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Coach: April Wheland Number of Years as Head Coach: 3 League: ICC Returning: Cyrus Simmons (12th), Levi Hoover (11th), Ethan Watkin (11th), Jeremiah Ross (10th), Eliza Mock (10th) Newcomers: Ethan O (9th), Brooke Stewart (10th), Kara Landsberry (10th) Strengths/Overall Outlook: “I am fortunate to coach a group of runners willing to put in the time and effort it takes to learn the sport and improve with hard work. I also need to give them credit for being a very respectful and fun group to run with. Over half the team is new to the sport and I’m...
Coach: Marina Brubaker Number of Years as Head Coach: 3 League: Juniata Valley League Returning Starters/Letterwinners: Ashley Brubaker, Abbie Merritts, Ashlie Richardson, Alissa Walker, Morgan Reighard, Madison Haney, Alexia Brumbaugh, Ruth Eger, Billie Harnish, Hannah Dixon, Leah Criswell, Emma Morgan Newcomers: Tabitha Black, Hannah Bush, Alana Bowmaster, Abigail James, Samantha England, Chelsey Lane, Scotlyn Barroner, Alexis Feudale, and Eleanor Brubaker Strengths: "A lot of players...
For many Williamsburg residents, a fall Friday night was all about getting ready and heading to the Veterans Memorial Field to cheer on the beloved Blue Pirate football team. It seems that this long-standing tradition may be coming to an end. Following a decision made by the Juniata Valley School Board on Wednesday, July 28, the Williamsburg Community School District voted for a co-op agreement between the Hornets and the Blue Pirates for the upcoming varsity football season during a special...
From Coach John Riley: We had a great season opener and conference opener for the girls tennis team. There was a nice team victory 5-0 over Bishop McCort on the road. All girls shook off early nerves to post dominating wins. Julia Ritchey, Tomi May and Morgan Kennedy won in singles. The team of Violet Smith and Kaylee Cole and the combo of Adacyn James and Ashlyn Renner dominated in doubles. Also the doubles team of Kimmy Yingling and Annabel Shippey won in exhibition doubles. Scores Roxbury Park, Johnstown Central 5-Bishop McCort 0 Singles 1...
From Coach Robert Keith: Central 332, Huntingdon 359 SITE: Huntingdon CC TEAM (Central): G. Snowberger 77, Baum 79, J. Snowberger 87, Z. Oakes 89 TEAM (Huntingdon): Suchan 77, Marshall 81, Guyer-Wright 100, Houck 101 Records: Visitors (1-1, Home (0-1). NOTEWORTHY: It was a very hot round on a very saturated golf course. Griffin Snowberger and Andon Suchan were both medalists with 77’s....
August is normally a challenging month for trout fishing. Streams recede to their lowest levels, and the water temperatures of many creeks become too warm for the trout to be in any mood to feed. There are a few blessed streams where the water remains cold enough for the trout to be on the prowl, though even their flows are reduced significantly, making the trout even more difficult than usual to approach. With the uncomfortable tropical weather we had been enduring throughout the early weeks...
When I was a college English student, which was pretty much a lifetime ago, one of the types of literature I studied was poetry in its various forms. I became competent in dissecting the rhythms and rhymes of most poems I studied and occasionally could recognize how these contributed to the meanings of poems. Although I was not as adept at recognizing the symbolism in the poetry that my more perceptive classmates discovered, I became aware of how the various images the poets included helped to...
The Herald is seeking correspondents to write about the Cove's football teams. If you'd like to tell the story of a high school football team's season, call 793-2144 and ask for Allan or Anna. Ability to take photos is a plus. Compensation will be provided, including paid mileage...
The Herald’s Fall Sports Preview will go to press on Aug. 19. To coaches who have not had the opportunity to do so, please send rosters and the other requested team information to [email protected] by Aug. 16. It is incredibly important to the Herald that we feature local athletes and their achievements. Call the Herald office at (814) 793-2144 if you have any questions....
During their quarterly business review, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission gave preliminary approval for a proposed single opening day for trout season, to begin in 2022. The proposal would create a standard single, statewide opening day of trout season on the first Saturday of April each year, resulting in an earlier and longer trout season for most anglers. The new rule would require amendments to several sections of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Code and several regulations that reference opening day dates. “The past two seasons, m...
More than 50 years ago when I became serious about trout-fishing, I heard stories about fishermen who caught big trout at night during the midsummer. I decided I was going to try it. Before I became a die-hard fly-fisherman, I tried various baits in my efforts to capture trout. Dad knew the local night-fishermen used commercially grown crickets. I found an advertisement for them in a magazine, and I ordered 1,000. I was still in college and living at home during the summer. When the crickets...
