Huntingdon outlasts Trojans in double overtime
HUNTINGDON — Quinton Posey hit a pair of shots to force overtime and double overtime for Mount Union, but it was Huntingdon that pulled away in the second overtime, 95-87, with the help of 31 points from Nick Rigby and 16 points from Jackson Ritchey in high school boys basketball Thursday.
Jayton Smith and Will Sulesky each scored 14 points for the Bearcats. Mykell Smith scored his 1,000th point for the Trojans.
MOUNT UNION (87): Terry 4 0-0 8, Posey 7 2-2 20, McClain 1 0-0 3, Martin 6 5-5 17, Smith 9 4-5 26, Seacrest 5 0-0 10, Gearhart 1 1-1 3, Smith 0 0-0 0, Hand 0 0-0 0. Totals — 33 12-13 87.
HUNTINGDON (95): Smith 4 2-4 13, Price 2 6-6 10, Miller 1 0-0 3, Ritchey 6 4-4 16, Gearhart 3 0-0 6, Lane 1 0-0 2, Sulesky 5 3-4 14, Rigby 10 11-14 31. Totals — 32 26-32 95.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Mount Union 21 24 16 11 12 3 — 87
Huntingdon 19 22 25 6 12 11 — 95
3-point goals: Mount Union 9 (Posey 4, McClain, Smith 4); Huntingdon 5 (Smith 3, Miller, Sulesky).
Records: Huntingdon (16-2).
JV: Mount Union, 54-34. High scorers–Heffelfinger, MU, 23; Harman, H, 12.
Bishop Carroll 75
Cambria Heights 45
EBENSBURG — Tristan McDannell’s 13 points led Bishop Carroll to a victory over Cambria Heights, which got a game-high 17 points from Nick Brawley.
The Huskies outscored Heights, 31-9, in the third quarter.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (45): Wholaver 3 3-5 9, N. Lamb 3 4-6 10, Brawley 8 1-2 17, Bearer 1 0-0 2, Maul 2 0-2 4, Weakland 0 0-2 0, Lee 1 0-0 3, Fox 0 0-0 0, Farbaugh 0 0-0 0, Coover 0 0-0 0, Lieb 0 0-0 0, Ratay 0 0-0 0. Totals — 18 8-17 45.
BISHOP CARROLL (75): Eckenrode 4 0-0 11, Ratchford 3 2-4 8, Karlheim 4 1-2 10, H. Rodkey 2 0-0 5, McDannell 5 3-3 13, Burk 7 1-1 15, Semelsberger 4 0-0 11, M. Rodkey 1 0-0 2, Maykovitch 0 0-0 0, Gotshall 0 0-0 0, Zazverskey 0 0-0 0. Totals — 30 7-10 75.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Cambria Heights 10 11 9 15 — 45
Bishop Carroll 13 13 31 18 — 75
3-point goals: Cambria Heights 1 (Lee); Bishop Carroll 8 (Eckenrode 3, Karlheim, H. Rodkey, Semelsberger 3).
Records: Cambria Heights (5-14).
JV: Bishop Carroll, 72-40. High scorers–Lieb, CH, 14; Kilraine/Semelsberger, BC, 15.
Portage 49
Ferndale 48
JOHNSTOWN — Preston Rainey’s mid-range jumper at the buzzer to lift Portage past Ferndale.
Rainey and Michael Bartoletti led the Mustangs with 13 points each.
PORTAGE (49): Haney 3 0-1 8, Bartoletti 6 1-1 13, Price 0 6-7 6, Rainey 6 1-2 13, Zatek 4 0-0 9, Selapack 0 0-0 0, Kargo 0 0-0 0. Totals — 19 8-11 49.
FERNDALE (48): Barrett 4 2-2 11, Ohler 2 0-0 5, Kinsey 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Hill 7 1-1 17, Pudliner 5 0-0 13. Totals — 19 3-5 48.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Portage 18 7 11 13 — 49
Ferndale 10 16 11 11 — 48
3-point goals: Portage 3 (Haney 2, Zatek); Ferndale 7 (Pudliner 3, Hill 2, Ohler, Barrett).
Records: Portage (5-13).
JV: Ferndale, 44-33. High scorers–Brown, P, 12; Thomas, F, 9.
Penns Valley 45
Tyrone 35
SPRING MILLS — Cameron Shaffer scored 19 points and had 15 rebounds to help Penns Valley upset Tyrone in a Mountain League game.
Parker Mitchell led the Golden Eagles with 11 points.
TYRONE (35): Mitchell 3 5-6 11, Meredith 2 0-0 4, Lucas 1 0-0 3, Gripp 1 0-0 2, Hoover 1 0-0 2, Ferguson 3 3-7 9, Thomas 0 4-5 4. Totals — 11 12-18 35.
PENNS VALLEY (45): Snyder 2 2-3 6, Breon 0 2-6 2, Romig 0 0-0 0, A. Tobias 3 2-3 8, Shaffer 9 1-2 19, M. Tobias 3 4-4 10. Totals — 17 11-18 45.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Tyrone 3 10 11 11 — 35
Penns Valley 6 12 10 17 — 45
3-point goals: Tyrone 1 (Lucas); Penns Valley: none.
Records: Penns Valley (8-9); Tyrone (13-5).
JV: Tyrone, 54-27. High scorers–Hoover, T, 15; Ripka, PV, 8.
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