ALEXANDRIA — Aubrey Anderson scored 20 points, and Juniata Valley held off Everett by making some clutch free throws down the stretch in a 57-55 season-opening victory Wednesday in high school girls basketball.

Anna Taylor added 10 points for Juniata Valley.

Emma Ritchey had a game-high 21 points for the Lady Warriors.

EVERETT (55): Colledge 3 4-6 11, Bowser 0 7-10 7, Dadetto 1 2-6 5, Levy 3 2-2 8, E. Ritchey 8 3-3 21, Woods 1 1-2 3. Totals–16 19-29 55.

JUNIATA VALLEY (57): Anderson 6 6-6 20, Fouse 3 0-0 6, Hartman 3 0-0 6, Hutton 0 2-4 2, Smith 0 0-0 0, Taylor 2 6-8 10, Walters 6 0-0 13. Totals–20 14-18 57.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Everett 15 9 11 20 — 55

Juniata Valley 13 16 13 15 — 57

3-point goals: Everett 4 (Colledge, Dadetto, Ritchey 2); Juniata Valley 3 (Anderson 2, Walters).

Records: Everett (2-1); Juniata Valley (1-0).

JV: No game.

B-A defeated

BELLWOOD — Penns Valley jumped out to a big lead and maintained it despite a Bellwood-Antis second-half rally in its 68-56 win over the Lady Blue Devils.

Lilly Gerwert scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds for Bellwood-Antis.

PENNS VALLEY (68): Johnson 5 5-5 16, Dalton 2 3-4 7, Smith 1 0-0 3, Romig 7 7-7 23, Dinges 7 2-8 19, Bressler 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals — 22 17-24 68.

BELLWOOD-ANTIS (56): Gerwert 8 2-4 22, Sweigert 0 0-0 0, Cacciotti 2 0-0 5, Worthing 2 0-0 4, Sloey 3 4-4 10, Hammond 2 0-0 5, Plummer 3 4-4 10, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Conlon 0 0-0 0. Totals — 20 10-12 56.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Penns Valley 22 21 12 13 — 68

Bellwood-Antis 10 14 14 18 — 68

3-point goals: Penns Valley 7 (Dinges 3, Romig 2, Johnson, Smith); Bellwood-Antis 6 (Gerwert 4, Cacciotti, Hammond).

Records: Penns Valley (1-1); Bellwood-Antis (0-1).

CC downs PC

EBENSBURG — Central Cambria pulled away in a game that was tied after three quarters to beat Penn Cambria, 66-56, behind a 29-point effort from Katie George.

Alaina Long added 13 points for the Lady Devils.

Penn Cambria got 20 points from Rachel Fisher, 14 points from MeKenna McCoy and 11 points from Avayah Lemaster.

PENN CAMBRIA (56): Ronan 1 0-0 2, McCoy 5 2-2 14, Fisher 7 3-4 20, Beard 2 2-2 6, Lemaster 4 3-5 11, Rabatin 0 3-4 3. Totals — 19 13-17 66.

CENTRAL CAMBRIA (66): Long 5 3-4 13, George 11 2-2 29, Ruddek 0 0-0 0, Matlin 0 0-0 0, Hite 2 3-6 8, Alexander 3 0-2 9, Grimaldi 0 5-6 5, Snyder 1 0-0 2. Totals — 22 13-18 56.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Penn Cambria 17 11 15 13 — 56

Central Cambria 11 20 12 23 — 66

3-point goals: Penn Cambria 5 (McCoy 2, FIsher 3); Central Cambria 9 (George 5, Alexander 3, Hite).

Records: Central Cambria (1-0).

JV: Central Cambria, 37-34. High scorers–Delaney Snyder, CC, 16.

Glendale rolls

MOUNT UNION — Glendale opened its season with a 41-28 win at Mount Union, behind 12 points from Sophia Leiden.

The Lady Vikings, up 23-9 at halftime, also got nine points from Gabriella Leiden.

Jaylynn Corlis led Mount Union with 10 points.

GLENDALE (41): Matish 0 0-0 0, McMillen 3 0-0 8, G. Leiden 2 5-9 9, Sinclair 3 0-0 6, McClellan 0 0-0 0, S. Leiden 6 0-2 12, Gilbrey 0 1-2 1, Cree 2 1-2 5, Dubler 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 7-15 41.

MOUNT UNION (28): House 3 1-2 8, Morgan 1 0-0 2, Bradshaw 1 0-0 2, Corlis 4 2-5 10, Atherton 1 1-2 3, Davis 1 0-0 3, Jenkins 0 0-0 0, Burket 0 0-0 0, Boyd 0 0-0 0. Totals — 11 4-9 28.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Glendale 11 12 7 11 — 41

Mount Union 6 3 9 10 — 28

3-point goals: Glendale 2 (McMillen 2); Mount Union 2 (House, Davis).

Records: Glendale (1-0).

JV: No game

Portage victorious

PORTAGE — Portage beat Purchase Line, 56-52, behind 15-point efforts from Britton Myher and Kendall Bednarski.

The Lady Mustangs held Purchase Line to six points in the fourth quarter.

PURCHASE LINE (52): Phillips 2 4-8 10, Cessna 0 0-0 0, Nelson 4 1-2 10, Mahaffey 7 3-12 18, H. Johns 2 0-2 4, R. Johns 2 2-3 7, McCombs 1 1-2 3, Houser 0 0-0 0. Totals — 18 11-29 52.

PORTAGE (56): Myher 4 5-6 15, C. Burkett 0 6-10 6, Bagby 4 1-2 9, Bednarski 5 4-8 15, B. Burkett 0 2-2 2, Stancovich 1 0-0 2, Irvin 0 0-0 0, Burda 1 1-2 3, Smith 0 0-0 0, A. Burkett 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 20-32 56.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Purchase Line 10 20 16 6 — 52

Portage 14 14 18 10 — 56

3-point goals: Purchase Line 5 (Phillips 2, R. Johns, Mahaffey, Nelson); Portage 4 (Myher 2, Bednarski, Krestar).

Records: Purchase Line (0-1); Portage (1-0).

JV: Portage, 59-23. High scorers–Josie Sossong, P, 16; Rachel Johns, PL, 11.