The Williamsburg Blue Pirates (Yellow Springs Hardwood) won a hard-fought battle at the finals of the Dean Patterson Tournament....
Not long ago I received an email entitled "Reality Check." One chart in the email revealed that the United States ranked third in murders out of 193 countries. However, the chart noted that if Chicago; Detroit; Washington, D.C.; New Orleans; and St. Louis were dropped from the statistics, the United States would fall to 189th. Since most murders are committed with guns, I thought this chart revealed just how skewed statistics involving firearms can be; and I began a column centered on the...
This Sunday's closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will have unique meaning for a former local athlete. Brian Sell, a native of Woodbury and 1997 graduate of Northern Bedford High School, holds a special place in Morrisons Cove history. He is the only Cove athlete to represent the United States of America in Olympic competition. Brian qualified for the Olympic team by finishing among the top three runners in the New York City marathon trial in 2008. Sadly, he and his marathon teammates...
For many Williamsburg residents, a fall Friday night was all about getting ready and heading to the Veterans Memorial Field to cheer on the beloved Blue Pirate football team. It seems that this long-standing tradition may be coming to an end. Following a decision made by the Juniata Valley School Board on Wednesday, July 28, the Williamsburg Community School District voted for a co-op agreement between the Hornets and the Blue Pirates for the upcoming varsity football season during a special...
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave preliminary approval to a host of changes that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agricultural Deer Control Program, better known as the Red Tag Program, which helps farmers address crop-damage issues through the hunting of antlerless deer. If adopted, the measure would become effective in July 2022. The changes were recommended by those who use the program following a meeting with the Game Commission’s Deer and Elk Section. Proposed changes include: • An individual hunte...
The Herald is seeking correspondents to write about the Cove’s football teams. If you’d like to tell the story of a high school football team’s season, call 793-2144 and ask for Allan or Anna. Ability to take photos is a plus. Compensation will be provided, including paid mileage....
Mary and Bill Burket are celebrating their great-niece Emma Weyant's success at the Olymics. Weyant is the granddaughter of Kay Weyant of Martinsburg. The 19-year-old finished with a silver medal in the 400 IM final on July 24. "Her time just kept improving," said her grandmother. A story about Emma Weyant appeared in the June 24, 2021, edition of the Herald....
The Herald’s Fall Sports Preview will go to press on Aug. 19. To coaches who have not had the opportunity to do so, please send rosters and the other requested team information to [email protected] by Aug. 16. Call the Herald office at (814) 793-2144 if you have any questions....
The Northern Bedford 10U All Stars team earned second place in the Adams Township 10U Tournament July 17 & 18....
Trail cameras have become popular among hunters for locating game animals, especially deer. Cameras can tell users when and where deer are around. Hunters can then plot their adventures accordingly. In addition, sportsmen who place and use cameras often share their photos, especially of big bucks, with friends. Trail cameras seem to be nice additions to sportsmen's equipment. There is a "however" here, of course. I recently learned online that Arizona's five-member Game and Fish commissioners...
Hunters eager to see if their 2021-22 antlerless deer license has been awarded might need to wait a little longer than usual. The new licensing system now used to issue all hunting licenses, including antlerless licenses, has experienced slowdowns during peak sales periods – one of which began Monday, when Pennsylvania residents were able to apply for their first antlerless deer license. That means it’s taking longer to issue antlerless licenses. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is working with NIC Inc., the vendor that operates the new Hun...
"Rich, I've noticed you don't write columns about spots where you fish," a reader of "The Sportsman's Corner" recently observed. "People would really like to go fishing in some of your special spots. Don't you know how to write these kinds of columns, or are you just selfish about where you fish?" I didn't think long before answering. "You're right," I told her. "I learned long ago that writing about good fishing spots was detrimental to the fishing. More people fishing specific places often res...
Central High School's duo of Gerald Brumbaugh and Hunter Klotz brought a three-bass limit to the scale weighing 9 pounds, 9 ounces to win the 2021 High School Fishing National Championship on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, last week. Central's three-day total of nine bass totaling 28-13 gave them the win by a 1-pound, 14-ounce margin and earned the duo $10,000, berths as Strike King co-anglers into the lucrative Toyota Series Championship event, and several scholarships offers from...
