MARTINSBURG — Central held off a fourth quarter rally from Bellefonte in earning a 59-54 win in high school boys basketball action on Monday.

Eli Muthler hit five 3-pointers and finished with 27 points for the Scarlet Dragons, while Jesse Muthler added on 13 and Mason Byler hit for 11.

BELLEFONTE (54): Hamilton 5 0-0 12, Vancas 2 0-0 6, Ebeling 0 0-0 0, Servant 5 0-1 11, Eckley Jones 1 0-0 2, Huntsinger 1 0-0 3, Halterman 9 1-4 20. Totals – 23 1-4 54.

CENTRAL (59): E. Muthler 10 2-3 27, Byler 5 0-0 11, Klotz 0 0-0 0, Black 1 2-2 4, J. Muthler 6 1-3 13, Lingenfelter 0 0-0 0, Bassler 0 0-0 0, Heuston 2 0-0 4. Totals – 24 5-8 59.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Bellefonte 5 13 15 21 – 54

Central 11 18 15 15 – 59

3-point goals: Bellefonte 7 (Hamilton 2, Vancas 2, Servant, Huntsinger, Halterman); Central 6 (E. Muthler 5, Byler).

Records: Bellefonte (5-15); Central (16-4).

JV: Central won 57-41. High scorers – Krieger, B, 16; Dickson, C, 20.

B-A defeated

ALEXANDRIA — A seven-point advantage for Juniata Valley in the second quarter proved to be the difference in a 73-66 win over Bellwood-Antis.

Ronal Chavez fronted the Green Hornets with 18 points, while Jett Rand tallied 15, Trenton Norris scored 12 and Kyler Spurlin finished with 10.

Holden Schreier led B-A with 19 points.

BELLWOOD-ANTIS (66): H. Schreier 8 2-4 19, Simmons 0 0-0 0, Gibbons 4 1-2 9, Fatzinger 3 1-3 7, McClellan 2 0-0 6, Dorminy 3 0-0 8, Shedlock 3 0-0 6, Mayes 4 1-1 9. Totals — 22 5-10 66.

JUNIATA VALLEY (73): Chavez 8 2-2 18, Cook 3 1-2 7, Rand 6 2-3 15, LeCrone 2 2-4 6, Spurlin 4 2-2 10, Scalia 2 1-4 5, Norris 4 4-5 12 Totals — 29 14-22 73.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Bellwood-Antis 19 11 18 18 – 66

Juniata Valley 18 18 16 21 – 73

3-point goals: Bellwood-Antis 5 (H. Schreier, McClellan 2, Dorminy 2); Juniata Valley 1 (Rand).

Records: Bellwood-Antis (1-20); Juniata Valley (9-11).

JV: Juniata Valley won 48-46. High scorers – Bardell, BA, 11; Norris, JV, 19.

Rabish sparks PC

CRESSON — Brandon Rabish pumped in a game-high 27 points for Penn Cambria in an 81-56 win over Bishop McCort.

The Panthers, which used a 47-26 scoring edge in the second half to pull away from the Crushers, also got 17 points from Caden Gibbons and 14 by Gavin Harrold.

BISHOP MCCORT (56): Schmidt 5 3-6 13, Radkowski 0 0-0 0, Zasadni 0 2-2 0, Dressick 5 3-3 15, Gallacci 3 5-9 11, Newcomer 1 0-0 2, Laughard 4 2-2 13, Pfeil 0 0-0 0, Sakmar 0 0-0 0, West 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Hildbrand 0 0-0 0. Totals – 18 15-22 56.

PENN CAMBRIA (81): Harrold 6 0-0 14, Gibbons 6 2-5 17, Rabish 9 7-8 27, Strittmatter 1 1-4 3, Lilly 1 0-0 2, Semelsberger 3 0-0 8, Jones 0 0-0 0, Marshall 0 0-0 0, Hite 1 0-0 2, Farabaugh 1 0-0 2, Nadolsky 1 0-0 2, Himmer 0 0-0 0, Price1 0-0 2, Nagle 1 0-0 2. Totals – 31 10-17 81.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Bishop McCort 14 16 14 12 – 56

Penn Cambria 18 16 26 21 – 81

3-point goals: Bishop McCort 5 (Laughard 3, Dressick 2); Penn Cambria 9 (Gibbons 3, Harrold 2, Rabish 2, Semelsberger 2).

Records: Bishop McCort (11-11); Penn Cambria (11-8).

JV: Penn Cambria won 66-56. High scorers – Smith, BM, 21; Davison, PC, 20.

