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Sophia O’Dea had a hat trick for Altoona in a loss to North Allegheny on Saturday at Mansion Park.

MARTINSBURG — A hat trick from Owen Brown put Central’s boys soccer team ahead by two goals, but Cambria Heights got late tallies from Ethan Gilbey and Nito Kutruff to force a 3-3 tie in both teams’ opening contest on Saturday.

Tucker Link also scored for the Highlanders, and Jacob Heuston assisted on two goals for the Scarlet Dragons.

SCORE BY HALVES

Cambria Heights 0 3 — 3

Central 0 3 — 3

First Half: no scoring.

Second Half: C–Brown (J. Heuston), 33:14; C–Brown (unassisted), 31:34; CH–Link (unassisted), 28:46; C–Brown (J. Heuston), 27:54; CH–Gilbey (Bradley), 11:28; CH–Kutrufff (unassisted), 11:10.

Records: Cambria Heights (0-0-1); Central (0-0-1).

Altoona downed

DuBOIS — DuBois topped Altoona, 4-2, in the boys soccer championship game of the tournament at DuBois Middle School on Saturday.

The Mountain Lions got a goal from Abubaker Hussein that tied the contest in the first half, but DuBois scored three straight goals to take control before Bilal Eltayeb scored the final goal of the game to set the final.

SCORE BY HALVES

Altoona 1 1 — 2

DuBois 2 2 — 4

First Half: D — Akers (unassisted), 9:00; A — Hussein (Etters), 25:00; D — Akers (unassisted), 29:00.

Second Half: D — Akers (unassisted), 41:00; D — Gallegos (unassisted), 65:00); A — Eltayeb (unassisted), 70:00.

Records: Altoona (1-1); DuBois (2-0).

CH blanks Central

PATTON — Brooklyn Galinis scored in each half to lead Cambria Heights to a 2-0 win over Central in High school girls soccer on Saturday.

Emma Gilbey stopped two shots to earn a shutout in goal for the Lady Highlanders.

SCORE BY HALVES

Central 0 0 — 0

Cambria Heights 1 1 — 2

First Half: CH–Galinis (McMillen), 7:02.

Second Half: CH–Galinis (unassisted), 21:44.

Records: Central (0-1-0); Cambria Heights (1-0-0).

Lady Lions lose

North Allegheny defeated Altoona, 7-3, in High school girls soccer at Mansion Park on Saturday.

Despite the loss, Sophia O’Dea had a hat trick for the Lady Lions. A full box score was not reported to the Mirror.

CC wins tourney

MARTINSBURG — Central Cambria won the eight-team junior varsity girls volleyball Cove Clash on Saturday. No additional results or information were reported to the Mirror.

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