By Jamie Eichenlaub For the Mirror Altoona’s Jaiden Krull is rarely the tallest post player on the court, listed on the roster sheet at just 5-foot-7, but she tends to draw the defensive assignment on the opposing team’s taller players. Krull, affectionately called “the bouncer” ...
CLYMER — Portage improved to 6-0 with a 59-52 win in overtime at Penns Manor on Tuesday night in high school girls basketball. The Lady Mustangs forced overtime by outscoring Penns Manor, 10-2, in the fourth quarter. They won the overtime period, 11-4. Jenna Burkett’s 26 points were tops for Portage to go with 13 points from Brooke Bednarski. Penns Manor (3-1) got 26 points from Alyssa Altemus. PORTAGE (59): J. Burkett 9 5-7 26, Chobany 2 3-4 9, B. Bednarski 4 5-7 13, Hudak 1 0-0 2, C. Burkett 3 3-4 9, Noll 0 0-0 0, Bagby 0 0-0 0, C. Burkett 0 0-0 0, Myhre 0 0-0 0, K. Bednarski ...
CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel placed five players in double figures in a come-from-behind 71-69 victory over Mount Union in Inter-County Conference East Division high school boys basketball action on Tuesday. The Trojans’ Bryce Danish, who led all scorers with 32 points, hit a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left to put his team up 69-68. The Bulldogs’ Elias Ritchey, who scored a team-high 14 points, drove the middle of the lane and hit a floater while being fouled with 16.9 remaining. The free throw was good to set the eventual final. Danish got off an off-balance shot in the ...
Bishop Guilfoyle junior Jude Haigh came off a screen late in the second quarter, caught a pass near the top of the key then drained a 3-pointer. Something he’s done numerous times as a Marauder. This time, those three points had a little extra meaning. Haigh’s 3-pointer with two minutes left in the first half put him over the 1,000-point mark — 1,001 to be exact — for his career and highlighted BG’s 65-25 runaway victory over Philipsburg-Osceola in a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference matchup on Monday night in front of the home crowd at the Pleasant Valley Gym. “The ...
TYRONE — Tyrone Area jumped out to a 19-point edge after three quarters, and despite being outscored in the fourth, cruised to a 73-61 victory over Bald Eagle Area in high school boys basketball action on Monday night. Andrew Escala drained five 3-pointers and totaled 20 points, while Sam Crilly hit three from beyond the arc and registered 19, and Kendall Lehner amassed 16 for the Golden Eagles. Dru Smith’s 18 points fronted BEA, while Kane Wolf and Camron Watkins tacked on 10 apiece. BALD EAGLE AREA (61): Kahale Burns 4 0-2 8, Smith 8 0-0 18, Wolf 3 1-2 10, Brooks 1 0-2 2, ...
FLINTON — Anna Taylor’s 19 points spearheaded Juniata Valley to a 47-29 victory over Glendale in high school girls basketball action on Monday night. Kassidy Watson added 12 points for the Lady Hornets. Madison Peterson scored 26 of Glendale’s 29 points. JUNIATA VALLEY (47): Hopsicker 4 0-4 9, Foster 0 0-0 0, Russell 2 0-0 4, Taylor 7 1-2 19, Watson 5 2-2 12, Sunderland 1 0-0 3, Mower 0 0-0 0, Sager 0 0-0 0, Harman 0 0-0 0. Totals – 19 3-8 47. GLENDALE (29): Peterson 9 5-6 26, McMillon 0 0-0 0, Matish 0 0-0 0, Leiden 0 1-4 1, Simmers 0 0-0 0, Krepps 1 0-2 2. Totals – 10 ...
