “old timers” might not have always been truthful; but when DiBartolome or Lower told me something, it was trout-fishing gospel. One piece of advice these local legends shared more than once was to be on the water as soon...
Living on a farm outside of East Freedom is a young man who has recently contended for a national championship. His name is Aden Dively, and he is just 13 years old and is entering eighth grade at Spring Cove. Aden and his dad are enthusiastic bass fishermen. During the summer they fish for river smallmouths nearly every weekend on a catch-and-release basis. To say that they are successful is an understatement. In fact, Aden has landed smallies over 20 inches long. As if this weren't enough,...
Exploring the possibility of reintroducing American martens to Pennsylvania will include consideration of an additional public survey gauging residents’ opinions on the matter. The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently developed the draft “American Marten Reintroduction and Management Plan for Pennsylvania,” a long-term, 10-year strategy to translocate the species back to the state, then conduct comprehensive monitoring to evaluate that reintroduction. The Board of Commissioners tabled a proposal until the results of a soon-...
The Central girls tennis team held a tennis camp the week of June 19-23 for girls in the Spring Cove School District entering grades four through nine. The camp was run by new head coach Shaun Coppersmith and former head coach John Riley. Current high school team members Julia Ritchey, Ashlyn Renner, Brooklyn Coppersmith, Zoe Grill, Brooke Smith and Lila Kile assisted in camp as well. A total of 19 girls attended the camp. A second camp is planned for week of July 17-21. Participants lined up...
June 26 was the first day that Pennsylvania resident hunters could buy their first antlerless deer license for the 2023-24 hunting seasons. Many hunters figured this would be a good day to purchase their yearly hunting license as well. After an early morning of trout fishing, rather than trying to get a license online, I drove to Mill Hill Agway to buy a hunting license and a doe tag. I buy a doe tag for one reason: to finish off a wounded doe if I encounter one. What should have been a simple process turned out not to be. With the game...
The check will not be in the mail, and neither will a paper application or a twice-stamped pink envelope. Instead, hunters simply will buy their 2023-24 antlerless deer licenses wherever hunting licenses are sold. The new process for obtaining antlerless licenses, made possible by a new law that took effect earlier this year, went underway Monday, June 26 at 8 a.m., when antlerless deer licenses will be available alongside general hunting and furtaker licenses, and other licenses, permits and privileges. Deer Management Assistance Program...
The Sixth Annual Morrisons Cove Rotary Club and Dragon Pride Foundation Golf Outing was held on Friday, June 23, at Iron Masters Country Club. This winning partnership raised a profit of over $10,000 this year thanks to a long list of sponsors, golfers, and many volunteers. The golf outing was a four-person scramble format. Brent Baker Painting was the winning team with a score of 60 after a card off with Ray Camp VFW who also scored 60 and earned second place. Webber Associates took third...
Long's Outpost won Minor Little League Championship last Saturday, June 24, in Martinsburg. Shown are (front row, from left) Coach Elliot Krehl, Trevor Smith, Christian Gutshall, Logan Lauricella, Derek Feltenberger, Braydon Gorman and Batboy Brin Zeth; (back row, from left) Coach Cade Robison, Bradley Krehl, Tyler Sparks, Liam Cliber, Ryker Robison, Lucas McGarvey, Weston Reed, Koen Ferraro, Coach Jason Robison and Coach Adam McGarvey....
When I use the word “skunked,” I am not referring to an incident of being sprayed by a skunk, although Donna and I endured an incident this past winter when her dog, Sage, was sprayed by a skunk in the middle of the night. Donna knew what to do, mixing a solution of Dawn dishwashing liquid with some other cleansers to get rid of the odor. It was not a pleasant night. Normally when I refer to being skunked, it means that I have failed to tag a turkey during a season or have failed to catch a trout during an outing. This happens more frequently t...
By ERIC SHIELDS Correspondent Bedford County sports fans came out on June 24 to celebrate local legends being inducted into the Bedford County Sports Hall of Fame at the Everett High School. One of those local legends included Northern Bedford alum and Olympic athlete Brian Sell. Sell, a Northern Bedford football, wrestling, and track and field athlete, went on to star at Messiah College and St. Francis University before qualifying for the Olympics in the marathon in 2008. Sell graduated from...
