HARRISBURG — Altoona dug itself a 13-point hole at the halftime that it was never able to recover from in a 64-56 loss to Central Dauphin East in high school boys basketball action on Friday.

The Mountain Lions, who outscored the Panthers 34-29 in the second half, received a team-high 19 points from Chris Wagner.

Alijah Cooper tallied a game-high 26 points for CD East.

ALTOONA (56): Shields 3 1-2 7, Wagner 7 2-2 19, Chathams 2 0-0 4, E. Hicks 1 0-0 2, Cochran 0 0-0 0, Pfeffer 1 0-0 2, Helsel 2 0-0 4, Coldwell 0 2-2 2, McCloskey 7 1-2 16, Wukovich 0 0-0 0, D. Hicks 0 0-0 0, Crawford 0 0-0 0. Totals – 23 6-8 56.

CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST (64): A. Chase 6 4-4 18, Kinard 0 3-4 3, A. Cooper 10 3-5 26, Cobb 3 1-2 9, Williams 1 1-4 3, J. Chase 2 0-0 5, Moore 0 0-0 0, D. Cooper 0 0-0 0, Evans 0 0-0 0, Basset 0 0-0 0. Totals – 22 12-19 64.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Altoona 12 10 17 17 – 56

Central Dauphin East 20 15 13 16 – 64

3-point goals: Altoona 4 (Wagner 3, McCloskey); Central Dauphin East 8 (Chase 2, Cooper 3, Cobb 2, J. Chase).

Records: Altoona (0-5); Central Dauphin East (3-1).

JV: Altoona won 45-37. High scorers – Crawford, A, 15; Cooper, CDE 12.

Central prevails

MILL HALL — Christian Heuston and Dylan Hoover each scored 15 points to help Central down Central Mountain, 52-40, in a non-conference game.

Josh Beltz added 11 points for the Scarlet Dragons, now 2-1.

CENTRAL (52): Muthler 1 4-6 6, Heuston 5 4-6 15, Hoover 3 7-10 15, Beltz 5 0-0 11, Decker 1 0-0 2, Rhodes 1 0-0 3, Reynolds 0 0-0 0, Scott 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 15-22 52.

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN (40): Walker 3 0-0 6, Dorman 0 0-4 0, Shade 8 2-2 18, D. Hanna 1 0-0 3, Coutunaux 1 0-0 3, Wells 4 0-0 8, Hunter 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 2-6 40.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Central 15 12 10 15 — 52

Central Mountain 11 10 10 9 — 40

3-point goals: Central 5 (Hoover 2, Rhodes, Beltz, Heuston); Central Mountain 2 (D. Hann, Coutunaux).

Records: Central (2-1); Central Mountain (1-2).

JV: Central, 41-23. High scorers–Kasun, C, 14; Shawley, CM, 7.

JV beats Glendale

FLINTON — Undefeated Juniata Valley jumped out to a 38-6 first-quarter lead en route to a 92-39 win at Glendale.

The Hornets (4-0), who led 58-16 at the break, got 25 points from Jett Rand to go with 21 points from Kyler Spurlin. Teammates Ethan Scalia (16) and Laken Cook (12) also helped out offensively.

Glendale (0-4) got 13 points from Rhylan Hoopsick-Bell and 11 points from Levi Hamilton.

JUNIATA VALLEY (92): Rand 11 1-2 25, LeCrone 3 0-0 7, Spurlin 10 0-0 21, Cook 5 0-0 12, Scalia 6 0-0 16, Castoneda 1 0-0 3, Wright 0 1-2 1, Hoffmaster 0 2-4 2, T. Norris 1 0-0 2, N. Norris 1 0-0 3, Kyler 0 0-0 0. Totals — 36 4-8 92.

GLENDALE (39): Hoopsick-Bell 6 0-1 13, Hamilton 5 1-2 11, Jenkins 3 0-0 8, Myers 1 0-0 2, Detwiler 2 0-0 5, Gallaher 0 0-0 0, Frank 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 0-0 0. Totals — 17 1-3 39.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Juniata Valley 38 20 22 12 — 92

Glendale 6 10 18 5 — 39

3-point goals: Juniata Valley 11 (Rand 2, LeCrone, Spurlin, Cook 2, Scalia 4, Castoneda, N. Norris); Glendale ().

Records: Juniata Valley (4-0); Glendale (0-4).

Bears cruise to win

HUNTINGDON — Elijah Best knocked down six 3-pointers en route to 23 points, while also pulling down nine rebounds, to propel Great Commission to a 72-54 victory over Calvary Christian Huntingdon.

Alex Guise contributed 12 points, seven assists and four steals for the Bears, and Landyn Ulrich recorded 17 points.

GREAT COMMISSION (72): E. Best 8 1-2 23, Z. Best 3 3-4 9, Guise 5 2-2 12, Ulrich 8 1-2 17, Lohsl 1 0-0 3, Rodgers 4 0-0 8. Totals — 29 7-10 72.

CALVARY CHRISTIAN HUNTINGDON (54): W. Lane 10 5-8 25, Zeiders 1 0-0 2, Suttles 3 1-3 9, Anderson 1 0-0 2, C. Lane 6 0-0 16. Totals — 21 6-11 54.

Records: Great Commission (2-0).