Athletic department adds baseball for spring
Zakary Hicks, Reporter
March 15, 2019
Filed under Eighth Grade Sports, Seventh Grade Sports, Sports
The Altoona Area School District has added a new baseball team for seventh and eighth graders. The coach is eighth grade teacher Cameron Kyle. “Junior high baseball is a great chance for younger guys to learn how to play in a structured program. Those students will then go on to help our hig...
Basketball teams midway through season
January 24, 2019
Filed under Eighth Grade Sports, Ninth Grade Sports, Seventh Grade Sports, Sports
The boys' and girls' basketball teams have made it to the midpoint of their season and look to finish strong. The varsity Lady Lions are halfway through their season with a 6-5 record. “Right now we are losing a lot of players due to injuries, and it is definitely hurting us on the court,” Jaid...
Season for winter sport kicks in
December 14, 2018
Filed under Eighth Grade Sports, Ninth Grade Sports, Seventh Grade Sports, Sports
With the basketball an wrestling seasons starting, many athletes are ready to get back to the game. Mike Kelly coaches basketball, and Cameron Kyle coaches wrestling. Boys' basketball season kicked off with their first game Friday, Dec. 7, and wrestling's first match was Saturday, Dec. 8. Basketbal...
Freshman football team finishes undefeated
Kaya Newell, reporter
December 14, 2018
Filed under Sports
This year's football team is the first ever freshman football team to finish the season undefeated. The team played many different teams this year leaving them unsure about their competition and how the outcome of the season would occur. “I really didn’t know because we started in a new leagu...
Fall sports teams face rivials
Avery Reid, reporter
October 25, 2018
Filed under Sports
Fall sports are coming to an end and teams have come to a conclusion on who there biggest rivals are. “Our biggest rivals are Hollidaysburg and State College,” ninth grade football plater Aidan Steinbugl said. Steinbugl is on the freshman football team and plays the position of quarterback an...
Track season comes to end
May 25, 2018
Filed under Sports
Track athletes ended the season at districts on May 17, 2018. “I’m very happy that the season is over because I did indoor track and that’s back to back seasons which is a lot of running,” ninth grader Austin Kravetz said. Kravetz ran the 110 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, the 4 by 100 meter relay and ...
Track athletes compete in Mountain Lion Classic
Ben Blackie, Photographer
May 1, 2018
Filed under Ninth Grade Sports, Sports
Track teams from schools around the area recently competed in an Altoona hosted invitational. Altoona athletes could only go to the meet if they were invited by the coaches. The meet started at around 10 a.m. and went on until the afternoon. The meet gave the opportunity to the students to qualify for...
Thrown into the lives of softball players
Chastity Brunner, Photographer
May 1, 2018
Filed under Ninth Grade Sports, Sports
Softball is a sport not only played by seventh and eighth graders, but ninth graders too. In softball a person can throw, bat or catch. When an athlete is throwing she can throw in many different ways. An athlete can throw overhand or underhand. When seeing a softball player throw some may think,...
Students participate in spring track
Maddy Pincin, Reporter
April 6, 2018
Filed under Eighth Grade Sports, Seventh Grade Sports, Sports
This spring, seventh and eighth graders joined the school’s track team for either their first year or going into their second year to participate in an extracurricular activity. In track, everyone gets accepted, and there are no cuts. Students can participate in the events they choose. There are...
Ninth graders join high school team
April 6, 2018
Filed under Ninth Grade Sports, Sports
The Altoona Area High school had its first track meet yesterday against Hollidaysburg. They have beat Hollidaysburg for the past 25 years. They have many more meets to come and many more meets to win. “Yes I won the two mile,” Morgan Baker said. The track team is proud of their undefeated stre...
High school spring sports begin
Morgan Baker, Reporter
March 23, 2018
Filed under Sports
As spring begins, so do its sports. Coming up: boys' tennis, boys' baseball, girls' softball and boys' and girls' track. Boys' Tennis “I’m looking forward to the season because I like to play tennis,” ninth grader Nick Shimminger said. Ninth grade boys play on the high school team as t...
Wrestling season ends in win at states
Abbie Starr, Reporter
March 20, 2018
Filed under Ninth Grade Sports, Sports
After a 32-1 record, ninth grader Trevor Manley won first at the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championship in Johnstown on Feb. 3 and 4. Manley has been working at this victory of a state title for seven years. “I think just wrestling with the coaches and going to extra practices with the hi...