PATTON — Cambria Heights secured a spot in the District 6 Class 3A playoff by holding off Northern Cambria, 40-37, in high school boys basketball action on Friday.

Northern Cambria missed a potential game-tying 3-point shot at the buzzer.

Heights received 11 points from Bernie Whiteford and 10 from Ryan Bearer.

Tyler Bearer scored 18 for the Colts.

NORTHERN CAMBRIA (37): Bearer 7 1-2 18, Sedlock 5 0-2 13, Hoover 0 4-4 4, Taylor 0 2-3 2, Yachtis 0 0-2 0, Kudlawiec 0 0-0 0, Dolansky 0 0-0 0. Totals — 12 7-13 37.

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (40): B. Whiteford 4 3-6 11, Bearer 4 0-0 10, L. Lamb 1 3-4 5, McCombie 2 0-0 5, Fitzpatrick 2 0-4 4, Mazenko 1 1-2 3, P. Lamb 1 0-0 2, C. Whiteford 0 0-0 0. Totals — 15 7-16 40.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Northern Cambria 8 12 5 12 — 37

Cambria Heights 5 16 9 10 — 50

3-point goals: Northern Cambria 6 (Sedlock 3, Bearer 3); Cambria Heights 3 (Bearer 2, McCombie).

Records: Cambria Heights (7-7); Northern Cambria (5-14).

JV: Cambria Heights, 42-26. High scorers–Horvath, CH, 10; Pavelko, NC, 10.

PC prevails

CRESSON — Penn Cambria pulled out a 55-50 non-league victory over Central Mountain.

Jake Tsikalas led a balanced attack with 12 points, and Carter Smith and Garrett Harrold each scored 10. The Panthers improved to 12-6.

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN (50): Hannah 4 0-1 9, Pentz 0 0-0 0, Gierlach 0 0-0 0, Long 7 0-2 14, McCloskey 3 0-0 8, Major 1 2-4 4, Adair 2 0-0 5, Probst 5 0-0 10. Totals — 22 2-7 50.

PENN CAMBRIA (55): Smith 5 0-0 10, Tsikslas 4 2-2 12, Harrold 4 1-2 10, O’Donnell 3 0-1 6, Reese 1 4-4 6, Latterner 1 0-0 2, Grove 0 0-2 0, Semelsberger 1 1-2 4, Chirdon 1 1-2 4, Eckenrode 0 1-2 1. Totals — 20 10-17 55.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Central Mountain 14 10 13 13 — 50

Penn Cambria 11 19 14 11 — 55

3-point goals: Central Mountain 4 (McCloskey 2, Hannah, Adair); Penn Cambria 5 (Tsikalas 2, Harrold, Semelsberger, Chirdon).

Records: Central Mountain (5-12); Penn Cambria (12-6).

JV: No game.

‘D’ leads Central

BELLEFONTE — Central held Bellefonte to less than 10 points in three of the four quarters in posting a 45-34 victory.

Devon Boyles led the Scarlet Dragons with 12 points, and Hunter Klotz scored 10. Central improved to 13-4.

CENTRAL (45): Klotz 3 3-5 10, Boyles 4 4-4 12, Lingenfelter 3 2-4 9, Smith 3 1-2 7, Kling 2 0-0 4, Bean 1 0-0 3, Brumbaugh 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 10-15 45.

BELLEFONTE (34): Fisher 1 0-0 3, Kroell 1 0-0 3, Way 5 0-0 12, Ebeling 0 0-1 0, Crissman 0 0-0 0, Brungard 3 0-0 6, Eckely-Jones 3 4-4 10. Totals — 13 4-5 34.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Central 12 14 5 14 — 45

Bellefonte 5 11 9 9 — 34

3-point goals: Central 3 (Lingenfelter, Klotz, Bean); Bellefonte 4 (Way 2, Fisher, Kroell).

Records: Central (13-4); Bellefonte (5-11).

JV: Central, 45-36. High scorers–Bean, Brumbaugh, C, 14 each; Johnson, B, 12.

Sinclair leads Vikes

FLINTON — Ryan Sinclair poured in 40 points in Glendale’s 66-61 victory over Mount Union.

MOUNT UNION (61) Delo 7 2-3 16, Bradbeck 5 0-2 10, Wilson 2 1-3 5, Williams 2 1-2 5, Randolph 4 3-7 11, Barksdale 1 0-0 2, Danish 0 0-0 0, Cuff 0 0-0 0, Knable 0 0-0 0, Trice 0 0-0 0, Brumbaugh 4 2-2 12. Totals — 25 9-19 61.

GLENDALE (66) Sinclair 17 6-9 40, Loegen Smeal 2 0-0 6, Cree 2 4-5 9, Landon Smeal 1 0-0 2, Jasper 2 1-2 7, Monahan 0 0-0 0, Peterson 1 0-0 2, Pennington 0 0-0 0, Spencer 0 0-0 0, Lukehart 0 0-0 0, Krepps 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals — 25 11-16 66.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Mount Union 15 11 18 16 — 61

Glendale 11 15 13 27 — 66

3-point goals: Mount Union 2 (Brumbaugh 2); Glendale 5 (Lo. Smeal 2, Jasper 2, Cree).

Records: Mount Union (7-9); Glendale (6-10).

JV: No game.

Altoona loses

Altoona was held scoreless in the second quarter in a 48-23 loss to Cumberland Valley at the Altoona Fieldhouse.