Tyler Corrigan and his son Hayden Corrigan both shot turkeys on May 8, 2021. Tyler's was 18 3/4 pounds with a 10-inch beard. Hayden, 8, got a 15 1/2 pound turkey with a 4-inch beard. The father and son are from Martinsburg and shot the turkeys in Blair County....
Living in the Cove, I do most of my fishing on small streams. I have learned that I need to be stealthy in my approach to good fishing spots if I don't want to alarm the trout. This sneaking often involves ducking underneath tree limbs and old farm-lane bridges. Sometimes I don't duck low enough. A month ago, I had to squeeze underneath an old wooden bridge. At 71, I am not quite as flexible as I once was, and I whacked my head on a bridge beam. Having carelessly done this numerous times over...
Deer season still might be months away, but hunters who will need antlerless deer licenses in 2021-22 soon will need to fill out and send in their applications. Resident hunters may apply for their first antlerless deer license beginning Monday, July 12. Nonresidents may submit their first application a week later, beginning Monday, July 19. Hunters submitting applications should take note that the amount they pay for an antlerless license has increased slightly this year. Pennsylvania antlerless deer licenses now cost $6.97 for residents and...
The locusts are all but gone now. (Yes, I know the proper name for the big bugs that emerged this year for the first time in 17 years is "cicada." However, the "old timers" of my youth called them locusts. So, to me, locusts they remain.) Anyhow, the large emergence of Brood X locusts that occurred during June on several streams provided a nice change of pace from my normal early summer nymph-fishing, which is generally the most effective method of summer fly-fishing. This year, I had...
Pennsylvania elk hunters in 2021-22 will be out there in record numbers. The 187 licenses available marks an increase from the 164 allocated the previous year. A record 56 of the 2021-22 licenses are for bulls. And the January late season, which in its first two years was open only to antlerless elk hunting, in 2022 will be open to bull hunting, as well. Ten of the 49 licenses to be issued for the Jan. 1 through 8 late season are for bulls. The January late season is one of three elk seasons. There are 14 antlered and 15 antlerless licenses...
With more Sunday hunting opportunities on the way, additional days available for hunters to fill their antlerless deer tags and the biggest allotment of elk licenses yet, the 2021-22 season is one that Pennsylvania hunters eagerly awaited. Hunting and furtaker licenses for 2021-22 went on sale Monday, June 14, and the new license year begins July 1. General hunting licenses and furtaker licenses each cost $20.97 for Pennsylvania residents and $101.97 for nonresidents. Resident senior hunters and furtakers ages 65 and older can purchase...
When I got my hunting license for the upcoming seasons, I thought about the Pennsylvania Game Commission's policies regarding deer and turkey hunting. According to PGC press releases, the estimated harvest of deer last year was 435,180. The estimated statewide harvest of bucks was listed at 174,780. Even if you divide these figures by three, which would approximate the number of deer kills hunters actually reported to the PGC, the harvest was huge. However, that was not enough for deer...
Luke Williams of Martinsburg won the annual Father's Day Derby held on Lake Champlain in Vermont. The Northern Pike William caught weighed 13.6 pounds and was 38 inches long. The Central alum won $3,000 for first place in the Northern Pike category....
Snowberger's Poured Walls recently defeated True Value Hardware 10-9 to be crowned the 2021 Spring Cove Youth Baseball League 12 U champions....
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has appointed a new director of the Southcentral Region Office in Huntingdon. The Southcentral Region includes both Blair and Bedford counties. Michael Beahm, who has served with the Game Commission in the Southeast and Northeast regions, was named director in early June, and took the reins as director June 12. Beahm fills the vacancy created when former Southcentral Region Director David Carlini shifted back to the Northcentral Region as director there....
On Saturday, June 19, the Spring Cove Youth Baseball League held their annual Hitting Derby at the Roaring Spring Youth Baseball Field. Shown are the place winners in each of the age groups from 8u through 12u....
The big time for fly-fishing to hatches of aquatic insects known as sulphur mayflies should occur during May and early June on Clover and Piney creeks. These hatches are important sources of food for trout during the spring. However, Clover and Piney creeks have problems. Clover seems to have more problems than Piney. A half-dozen years ago, some pollutant oozed through the lower end of the stream, killing nearly all of the crayfish, a major food source for trout. Several local sportsmen visited...
On Sunday, June 13, the Williamsburg football team held their awards assembly at the Williamsburg Community Center. Award winners included Most Improved, Aidan Frew; Pat Tillman Award, Ian Crouch; Dee Verbonitz Memorial Award, Shane Brantner; Galen Hall Back Award, Wes McCall; Galen Hall Lineman Award, Shane Brantner; Charles Black Special Teams Award, Jahmarea Wansley; Offensive Player of the Year, Lambert Palmer; Defensive Player of the Year, Tyler Clark; and the Blanket Award winners (MVPs)...
