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NBC knocks off Lady Titans

SAXTON — The Northern Bedford girls basketball team improved to 7-4 Thursday night, thanks to a 44-32 win at Tussey Mountain in high school play. The Lady Panthers, up 18-12 at halftime, got 11 points from Mariah Hall to go with 10 points from Leah Swanseen. Tussey, which came into the game at 8-2, got eight points from Adyson Weyandt. NORTHERN BEDFORD (44): M Hall 2 7-10 11, Swanseen 3 2-2 10, McIlnay 1 2-2 4, Heck 4 0-0 8, Yeatts 1 0-0 2, Love 1 1-2 3, Baker 2 0-0 6. Totals – 14 12-16 44. TUSSEY MOUNTAIN (32): Sheeder 1 0-0 2, Gabrielson 1 0-0 2, Mills 0 0-0 0, Benton 1 0-0 ...

C-K downs rival in ‘Sideline’ game

By Matt Michelone sports@altoonamirror.com LOYSBURG — Wednesday night’s Inter-County Conference boys’ basketball clash between Claysburg-Kimmel and Northern Bedford had the feel of a playoff game from the moment the ball was tipped off. The Bulldogs led for much of the night, ...

Lady Tigers continue their winning ways

By Ron Musselman For The Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg girls basketball team kept its perfect record intact Wednesday night, cruising to a 57-32 victory over Central in a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference game. Bella Vent scored a game-high 15 points, Lauren Stevenson netted 14 and Clare Padamosnky added 11 off the bench as the Lady Tigers improved to 10-0, including 8-0 in the LHAC. Stevenson set the tone early, scoring 11 of Hollidaysburg’s first 17 points in the opening quarter, including three 3-pointers. She added a fourth trey in the third ...

Bellwood takes care of business

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis used a big second quarter to pull away from Bellefonte in a 54-26 victory Wednesday in high school girls basketball. Lilly Gerwert scored 16 points for the Lady Blue Devils, who also got 11 points from Jenna Norton. Leigha Clapper had nine points and five assists for B-A. BELLEFONTE (26): M. Cotter 5 0-0 11, Ripka 1 2-2 5, Whitman 3 0-0 6, Jassen 1 0-0 2, Santostefano 1 0-0 2, Lucas 0 0-0 0, T. Cotter 0 0-0 0, Lose 0 0-0 0, Ranio 0 0-0 0. Totals — 11 2-2 26. BELLWOOD-ANTIS (54): Clapper 3 0-0 9, C. Hammond 2 4-4 8, Norton 4 2-2 11, Gerwert 7 2-3 16, ...

Bellwood takes care of business

HOMER CITY — Portage got 23 points from Bode Layo, 15 points from Trae Kargo, 13 points scored by Owen Gouse and 10 points from Brennan Kunko in its 61-53 victory over Homer-Center in a high school boys basketball game Wednesday. PORTAGE (61): Kunko 4 0-0 10, Kargo 4 4-4 15, Gouse 5 2-4 13, Layo 9 4-6 23, Z. Hodge 0 0-0 0, E. Hodge 0 0-0 0, McCoy 0 0-0 0, Slanoc 0 0-0 0. Totals — 22 10-14 61. HOMER-CENTER (53): Alexander 3 1-1 7, Saiani 2 0-0 5, Coy 0 2-2 2, Budner 8 2-3 20, Voyda 1 0-0 3, Palmer 7 0-0 14, Dunn 0 0-0 0, Hurd 0 2-2 2, Arone 0 0-0 0. Totals — 21 7-8 53. SCORE ...

Smith takes it for team

By Nate Ritchey nritchey@altoonamirror.com MARTINSBURG — No stranger to contact in any sport, Central’s Hunter Smith is usually the one handing out the hits. On Monday night, the senior stepped in front of a baseline drive by Hollidaysburg’s Mason Goodman and took a hit as he drew a charge on the pass attempt that would have led to a Golden Tiger layup. Instead, Hollidaysburg was forced to foul two more times to put Eli Muthler at the line where the junior made a pair of free throws to give his team a 3-point edge with 5.4 seconds left. Jake Hileman’s shot from ...