By Rick Weaver For The Mirror PATTON — Williamsburg basketball coach Jeff Detwiler told his team to disregard the record Cambria Heights sported entering a basketball game in the Cambria Heights Christmas Tournament on Wednesday night. “I told the guys coming in that we need to show ...
By Matt Michelone sports@altoonamirror.com TYRONE — It wasn’t the ideal start for the Penn Cambria Lady Panthers basketball team as they fell behind Central, 9-0, in the first quarter Wednesday night. But once that early Lady Dragon outburst came to a halt, thanks to a Makenna McCoy jumper, the Lady Panthers’ fortunes slowly, then quickly, changed. Penn Cambria outscored Central, 38-17, in the middle frames en route to grabbing a 61-50 victory in the Reliance Bank Kiwanis Club Tournament. “We’ve had a lot of sickness going through the team, we’ve had some ankle ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com TYRONE — This season’s Penn Cambria High School boys basketball team possesses a deep roster with plenty of talent. Through the early part of this season, however, the Panthers have struggled to achieve consistent scoring balance. But Wednesday night’s 63-38 first-round victory over Bellwood-Antis in the 12th Annual Tyrone Reliance Bank Holiday Basketball Tournament hosted by the Northern Blair Kiwanis Club was definitely a step in the right direction in that regard for the Panthers. Penn Cambria placed three players —senior ...
WEXFORD — Trailing 30-11 at halftime, the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School girls basketball team opened the second half on a 12-2 run en route to a 47-41 win over Pittsburgh North Catholic Thursday night in the North Allegheny/Butler Holiday Bash. Anberlyn Petrecca, Maurie Querry and Morgan Ruggery each had 12 points for the Lady Marauders, who improved to 9-0. North Catholic (3-4), outscored 36-11 in the second half, got 15 points from Alayna Rocco. BISHOP GUILFOYLE (47): Adams 2 0-0 5, Query 3 5-10 12, Ruggery 5 0-1 12, Petrecca 5 2-2 12, Lightner 2 0-0 4, Gofus 0 2-2 2, ...
EBENSBURG — Portage got 21 points from Jenna Burkett and 11 points from Britton Myher in a 63-40 victory over Everett in the first round of the Stevens Carpet One Holiday Hardwood Classic Wednesday night in high school girls basketball play. Cloe Price scored a game-high 26 points for the Lady Warriors. The Lady Mustangs will play host Central Cambria, which defeated Penns Manor in the other first-round game. PORTAGE (63): J. Burkett 10 0-0 21, Chobany 1 1-2 3, B. Bednarski 2 3-6 7, Hudak 4 0-0 8, Cam. Burkett 1 1-4 3, Noll 2 0-0 4, Bagby 2 0-0 5, Cas. Burkett 0 1-2 1, Myher 4 ...
JOHNSTOWN — Claysburg-Kimmel trailed by nine at halftime, used a run to open the second half but, despite taking a brief lead in the third, the Bulldogs suffered a 55-51 loss to Homer-Center on the first day of play at the Dick Rigby Memorial Holiday Tournament played at Ferndale Elementary School. Brayden Haney registered 23 points and Aidan Simpson tallied 13 for C-K, which went just 2-for-15 from the foul line as a team. Angelo Alexander totaled 17 to lead the Wildcats. Claysburg will play Meyersdale, a 53-36 loser to Ferndale, in today’s consolation at 3 ...
