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Marauders celebrate senior night with huge win

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys basketball program celebrated its senior night Monday at home, and the six seniors who were playing the final regular-season home game in their varsity careers all showed well as the Marauders rolled past Penns Valley, 88-62, in a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference matchup. Sharp-shooting senior guard Nick Foor scored a game-high 22 points for BG, while 6-foot-8 senior forward Trevor Rehm — who will continue his basketball career at NCAA Division II Nova Southeastern University in Florida — stepped ...

Second half sinks Altoona

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Mifflin County treated its game Monday at Altoona Area as a playoff game. For a half, it seemed like one. That’s when the Huskies began to pull away and held the Mountain Lions to just 10 points in the second half in a 62-33 win that locked ...

Central holds on for victory

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, ...

H.S. basketball games to watch

High school boys MONDAY Clearfield at Tyrone, 7:30 Notable: Bison gave Central a good game last week. Eagles trying to hold on to No. 3 Class 3A seed or move up if BG slips up. Mifflin County at Altoona, 6:30 Notable: A Mifflin County win would mean the Huskies would enter the District 6 Class 6A playoffs. Penns Valley at Bishop Guilfoyle, 7:15 Notable: If the District 6 Class 3A playoffs began today, this would be a playoff preview. Westmont Hilltop at Central Cambria, 7:15 Notable: Both teams will make the D6 Class 3A playoffs, but both can still help or hurt their ...

BG, B-A girls win big

Bishop Guilfoyle Academy finished off a 4-0 week with a 51-17 win over Bellefonte at Pleasant Valley gymnasium in a high school girls basketball game on Saturday. Anberlyn Petrecca scored a game-high 15 points for the Lady Marauders, and Morgan Ruggery had 10. BELLEFONTE (17): Brown 3 4-5 10, J Lose 0 0-0 0, A. Lose 1 0-0 2 Cotser 1 0-0 0, Santostefano 1 0-0 3, Herr 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 5 4-5 17. BISHOP GUILFOYLE (51): Querry 4 0-0 9, Ruggery 4 2-2 10, Petrecca 6 3-4 15, Williams 1 0-0 3, Haigh 1 2-2 4, Homan 0 0-0 0, Steward 0 0-0 0, Gofus 1 0-0 2, Bennett 1 0-0 2, Hite 0 2-2 2, P. ...

Portage endures busy stretch, wins league title

INDIANA — Winning a championship is never easy but not many basketball teams have survived a stretch of playing six games in seven nights to win one. But that made the first Heritage Conference championship in Portage Area boys basketball history that much sweeter Friday at the Ed Fry ...