Mirror Classic Set For Friday, April 1

The 15th annual Altoona Mirror Basketball Classic will take place Friday, April 1, at Mount Aloysius College.

The girls-boys doubleheader, set for 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., will match the top seniors from Blair County against Central PA teams made up mainly of the top seniors from District 6 and District 5.

The Classic is an extension of the Big John Riley games, played from 1983-2005 and matching the best players from Blair and Cambria County. After Big John’s son, Tom, died in 2005, the Mirror assumed sponsorship with the Riley family’s blessing, expanded the concept and sustained the doubleh...