BLAIRSVILLE — Trailing 30-17 at halftime, the Portage girls basketball team turned it up a notch, outsourcing River Valley 24-0 in the third quarter in a 52-45 victory in high school action.

The Lady Mustangs (9-6) got a career-high 13 points from sophomore Mya Burda to go with 13 points from Kendall Bednarski, plus a game-high 17 points from Britton Myher.

River Valley (9-6) received 15 points from Maddie Twinchek to go with 13 points each from Alyssia Lamantia and Kennedy Cole.

PORTAGE (52): C. Burkett 2 2-6 5, Myher 5 4-4 17, Bagby 0 2-4 2, Bednarski 5 0-0 13, B. Burkett 0 0-0 0, Irvin 0 0-0 0, Stancovich 0 0-0 0, Krestar 0 0-0 0, Burda 2 9-11 13, Smith 0 0-0 0, A. Burkett 1 0-0 2, Harsh 0 0-0 0, Myers 0 0-0 0. Totals — 15 17-25 52.

RIVER VALLEY (45): Collinat 2 0-0 4, Torras 0 0-0 0, Dunlap 0 0-4 0, Twinchek 4 7-10 15, Lamantia 3 6-8 13, Cole 5 3-10 13. Totals — 14 16-32 45.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Portage 6 11 24 10 — 52

River Valley 12 18 0 15 — 45

3-point goals: Portage 5 (Bednarski 3, Myher 2); River Valley 1 (Lamantia).

Records: Portage (9-6); River Valley (9-6).

JV: No game.

Valley cruises

MOUNT UNION — Juniata Valley jumped out to a 22-6 first-quarter lead en route to a 48-18 win over Mount Union Thursday night in high school play.

Aubrey Anderson led JV (10-4) with 16 points, eight assists and four steals. Teammate Anna Taylor added 11 points.

The Trojans (2-12) got eight points from Lily House.

JUNIATA VALLEY (48): Fouse 3 0-4 6, Walters 1 0-0 3, Anderson 6 2-4 16, Taylor 3 3-4 11, Hartman 4 0-0 8, Smith 2 0-0 4. Totals — 19 5-12 48.

MOUNT UNION (18): House 4 0-0 8, Atherton 3 0-2 6, Bradshaw 2 0-0 4. Totals — 9 0-2 18.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Juniata Valley 22 6 10 10 — 48

Mount Union 6 4 4 4 — 18

3-point goals: Juniata Valley 5 (Anderson 2, Taylor 2, Walters)

Records: Juniata Valley (10-4); Mount Union (2-12)

JV: No game

C-K stumbles

BOSWELL — Claysburg-Kimmel got into a double-digit deficit at the half and were never able to recover in a 41-27 loss to North Star.

Zailee Bush posted 12 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL (27): Tipton 3 0-0 8, Bush 2 7-14 12, Francona 2 1-3 5, Larson 0 0-0 0, McCloskey 1 0-0 2, Imler 0 0-0 0, Weyandt 0 0-0 0, Dibert 0 0-0 0. Totals — 8 8-17 27

NORTH STAR (41): E. Johnston 6 0-0 13, Scott 0 4-6 4, Hurley 1 4-8 6, Snyder 1 0-0 3, M. Johnston 3 1-2 9, Stufft 3 0-2 6, Perrin 0 0-0 0, Solarczyk 0 0-0 0, Smeak 0 0-0 0, Jeske 0 0-0 0, Lascari 0 0-0 0. Totals — 14 9-18 41.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Claysburg-Kimmel 6 6 9 6 — 27

North Star 13 10 7 11 — 41

3-point goals: Claysburg-Kimmel 3 (Tipton 2, Bush); North Star 4 (M. Johnston 2, E. Johnston, Snyder).

Records: Claysburg-Kimmel (5-10); North Star (6-5).

JV: No game.