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Lady Lions hang on for win

HARRISBURG — Altoona held off a fourth-quarter rally from Central Dauphin to pick up a 59-58 victory in high school girls basketball action on Tuesday. Brionna Hudson led the Lady Lions with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Zaelihn Nguyen-Moore posted 10 points and eight boards, while Lanie Wilt fronted with a team-high 17 points. ALTOONA (59): M. Eyer 2 5-6 9, Nguyen-Moore 4 2-4 10, Hudson 5 4-4 15, Wilt 6 2-2 17, R. Eyer 1 0-0 3, Cogan 1 0-0 2, Harpster 1 0-0 3. Totals – 20 13-16 59. CENTRAL DAUPHIN (58): Sembrot 3 2-2 8, Matthews 2 0-0 5, Dickerson 3 0-0 9, Matincheckil 3 0-0 6, ...

Tigers suffer first setback

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg boys basketball coach Brad Lear refers to Forest Hills’ imposing scoring tandem of junior center/forward Brandon Gregovich, sophomore forward Dylan Stohon and junior guard Koy McGough as being “a three-headed monster” for the Rangers. They certainly proved to be just that Friday night, as Forest Hills led from start to finish and overpowered the Golden Tigers, 67-51, in a battle of unbeaten Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference teams that provided the front end of a boys-girls doubleheader between the ...

Lady Tigers score 30 in third for win

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — After a two-week holiday layoff from game competition, it took a little while for the Hollidaysburg Lady Tigers to get their bearings in what was the second game of a boys-girls Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference basketball ...

Lady Marauders cruise to road win vs. BC

EBENSBURG — Bishop Guilfoyle captured every quarter and led by 22 after three quarters of play en route to a 50-27 victory over Bishop Carroll Friday night in high school girls basketball play. Morgan Ruggery led all scorers with 15 points for the Lady Marauders, while Madison Delauter had a team-high nine for the Lady Huskies. BISHOP GUILFOYLE (50): Adams 1 0-0 2, Ruggery 6 3-3 15, Yesky 1 2-4 4, Eby 0 0-0 0, Petrecca 3 0-0 6, Querry 3 0-0 7, Haigh 1 0-0 0 2, Williams 3 0-0 7, Homan 0 0-0 0, Gofus 1 0-0 2, Homan 2 0-0 5. Totals – 21 5-7 50. BISHOP CARROLL (27): Delauter 4 0-0 ...

BG bounces back with runaway ‘W’

By Kevin Petrochko For the Mirror After a rough stretch over the holidays, the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys basketball team lit it up from beyond the arc on Friday night, en route to a 78-39 victory over the Bishop Carroll Huskies at the Pleasant Valley Gymnasium. The win moves the Marauders to 6-0 in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference. Bishop Guilfoyle came out firing in the first quarter with a combined six 3-pointers. “We feel when we shoot the ball well, were very dangerous,” Bishop Guilfoyle coach Ryan Lestochi said. “We’re athletic; we can get to the ...

Bellwood-Antis unable to hold on to early lead

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis led by one at the half, trailed by just one after three quarters but fell apart in the final quarter as it was outscored by 15 in a 66-51 loss to Chestnut Ridge. Jackson Dorminy fronted the Blue Devils with 18 points, Curtis Shedlock hit for 15 and Holden Schreier chipped in 10. CHESTNUT RIDGE (66): Whysong 11 6-6 29, Claycomb 5 0-0 10, Crocker 2 4-4 8, Hinson 5 1-3 11, Halcovich 2 0-0 4, Emerick 0 2-2 2, Dull 1 0-0 2. Totals -- 26 13-15 66. BELLWOOD-ANTIS (51): H. Schreier 4 2-4 10, Fatzinger 0 0-0 0, Mayes 3 2-2 8, Dorminy 5 4-6 18, Shedlock 6 0-0 15, ...