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ALEXANDRIA -- Connor Robinson scored his 1,000th career point on a foul shot, and Juniata Valley handed West Branch just its second loss of the season, 78-62, on Friday in high school boys basketball.
Robinson scored six points in the game and now has 1,005, and he also had 16 rebounds. Charlie Mattas led the Hornets with 23 points, Jax Rand scored 20, Chris Deihl scored 14, and Ronal Chavez scored 12.
Isaac Tiracorda scored 36 for West Branch.
WEST BRANCH (62): Cotton 3 0 1-2 1, Evans 2 0-0 4, Z. McGonigal 3 0-0 6, D. McGonigal 4 0-0 10, Tiracorda 15 6-10 36, E. Emigh 2 0-0 5. Totals - 23 7-12 62.
JUNIATA VALLEY (78): Diehl 5 0-0 14, Mattas 9 2-3 23, Robinson 2 2-2 6, Rand 8 1-2 20, Chavez 5 1-1 12,K. Beck 1 1-2 3, Cook 0 0-0 0, Spurlin 0 0-0 0, Lecrone 0 0-0 0 T. Norris 0 0-0 0, Scalia 0 0-0 0. Totals - 46 4-10 101.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
West Branch 16 16 17 13 -- 62
Juniata Valley 20 28 18 12 -- 78
3-point goals: West Branch 3 (D. McGonigal 2, Emigh); Juniata Valley 11 (Mattas 3, Diehl 4, Rand 3, Chavez).
Records: West Branch (15-2); Juniata Valley (12-4).
JV: Juniata Valley, 55-37. High scorers--Kyler Spurlin, JV, 20.
Central triumphs
WINGATE -- Central beat Bald Eagle Area, 49-32, behind 28 points from Eli Muthler.
Hunter Smith added 10 points to help the Scarlet Dragons improve to 14-3.
CENTRAL (49): Smith 4 1-2 10, Muthler 10 1-2 28, Butler 2 2-4 6, Garver 0 0-0 0, Albright 1 0-0 2, Long-Yarrison 0 0-0 0, Byler 0 0-0 0, Bettwy 1 0-0 3, Bassler 0 0-0 0, Lingenfelter 0 0-0 0, Sparks 0 0-0 0, D. Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 18 4-7 49.
BALD EAGLE AREA (32): Burns 2 2-2 6, Wolf 3 3-3 11, Kad. Burns 3 0-0 9, Habovick 1 0-0 3, Brooks 0 2-2 2, Watkins 0 1-2 1, Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 9 8-9 32.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Central 9 15 14 11 -- 49
Bald Eagle Area 9 4 8 11 -- 32
3-point goals: Central 9 (Muthler 7, Smith, Bettwy); Bald Eagle Area 6 (Kad. Burns 3, Wolf 2, Habovick).
Records: Central (14-3); Bald Eagle Area (8-9).
JV: Central, 44-40. High scorers--Byler, C, 19; Hasband, BEA, 13.
Tyrone soars past P-O
PHILIPSBURG -- Tyrone jumped out to a 44-27 halftime lead en route to a 73-49 win at Philipsburg-Osceola.
The Golden Eagles (10-6) used a balanced attack in the win, getting 16 points each from Andrew Escala and Eli Woomer to go with 15 from Sam Crilly and 13 points from Kendall Lehner.
The Mounties were led by Zach Meyers' 16 points.
TYRONE (73): Crilly 5 4-6 15, Escala 6 2-2 16, Walk 1 0-0 2, Lehner 4 4-6 13, Crowell 0 0-0 0, Ronan 2 4-4 9, Woomer 6 0-0 16, Parsons 0 0-0 0, A. Emigh 0 0-0 0, Corbin 0 0-0 0, Dasher 0 0-0 0, M. Emigh 1 0-0 2, Oakes 0 0-0 0, Harpster 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 25 14-18 73.
