MECHANICSBURG - The Altoona girls basketball team went to overtime with Cumberland Valley Saturday afternoon before falling in the end, 77-72, in high school action.
Altoona did have two bright spots in the defeat as Darby Lee broke a school record by scoring 40 points. The old mark was held by Tracy Cooper, who scored 35 back in 1977.
And though head coach Jill Helsel was not thrilled about the loss, she admitted she did find out something about her club, which lost three starters to fouls in the team's third loss in six games this season.
"It was a tough loss. I don't feel good about the loss, but if you have to take something positive, something to learn from, we learned that we can go 9, 10 or 11 deep instead of just eight," Helsel said.
Starters Kaycie Reffner, Kayla Grimme and McKenzie Hatch all fouled out and finished with a combined 11 points. Cumberland Valley (7-1) hit on 28 of 43 from the foul line while Altoona went 23 of 30. Lee was 12 of 13 from the line as part of her 40 points.
"We went deep into our bench, kids that didn't have varsity experience played and they were excellent," she said. "We had a two-point lead at halftime, put our starters back to start the second half, got in trouble again and had to put our bench back in and they kept us in it."
Jackie Falconer led Cumberland Valley with 26 points. The win improved Cumberland Valley to 7-1.
ALTOONA (72): Hatch 0 4-6 4, Davis 0 0-2 0, Reffner 1 0-1 3, Dibert 1 0-0 2, Donley 2 2-2 8, Knab 1 0-0 2, Lee 14 12-13 40, Grimme 1 2-2 4, Feathers 3 2-2 8, Menegay 0 1-2 1. Totals - 23 23-30 72.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY (77): Sneidman 0 5-8 5, Je. Falconer 2 3-10 7, Hinish 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 5-5 7, Ja. Falconer 10 5-9 26, Gorrison 7 4-11 18, Jekot 4 3-4 11, Rhodes 0 3-6 3. Totals - 24 28-43 77.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Altoona17 17 11 21 6 - 72
Cumberland Valley10 22 18 16 11 - 77
3-point goals: Altoona 3 (Reffner, Donley 2), Cumberland Valley 1 (Ja. Falconer).
Records: Altoona (3-3), Cumberland Valley (7-1).
JV: Cumberland Valley, 43-40. High scorers-Feathers, A, 12.
Altoona boys falter
MECHANICSBURG - Despite Deshae Lee scoring 24 points, Altoona fell to Cumberland Valley, 81-67, in high school boys basketball action.
Matt Dry contributed 14 points for the Mountain Lions, who found themselves trailing, 41-29, at halftime.
Teammates Tony Acrie added 11 points and Manny Span 10 points as Altoona dropped to 4-2.
Cumberland Valley improved to 6-3.
ALTOONA (67): Lee 8 6-6 24, Dry 4 6-8 14, Lytle 0 2-4 2, Acrie 3 5-8 11, Span 3 4-6 10, Hancock 0 0-0 0, Givens 3 0-0 6, Hill 0 0-0 0, Samuel 0 0-0 0, Wansley 0 0-0 0, Dammann 0 0-0 0. Totals - 21 23-32 67.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY (81): Bachinsky 5 1-2 12, Kline 2 0-0 5, Kirkpatrick 7 10-18 27, Magnuski 2 1-2 5, Tamanosky, 2 0-0 4, D'Agostino 0 4-4 4, Toohey 1 2-5 4, Schutjer 7 4-7 20, Stevensen 0 0-0 0, Peterson 0 0-0. Totals - 26 22-38 81.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Altoona10 19 14 24 - 67
Cumberland Valley19 22 15 25 - 81
3-point goals: Altoona 2 (Lee 2); Cumberland Valley 7 (Kirkpatrick 3, Schutjer 2, Kline, Bachinsky).
Records: Altoona (4-2); Cumberland Valley (6-3).
JV: Cumberland, 63-47. High scorers- Miller, A, 17; Hawk, CV, 19.
BC loses in?OT
JOHNSTOWN - Despite a six-point lead at halftime, Bishop Carroll was edged out by Bishop McCort, 67-64, in overtime in high school boys basketball action.
Marcus Lee and Brandon Martinazzi each scored 16 points for the Huskies, who led 20-16 after one quarter of play, but went into the overtime tied at 58-58.
The loss dropped Carroll to 3-2.
Nemo Trexler led McCort with 23 points.
BISHOP CARROLL (64): Maruca 4 0-0 8, Lee 5 6-7 16, Madonna 2 1-2 6, Ranck 4 0-0 10, Martinazzi 8 0-0 16, Suckinos 2 2-2 8, Lucas 0 0-0 0. Totals - 25 9-11 64.
BISHOP MCCORT (67): Hipp 3 11-14 17, Spangler 8 0-1 21, Barbin 1 0-0 2, Trexler 11 1-4 23, Rugg 2 0-0 4, Ingram 0 0-0 0. Totals - 25 12-19 64.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Bishop Carroll20 13 12 13 6 - 64
Bishop McCort16 11 15 16 9 - 67
3-point goals: Bishop Caroll 5 (Suckino 2, Ranck 2, Madonna); Bishop McCort 5 (Spangler 5).
Records: Bishop Carroll (3-2).
JV: Bishop Carroll, 51-48. High scorers- Repko, BC, 11.
Jr. Lady Lions lose
MECHANICSBURG - Brittany Stouffer scored eight points in Altoona's 22-18 loss to Cumberland Valley in junior high girls basketball action.
ALTOONA (18): Donley 3, Stouffer 8, Kreuz 2, Koehle 3, McGregor 2.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY (22): Tonray 4, Kirkpatrick 4, Neast 8, Jekot 6.
Records: Altoona (4-2).
Jr. Lions beaten
MECHANICSBURG - Altoona Maroon fell to 4-1 with a 51-47 loss to Cumberland Valley in junior high boys basketball action.
Altoona Maroon was led by Jacob Port with 16 points and Elijah Gage with 14 points.
ALTOONA MAROON (47): Smith 5, Dixon 4, Livermore 6, Gage 16, Watson 2, Port 14.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY (51): Niedanthal 5, Giardina 17, Rollins 5, Balasumgram 14, Bowen 4, Geis 4, Davis 2.
Records: Altoona Maroon (4-1); Cumberland Valley (4-2).
