Cheerleading is not an easy sport. The girls on the cheer team practice for hours to perform at a game.   However, even with all of this hard work, many girls on the team feel that there isn’t enough recognition towards their sport.   Listen to the morning announcements,...

When you walk into Altoona Fitness Center, weights will be crashing, music will be booming  and you can smell the determination and perspiration in the air.  Altoona Fitness Center is different from other gyms. It offers many programs including physical therapy, athlete training, boxing, as well...

The  Lady Spikers had a great season with very few losses. But, in the last game of the season, something unexpected happened. Both A and B teams lost to opponents they beat early on in the season. That loss stung the players and took a toll on how the players felt about the entire season.    Eighth...

As a little girl was rushing through the grass, with the summer sun blaring on her skin, her cleats being mired down by the muddy field, something in her sparked.   Eighth grader Brianna Hudson started playing sports when she was just a toddler. Starting with  soccer when she was six-years...

Eight grade science teacher Paul Neatrour was nominated to be in the Hall of Fame in 2014, but has sadly retired from his baseball life.   Many students do not know of him being famous in the baseball world.    “I did not know that he was in the Hall of Fame,” eighth grade...

An abandoned warehouse was turned into an indoor skate park. Eight years later, SK8-1-4 became Central PA’s most popular indoor skate park, and the largest skate park in Altoona!   Owner Matthew Lee said his park became popular by word of mouth through the skating community.   “We’re...

Whenever we think of our teachers, our first thought usually isn’t their college life. But, not surprisingly, many of them were former college athletes in their days. They weren’t always the person handing out homework for students to complete. They used to be the ones receiving the homework.     In...