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Team colors: Royal Blue and Green Bay Gold Classification: District 6, Class A Coach: Chuck Kassick Coach’s High School: Ferndale Area Coach’s College: Pitt-Johnstown Record at current school and years coached: 3 – 7, 2nd Year Career record and years coached: 3 – 7, 2nd Year Last year’s junior varsity record: 3-2-1 Last year’s junior high record: 1-6-1 Letterwinners returning: 14 Letterwinners lost: 8 Returning offensive starters and position: Trevor Ritchey, OL; Collton Replogle, OL; Landon...
Roster: Seniors: Ryleigh Lehman Elijah Weyant Porter Weise Juniors: Brayden Haney Larry Baxtrom Freshman: Garrett Bass Jenna Emeigh Magdelin Oakes Coach: Steven Oakes, 5 years League: ICC Returners: Three, Ryleigh Lehman, Elijah Weyant, Larry Baxtrom Newcomers: Five; Porter Weise, Brayden Haney, Garrett Bass, Jenna Emeigh, Magdelin Oakes Strengths: Great group of student athletes who are eager to learn and have fun. Concerns: Putting, consistent ball striking, and short game Outlook: Expecting to compete at a high level of competition with a...
Roster: Seniors: Ava Dibert, Hitter Haydyn Lambourn, Setter Kaylee Morris, Hitter Jayme Acker, Hitter Layla Diehl, Hitter Juniors: Payton Hinish, Setter Bailey Tipton, Hitter Destiny Bowman, Hitter Alicia Musselman, Hitter Lauren Roxby, Hitter Sophomores: Grayce Douglas, Setter Rylie Murphy, Hitter Freshman: Lauren Imler, Setter Caroline Bass, Hitter Harlee Harclerode, Setter Alexys Tomlinson, Hitter Isabella Paris, Hitter Coach’s name: Laura Mortimore Number of years as head coach:1 League: ICC Last year’s record: 9-11 Returning sta...
Head Coach: Mary Baker Years as Head Coach: In total this will be my 16th year. I coached Central from 1990 through the 2005 season. After almost a 20 year break from coaching, I am back at Central. So first year, sorry. Career Record: I have no idea, it was almost 20 years ago. Sorry! So, I guess 0-0 Last year’s Record: 7-13 Conference: Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Returning Starters: Dessa Boyles: Senior, middle blocker Alayna Mingle: Senior, defensive specialist, pin hitter Kaylee K...
Coach Name: Randy Trexler Number of years as head coach: 4 League: Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Last year’s record: League: 11-7 (Overall: 14-8-0) Returning starters: Seniors: Paiton Campbell (MF), Lakkyn Dibert (F), Danielle Heltzel (D), Kira Trexler (MF/F), Rachel Theys (D) Juniors: Carli Hart (F), Leya Hazenstab (MF), Bethany Kensinger (MF); Madeline Benton (D), Vada Thompson (D); Sophomores: Julia Bowser (D) Other returnees: Seniors: Avery Kasun; Sophomores - Addison Long, Brittany B...
Head Coach: Shaun Coppersmith, 2 years. Career record: 10-7 Conference: LHAC Returning Starters: Julia Ritchey, Senior Brooklyn Coppersmith, Senior Kate Dunn, Junior Zoe Grill, Junior Breslyn Beech, Sophomore Taryn Walters, Sophomore Other returning players: Lila Kyle, Junior Brooke Smith, Junior Abbi Smith, Junior Aubry Eckman, Junior Gabby Decker, Junior Newcomers: Hailey Fries, Freshman Erin Brumbaugh, Freshman Kaylee Barroner, Freshman Laura Longwell, Freshman Kara Weidlich, Freshman Violet...
Coach: Joe Bilka The first year as Head Coach Last Years Record: Boys 2-5, Girls 0-7 did not field a full team Returning Starters: Camden Kuster, 12, Lanee Berkheimer,11, Reese Miller, 10, Braden Allison, 11. Other retuning runners: Trisitn Caporuscio ,9, Nora Kuster, 8. Newcomers: Kevin Dick, 9, Liam Weimart, 9. Girls: Kenly Bennett, 9, Alexis Fetzer, 12, Cori Garcia, 9. Junior High: Nora Kuster, 8, Makayla Oliveri, 7. Strengths: This year we will field a full boys’ team with three returning s...