High scorers PC Davison 20. BM Smith 21.

Eagles cruise

TYRONE — After leading by one following the opening quarter, Tyrone took complete control of its game with Clearfield en route to an 81-57 win.

Sam Crilly led the way for the Golden Eagles with 20 points, while Kendall Lehner had 15, Ashton Emigh collected 13 and Andrew Escala tacked on 11.

CLEARFIELD (57): Collins 3 0-0 9, G Maines 7 1-1 17, Patrick 10 1-4 24, Glunt 1 0-0 2, Kaskan 1 0-0 2, Lynch 0 0-0 0, J Rumfola 0 0-0 0, E. Maines 1 0-0 3, Strishack 0 0-0 0. Totals – 23 2-5 57.

TYRONE (81): Crilly 6 6-8 20, A Walk 0 0-0 0, Escala 4 0-0 11, Lehner 7 1-1 15, Hamer 2 0-0 4, A Emigh 6 1-1 13, Woomer 3 0-0 6, M Emigh 1 0-0 2, Parsons 0 0-0 0, Oakes 0 0-0 0, Dasher 2 0-0 5, Novak 1 0-0 3, Harpster 0 2-2 2. Totals – 32 10-12 81.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Clearfield 13 15 9 20 – 57

Tyrone 14 23 13 31 – 81

3-point goals: Clearfield 9 (Collins 3, Patrick 3, G Maines 2, E Maines); Tyrone 7 (Escala 3, Crilly 2, Novak, Dasher).

Record: Tyrone (17-4).

JV: Clearfield won 53-49. High scorers – Maines, C, 16; Walk, T, 22.

Glendale falls

THREE SPRINGS — Landen McGarvey’s 17 points weren’t enough for Glendale in a 67-48 loss to Southern Huntingdon.

C-K stumbles

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel led the entire way until a pair of Moshannon Valley free throws with just over three minutes put the Bulldogs in a hole they were unable to climb out of in a 60-51 loss.

C-K, which had its nine-game winning streak snapped, got 22 points from Brayden Haney, and 15 more from Christian Treon.

The Black Knights owned a 23-5 showing edge in the fourth quarter.

MOSHANNON VALLEY (60): Kephart 6 4-4 22, Mills 1 4-6 7, Weakland 2 4-7 8, Canner 4 0-2 9, Reifer 0 0-0 0. Totals — 18 16-23 60.

CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL (51): Haney 11 0-1 22, Kulick 1 0-0 3, C. Treon 6 0-0 15, Knisely 3 0-0 8, Dively 1 0-0 3, Buchanan 0 0-0 0, Bass 0 0-0 0, Cory Walter 0 0-0 0, Cole Walter 0 0-0 0, G. Treon 0 0-0 0. Totals — 21 0-1 51.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Moshannon Valley 11 13 13 23 — 60

Claysburg-Kimmel 17 15 14 5 — 51

3-point goals: Moshannon Valley 5 (Kephart 3, Mills, Canner); Claysburg-Kimmel 10 (Haney 3, C. Treon 3, Knisely 2, Dively, Kulick).

Records: Moshannon Valley (6-15); Claysburg-Kimmel (12-10).

JV: Claysburg-Kimmel won 37-36.

Tigers roar

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg erupted for 30 points in the first quarter en route to a 74-32 win over Philipsburg-Osceola.

Vince Albarano paced the Golden Tigers with 15 points, while Kasen Metzger recorded 13 and JJ Stutlz followed with 10.

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (32): Peterson 0 3-4 3, Matier 4 0-0 9, DeSimone 1 2-2 4, Meyers 3 0-1 6, Davis 1 0-0 3, Vesneaky 2 1-1 5, Matia 0 0-0 0, Klingler 0 2-4 2 McClellan 0 0-0 0. Totals – 11 8-12 32.

HOLLIDAYSBURG (74): Wolfe 3 0-0 8, J. Albarano 1 4-4 6, Stultz 4 0-0 10, B. Steiner 2 0-0 5, Bell 1 1-4 3, V. Albarano 6 2-2 15, T. Steiner 1 0-0 2, Figard 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Kirsch 0 0-0 0, Metzger 6 0-0 13, Meakens 0 0-0 0, Padamonsky 0 0-0 0, Zimmerman 6 0-0 12. Totals – 30 7-10 74.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Phillipsburg-Osceola 9 8 5 10 – 32

Hollidaysburg 30 22 16 6 – 74

3-point goals: Philipsburg-Osceola 2 (Matier, Davis); Hollidaysburg 7 (Wolfe 2, Stultz 2, B. Steiner, Metzger, V. Albarano).