These teams were crowned champions in their respective divisions in the first annual Morrisons Cove Memorial Park and Garver Memorial YMCA 3-on-3 youth basketball tournament....
The recent issue of "Fly Fisherman" magazine presented an article entitled "Our Mount Rushmore" describing four men who the author believed were the most influential fly-fishermen in history. This made me consider whose likenesses I would carve into my own local "Mt. Rushmore" of fly-fishing influence. The first choice is easy: Ralph Haney. When I'd graduated from high school and was looking for something to replace my high-school activities, most notably basketball, I saw Ralph and his son...
Central's Hunter Smith rounds third base past his coach A.J. Hoenstine after belting a home run against Hickory High School June 10, 2021, at Dubois' Showers Field. Central beat Hickory 9-4. Central's Devon Boyles (center) is consoled by his teammates after making the last out of the game against Tyrone Monday, June 14, 2021 against Tyrone at PNG Field. Central fell to Tyrone 4-2....
SOFTBALL ALL-STARS Claysburg-Kimmel Haileigh Reed, INF, Senior Emalee Cavender, OF, Freshman Harleigh Cavender, C, Senior Williamsburg Elizabeth Frederick, P, Senior Honorable Mentions Olivia Bushore, Claysburg-Kimmel; Morgan Webb, Williamsburg; Abby Kline, Northern Bedford BASEBALL ALL-STARS Claysburg-Kimmel Preston Imler, OF, Junior Corey Chamberlain, P, Senior Northern Bedford Andrew Lazor, INF, Senior Honorable Mentions Evan McDonald, Claysburg...
Emma Shunk's family got together for Memorial Day and to celebrate her 9th birthday at Trough Creek State Park....
When I was young, more than 50 years ago, bass fishing was a much different sport from the one that exists today. In those dear, departed days of yesteryear, bass fishing around here was mainly a live-bait proposition, with hellgrammites and soft-shelled crabs (crayfish) being most favored. A few more progressive (not in the political sense) bass fishermen tossed various lures to catch bass, mainly plugs, which are now referred to as crankbaits. Old Lake Raystown was not the huge impoundment it...
Northern Bedford County High School made it to the PIAA State Baseball Tournament. The Panthers lost to Juniata Valley 9-6 on Monday, June 7, in the first round of the tournament. The game was held at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona. Northern Bedford also made it to the District V finals this year. The final round was held on June 2. The Panthers lost 14-3 against Southern Fulton. Overall, the team had 11 wins and 13 losses....
The Central Dragons beat Tyrone 11-1 on June 2....
Central defeated South Park Monday, June 7, at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The final score was 12-8....
Twenty-six teams from around the region descended upon the Cove on Saturday morning, May 30, at 9 a.m. to hit the basketball courts. Divisions included 10u, 12u and 14u for both boys and girls teams. Four outdoor courts were utilized at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park while four indoor courts were used at the Garver Memorial YMCA....
The Northern Bedford Boys Track & Field squad was represented in three events at the state championships last weekend in Shippensburg. The boys 4 x 800 relay team of Nicholas Strayer, RJ Gates, Connor Laird and Chase Imes finished 20th in the 23 team field with a 9:09.81. Senior Ian Zimmerman ran in the 1,600 meter run and finished in 4:28.69. Although it was his best time of the year, he narrowly missed the medal stand, finishing 10th of 26 competitors. Junior Mason Detterline jumped 42-3.5 feet in the triple jump, which was good enough to...
By the second week of May, I was becoming anxious about finding some fly hatches and some rising trout. I had continued gobbler hunting to put in some time, but I did not even go one mid-May morning when I saw the daybreak temperature was only 32 degrees. My son, Bob, had been hunting for an hour or so before work each morning, trying to roust up a tom. On the 32-degree morning, he set up on a bird that gobbled incessantly from its roost. Bob let it fly down before calling to it. "I had to call...
One of the "unsung heroes" of the Blair County volleyball community was recently recognized for his years of service to the sport. Ken Streilein of Duncansville was honored by the Horseshoe Volleyball Club for his 30-plus years as a coach, official and club director. Horseshoe Volleyball Club technical director and former Tyrone Area High School girls' volleyball coach Mike Kraft presented a plaque to Streilein in front of a gathering of area coaches and officials. Streilein has served as a...
