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In the last match of the regular season, the Lady Dragons faced the Bellefonte Lady Red Raiders at home. The Dragons dominated throughout the entire match, ending with a 62-24 victory. The Dragons started the game off strong, outscoring their opponents by 10 in the first quarter, then followed up with an 11-point advantage in the second quarter’s scoring for a 33-12 halftime lead. The second half brought much of the same for the Lady Dragons, who outscored their opponents by seven and 10 in the third and fourth quarters respectively. Megan D...
After playing in their last regular season game against the Bellefonte Red Raiders and finding a 47-38 victory, the Dragons traveled to face the Johnstown Trojans to open the LHAC playoffs. The Dragons, however, did not come away with a victory, and lost 49-23. Against the Red Raiders, a slow start befell the Dragons. The score was tied at seven after the first quarter, but the Dragons started to get into a rhythm in the second quarter, as their 22-14 halftime lead showed. The Dragons tied scoring in the third quarter with their opponents, and...
The Pa. Game Commission is asking for the public’s help finding turkey flocks to trap for ongoing turkey projects. Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report the location of any turkey flocks they see. Information is being collected online at https://pgcdatacollection.pa.gov/TurkeyBroodSurvey through March 15. Visitors to that webpage will be asked to provide the date of the sighting, the location, and the type of land (public, private or unknown) where birds are seen, among other things. Game Commission crews will visit sites to assess them f...
Over the years many people have asked me if I go ice fishing. “Nope,” I reply. “Ice fishing’s past the point of being a normal sportsman’s activity.” I let it end like that. I do not tell my questioners that I sometimes go fly-fishing during the winter – which is also a little off the wall. I do not make winter fly-fishing adventures nearly as often as I did 25 years ago. In those days I regularly sandwiched fly-fishing adventures between cross-country skiing outings. But, with global warming – less snow, with the type of snow we now get clin...
Monday, Feb. 19, in a District 6 round 1 playoff game at Williamsburg High School....
On Jan. 27, 2024, the Board of Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Game Commission held its meeting to set preliminary upcoming hunting seasons and bag limits. In a recent email, sportsmen’s advocate Greg Levengood shared some of the meeting’s highlights. One of main interest to sportsmen concerned the reintroduction of the American marten, a small predator, to the Pennsylvania woods. Sportsmen are concerned about the potential damage this small weasel could do to the ruffed grouse population and to other wildlife populations as well. Lev...
In a week with a singular match against the Penns Valley Lady Rams, the Lady Dragons rallied after a tie game to push for a 38-33 victory. After the first quarter, the score was tied at seven. However, in the second quarter, the Dragons outscored their opponents 11-4 in order to attain a 18-11 halftime lead. In both the third and fourth quarters, the Rams were able to score one point more than the Dragons, but the Dragons kept up their offensive game and ended the match in a victory. Megan Diehl led the offensive effort for the Dragons with 14...
In a week with a singular match, the Dragons traveled to face the Penns Valley Rams. A less-than-stellar effort from the Dragons led to overtime, in which the Dragons finally picked things up, ending with a 56-48 victory. The first quarter left the Dragons with a two-point lead, and a similar second quarter left the halftime score at 18-14 in favor of the Dragons. In the third, the Dragons matched the Ram’s scoring, but in the fourth, the Rams were able to put up enough points in the final minutes to tie the game 42-42. Once in overtime, h...
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As some sportsmen had predicted, the Pennsylvania bear harvest continued its downward slide this past season – or should I say seasons. The preliminary figures show that Pennsylvania hunters killed 2,919 bears, the first time the harvest has shrunk under 3,000 since 2007. Hunters killed about 1,243 bears during the archery, muzzleloader, and special firearms seasons. Only 1,083 were downed during the traditional four-day firearms season and 593 were tagged during the extended season. This is down from 4,653 bears killed in 2019. S...