Many years ago when I was young, I ran into a couple of men who spent a great deal of time outdoors. They especially enjoyed rifle deer season, spending as much time in pursuit of whitetails as they could throughout the season. They would have been heroes to today’s deer managers, who advocate the slaughter of deer. However, at that time, hunters could legally kill only one deer per year. Another of their favorite activities involved questionable fishing. They told tales of catching huge trout from large reservoirs. They did this fishing at n...
The 2023-24 deer seasons ended months ago as did the busiest time for chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance. CWD, a fatal neurological disease, is a threat to both white-tailed deer and elk and has been detected within the wild deer population in several areas of Pennsylvania. While the most intense efforts revolve around Pennsylvania’s deer hunting seasons, monitoring for CWD is a year-round endeavor. The public can view the results of these efforts on the CWD Surveillance Dashboard available online at https://pgcdatac...
Central High School senior Kira Trexler had her chance to shine on a national level. The 17-year-old soccer player had a chance to play the game of Futsal for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. She played at the United Futsal National Showcase and the International World Championship that was held in Orlando, Fla. Trexler said that she had this connection with Marcello Antonelli, who was a pro-club coach for the Riverhounds in Pittsburgh. He also coached Orlando. He had this camp for my high school team,...
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“The only good snake is a dead snake.” This was a commonly held belief when I was young and still holds true for many people. This is especially true of rattlesnakes. On one of our recent evening drives, Donna, Sage (her dog), and I spotted a dead rattlesnake along a rural road. It was only a hundred yards from a farmhouse. Donna remarked, “That’s way too close for comfort for the landowner.” She had grown up on a farm, and she has no ill will toward rattlers. “But, when I was young,” she said, “we had a couple get within 50 yards of our house....
Central's Kira Trexler, left, prepares to take a shot on goal past Ellie McIntier during a practice session Monday morning....
Claysburg-Kimmel quarterback Mason Campagna drops back to pass during the school's first Midnight Madness team practice that ran from midnight until 3:00 a.m. Monday....
Players take a water drink during Central's practice session Monday morning....
The Central girls' volleyball team works through some conditioning drills including a run during Monday morning's practice....
In previous columns I have noted that Aiden Dively, 14, of East Freedom, has placed highly in national turkey calling championships. He recently struck gold in his first US Open Turkey Calling Championship in Louisiana. Dively participated in several competitions. On Friday, the first day of the event, Aiden and his father, Jake, made the finals in the friction-calling championship. They were a part of making history by being one of the only two father-son duos to make the finals on Friday. On Saturday, Aiden participated in three events: the...
Brothers: J.J. Moushlian, 15 (left) and Lincoln, 9, get some fishing in Friday afternoon at Henry's Pond in Martinsburg....
Martinsburg resident Kay Weyant was extra excited this year for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Because for this year's games, her granddaughter competed in them. From Sarasota, Florida, 22-year-old Emma Weyant has been swimming since she was about five. Over the years, Weyant has won numerous awards, broken records, and claimed championship titles. She is a recent graduate of the University of Florida where she was a student athlete. This isn't the first time she has represented the US in the...
With bowhunting and crossbow-hunting for deer not getting underway for a couple of months, most archers are sitting back as they deal with the heat of summer. However, this is not true of all of them. Some dedicated archers are making sure their bows and crossbows are tuned up and are ready to go. Not only are they flinging a few arrows and bolts at backyard targets; some are traveling to 3-D shooting ranges so that they can refine their ability to judge shooting distances in the woods. These are the archers who want to be certain that they mak...
Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released studies on the economic impact of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies on their respective cities. After reviewing the reports, Reps. Tim Bonner (R-Mercer/Butler) and Jim Gregory (R-Blair) say the Pirate’s organization needs to step up to the plate to ensure that its fans and taxpayers across the Commonwealth get the return on their investment they deserve. In the early 2000s, the Pittsburgh Pirates received $75 million in state grant funding for the land and con...
The Curve's Tres Gonzalez scores against the Harrisburg Senators during the last game of a home stand with the Senators Saturday, July 6 at PNG Field....
Several Cove area high school softball players were named to the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association All-State Team. Being selected to the first team was Claysburg-Kimmel senior Emalee Cavender, who was picked as a first team utility player in Class 1A. "I was super happy because that was something that I worked for all year and I like people to know how hard that I worked for my senior softball season even though I am not going to be playing in college," Cavender said. She...
