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Fast start helps Bellwood earn ‘W’

BELLEFONTE — Bellwood-Antis blanked Bellefonte in the first quarter and rolled to a 49-24 victory Thursday night in girls high school basketball. Lilly Gerwert recorded a game-high 22 points for the Lady Blue Devils, while Jenna Norton pulled down eight rebounds and Marissa Cacciotti came up with six steals. BELLWOOD-ANTIS (49): Clapper 2 0-0 5, Gerwert 8 6-9 22, Norton 1 0-0 2, Sweigert 1 0-0 2, Cacciotti 2 2-4 6, Sloey 5 0-0 10, Turek 1 0-0 2, Waite 0 0-0 0, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Plummer 0 0-2 0, McNelis 0 0-0 0. Totals – 20 8-15 49. BELLEFONTE (24): Brown 1 1-2 3, Lose 1 2-4 4, ...

Portage showing growth

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com PORTAGE — Portage graduated all five of its starters from last year’s PIAA playoff team and is currently playing without its lone senior Payton Noll, who is out with an injury. With such a young and inexperienced squad on the floor, Tuesday’s 49-46 Heritage Conference East win over Cambria Heights could turn out to be a turning point in the Lady Mustangs’ maturation process. “We’re going into a stretch here in our conference where we play so many games before Feb. 3 when our semifinals are, and we want growth at this point ...

Mtn. Lions fail to stick with Rams

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror Just about everything that could’ve gone wrong during Tuesday night’s Mid-Penn Commonwealth matchup with Central Dauphin did for the Altoona boys basketball team. The Mountain Lion offense couldn’t keep a Ram offense that was missing one starter in check from the opening tip as they were doubled up, 72-34, at the Altoona Fieldhouse. “Tonight was not a great effort, and I’ll take the blame,” Altoona coach Doug Pfeffer said. “I am the leader of this program, and the kids just didn’t seem like they came out with the right energy to ...

C-K’s Haney hits major milestone

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com CLAYSBURG — In his 15-year high school basketball coaching career, first at Tyrone and now at Claysburg-Kimmel, Mike Harris has had the pleasure of watching four of his players reach the 1,000-point mark for their careers. Bulldogs’ junior Brayden Haney became the latest Tuesday night, and he’s also the youngest of the four to have reached the milestone. Haney scored a game-high 20 points, and reached the 1,000-point plateau with a driving layup midway through the fourth quarter, then surpassed it with a jumper later in the ...

Williamsburg tops Glendale

WILLIAMSBURG — A big second quarter helped Williamsburg build a big halftime lead en route to a 69-36 victory over Glendale in high school boys basketball action on Tuesday. Sam Parks led three Blue Pirates in double figures with 18, while Ethan Reffner hit for 13 and Logan Brantner added 12. Levi Hamilton’s 13 points paced the Vikings. GLENDALE (36): McGarvey 2 2-2 7, Kitko 1 2-7 4, Frowner 3 2-2 8, Eckenrode 1 0-0 2, Hamilton 5 3-4 13, Myers 1 0-0 2. Totals – 13 9-15 36. WILLIAMSBURG (69): Brumbaugh 2 0-0 4, Brantner 5 0-0 12, Parks 8 0-0 18, Reffner 6 0-0 13, Isenberg 0 ...

Bush, Claysburg girls edge Lady Panthers

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com CLAYSBURG — The Claysburg-Kimmel girls basketball team passed a gut check Tuesday night, and nobody on its roster showed more mettle than sophomore Zailee Bush. Bush scored eight of her game-high 18 points in a tell-tale fourth quarter, including a key field goal and two big foul shots down the stretch, as Claysburg-Kimmel grinded out a 33-32 Inter-County Conference victory over Northern Bedford in the front end of a girls-boys basketball doubleheader between the two neighboring schools at the Claysburg-Kimmel High School ...