Lucas Muffie led the Mountain Lions (1-15) with eight points.

Cumberland Valley (14-4) got 12 points each from Sam Sherry and Ben Drury.

CUMBERLAND VALLEY (48): Morrison 0 0-0 0, Hunter 0 0-0 0, Titus 1 0-0 2, Collard 0 0-0 0, Lewis 2 0-0 6, Mazzie 0 0-0 0, Kuffa 2 0-0 6, Gilbert 4 0-0 Dunn 1 0-0 2, Krevsky 0 0-0 0, Radosavljevic 0 0-0 0, Sherry 4 2-2 12, Drury 6 0-1 12. Totals — 20 2-3 48.

ALTOONA (23): Muffie 4 0-0 8, Neely 2 0-0 5, Pheasant 0 0-0 0, Petucci 1 0-0 2, Spriggs 0 0-0 0, Alwine 0 0-0 0, Lear 2 0-0 5, Hardison 0 0-0 0, Mentzer 0 0-0 0,Bardell 0 0-0 0, Geibel 0 0-0 0, Corso 0 0-0 0, Cornelius 1 0-0 3, Kelly 0 0-0 0. Totals — 10 0-0 23.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Cumberland Valley 12 7 17 12 — 48

Altoona 10 0 5 8 — 23

3-point goals: Cumberland Valley 6 (Lewis 2, Kuffa 2, Sherry 2); Altoona 3 (Neely, Lear, Cornelius).

Records: Cumberland Valley (14-4, Mid-Penn 11-3); Altoona (1-15, Mid-Penn 0-12).

JV: Cumberland Valley, 52-41. High scorers–Neely, A, 16; Boone, CV, 22.

Tigers beaten

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg scored just 10 points in the first half in a 50-36 loss to Richland.

The Tigers, who fell to 3-10, got 12 points from Rocco Grassi.

The Rams (8-7) got 23 points from Trent Rozich.

RICHLAND (50): Levander 2 0-0 4, Stem 3 1-1 7, Stahl 2 0-0 5, Rozich 9 4-4 23, Penna 3 0-0 7, Batche 2 0-0 4. Totals — 21 5-5 50.

HOLLIDAYSBURG (36): Imhoff 1 1-2 3, Hileman 1 3-4 5, Martellacci 1 0-0 3, McGinnis 0 0-0 0, Wedel 0 0-0 0, Kratzer 3 0-0 8, Walters 2 1-1 5, Kirsch 0 0-0 0, Grassi 5 1-1 12. Totals — 13 6-8 36.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Richland 15 11 12 12 — 50

Hollidaysburg 4 6 16 10 — 36

3-point goals: Richland 3 (Rozich, Penna, Stahl); Hollidaysburg 4 (Martellacci, Kratzer 2, Grassi).

Records: Richland (8-7); Hollidaysburg (3-10).

JV: Richland, 53-40. High scorers–Naugle, H, 12.

BCC boys in final

STATE COLLEGE — Blair County Christian advanced to the ACAA finals with a 63-50 win over Juniata Christian in the semifinals at C3 Sports.

Ean McCarty’s 24 points were tops for the Bobcats (16-3), who will play Northumberland Christian in Saturday’s final.

Kort Sease contributed 17 points for BCC. Teammate Davis Dull added 13 points.

JUNIATA CHRISTIAN (50): Sheaffer 7 4-6 18, Tusing 4 0-0 11, N. York 6 4-4 16, Brubaker 0 0-0 0, O. York 1 0-0 3, Hoover 2 0-0 4, Totals — 20 8-10 50

BLAIR COUNTY CHRISTIAN (63): McCarty 7 5-10 24, Co. Dull 0 1-4 1, D. Dull 6 1-2 13, Ca. Dull 0 0-0 0, Hartman 0 0-0 0, Sease 5 3-4 17, Winters 2 2-2 8. Totals — 20 12-22 63

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Juniat a Christian 9 9 13 19 — 50

Blair Christian 25 7 15 15 — 63

3-point goals: Juniata Christian 4 (Tusing 3, O. York); Blair County Christian 11 (Winters 2, Sease 4, McCarty 5).

Records: Juniata Christian (11-6); Blair County Christian (16-3).

Carroll falters

SIDMAN — Tommy Heinrich and Spencer Myers each scored 13 points for Bishop Carroll in a loss at Forest Hills, 59-53.

BISHOP CARROLL (53): Dumm 1 0-0 2, T. Golden 1 0-0 2, Heinrich 5 3-6 13, Amigh 1 1-2 4, Repko 2 0-0 5, Farabaugh 2 0-0 5, Smorto 3 1-4 9, Myers 5 2-4 13 J. Golden 0 0-0 0. Totals — 20 7-16 53.

FOREST HILLS (59): Myers 4 4-4 16, Pasquerilla 2 0-0 5, Burda 4 0-0 10, Berkhimer 9 0-0 18, Brezovec 1 5-6 7, Miller 0 0-0 0, McGough 1 0-0 3. Totals — 21 9-10 59.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Bishop Carroll 15 14 10 12 — 53

Forest Hills 13 14 16 16 — 59

3-point goals: Bishop Carroll 6 (Repko, Amigh, Smorto 2, Farabaugh Myers); Forest Hills 8 (Myers 4, Burda 2, McGough, Pasquerilla)

Records: Bishop Carroll (5-10)

JV: Bishop Carroll won