In a three-match week, the Dragons found victories over the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils and the Clearfield Bison with respective scores of 48-28 and 46-38. After those final two home games of the regular season, the Dragons traveled to face the Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers and fell 57-53. A slow start befell the Dragons in their home rematch against the Blue Devils. After leading by a mere point after the first quarter, the Dragons kickstarted things to attain a 21-14 halftime lead. The Dragons held their opponents to single-digit scoring per...
Claysburg’s Aidan Simpson drives to the basket between McConnellsburg’s Drew Mellott (2) and Brayden Ramsey (23) in a home game Wednesday, Jan. 31. The McConnellsburg Spartans won, 66-42....
The Lady Dragons had two matches this past week against the Clearfield Lady Bison and the Westmont Hilltop Lady Hilltoppers. The Dragons did not come out on top in either match, losing 65-54 and 54-26 respectively. Against the Bison, the Dragons trailed by four after the first quarter, but put together a huge second quarter to take a 26-23 halftime lead. Despite 10 points from the Dragons in the third, the Bison scored 26, which was followed by a fairly even final quarter for the Dragons’ defeat. Megan Diehl led the Dragons with 13 points. T...
Central’s Hunter Smith drives to the basket on Bellwood’s Vincent Cacciotti in a home game Monday, Jan. 29. The Central Dragons won the game, 54-25....
The Dragons faced two opponents, including the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils and the Bald Eagle Area Eagles, for two more victories of 54-25 and 49-32. Against the Blue Devils, the Dragons had a balance of offense and defense, jumping to a 14-5 lead after the first quarter and holding their opponents scoreless in the second quarter for a 30-5 halftime score. The Dragons’ game held up throughout the second half of the game, leading to the victory. Eli Muthler led the scoring with 17 points while several other Dragons put up smaller numbers. A...
In a week with matches against the Bellwood-Antis Lady Blue Devils and the Bald Eagle Area Lady Eagles, the Dragons were victorious in one match but fell to defeat in another. A 62-45 loss to the Blue Devils and a 70-49 victory over the Eagles puts the Dragons’ record at 9-9. Against the Blue Devils, the Dragons trailed by a mere two points after the first quarter of the game, and similarly had kept their opponent’s lead to four with a 26-22 halftime score. The Blue Devils offense took off in the third quarter and despite matching scores in...
McConnellsburgh’s Reese Alexander blocks a shot by Northern Bedford’s Nathan Eckenroad on Monday, Jan. 22. NB was unable to prevail overall and lost, 75-26....
Northern Bedford’s Nathan Eckenroad fights for the ball with McConnellsburg’s Shaffer Earley on Monday, Jan. 22....
On Jan. 6, 2024, Dr. Gary Alt received the “John C. Oliver Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Board of Commissioners at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s headquarters. The award ceremony was open to only a select group of agency employees; retirees, past and present; current board members; NGO and agency partners; and members of the House and Senate Game and Fisheries Committees. Only invited guests could attend. I was first alerted to this event by sportsmen’s advocate Greg Levengood of Boyertown, who found some irony in the bestowi...
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In a three-match week, the Lady Dragon basketball team faced the Philipsburg-Osceola Lady Mountaineers, the Bellwood-Antis Lady Blue Devils and the Johnstown Lady Trojans. The Lady Dragons found victories against the Mountaineers and the Trojans with respective scores of 59-23 and 46-32. The midweek game, however, left the Lady Dragons with a 42-35 loss. After outscoring the Mountaineers 25-2 in the first quarter, the Dragons’ dominance continued throughout the rest of the game. The Dragons l...
In a week with two matches against the Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers and the Johnstown Trojans, the Dragons found themselves with a dominating 65-27 victory early in the week only to fall in a narrow 50-45 game to finish it. Against the Mountaineers, the Dragons jumped out to an early eight-point lead after the first quarter and maintained it for the rest of the game, including the 36-14 halftime score. This continued for the rest of the match, including when the Dragons held their opponents...
