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B-A has strong middle quarters in win

PHILIPSBURG — Bellwood-Antis dominated the middle two quarters in earning an easy 64-27 win over Philipsburg-Osceola Thursday night in high school girls basketball. The Lady Blue Devils, which owned a 36-7 edge in the second and third stanzas, got a game-high 23 points from Lilly Gerwert, 11 from Olivia Hess and 10 from Leigha Clapper. BELLWOOD-ANTIS (64): Clapper 3 1-2 10, Norton 2 0-0 4, Gerwert 11 0-2 23, Quick 0 0-0 0, Cacciotti 2 0-0 5, Waite 2 1-2 5, Hess 5 0-0 11, Bardell 2 0-0 6, P. Hammond 0 0-0 0, Gummo 0 0-0 0. Totals – 27 2-6 64. PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (27): Malice 0 ...

Central Dauphin East too much for Altoona

HARRISBURG — Altoona found itself down eight after one and 13 at the break in a 69-48 loss to Central Dauphin East Thursday night in high school boys basketball. Roan Greaser was the lone Mountain Lion to reach double figures with 13. Alijah Cooper poured in a game-high 20 points for the Panthers, while Eli Vega collected 17 and Julian Lownes had 10.. ALTOONA (48): Walker 1 1-2 3, E. Hicks 1 0-0 2, Larocco 0 0-0 0, Polito 0 4-4 4, Sankey 1 1-2 3, Greaser 6 0-0 13, Simendinger 2 1-2 5, Crawford 0 0-0 0, Herr 1 0-0 2, Lowery 2 1-2 6, Corso 3 0-0 6, Owulade 2 0-0 4. Totals – 19 ...

Tigers use ‘frenetic’ pace to take care of rivals

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com For the Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers, it’s all about keeping up the pace. In the Tigers’ season-opening game with Altoona back in early December, the Mountain Lions forced Hollidaysburg out of their up-tempo running style of play, and ...

Low numbers for C-K girls brings an end to their year

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com With four games left on its schedule, Claysburg-Kimmel has made the decision to end its girls basketball season and forfeit the remainder of its schedule due to low numbers. “We made the very difficult decision to cancel and forfeit the rest of our regular season,” Claysburg-Kimmel athletic director Corey Reffner said. “We had low numbers to start the season, we started with seven girls, and now with injuries we are down to five and of those five some are not currently 100 percent.” The Lady Bulldogs began the year splitting ...

Scarlet Dragons go to overtime to beat Penns Valley

SPRING MILLS — Central outscored Penns Valley, 14-6, in overtime to beat the Rams, 56-48, Wednesday night in high school boys basketball. Eli Muthler’s 30 points were tops for the Dragons (17-4), who were outscored, 18-14, in the fourth which forced overtime. Hunter Smith added 13 points. Penns Valley (10-10) got 16 points from Jac Romig. CENTRAL (56): Smith 5 0-0 13, Muthler 10 6-7 30, Butler 0 0-0 0, Garver 1 0-0 3, Albright 3 0-0 6, Long-Yarrison 0 0-0 0, Bettwy 1 0-0 2, Byler 1 0-0 2. Totals — 21 6-7 56. PENNS VALLEY (48): F. Ironside 3 3-6 9, C. Ironside 2 0-0 6, ...

NBC’s Hall hits milestone mark

LOYSBURG — Mariah Hall scored 20 points, including a 3-pointer in the third quarter that put her over the 1,000-point mark for her career, as Northern Bedford defeated Moshannon Valley, 51-24, Wednesday night in high school girls basketball. Leah Swanseen added 13 points for the Lady Panthers, who improved to 14-6. The Damsels, who were shut out in the first quarter, fell to 8-10. MOSHANNON VALLEY (24): Wharton 4 0-0 8, Berg 2 0-0 5, Lewis 1 0-0 2, McCoy 0 0-0 0, Clarkson 1 1-4 4, Martin 0 0-2 0, Milhalko 1 3-3 5. Totals — 9 4-9 24. NORTHERN BEDFORD (51): Hall 8 0-0 20, ...