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Not enough spark for Lady Red Devils

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror EBENSBURG — It was tough for the Central Cambria girls basketball team to come up with big scoring opportunities on Friday during the Dodson Electric “Light Up the Holidays” Tournament championship. That gave Penns Manor the separation it needed as they Lady Comets grabbed a 49-39 win over the Lady Red Devils at the Central Cambria Gym. “Their zone gave us some trouble tonight and I’m not really sure why,” Central Cambria coach Brittany Bracken. “I feel like we’ve seen zones before. We just seemed off offensively in the half-court ...

Miller helps Lady Huskies take care of business

EBENSBURG — Sarah Miller scored 17 points, including five 3-pointers, to help Bishop Carroll Catholic knock off Saint Joseph’s, 57-52, in a high school girls basketball game on Friday. Adelyn Myers added 15 points for the Lady Huskies, who improved to 6-2. Aubrey Yartz scored 18 points, and Naomi Crispin scored 16 points for St. Joes. SAINT JOSEPH’S (52): Chappell 0 0-0 0, Crispin 6 2-2 16, Cunningham 2 1-4 5, Eby 0 0-0 0, Edmondson 0 0-0 0, Himes 2 0-0 6, Luckovich 2 0-0 5, Yartz 6 6-8 18, Fetzer 1 0-0 2. Totals — 19 9-14 52. BISHOP CARROLL (57): Delauter 1 0-0 3, Pablic ...

Central Cambria downs pesky Portage in tourney

EBENSBURG — When the Portage and Central Cambria girls basketball teams met opening weekend in the consolation game of the Arthur Burkett Memorial Basketball Tournament it was the Lady Red Devils that jumped out to an 11-point lead after one quarter, 26 at the half and 36 when all was said ...

Heights tops Glendale

PATTON — Cambria Heights assumed a 13-point lead with less than four minutes to go, and then held off a belated comeback bid to claim a 62-57 victory against Glendale in the first round of the Cambria Heights holiday basketball tournament on Thursday night at Cambria Heights High School. The Highlanders will meet Heritage Conference rival West Shamokin in the tournament championship game this evening. Tonight’s game figures to match teams with similar styles. “They do have a style that is similar to us. We just have to eliminate turnovers, make sure we take care of the ...

Williamsburg triumphs over Glendale

WILLIAMSBURG — Levada Gorsuch scored 21 points to lead Williamsburg to a 61-20 win over Glendale in a high school girls basketball game as part of the Williamsburg Christmas Tournament on Thursday. Anastasia Ranalli added 16 points, and Regan Prough chipped in with 13 points. Madison Peterson led the Lady Vikings with 11 points. GLENDALE (20): Peterson 5 0-0 11, McMillen 1 0-0 3, Leiden 1 2-2 4, Gilbey 0 0-0 0, Leiden 1 0-0 2, Krepps 0 0-2 0, Dubler 0 0-0 0. Totals — 8 2-4 20. WILLIAMSBURG (61): Alexander 1 0-0 2, A. Colbert 1 0-0 2, G. Colbert 2 1-2 5, Flaig 0 0-0 0, Gorsuch ...

Red Devils defeat rival PC again, but not close this time

By Matt Michelone For the Mirror EBENSBURG — When you see a rival twice in a matter of one week, there can always be that concern that payback is on the mind of the team that lost the first time. That can ring even more true when the game was decided by six points. Monday night, ...