I have three friends who have earned the nickname “The A Team” for their handyman-type activities, especially work involving the First Methodist Church of Williamsburg. Occasionally they include me on a project, one that does not involve any mechanical or technical skills, of course. After all, as Bruce Houck, my brother-in-law, once remarked about me when I was offered some tools and refused to take any of them, “He wouldn’t know how to use them anyhow.” However, there are other A Teams, a couple to which I aspire. I would like to become an...
In a rematch against the Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers, the Dragons found themselves in another close match that narrowly ended with their 51-48 victory. At the end of the week, the Dragons also found a 59-47 victory over the Huntingdon Bearcats. Against the Tigers, the first half had five ties and nine lead changes, indicating what a truly close game this was. The Tigers took an early lead after the first, but the Dragons responded to tie the game at 27 points apiece by half. The Tigers took a...
Sportsmen are now enduring the dreadful midwinter with few things to do. Most hunting seasons are over; and except for a few hardy ice fishermen, anglers are dreaming of warmer weather and water for their adventures. However, they can maintain contact with the outdoors by attending one or more outdoor shows that are on tap throughout the state. Three might be of interest to Cove sportsmen. The first is the Great American Outdoor Show that runs from Feb. 3rd through the 11th at the Farm Show Complex near Harrisburg. This is the largest outdoor...
In a two-match week, the Lady Dragons faced both the Hollidaysburg Lady Golden Tigers and the Huntingdon Lady Bearcats. The Dragons fell to both with scores of 57-32 and 50-36 respectively. Against the Tigers, the Dragons fell into a deficit early in the game, trailing by 11 after the first quarter. A 33-15 halftime score befell the losing Dragons soon after. The third quarter did not yield much better results, however, in the fourth quarter the Dragons began to find their rhythm, scoring 12. Sadly, it wasn’t enough to overtake the Tigers, e...
Veteran Central High School football coach Dave Baker has an appreciation for great defense. Having coached since the 1960s, Baker has seen a lot of good players. And he puts Scarlet Dragon senior middle linebacker Hunter Smith among the very best. Hunter Smith “I’m not going to say one guy is better than another,” Baker said, “but he would be on that level. He was up within the highest level.” The state’s scholastic football writers noticed as well. Smith recently returned to the Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State High School Football Te...
The Pa. Game Commission is asking for the public’s help finding turkey flocks to trap for ongoing turkey projects. Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report the location of any turkey flocks they see. Information is being collected online at https://pgcdatacollection.pa.gov/TurkeyBroodSurvey from Jan. 15 through March 15. Visitors to that webpage will be asked to provide the date of the sighting, the location, and the type of land (public, private or unknown) where birds are seen, among other things....
Williamsburg’s Logan Brantner puts a shot up and over Juniata Valley’s Ronal Chavez in a home game Thursday, Jan 11....
Northern Bedford’s Aidan Pittman, top, wins his match with Central’s Camdyn Wenerick in a 160-lb match Saturday morning during the Claysburg-Kimmel Dual Meet Tournament....
In their two matches against the Tyrone Lady Golden Eagles and the Bishop McCourt Lady Crushers, the Lady Dragons found themselves triumphant with a 45-27 win over the Eagles but fell to the Crushers 57-24 to finish the week. The Dragons’ dominating victory early in the week came from a well-balanced offensive attack. The Dragons’ lead scorer was Bralyn Ellis with 14 points, while Megan Diehl added 12 herself for the victory. With a record of 5-5, the Lady Dragons head into their next week with matchups against the Hollidaysburg Lady Gol...
Dear Young Sportsmen, I hope as you progress through your outdoor lives, you become dedicated sportsmen. One thing you must do is to keep your eyes on our outdoor agencies. Right now, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s dreadful policies cater to game hogs and in many cases do not promote healthy populations of game animals. You want to advocate for fewer antlerless deer licenses being issued, and you probably should advocate that the PGC make these licenses specific for public-land or private-land hunting. Urge the PGC to lower numbers of a...
