Altoona boys win Indiana invite

Aug 28, 2023

INDIANA — Cohen Crawford had the game winner on an assist from Ian Long to lead Altoona past Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 1-0, to capture the championship of the Indiana Invitational Tournament in high school boys soccer action on Saturday.

Luke Mitchell had four saves in goal for the Mountain Lions.

SCORE BY HALVES

OLSH 0 0 — 0

Altoona 0 1 — 1

First Half: none.

Second Half: A–Crawford (I. Long), 64:35.

Records: Altoona (2-0); Our Lady of Sacred Heart (1-1).

Dragons top Lions

ROARING SPRING — Central opened the season by doubling up Chestnut Ridge, 4-2, on Saturday.

Alexander Eicher led the way with two goals for the Scarlet Dragons while Logan Hummel tallied two assists.

Avery Campbell got the Dragons on the board first with a header off a corner kick from Jacob Heuston.

Cameron Claycomb notched both goals for the Lions with the second coming off a free kick assist from Elias Ritchey.

SCORE BY HALVES

Chestnut Ridge 1 1 — 2

Central 1 3 — 4

First Half: C–Campbell (J. Heuston assist), 14:12; CR–Claycomb (unassisted), 31:43.

Second Half: C–Eicher (Hummel assist), 48:27; CR–Claycomb (Ritchey assist), 56:22:; C–Eicher (Hummel assist), 57:37; C–Own goal, 74:39.

Records: Chestnut Ridge (0-1-0); Central (1-0-0).

GIRLS

NBC triumphs

WARFORDSBURG — Freshman Kitt Reininger scored two goals and fellow freshman Mylee Mitchell had a goal and an assist in their first varsity soccer games as Northern Bedford topped Southern Fulton, 4-1, in girls soccer Saturday.

Mariah Hall also had a goal and an assist for the Lady Panthers. Mia Hiller scored the lone goal for Southern Fulton.

SCORE BY HALVES

Northern Bedford 2 2 — 4

Southern Fulton 0 1 — 1

First Half: NB–Mitchell (Hall), 35:45; NB–Hall (unassisted), 37:20.

Second Half: NB–Reininger (Mitchell), 10:00; NB–Reininger (unassisted), 15:00; SF–Hiller (unassisted), 30:20.

Records: Northern Bedford (1-0); Southern Fulton (0-1).

Central cruises

ROARING SPRING — Addison Long scored four goals as Central shut out Chestnut Ridge, 12-0, in girls soccer on Saturday.

Paiton Campbell and Leya Hazenstab each scored twice and had two assists, and Bethany Kensinger added two goals for the Lady Dragons.

SCORE BY HALVES

Chestnut Ridge 0 0 — 0

Central 5 7 — 12

First Half: C–Campbell (unassisted), 12:49; C–Trexler (Hazenstab), 22:35; C–A. Long (Campbell), 30:08; C–Hazenstab (Campbell), 33:50; C–A. Long (Keith), 36:24.

Second Half: C–Hazenstab (Dibert), 41:16; C–Kensinger (Benton), 43:26; C–Dibert (Benton), 44:45; C–Campbell (unassisted), 47:25; C–A. Long (Trexler), 52:55; C–A. Long (unassisted), 59:15; C–Kensinger (Hazenstab), 67:37.

Records: Central (1-0); Chestnut Ridge (0-1).

Altoona girls 0-2

Cumberland Valley broke open a close game with three late goals, two from Catherine Tiday, to defeat Altoona in girls action at Mansion Park on Saturday.

Hailey Kravetz tallied her second goal of the season for Altoona in the losing effort.

SCORE BY HALVES

Cumberland Valley 3 3 — 6

Altoona 0 1 — 1

First Half: CV–Stoner (unassisted) 11:17; CV–So (free kick) 21:06; CV–Shaffer (unassisted) 31:10.

Second Half: A–Kravetz (Little), 29:05; CV–Tiday (McGrath) 34:30; CV–Tiday (Shaffer) 35:58; CV–Noel (Tiday) 37:15.

Records: Cumberland Valley (2-1); Altoona (0-2).

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