Spring Cove Youth Baseball recently held end-of-season skills competitions. (Top left photo) Winners of the home run derby, Jackson Hetrick (first place, left) and Colby Gojmerac (second place), both hit 10 home runs in the competition. (Top center photo) Brooks Decker (first place, center), Kaemen Oakes (second place, left) and Talon Diehl (third place, right) were the 12u hitting contest winners. (Top right photo) The 11u hitting contest winners included Ryan Frye (center) in first place, Mason McGarvey in second place (right) and Jaxon...
Northern Bedford 12u, 10u, and 8u baseball players participated in all star tournaments last weekend. The top photo shows the 8u All Star team. They played at Tussey Mountain. NBC took second in this tournament with Huntingdon placing first and Tussey Mountain in third. This group will face off again this coming weekend as Claysburg Little League hosts an 8U tournament for area all stars teams. The middle photo shows 10u players (from left) Declan Oberman, Maddox Snider, Levi Steele and Gideon...
Nick Baum punched his ticket to the Notah Begay Regional Qualifier after shooting a 78 at Compass Pointe Golf Course, in Pasadena, Md., on June 13. With a field of over 40 players ages 7-18, Baum was the top qualifier in his age group and overall. Baum will move on to Regionals in Williamsburg, Virginia, which will be held in July....
The Bedford County Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2023 induction class. The induction ceremony will be on Saturday, June 24, at the Everett High School Auditorium. The teams will be inducted starting at 1 p.m. in the first ceremony, while the individuals will be inducted starting at 4 p.m. and that ceremony is scheduled to end around 6 p.m. One ticket for the induction is good for both halves of the program. This year’s individual inductees are: • Brian Sell, a Northern Bedford football, wrestling, and track and field athlete who went...
I have previously written of my disdain for cell phones. They are intrusive. However, my son, Bob, and my wife, Donna, both believe I should carry one when I am fishing or hunting alone; so in the interest of family harmony, I remember to carry the one they bought me about half the time I am out. I had it with me the morning I shot a nice gobbler this past spring. I called Bob quickly after tagging the beautiful turkey. When he picked up, I think he was happier about my success than I was. Most often, however, I use the phone to call Donna...
Central Football players Eli Lingenfelter, Kade Rhule and Jason Clark (from left) played on the South team at the 38th annual Lezzer Lumber Classic on Sunday, June 11. The South team defeated the North team 45-20, breaking the South's five-year losing streak. Lingenfelter scored two touchdowns during the game. According to the Lezzer Lumber Classic's website, "in 1985, the Central Pennsylvania Football Coaches Association, with J. Gawen Stoker as the Game Director, initiated the Mid-State...
Above, Claysburg's McKenna Black (left) and Jaylee Swindell come off the field after their 10-8 PIAA Class 1A semifinal loss to Union Area Monday at Norwin High School. Below, the team piles together during their final game of the season. The Lady Bulldogs fell 10-8. They ended the season with a 22-5 record....
Sunday (June 18) is Father’s Day. It is one of the most important non-religious holidays of the year; others include Mother’s Day, Veterans’ Day, and Independence Day. Dad was a father who spent a great percentage of his time with me (and my brother, Bill) when he could have been doing other things. Though he didn’t coach sports, he nurtured our interest in athletics. When I was young, he often came out to the basket in our backyard and played basketball against my friends and me. In games of one-on-one, I could not beat him until I was a j...
PHOTO ABOVE: Altoona Curve shortstop Norkis Marcos bare hands a ground ball and makes the throw to first for the out against Binghmaton Saturday at Peoples Natural Gas Field. RIGHT PHOTO: Curve catcher Henry Davis (left) watches as Marcos dives at a foul ball. Are you a fan of the Altoona Curve? Make sure you follow the Morrisons Cove Herald Facebook page and participate in our Curve ticket giveaways....
State Representative Dave Maloney (R-Berks), Chairman of the House Game and Fisheries Committee, has been concerned with the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (PGC) “management” of a number of things. One is that the PGC was found to be sitting on more than $72 million in escrow funds in 2019, including more than $6 million the PGC didn’t even know it had. Another is the moving of the rifle deer opener to Saturday, despite much opposition from the hunting community. The ruffed grouse population is at a 70-year low. (These are all problems I have...