The first Lady Dragon Basketball Teacher Appreciation Night was held on Wednesday, Jan. 3, where team members took the opportunity to honor special teachers. Six seniors selected one teacher who had a significant impact on her, celebrating their contributions and influence. The following teachers were selected: Mrs. Angela Diehl, Mrs. Kassondra Leidy, Mr. Zachary Johnston, Miss Grace Monroe, Mr. Shad Benton and Mrs. Josette Rhykerd. Additionally, all the girls collectively acknowledged teacher...
ABOVE: Spring Cove Jr. High Wrestling placed second of 10 teams at the Central Cambria Red Devil Invitational on Friday, Dec. 29. The team finished the day with a 4-2 record. In Pool Play they defeated Mount Union 60-16, Halifax 52-12 and Richland 63-15. Their only pool play loss was to South Williamsport 33-54. In playoffs, they defeated the number-one team from the other pool, Central Cambria 45-39. Spring Cove then lost again to South Williamsport in the championship match 33-46. Team...
The Dragons faced two tough opponents in the Laurel Highlands Athletic conference in the Tyrone Golden Eagles and the Bishop McCourt Crushers. An astounding defensive effort throughout the week left the Dragons with 46-35 and 48-33 victories respectively. In the match against the Eagles, who had averaged above 70 points per game up until this point, the Dragon defense severely limited their opponent’s offensive capabilities. After the first quarter, the Dragons led 13-7. Despite the Eagles taking a 14-13 lead early in the second quarter, the Dr...
Rail City Curling club is proud to announce a new home and partnership with the North Central Recreation Center in Ebensburg. The club has been calling Altoona’s Galactic Ice home since 2018 and once swelled to over 30 members with representation at curling Bonspiels through the Northeast US and in Canada. However, the club was relegated to ice time that was too late for many of our members. Fortunately, this new partnership puts us on track for us a bright future. This is an exciting opportunity to grow as a club for those in Blair County t...
As I turned 74 just prior to Christmas, I reflected on my outdoor adventures during the past year. My fishing year began auspiciously. In an earlier column I related that my first trout of the year was a husky 22-inch rainbow. It was a prelude of fine fishing to come. I landed another trout even larger than that. The May fly-fishing during sulphur mayfly hatches on the BFO River was outstanding. (Clover Creek’s sulphurs have been wiped out.) Unlike other years when I often cannot find room to fish there during these wonderful hatches, I was a...
It was a close one between Central and Hollidaysburg last week. The Dragons won 48-45. Central's Robert Long-Yarrison and Hollidaysburg's Jacob Hileman (left) and Leyton Weimert go after a loose ball Thursday, Dec. 28 during Hollidaysburg's Annual Holiday tournament. Central's Nick Garver defends against Hollidaysburg's Jacob Hileman....
Williamsburg's Ethan Reffner puts up a one-handed shot over Cambria Heights' Reese Garrison during the Heights' Christmas tournament on Wednesday, Dec 27. The Pirates came out on top with 66 points to the Highlanders' 56....
About this time every year, a few sportsmen decide they are going to learn to tie flies. They may have enjoyed a few experiences with fly-fishing, and they now might think it could be nice to learn to tie their own flies. I am not sure I would recommend going out and buying a bunch of fly tying equipment and materials without having first seen what you might be getting into. Fly tying can be a fascinating, life-long hobby. However, it can also be a frustrating, short-term disaster. The John Kennedy Chapter of Trout Unlimited (Blair County) is...
Three Cove teams went head-to-head with Bishop Guilfoyle last week. Unfortunately, all three games ended in Guilfoyle's favor. Still, there's no denying that Cove teams are putting their all in the basketball season so far. The Lady Pirates came up short in a close one against the Marauders with a final score of 41-37. Central's boys ended with 33 points, compared to BG's 56. The girls similarly scored 33 points, while the Marauders banked 62....
The recent rifle deer season was a frustrating one for a number of sportsmen. Some hunters failed to see many – if any -- deer, while others were put off by inclement weather. Still others were disgusted by the behavior of game hogs. One sportsman was marooned with illnesses in his family. Just prior to the deer season, his wife was hospitalized with a lung problem called pneumonitis. This is much like pneumonia, except it is not accompanied by the fluids of pneumonia, nor is it caused by a bacteria or a virus. However, it is treated much as p...