Spring Cove was crowned champions in the 13u division of Hoopsfest this past weekend. Hoopsfest is billed as the largest 3 on 3 outdoor basketball tournament in the state of Pennsylvania. Katie Decker was their coach. Team members include (l to r) Landyn Kasun, Brooks Decker, Parker Scott and Colby Gojmerac. All four students will be 8th graders at Spring Cove Middle School this fall. Spring Cove went undefeated on the day with wins over Huntingdon 20-0, Halifax 20-7, Hot Shots 21-11, Halifax...
The Seventh Annual Morrisons Cove Rotary Club and Dragon Pride Foundation Golf Outing was held on Friday, June 21 at Iron Masters Country Club. This winning partnership raised a profit of over $12,000 this year thanks to an impressive list of sponsors, golfers, and many volunteers. The golf outing was a four-person scramble format. Maxwell Transit Team 2 was the winning team. Webber Associates took second place and NPC took third place. The Outing's top three teams were: First Place: Maxwell...
Ryan and Tracy Dodson of Martinsburg treated their nephew Jonathan Stock, 6 years old, to watch the Curve game against the Erie Sea Wolves on Friday, June 14....
The Garver Memorial YMCA Gymcatz gymnastic team recently competed in the 2024 YMCA National Gymnastic Championships at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. New to the competiton this year was the Gymcatz Gold Division Team. Kaylee Wallace placed seventh on bars; Devon Coppersmith placed seventh on vault; Laura Wallace placed sixth on beam; Riley Barton placed second on bars, fourth on floor, and seventh all-around; Kendall Swindell placed second on vault, seventh on beam, fifth on...
I recently re-read the late Jim Bashline’s “Night Fishing for Trout,” a fly-fishing book published in 1973. Bashline’s book was unique since it was a departure from the usual treatises about matching fly hatches during daylight hours. I probably should not have re-read the book since it reminded me that I have not fly-fished for trout after dark for a number of years. Bashline’s tales of landing huge trout after dark, mostly from the Goodsell Pool near Coudersport (now a concrete ditch), made me think about rigging up some wet flies and sally...
With hunters now purchasing their hunting licenses and their antlerless deer tags, it might be a good time to take a look at last year’s Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) harvest estimates. Based on a total of 134,000 harvest reports from Pennsylvania hunters, the PGC deer biologists have come up with a total harvest of 430,010 animals for the 2023-2024 deer-hunting seasons. This includes an estimated 171,600 bucks and 258,410 antlerless deer for the year. As you can see, the PGC biologists have essentially tripled the reported harvest. Their...
The Curve's Tres Gonzalez makes his own call as Harrisburg Senator shortstop Cortland Lawson attempts to make the tag at second base during the last game of a home stand with the Senators Saturday, July 6 at PNG Field....
Last weekend, a club soccer team based in the Cove traveled east to Wildwood, New Jersey to compete in their Beach Blast Sand Soccer Tournament. It was an open tournament hosted by the Cape Express Soccer Club, and hundreds of teams from the east coast were invited to come and play on the sandy beach. The Dragons FC soccer team, from June 29 to June 30, competed in three games in the U19 male division. Each game was five against five. The tournament also had a "no shoes allowed" policy, so...
One of the most horrifying statistics I have run into during the past couple of years is that there are three billion (yes, billion) fewer birds in America than there were fifty years ago. I do not know exactly how researchers have arrived at this figure, but I do know that I encounter fewer birds afield than I once did. There are many reasons for the decline of bird numbers. Various chemicals and pesticides that have been introduced into the environment have taken their toll, either directly or through the plants and bugs that birds ingest....
From left, Central's Madison Kennedy, Alexis Spencer, Claysburg's Bella Francona, Central's Aubrey Rhodes and Bralyn Ellis were recognized as under class all stars during the PSBCA District 6 Hall of Fame Game held Tuesday, June 25 at Penn State Altoona....
Photos from the District 6 Pennsylvania Association Hall of Fame All Star Game (PSBCA) held at Penn State Altoona on Tuesday, June 25....
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is seeking input from the public in surveying wild turkeys this summer. The Annual Pennsylvania Wild Turkey Sighting Survey runs July 1 through Aug. 31. Public participation is important for turkey population management. Survey data allow the agency to determine total wild turkey productivity and compare long-term reproductive success within Pennsylvania and across states, as this is a standard methodology used across the country. Data also are used in the turkey population model to track population trends....
Many years ago, sportswriter Phil Musik penned columns where he told us, “Here’s what I think, I think.” Anyhow, here’s my version of Musik’s idea. The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) has control of the state’s deer herd and other game animals. In fact, I have occasionally read that the state owns the deer herd. Well, if that’s the case, what’s to prevent landowners from charging the PGC rent for the deer that inhabit their properties? This only makes sense, since the landowners, who are often farmers, essentially feed the deer and provide s...