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (49): Desimone 1 0-0 2, Johnson 3 2-2 8, Mason 3 0-0 6, Z. Meyers 6 1-2 16, Mather 2 0-0 4, McClure 0 0-0 0, S. Meyers 2 0-0 4, Matia 0 0-0 0, Klinger 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 19 8-12 49.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Tyrone 26 18 23 6 -- 73
Philipsburg-Osceola 16 11 8 14 -- 49
3-point goals: Tyrone 9 (Woomer 4, Escala 2, Crilly, Ronan, Lehner); Philipsburg-Osceola 3 (Z. Meyers 3).
Records: Tyrone (10-6)
JV: P-O, 50-45. High scorers--A. Emigh, T, 14; McClure, S. Meyers, PO, 12.
Repko scores 33 for BC
JOHNSTOWN -- Bishop Carroll Catholic pulled away from Richland in the third quarter in a 70-58 victory that was paced by Luke Repko's 33-point effort.
Max Oravec added 12 points, and Jace Casses contributed 11 points for the Huskies, who improved to 10-6.
BISHOP CARROLL (70): Repko 13 5-7 33, Oravec 4 2-2 12, Alexander 3 0-0 9, Tremel 0 0-2 0, Casses 4 3-5 11, Becquet 0 3-4 3, Sekerak 1 0-0 2. Totals -- 23 13-20 70.
RICHLAND (58): Thompson 1 1-2 3, Raho 4 1-1 11, Warner 1 1-2 3, Haile 7 2-4 16, Levander 4 2-3 10, Yarnick 0 0-0 0, Lushko 1 0-0 3, Mugerwa 5 2-4 12, Gontkovic 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 23 9-16 58.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Bishop Carroll 12 15 23 20 -- 70
Richland 14 11 13 20 -- 58
3-point goals: Bishop Carroll 7 (Alexander 3, Oravec 2, Repko 2); Richland 3 (Raho 2, Lushko).
Records: Bishop Carroll (10-6); Richland (7-10).
JV: Richland, 60-19. High scorers--Selepak, R, 10; Phillips/Becquet, BC, 5 each.
Pirates cruise past Valley
WILLIAMSBURG -- Williamsburg put away winless Moshannon Valley early, outscoring the Black Knights by 20 in the first quarter, en route to a 54-29 victory.
Rowan Gorsuch scored 15 points, and Logan Brantner added 14 points for the Blue Pirates.
MOSHANNON VALLEY (29): Brush 1 2-4 4, Kephart 0 0-0 0, Reifer 1 0-0 2, Canner 3 0-2 6, Evans 4 0-0 8, Merrick 1 0-0 2, Weakland 2 0-0 4, Mills 1 0-0 3. Totals -- 13 2-6 29.
WILLIAMSBURG (54): Gorsuch 7 1-2 15, Brumbaugh 4 0-0 8, Brantner 5 2-2 14, Isenberg 3 0-0 9, Zehner 0 2-2 2, Reffner 0 0-2 0, Houck 2 0-0 4, Keith 0 0-2 0, Ranalli 1 0-0 2. Totals -- 22 5-10 54.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Moshannon Valley 4 7 9 9 -- 29
Williamsburg 24 14 12 4 -- 54
3-point goals: Moshannon Valley 1 (Mills); Williamsburg 5 (Isenberg 3, Brantner 2).
Records: Moshannon Valley (0-12); Williamsburg (12-3).
Portage prevails
PORTAGE -- Portage handed Conemaugh Township just its third loss of the season with a 54-49 victory.
Bode Layo led the Mustangs with 18 points, and Trae Kargo and Owen Gouse each added 13 points.
Ethan Matera scored 21 for Township.
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP (49): Updyke 2 2-2 6, Dinyar 3 2-2 9, Matera 10 1-2 21, Stango 2 0-0 4, Lohr 3 0-0 9. Totals -- 20 5-6 49.