Claysburg-Kimmel's Emalee Cavender works against Frazier Monday afternoon in PIAA playoff action at Central Cambria High School. McKenna Black rounds second base after hitting a game winning two run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning....
Claysburg-Kimmel Softball were named the District 6, Class 1A champions after defeating West Branch 11-5 on May 31. And their winning ways haven't stopped! On Monday, June 5, the Lady Bulldogs dominated Frazier 8-6 in the first round of playoffs. The Bulldogs will play Chartiers-Houston today, June 8, in the quarterfinals. Chartiers-Houston defeated Cambridge Springs 13-3 in the first round of playoffs. In the photos above, Claysburg-Kimmel's McKenna Black (17) is congratulated by her teammates...
Our minister recently preached a series of sermons entitled “Marked by God.” One of the themes of these sermons is that we are marked by God to make a difference in the things we are involved in. For me, that includes fishing and hunting ethics. I like to think I have made a small difference in fishermen’s attitudes. I often subtly refer to catch-and-release fishing as a major ethical consideration that today’s fishermen use to help maintain healthy populations of gamefish. I also hope I have made a small difference in anglers’ attitudes...
Softball The third seeded Lady Dragons faced the second seeded Juniata Lady Indians in the district six AAA semi-finals. A 6-0 loss will now end the Dragons' season. Early on in the game, the Dragons gave up a mere three runs to the Indians in the bottom of the first. The score for a majority of the rest of the game would remain the same until the bottom of the sixth inning, where the Indians added another three to their total to solidify a loss for the Dragons. The Dragons attained a mere two h...
Central Baseball Coach A-J Hoenstine gives a well-done pat to Hunter Smith after Smith drove in two runs on a hit against Philipsburg-Osceola during a home playoff game Thursday, May 25....
To finish out the regular season of the Central Lady Dragon Softball team, they faced the Central Cambria Lady Red Devils. After a rough first inning, the Dragons fell behind and were never able to catch up, losing 6-2. Against the Red Devils, the Dragons fell into an early deficit after their opponents scored four in the first inning and two in the second. After scoring one in the second, the Dragons scored another in the third to only trail by four, a deficit that would remain the rest of the...
Central's Eli Lingenfelter competes in the high jump, while Central's Delaney Hall competes in the long jump during the District 6 Track and Field Meet Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Altoona's Mansion Park....
On April 23, 2023, I visited the Pennsylvania Game Commission Southcentral Pennsylvania Office Building, expecting a formal presentation about the reintroduction of pine martens to Pennsylvania. There was no formal presentation. Instead, there were various display boards presenting information dealing with martens, and there was a table where mounted martens were shown in comparison to a larger fisher and a marginally smaller fox squirrel. PGC staff members were available to answer questions. The commission’s viewpoint promoting the r...
(LEFT) Williamsburg second baseman Logan Brantner collides with first baseman Alex Brantner after Logan fielded a hard hit ground ball down the first baseline. (RIGHT) Williamsburg's Parker Crownover (right) is congratulated by teammate Luke Uplinger after scoring during playoff action Monday against Blacklick Valley. The Pirates defeated Blacklick Valley 9-0, bringing their record to 9-11....
Against the Penn Cambria Panthers in the first round of the District Six 3A playoffs, the game looked bleak for the Central Dragons from the start. Coming into a two-run deficit after the second inning, and that deficit extending to six runs in the fourth, things were not great for the Dragons on either side of the ball. However, the rally began in the fourth inning, where Dalton Metzger managed to drive two runs in to break the Dragons’ cold streak. An inning later, Britton Marko achieved the same feat, now having the Dragons only trail by t...
In a long, four game week for the Dragons, they came out on top, 4-0, with many dominating victories. The Dragons had a 17-11 win over the Phillipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers, a 9-0 win over the Richland Rams, a 17-2 win over the Johnstown Trojans and a 4-2 win over the Bishop McCourt Crushers. The Dragons jumped to a five-run lead in the first inning but that was dropped to two after the Mountaineers scored three in the second. The Dragons scored three in the fourth, while giving up two in the same inning. The Dragons exploded with nine runs in...
