BEDFORD — The Central High School boys basketball team opened its season Friday night with a 63-40 win at Bedford.

The Scarlet Dragons, up 31-22 at halftime, got 20 points from Christian Heuston while teammate Jesse Muthler contributed 15 points.

Bedford, which fell to 0-3, was led by Jonah Topper’s 21 points.

CENTRAL (63): Muthler 6 2-5 15, Heuston 9 0-0 20, Hoover 1 7-7 9, Dickson 3 0-0 7, Beltz 2 0-3 4, Decker 1 0-0 3, Rhodes 1 0-0 3, Scott 1 0-0 2, Kasumi 1 0-0 2. Totals — 24 9-19 63.

BEDFORD (40): Taylor 0 0-0 0, Livengood 2 0-0 6, Toppe 8 1-2 2,1 Wagoner 0 0-4 0, Evans 2 0-0 5, Schrock 1 0-0 2, Witt 1 0-0 2, Kolander 1 0-0 2, Cragan 1 0-0 2, Candela 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 1-8 40.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Central 16 15 17 15 — 63

Bedford 14 8 8 10 — 40

3-point goals: Central 6 (Muthler, Heuston 2, Dickson, Decker, Rhodes), Bedford 7 (Livengood 2, Evans, Topper 4)

Records: Central (1-0), Bedford (0-3)

JV: Central, 41-12. High scorers–Scott, C, 9; Witt, B, 3.

Valley triumphs

ORBISONIA — Ethan Scalia scored 23 points, including 21 on seven 3-pointers, as Juniata Valley beat Mount Union, 74-56, in the opener of the Southern Huntingdon Tournament.

Joel LeCrone added 16 rebounds for the second game in a row as the Hornets improved to 2-0.

Jett Rand added 16 points to go with 12 from Trenton Norris and 11 from Kyler Spurlin in a game it led, 21-8, after one quarter.

JUNIATA VALLEY (74): Rand 7 0-0 16, Cook 3 0-0 7, Spurlin 5 1-2 11, Lecrone 1 2-2 5, Scalia 8 0-0 23, T. Norris 3 6-10 12, Hoffmaster 0 0-0 0, Castaneda 0 0-0 0. Totals — 27 9-14 74.

MOUNT UNION (56): Scott 7 0-2 17, Richards 3 0-0 6, Hooper 8 0-2 20, Ranch 2 0-2 4, Collins 3 0-1 7, Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals — 24 0-7 56.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Juniata Valley 21 21 15 17 — 74

Mount Union 8 13 12 23 — 56

3-point goals: JV 11 (Rand 2, Cook, Scalia 7, Lecrone); MU 8 (Scott 3, Hooper 4, Collins).

Records: Juniata Valley (2-0), Mount Union (0-1).

NBC rolls

LOYSBURG — Northern Bedford held Fannett-Metal to no more than six points in any quarter in posting a 47-21 Inter-County Conference victory.

Freshman Nevin Lloyd led the Black Panthers with 23 points.

FANNETT-METAL (21): McClure 3 3-9 9, Daniel 3 1-2 7, Wolf 0 3-4 3, No. Nagle 0 1-2 1, Ni. Nagle 0 0-0 0, Seburn 0 1-2 1, Winters 0 0-2 0. Totals — 6 9-19 21.

NORTHERN BEDFORD (47): Eckenroad 3 1-4 7, Foor 3 1-2 7, C. Lloyd 3 1-1 8, Cottle 0 0-0 0, N. Lloyd 8 3-4 23, Horsh 0 0-0 0, Tobias 0 0-0 0, Black 0 0-0 0, Moyer 0 0-0 0, Ritchey 0 0-0 0, Love 0 0-0 0, Miller 1 0-0 2, Sheptock 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 0-0 0, Troutman 0 0-0 0, Keller 0 0-0 0. Totals — 18 6-11 47.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Fannett-Metal 6 6 3 6 — 21

Northern Bedford 18 10 17 2 — 47

3-point goals: Fannett-Metal none; Northern Bedford 5 (N. Lloyd 4, C. Lloyd).

Records: Fannett-Metal (0-2); Northern Bedford (3-1).

JV: No game.

Tyrone edged

JOHNSTOWN — Landen Valente scored 23 points, and Jack Wesner scored 18 to help Westmont Hilltop hold off Tyrone, 74-70.

Eli Woomer led the Golden Eagles with 23 points and Ashton Emigh scored 15.

TYRONE (70): Gwinn 2 0-0 5, Woomer 8 3-4 23, Rudden 0 0-0 0, Corbin 0 0-0 0, A Emigh 5 5-6 15, M Emigh 2 0-0 4, Parsons 4 1-2 10, Walk 3 2-5 8, Oakes 2 0-0 5. Totals — 26 11-17 70.