The Lady Dragon Basketball team traveled to face the Penns Valley Rams in their sole game for the week. The game started slowly for the Dragons, with the first quarter ending with the Dragons seven points behind. By halftime, however, the Dragons pulled ahead with a small lead of 24-22. The Dragons extended their lead by two after a high-scoring third quarter from both teams, then jumped to an even bigger lead, cementing their 59-46 victory. Bralyn Ellis led the scoring for the Dragons with 11 points, while Morgan Knepp also had double digit...
The Dragons faced three opponents throughout the week, including the Penns Valley Rams, the Harmony Area Owls, and the Bedford Bison. The Dragons came out on top in all three matchups, with scores of 57-49, 70-40 and 50-42 respectively. Against the Rams, the Dragons edged out a two-point lead after the first quarter and bumped that number up with a 22-18 halftime advantage. The Dragons continued in the third quarter, increasing their lead to eight heading into the final quarter where they mainta...
Claysburg-Kimmel's Cory Walter goes up to block a shot by Southern Fulton's Hunter Ward during a home game Saturday. Williamsburg's Laney Prough fights for a loose ball with West Branch's Sarah Gugliemi Friday, Dec. 15....
Coach's Name: Dale Troutman Record: 0-0 Conference: ICC Returning Starters: Bella Francona, Bailey Tipton and Erika Feathers Concerns: Only having 7 girls overall. Outlook: Keep practicing and stay healthy. Assistant coaches: Amy Claar-Gill and Tyler Brown Name, Grade, Height: Bella Francona, 11, 5'3 Zakera Bush, 11, 5'5 Erika Feathers, 11, 5'2 Eleah Diehl, 10, 5'6 Bailey Tipton, 10, 5'6 Zailee Bush, 9, 5'4 Alexa Francona, 9, 5'5...
Coach's name: Mike Harris Number of years as head coach: 9th League: ICC Last year's record: 7-16 (6-10 league) Returning starters: Elias Ritchey, Brayden Haney and Aiden Simpson Returning letterwinners: Elias Ritchey, Brayden Haney, Landon Douglas, Aiden Simpson, Braden Bass, Christian Treon and Eric Potter Newcomers: Cole Walter, Paul Strayer, Paydden Knisely and Jacob Conrad Strengths: This team is very coachable, and they work very hard. I think our guard play is very strong, and could...
Coach's name: Brian Dutchcot Number of years as head coach: 13 at NBC and overall Coach's career record (at this school and overall): 110-95 overall League: ICC Last year's record: 15-4 Returning starters: Aiden Replogle, Wyatt Clouse, Paeden Logue, Bryson Free, Haidyn Dively, Aidan Pittman, Tyler Paris, Collin Pepple, Eion Snider, Rece Dibert, Brock Beach Newcomers: Kamrin Amick, Kace Clapper, Aiden Korzec, Cooper Leighty, Nolin Snider Strengths: The number one strength of our team this year...
Coach's name: Jon Ewart Number of years as head coach: 6th Year League: ICC East Last year's record: 17-9 Returning starters/letterwinners: Mariah Hall, Lacy McIlnay, Leah Swanseen Returning letterwinners: Lauren Heck, Alyssa Yeatts Newcomers: Lydia Barton, Amberly Detterline, Keyona Hall, Mylee Mitchell, Mayleigh Ritchey Strengths: We have a solid group of returning talent. We have a lot of girls that will be competing for varsity minutes throughout the season creating stronger players and a be...
Coach's name: Zachary Clark Years as head coach: One (First Year) League: ICC Last Year's Record: 0-0 (New Program) Newcomers: Harlee Eltman Strengths: Many of the girls have competed in wrestling for multiple years with great success. Concerns: Newly approved PIAA sanctioned sport & Lack of dual meet opportunities Overall outlook: I am excited for the season; I believe that each of these young ladies have the ability to have very successful seasons. Team goals: Make improvements throughout the...
