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Mifflin County has tough go of things
It was one of those days when nothing went right for the Mifflin County baseball team in its non-league game with Hollidaysburg Friday afternoon. The Golden Tigers showed why they are one of the best teams in District 6 with an impressive offensive display in an 18-1 win. Comment?
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Rebounding woes plague Trojans
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Rebounding problems hurt the Mount Union boys basketball team in Monday's District 6 Class 3A semifinal loss to Ligonier Valley. Central Cambria secured third place with a 65-47 win over Mount Union Wednesday at the Hollidaysburg Area High School gym. Comment?
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Mount Union stumbles in second quarter
In what started as a promising feature game for a District 6 Class 3A boys basketball semifinal, Mount Union found itself struggling in the middle periods. Ligonier Valley took advantage of being able to dominate the boards and speed the game up to defeat the Trojans, 72-54, Monday night in Hollidaysburg. Comment?
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Devils send Indians home for season
The Juniata girls basketball team racked up 23 wins on its way to a Tri-Valley League championship and a No. 2 seed in the District 6 Class 3A playoffs. Comment?
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Sentinel photo by JEFFa SFISHBEIN Juniata's Ellie Shepps, right, reaches for the ball against Tyrone's Lindsay Fusco in their District 6 Class 3A girls basketball playoff game Friday in Mifflintown. MIFFLINTOWN - Juniata was able to erase a 12-point deficit late in the third quarter, but couldn't get much to go its way after that in a 62-49 loss to Tyrone in a District 6 Class 3A girls basketball quarterfinal game Friday. Comment?
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Mifflin County on march for 4th title in seven years
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The quest for a fourth District 6 Class 3A tournament team championship in seven years and the march to individual PIAA gold begins in earnest for the Mifflin County wrestling team Saturday in Altoona. The Huskies ended the dual meet portion of their season with a 12-7 record and were the surprise winner of the District 6 Class 3A Dual Meet championship earlier this month. Comment?
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Mifflin County boys end season on high note; Greenwood girls out of TVL
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Mifflin County was making it rain from beyond the arc leading to a 51-48 overtime victory over Hollidaysburg in a nonleague boys basketball game on Tuesday. The Huskies nailed a total of 10 3-pointers in the game, led by Ryan Walker, who hit six from the 3-point line and scored 27 points. Comment?
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PSU winds up with top-5 class
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There were a couple of false alarms over the past few months that Rasheed Walker was going to verbally commit to Penn State, so it was apropos that the Maryland four-star and U.S. Army All-American offensive tackle's announcement on Wednesday got postponed a couple of times because of the snowstorm that hit the northeast. It finally ended a little less than an hour after noon when Walker picked up a Nittany Lion baseball cap instead of those of Ohio State and Virginia Tech. Comment?
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It wasn't the prettiest of games, but Mifflin County was able to hold off a pesky Hollidaysburg squad, 56-44, in nonleague girls basketball Tuesday. The Huskies had a lead as large as 15 over the Golden Tigers, but thanks to some big 3-pointers in the second half, Hollidaysburg kept itself in the game until late. Comment?
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Mifflin County started out strong but couldn't stop the bench of Hollidaysburg as the Golden Tigers spoiled senior night and the final home game of the season for the Husky boys with a 52-43 nonleague victory on Monday. Mifflin County had as much as an eight-point lead in the first quarter but couldn't hold on as Ryan Walker, Drew Westover and Tanner Hepner played their final game in the Husky gym. Comment?
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Diane Mary Hallinan, 66, died peacefully at her home in Lewistown on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, after an 18-month courageous battle with uterine cancer. Born Aug. 21, 1951, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Jack E. and Doris I. Becker. Comment?
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The Charity Knitting and Crocheting Circle of Lewistown are seeking donations of yard for the annual Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home project, conducted by the Lewistown Elks Lodge #663. Yarn donations may be dropped off at the Elks Lodge, 229 West 3rd Street, Lewistown. Comment?
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Dana L. Beatty, 53, of Lewistown, formerly of Altoona, passed away at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 in Dauphin County, from injuries sustained in a roadway accident. Comment?
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Huskies shut down by Hollidaysburg
Sky was the main cog in the scoring machine as she scored three Golden Tiger goals in their 4-0 shut out of Mifflin County in a nonleague girls soccer game at Mifflin County Middle School Thursday. "We've had a lot of success in the last couple games we played. Comment?
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Game would be better with sportsmanship
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At the risk of sounding like the grumpy old man - I'm really neither, at least not most days - there was a general lack of sportsmanship on display last weekend. And it was bothersome. Comment?
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Huskies seek first win in trophy game
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When Mifflin County formed from the ashes of Lewistown and Indian Valley, and joined the Mid-Penn Conference in 2011, a natural rivalry developed with State College - its closest neighbor on the annual schedule. In football, the two schools created a trophy game - the Seven Mountains Bucket - with the first contest kicking off in 2014. Comment?
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The Mifflin County girls' tennis team played with effort, but Altoona had too much firepower in a 5-0 non-league contest Monday afternoon at Mifflin County. The Huskies won four games in singles and three in doubles with the Lady Mountain Lions taking all the matches in straight sets. Comment?
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Just in case you weren't aware, on Aug. 21 America will fall under the path of a total solar eclipse. The sun will disappear behind the moon, turning daylight into twilight, causing the temperature to drop rapidly, and revealing massive streamers of light streaking through the sky around the silhouette of the moon. Comment?
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Five local athletes participated for the South team at the 33rd Annual Lezzer Lumber Football Classic at Mansion Park in Altoona on Friday night. Mifflin County's Isaac Maclay, Malik Sechler, and Cole Middaugh, along with Mount Union's James Woods and Caleb Ritchey braved the unstable weather but came out on the short end of 17-7 game won by the North. Comment?
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Why pay more when you can get something better for less?
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Basic economics tells us that paying more for something when you can get something better for less is never a good idea. That's why we don't understand the reasoning behind a bill recently proposed by state Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Hollidaysburg, to change the requirements for government public notices. Comment?
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