MILL HALL - Tyler Everhart completed a three-point play with 13.2 seconds left to lift Central Mountain past Altoona, 57-56, in high school boys basketball action Thursday for the Wildcats' 10th win in 11 games.
The play culminated a 21-11 fourth quarter for the Wildcats.
Altoona missed a shot on its final possession that could have won the game. Manny Span led the Mountain Lions with 14 points.
Kevin Givens and Tony Acrie added 10 points each for Altoona.
ALTOONA (56): Lee 2 1-2 6, Dry 1 4-4 7, Lytle 3 1-2 7, Acrie 4 2-4 10, Span 5 4-5 14, Hill 1 0-0 2, Hancock 0 0-0 0, Givens 4 2-2 10, Samuel 0 0-0 0. Totals - 20 14-19 56.
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN (57): Everhart 4 3-3 13, Turchetta 0 0-0 0, Renninger 11 3-4 28, Walker 1 0-0 2, Wise 4 0-0 9, Meeker 1 0-0 2, Stevenson 0 0-0 0, Klein 0 0-0 0, Blazina 1 0-0 3. Totals - 22 6-7 57.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Altoona13 15 17 11 - 56
Central Mountain8 16 12 21 - 57
3-point goals: Altoona 2 (Lee, Dry); Central Mountain 7 (Renninger 3, Everhart 2, Wise, Blazina).
Records: Altoona (7-9); Central Mountain (10-5).
JV: Central Mountain, 42-26. High scorers-Kevin Miller/Devin Miller/Jermaine Samuel, A, 6 each.
Juniata Valley50
Claysburg-Kimmel43
CLAYSBURG - Brett Grissinger and Caleb Taylor each scored 12 points as Juniata Valley topped Claysburg-Kimmel in an Inter-County Conference North game.
Carter Cerully scored a game-high 17 points for the Bulldogs.
JUNIATA VALLEY (50): B. Grissinger 4 4-7 12, Taylor 5 0-0 12, Gable 1 0-0 3, Collins 2 6-8 10, Shawver 5 0-0 10, Norris 1 0-0 3. Totals - 18 10-15 50.
CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL (43): Lamont 4 1-2 10, Dugan 1 0-0 2, Cerully 8 1-1 17, Brown 3 0-0 7, Gergely 1 1-2 4, Eberhart 1 0-0 3. Totals - 18 3-5 43.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Juniata Valley15 6 17 12 - 50
Claysburg-Kimmel......12 7 14 9 - 43
3-point goals: Juniata Valley 4 (Taylor 2, Gable, Norris); Claysburg-Kimmel 4 (Lamont, Brown, Gergely, Everhart).
Records: Juniata Valley (11-6); Claysburg-Kimmel (3-14).
JV: Juniata Valley, 38-24. High scorers-T. Grissinger, JV, 13; Eberhart, CK, 7.
Northern Bedford84
Forbes Road43
LOYSBURG - Blake Over had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead Northern Bedford past Forbes Road.
Tayler Pressel also had 22 points for Northern, and Kyler Diehl had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
FORBES ROAD (43): Gelvin 1 13-20 15, Shaw 2 2-2 6, Schoen 4 2-2 10, Hawkins 3 0-0 6, Broadwater 0 0-0 0, Berkstresser 1 0-0 2, Keller 2 0-2 4. Totals - 13 17-26 43.
NORTHERN BEDFORD (84): T. Pressel 9 4-7 22, Z. Pressel 2 0-0 4, Diehl 7 0-0 14, Over 8 3-4 22, Snyder 3 2-3 9, England 2 2-3 6, Barnes 1 1-1 3, Litzenberger 0 4-4 4, Zimmerman 0 0-0 0, Petrow 0 0-0 0. Totals - 32 16-22 84.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Forbes Road...............3 13 15 12 - 43
Northern Bedford24 21 23 16 - 84
3-point goals: Forbes Road 0 (None); Northern Bedford 4 (Over 3, Snyder 1).
Records: Northern Bedford (14-3).
JV: Forbes Road, 42-34. High scorers-Zimmerman, NB, 11.
West Branch66
Glendale57
FLINTON - Damon Braniff led Glendale with 18 points as it fell in overtime to West Branch.
Marcus McCrae added 13 points for the Vikings, while Shea O'Donnell and Anthony Barnhart each had 11.
WEST BRANCH (66): Emigh 9 6-10 26, Pennington 3 0-0 8, Rockey 0 0-0 0, Trude 2 9-12 14, Krise 1 0-1 2, Koch 1 0-0 2, Zwick 4 0-0 11, N. Kerlin 1 1-1 3. Totals - 21 16-24 66.
GLENDALE (57): Braniff 7 1-3 18, McCrae 6 0-2 13, O'Donnell 4 -6 11, Barnhart 5 1-2 11, Sinclair 0 0-0 0, Schultz 0 0-0 0, Witherow 2 0-2 4. Totals - 24 5-13 57.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
West Branch...........6 21 10 16 11 - 66
Glendale................13 16 15 11 2 - 57
3-point goals: West Branch 8 (Emigh 2, Pennington 2, Trude 1, Zwick 3); Glendale 7 (Braniff 3, McCrae 1, Barnhart 3).
Records: West Branch (8-9); Glendale (9-8).
JV: Glendale, 49-35. High scorers-Matchock, G, 11; Zwick, WB, 10.
