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High school boys basketball MONDAY Huntingdon at Juniata Valley, 7:15 Notable: Juniata Valley can score with anyone, but Bearcats represent a rivalry game and a larger school to compete against. Windber at Portage, 7:15 Notable: Former WestPAC rivals renew their rivalry in a non-conference game that would be helpful to Portage in 1A rankings. TUESDAY Hollidaysburg at Central Cambria, 7:15 Notable: Golden Tigers will be the favorite here, but a victory for the Red Devils, in contention for the final 3A playoff spots, would be huge. Williamsburg at Juniata Valley, ...

Tyrone downs McCort

TYRONE — The Tyrone Area High School boys basketball team show no letdown after its big win over Johnstown by downing Bishop McCort, 69-52, on Saturday at the Tyrone Middle School. Sam Crilly scored 19 points for the Golden Eagles, Eli Woomer scored 15, and Andrew Escala scored 14. Tyrone improved to 13-6 overall. Angelo Gallucci led McCort with 20 points. Bishop McCort (52): Beppler 0 1-2 1, Gallucci 6 8-8 20, Dressick 2 0-0 5, Pfail 3 2-2 9, M. Preuss 2 0-1 4, Radkowski 0 1-2 1, Dudinack 1 0-0 3, Zasadni 1 0-0 2, Laughand 2 0-0 6, Preuss 0 0-0 0, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Visingky 0 0-0 ...

Seniors spark Tigers to victory over Carroll

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Hollidaysburg’s eight seniors weren’t about to let Bishop Carroll Catholic spoil their senior night festivities. Cole Walters scored 17 points, Jonathan Holsopple contributed a double-double with a season-high 14 points and 13 rebounds and Jake Hileman added 12 points ...

BG shows fight, but turnovers prove costly

JOHNSTOWN — Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic’s girls basketball team has a lot of big games and pressure situations ahead of it over the next few years, but the Lady Marauders don’t have much varsity experience yet. Chalk Friday night’s 61-57 loss to Bishop McCort Catholic at the Bradley Center as a major lesson. Bishop Guilfoyle overcame a slow start to lead by three at halftime and went up by as many as 12 in the third quarter before McCort went on a 15-4 run to end the third down by just one. Stella Yeskey scored the final two of her 10 points on BG’s first possession of the ...

B-A uses big third quarter in win

EBENSBURG — Both Bellwood-Antis’ and Central Cambria’s girls basketball teams made their Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference matchup feel like a playoff game on Friday night. In the first half, neither side jumped out to a big a lead, both answered big plays rather quickly, and almost ...

Woomer, Tyrone beat Johnstown

JOHNSTOWN — Chalk one up for the Golden Eagles boys basketball team. On Friday night, Tyrone went into Johnstown and handed the Trojans — who were 16-2 overall — a 65-64 loss in high school play on an Eli Woomer 3-pointer with one second left in the game. He finished with 10 points. Tyrone, which improved to 12-6, hit 10 3-pointers, led by Sam Crilly who nailed five and finished with 22 points. Teammate Kendall Lehner added 15 points in a game Tyrone trailed, 34-26, at halftime. Johnstown, outscored 39-30 in the second half, was led by Jahmir Collins’ 21 points. Donte ...