Central Boys Volleyball completed its season with a five-set loss to visiting McKeesport on Friday, and then traveling Saturday to a tournament at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School in Coraopolis. We went winless at the tournament but had several close losses. Against McKeesport Bryson Brooks had nine kills and 20 digs, Christian Cherry had seven kills and 15 digs, Christian Heuston had eight kills, and Logan Hummel had 31 assists and 10 digs. At the OLSH tournament Christian Heuston had 11 kills and four blocks, Christian Cherry had...
Claysburg-Kimmel's Emalee Cavender swings at the pitch that became her 100th career hit Monday during Claysburg's game with Tussey Mountain....
Central's Ty Brumbaugh (left), Eli Lingenfelter (right), Delany Hall (below, left), and Randy Harris (below, right) compete in the long jump Tuesday, May 9, during the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference meet at St. Francis College....
The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released its estimated deer harvest figures for the 2022-2023 seasons. It estimated that hunters killed an incredible 422,960 deer, of which 164,190 were estimated to be bucks. Bowhunters were estimated to have killed more than a third of these deer: 145,640, of which 75,770 were supposedly bucks. David Stainbrook, PGC Deer and Elk Section Supervisor, says that Pennsylvania’s deer population is likely increasing. So, the PGC is planning to increase the number of doe tags by 147,000 to 1,095,000 this y...
ABOVE: Collin Yeatts signs his letter of intent to play soccer at Geneva College as his parents Marcus and Emily watch. BELOW: Abby Kline signs her letter of intent to play soccer at Penn State Altoona with members of her family (front row, from left) Nichole and Steve and (back row, from left) Tammy Spencer and Judy Kline attending....
Bouncing back from the Bald Eagle loss, the Lady Dragons pounded their opponents this week, finding victories of 12-1, 6-0 and 13-1 over the Richland Lady Rams, the Phillipsburg-Osceola Lady Mountaineers and the Altoona Lady Mountain Lions respectively. Against the Rams, the game remained at a low score for a majority of the start of the game. The Dragons scored one in the third, followed by two in the fifth and one more in the sixth. In the seventh, however, the Dragons exploded with eight runs...
A new Dollar General could soon be under construction north of Claysburg along Polecat Road near Dunnings Highway. The final land development plan for a 10,640 square foot building received conditional approval from Greenfield Township supervisors at their May 2 meeting. The company is still waiting for several permits, including water and sewer, and will also need a developer’s agreement with the township, but hopes to break ground as soon as June. A wavier to construct 35 parking spaces instead of the 43 required by ordinance was approved. Do...
Taxpayers in the Claysburg-Kimmel School District will see an increase, but only half of what it could have been. At its Wednesday, May 10 meeting, the Claysburg-Kimmel School Board voted to approve the 2023-24 proposed final budget with a 3-percent tax increase, half the 6 percent Act 1 allowable limit. The increase will cost households an average of $23 and is expected to raise about $93,000 in revenue for the district. The increase brings Greenfield Township's real estate taxes to 9.05...
On Thursday, May 4, Central Boys Volleyball celebrated Senior Night. The four seniors are Christian Cherry, Wyatt Holsinger, Ethan Noel and Landon Snider. The team hosted Dubois and lost by a score of three sets to zero. Christian Cherry had five kills, Logan Hummel had 17 assists, and Bryson Brooks and Christian Heuston each had five kills and five digs. On Friday, May 5, the team traveled to Derry for their Senior Night and lost again by a 0-3 score. Christian Cherry had 11 digs and 2 blocks,...
In a three-game week, the Lady Dragon Softball team found crushing victories in their first two matchups against the Bishop Guilfoyle Lady Marauders and the Johnstown Lady Trojans with 15-0 victories over both, including a Senior Night victory over the Trojans. Sadly, as the week neared its end, the Dragons fell to the Bald Eagle Area Lady Eagles in a crushing 10-0 defeat. Against the Marauders, the Dragons jumped to an early lead as they normally do, scoring eight in the first inning, followed by one in the third, and six in the fourth to put...