The Hollidaysburg Youth Summer Baseball League hosted their annual home run derby on Sunday, June 23 at their little league complex. To be eligible for the contest, a 50/70 player must hit an over the fence home run during the season. Over 20 youth participated in the event. Colby Gojmerac (center), a rising 8th grader at Spring Cove Middle School won the championship contest with 10 home runs on 15 attempts in the final round. Landon Ketner (right), a rising 8th grader at Hollidaysburg Jr....
Next Monday, June 24, at 8:00 a.m., the first resident Pennsylvania antlerless deer hunting licenses go on sale in WMUs 1B, 2G, and 3A. There will probably be a rush for them, since antlerless licenses sell quickly in these WMUs. However, antlerless licenses will not go on sale in the other 19 Wildlife Management Units until Thursday, June 27, at 8:00 a.m., a week from now. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, resident hunters in these 19 WMUs will be guaranteed an antlerless license if they purchase it before July 8. This seems to...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission today announced the expansion of several Chronic Wasting Disease Management Areas (DMAs) due to new detections of the disease. Disease Management Area 2 (DMA 2) will expand following the detection of CWD in several road-killed deer along the eastern boundary. The boundary will generally expand east to state Route 94, east along U.S. Route 30, and north along the west shore of the Susquehanna River to meet the current boundary. DMA 2 is located in southcentral Pennsylvania and includes all or portions of Adams,...
Claysburg second baseman Landon Weyandt, left, watches as Quinten Knott makes a nice catch on a ball hit to shallow right field during during an end of tournament championship game with Clearville Saturday, June 15, at Claysburg Area Community Park....
Central High School Senior Lacey Ripka will be continuing her soccer career at Mount Aloysius next fall. From left, Coach Hannah Moore, Lacey Ripka, and Coach Randy Trexler....
Hunting and furtaker licenses for the 2023-24 license year will expire June 30, and hunters will need new licenses for the 2024-25 license year to begin July 1. New licenses go on sale Monday, June 24, and hunters no longer need to purchase a general license before getting an antlerless deer license – they can be purchased at the same time, anywhere licenses are sold. This year, when licenses go on sale at 8 a.m. on June 24, antlerless deer licenses will be available for only three Wildlife Management Units where demand is highest – WMUs 1B,...
Two of Williamsburg High School’s greatest basketball players from the “Golden Age” of boys’ basketball during the 1960s recently reminded me that we are now in the fourth quarter of our lives. The first of these had just had a stent installed to help with his blood flow. He said, “We do what we have to do so that we can do what we want to do. After all, we’re in the fourth quarter now.” The man has exercised religiously his entire life and has eaten healthy foods. He has never abused himself with tobacco or alcohol, yet he needed the st...
Aaron Brumbaugh, 7, Reed Forsyth, 9, and Nolan Davis, 8 with the Spring Cove Youth Baseball League’s Zimmerman Family Dentistry team get in some practice Sunday afternoon at the Morrison Cove Memorial Park little league field. They have three games left in their season....
In the District 6 Class AAA Baseball championship, the Central Scarlet Dragons faced off against the Central Cambria Red Devils. A close early game left the score tied at two apiece after the third inning, when the Red Devils took off in the fourth with four runs scored. After the Dragons were able to cut their opponents’ lead to only three runs with two runs of their own in the bottom of the fifth, the Red Devils responded by pushing the lead back up to five runs in the top of the sixth by scoring two more runs. The Dragons were able to s...
Second baseman Nolan Davis, 8 with the Spring Cove Youth Baseball League’s Zimmerman Family Dentistry team fields a hard hit ground ball during a team practice Sunday afternoon at the Morrison Cove Memorial Park little league field. They have three games left in their season....
Claysburg pitcher Emalee Cavender works against West Greene High School during first round Class 1A playoff game action Monday, June 3, 2024 in a home game....
Claysburg short stop Bella Francona cant make the tag in time on West Greene’s Kylee Davis at second base during first round Class 1A playoff game action Monday, June 3, 2024 in a home game....
Claysburg’s Bella Francona gets a fist bump from coach Mike Barabarini after belting a solo home run in the sixth inning action against West Branch. Claysburg won their District 6 Class 1A championship over West Branch Wednesday, May 29, in a game played at Ebensburg’s Central Cambria High School....