Records: Phillipsburg-Osceola (4-16); Hollidaysburg (20-2).

JV: No game.

Portage triumphs

WINDBER — Portage used a strong second half to pull away from Windber to earn a 53-39 win.

Trae Kargo notched 19 points and dished out eight assists for the Mustangs, while Owen Gouse contributed 18 points.

PORTAGE (53): Kargo 5 6-6 19, Layo 3 0-0 6, Gouse 7 1-2 18, Z. Hodge 1 0-0 2, E. Hodge 0 0-0 0, McCoy 3 2-6 8, Slanoc 0 0-0 0, Caldwell 0 0-0 0, Kick 0 0-0 0. Totals – 19 9-14 53.

WINDBER (39): Brady 5 0-0 10, G. Klosky 10 3-3 23, Serenko 2 0-0 5, Woodruff 0 0-0 0, Grohal 0 0-0 0, Strick 0 0-0 0, K. Klosky 0 0-2 0, Kolson 0 1-2 1, McClain 0 0-0 0. Totals – 17 4-7 39.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Portage 14 7 14 18 – 53

Windber 7 10 11 11 – 39

3-point goals: Portage 6 (Kargo 3, Gouse 3); Windber 1 (Serenko).

Records: Portage (18-5); Windber (13-7).

JV: Windber won 40-26. High scorers – Kick, P, 9; Kolson, W, 13.

Devils downed

EBENSBURG — Central Cambria held an eight point lead at the half but then were outscored by 20 in the second half of a 54-42 loss to Westmont Hilltop.

Grady Snyder poured in a game-high 19 points for the Red Devils, while JD Brouse tacked on 10.

WESTMONT HILLTOP (54): Wesner 5 6-7 17, Craig 4 6-6 15, Sweeney 2 2-2 7, Miller 3 0-0 9, Bowles 3 0-0 6, Valente 0 0-0 0, Webb 0 0-0 0. Totals – 17 14-15 54.

CENTRAL CAMBRIA (42): Snyder 7 4-8 19, Brouse 5 0-0 10, Swope 2 0-1 5, I. Bradley 3 0-0 8, H. Bradley 0 0-0 0, Burkett 0 0-0 0, Pittsinger 0 0-0 0. Totals – 17 4-9 42.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Westmont Hilltop 8 9 14 23 – 54

Central Cambria 14 11 8 9 – 42

3-point goals: Westmon Hilltop 6 (Miller 3, Craig, Wesner, Sweeney); Central Cambria 4 (I. Bradley 2, Swope, Snyder).

Records: Westmont Hilltop (16-5); Central Cambria (12-9).

JV: No game.

Pirates win big

WESTOVER — Williamsburg’s 31 first-quarter points was one more than they would need as they held Harmony to 29 in an 80-29 victory.

Ethan Reffner led the way for the Blue Pirates, which hit 14 shots from 3-point range, with 20 points, while Evan Zehner ended up with 17 and Logan Brantner tallied 15.

WILLIAMSBURG (80): Brumbaugh 3 0-0 8, Brantner 7 0-0 15, Parks 3 0-0 8, Reffner 8 1-3 20, Isenberg 0 0-0 0, Zehner 7 0-0 17, Mock 1 0-0 2, Uplinger 2 0-2 6, Corl 1 0-0 3, Becker 0 1-2 1, Merritts 0 0-0 0, Barroner 0 0-0 0, Harker 0 0-0 0. Totals – 32 2-7 80.

HARMONY (29): Bry. Hagans 0 0-0 0, Bra. Hagans 1 1-1 3, J. Pearce 0 0-0 0, H. Pearce 2 2-2 6, Doland 3 1-1 7, Brothers 0 0-0 0, Keith 1 0-0 2, Hugill 2 0-0 5, Lylton 0 0-0 0, Stiver 0 0-2 0, Frazier 0 0-0 0, Neilson 1 3-4 6. Totals – 10 7-10 29.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Williamsburg 31 21 16 12 – 80

Harmony 12 6 4 7 – 29

3-point goals: Williamsburg 14 (Brumbaugh 2, Brantner, Parks 2, Reffner 3, Zehner 3, Uplinger 2, Corl); Harmony 2 (Hugill, Neilson).

Records: Williamsburg (13-8); Harmony (2-19).

JV: Williamsburg won 57-26. High scorers – Mock, W, 14; Keith, H, 8.