WESTMONT HILLTOP (74): Valente 8 2-2 23, Gartner 1 0-0 3, Jashienski 4 0-0 8, Craig 4 3-3 12, Wesner 5 5 6-8 18, Bowles 5 0-0 10. Totals — Totals — 27 11-13 74.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Tyrone 19 22 11 18 — 70

Westmont Hilltop 27 18 11 18 — 74

3-point goals: Tyrone 7 (Woomer 4, Gwinn, Parsons, Oakes); Westmont Hilltop 9 (Valente 5, Wesnor 3, Gartner, Craig).

Records: Tyrone (0-1); Westmont Hilltop (3-0).

JV: Westmont Hilltop, 63-27.

Williamsburg loses

BERLIN — Evan Zehner scored 12 points for Williamsburg in 54-25 loss to Berlin Brothersvalley.

Williamsburg, which trailed 34-7 at halftime, also picked up six points from Ethan Reffner.

Carson Janidlo led Berlin with 12 points.

WILLIAMSBURG (25): P. Isenberg 0 0-0 0, Zehner 5 1-2 12, Reffner 2 2-2 6, Uplinger 2 0-0 4, Mock 0 0-2 0, Harker 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Brumbaugh 1 0-0 3, Corl 0 0-0 0, Merritts 0 0-0 0, McCall 0 0-0 0, R. Isenberg 0 0-0 0, Somers 0 0-0 0. Totals — 9 3-6 25.

BERLIN BROTHERSVALLEY (54): Jarvis 2 0-0 4, C. Janidlo 5 0-0 12, Miller 1 1-2 3, R. Janidlo 3 0-0 7, Kordell 1 1-2 3, Suber 0 0-0 0, Abramowich 3 0-0 9, Black 0 0-2 0, B. Janidlo 2 5-6 9, Zorn 0 0-0 0, Pareto 2 0-0 4, Magruder 1 0-0 3. Totals — 20 7-12 54.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Williamsburg 2 5 15 3 — 25

Berlin 14 20 15 5 — 54

3-point goals: Williamsburg 2 (Zehner, Brumbaugh); Berlin Brothersvalley 7 (C. Janidlo 2, R. Janidlo, Abramowich 3, Magruder).

Records: Williamsburg (0-1); Berlin Brothersvalley (1-1).

JV: Berlin Brothersvalley, 32-19. High scorers–Brumbaugh, W, 12; Pareto, BB, 8.

BV tops Glendale

JOHNSTOWN — Eli Sheesley scored 30 points to lead Blacklick Valley past Glendale in the opener of the Conemaugh Valley Tournament.

The Vikings (0-1), who only trailed 21-17 after one quarter, got 12 points from Rhylan Hoopsick-Bell.

Aiden Boring added 15 points for the Blue Jays.

GLENDALE (38): Hoopsick-Bell 5 1-1 12, Hamilton 4 0-2 8, Jenkins 2 1-2 6, Detwiler 1 0-0 2, Gallaher 4 0-0 8, Frank 1 0-0 2, Rydbom 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 0-0 0, Holes 0 0-0 0, Breeden 0 0-0 0. Totals — 17 2-5 38.

BLACKLICK VALLEY (62): Altimus 2 0-0 4, Turcheck 1 0-0 2, Saxon 2 0-0 4, Luko 1 0-0 2, Sheesley 15 2-3 30, Rummel 1 0-0 2, Boring 7 0-0 15, Garver 0 1-2 1, Cook 0 0-0 0, Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals — 29 3-5 62.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Glendale 17 8 11 2 — 38

Blacklick Valley 21 20 10 11 — 62

3-point goals: Glendale 2 (Hoopsick-Bell, Jenkins), Blacklick Valley 1 (Boring)

Records: Glendale (0-1)

Altoona falls

FLOURTOWN — Altoona lost to Lakeview, 59-52, in the Lakeview Tournament.

Altoona will play Girard today.

ALTOONA (52): Shields 1 0-0 2, Wagner 3 2-2 9, Barr 0 1-2 1, Chathams 1 0-0 2, E. Hicks 2 0-0 5, Cochran 0 0-0 0, Pfeffer 1 0-0 3, Greaser 0 0-0 0, White 6 3-7 15, Helsel 0 0-0 0, Caldwell 1 0-0 2, McCloskey 5 2-2 13. Totals — 19 8-13 52.

LAKEVIEW (59): Farley 6 11-14 24, Urey 1 5-6 7, Birk 5 0-0 10, Bougher 2 1-1 6, Montgomery 1 0-0 2, Daugherty 2 4-4 10, Haines 0 0-0 0, Lawson 0 0-0 0. Totals — 17 21-25 59.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Altoona 15 10 16 11 –52

Lakeview 15 7 16 19 –59

3-point goals: Altoona 4 (Pfeffer, McCloskey, Wagner, Hicks); Lakeview 4 (Fagley, Bougher, Daugherty 2)

Records: Altoona (0-2); Lakeview (2-0).