PORTAGE (54): Kunko 1 0-0 3, Kargo 4 1-2 13, Gouse 5 1-4 13, Layo 8 0-0 18, Z. Hodge 1 0-0 2, E. Hodge 1 0-0 3, McCoy 1 0-0 2, Slanoc 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 21 2-6 54.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Conemaugh Township 14 15 9 11 -- 49
Portage 17 15 11 11 -- 54
3-point goals: Conemaugh Township 4 (Lohr 3, Dinyar); Portage 10 (Kargo 4, Gouse 2, Layo 2, Kunko, E. Hodge).
Records: Conemaugh Township (15-3); Portage (9-7).
JV: No game.
Glendale falls
FLINTON -- Curwensville edged Glendale, 42-36, behind Davis Fleming's 15 points.
Landen McGarvey led Glendale with 14 points.
CURWENSVILLE (42): Swanson 1 1-2 4, Fleming 4 7-8 15, Holland 2 2-4 6, H. Tkocik 4 0-0 9, L. Tkocik 1 0-0 2, Wood 3 0-0 6. Totals -- 15 10-14 42.
GLENDALE (36): Potutschnig 4 0-1 9, Lukehart 1 0-0 2, Kitko 3 0-2 6, Eckenrode 0 0-0 0, McGarvey 4 2-2 14, Frowner 1 0-0 3, Hoopsick-Bell 1 0-0 2. Totals -- 14 2-5 36.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Curwensville 9 12 12 9 -- 42
Glendale 8 12 8 8 -- 36
3-point goals: Curwensville 2 (Swanson, H. Tkocik); Glendale 6 (McGarvey 4, Potutschnig, Frowner).
Panthers nipped
LOYSBURG -- Mount Union outscored Northern Bedford, 11-8, in the fourth quarter and prevailed, 34-33.
Wesley Horsh scored a game-high 15 points for the Black Panthers.
MOUNT UNION (34): Danish 2 0-0 6, Shawver 3 2-2 8, Francis 0 1-2 1, Collins 3 2-3 9, Garrett 0 1-2 1, Bilger 3 1-4 7, Brown 1 0-0 2. Totals -- 12 7-13 34.
NORTHERN BEDFORD (33): Norwood 0 0-0 0, Horsh 7 0-1 15, Wadel 1 4-8 6, Kochara 1 1-2 3, Eckenroad 2 1-2 5, Troy 2 0-0 4, Food 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 13 6-13 33.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Mount Union 6 3 14 11 -- 34
Northern Bedford 5 11 9 8 -- 33
3-point goals: Mount Union 3 (Danish 2, Collins); Northern Bedford 1 (Horsh).
JV: Mount Union, 50-23. High scorers--Brown, MU, 20; Troy, Foor, NB, 6 each.
Colts top Heights
PATTON -- Ty Dumm scored 25 points, and Northern Cambria downed rival Cambria Heights, 58-46.
Parker Farabaugh led Heights with 12 points, and Isaac Weiland scored 11.
NORTHERN CAMBRIA (58): Dumm 8 5-5 25, Fry 2 1-6 6, Dolney 7 2-4 16, D. Shutty 0 1-2 1, Blickendorfer 0 0-0 0, Pershing 1 0-0 3, Messina 2 0-4 4, P. Shutty 1 0-0 3, Farrell 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 21 9-21 58.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (46): Garrison 2 0-0 4, Farabaugh 4 1-2 12, Nelen 3 1-2 8, Weiland 3 5-8 11, Yeckley 1 0-0 3, Abrams 3 2-2 8, Nagel 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 16 9-14 46.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Northern Cambria 16 10 8 24 -- 58
Cambria Heights 7 11 12 16 -- 46
3-point goals: Northern Cambria 7 (Dumm 4, Fry, Pershing, P. Shutty); Cambria Heights 5 (Farabaugh 3, Nelen, Yeckley).
Altoona downed
MECHANICSBURG -- Altoona fell to Cumberland Valley, 68-24. No information was reported to the Mirror.
CC triumphs
SOMERSET -- Central Cambria topped Somerset, 65-41. No information was reported to the Mirror.