HARRISBURG — A strong third quarter helped carry Altoona to an 83-67 victory over Harrisburg in high school boys basketball action on Friday.

Down 27-25 at half, Altoona outscored Harrisburg, 33-19, in the third quarter and went on for its third win in 12 games.

Ethan Hicks led the Mountain Lions with 22 points, Justin Pfeffer scored 20, and Chris Wagner had 17. Damir Arp scored 28 for Harrisburg.

ALTOONA (83): Shields 3 1-2 9, Wagner 7 3-4 17, Chathams 4 1-3 9, E. Hicks 8 4-5 22, Pfeffer 4 9-10 20, Coldwell 0 0-2 0, McCloskey 3 0-0 6, D. Hicks 0 0-0 0. Total — 29 18-26 83.

HARRISBURG (67): Smith 5 0-0 12, Arp 11 3-4 28, Brown 4 6-7 15, Whitehead 1 0-0 2, Iniroio 0 2-4 2, Sinkler 3 0-0 6, Meade 1 0-0 2. Totals — 25 6-11 67.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Altoona 18 7 33 25 — 83

Harrisburg 18 9 19 21 — 67

3-point goals: Altoona 10 (Pfeffer 3, Wagner 3, Shields 2, E. Hicks 2); Harrisburg 6 (Arp 3, Smith 2, Brown).

Records: Altoona (3-9); Harrisburg (8-4).

JV: Altoona, 46-30. High scorers–Cochran, A, 14; Thomas, H, 8.

NBC takes down Tussey

LOYSBURG — Northern Bedford evened its record at 6-6 with a 63-50 win over Tussey Mountain.

The Panthers, up 21-19 at halftime, got 25 points from Cavan Lloyd, 13 points from Nate Eckenroad and 10 points from Nevin Lloyd.

Tussey Mountain (1-12), was led by Toryn Garner’s 17 points.

TUSSEY MOUNTAIN (50): Bithell 3 0-0 6, Gambia 5 2-2 13, J. Garner 3 11-12 17, T. Gamer 1 0-0 2, Soudnour 0 1-2 1, Feight 2 2-8 7, Kenyon 2 0-0 4, Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 16-24 50.

NORTHERN BEDFORD (63): Eckenroad 6 0-4 13, Foor 2 3-7 7, C. Lloyd 7 9-12 25, Cottle 0 4-4 4, N. Lloyd 4 1-2 10, Horsh 1 1-2 3, B. Black 0 0-0 0, C. Lowe 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 1-4 1, Sheplock 0 0-0 0. Totals — 20 19-35 63.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Tussey Mountain 7 12 12 19 — 50

Northern Bedford 11 10 22 20 — 63

3-point goals: Tussey Mountain 2 (Gambai, Feight); Northern Bedford 4 (Eckenroad, C. Loyd 2, N. Lloyd).

Records: Tussey Mountain (1-12); Northern Bedford (6-6).

JV: Tussey Mountain, 30-25. High scorers–Brode, Tussey, 13; Horsh, NBC, 9.

Glendale downed

MORRISDALE — Rhylan Hoopsick-Bell scored 30 points, but Glendale fell short, 81-60, to West Branch.

Levi Hamilton added 12 points for the Vikings.

GLENDALE (60): Hoopsick-Bell 13 4-9 30, Hamilton 5 2-2 12, Jenkins 1 0-0 3, Myers 4 0-0 9, Detwiler 0 0-0 0, Gallaher 2 0-2 4, Rydbom 1 0-0 2, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 0-0 0. Totals — 26 6-13 60.

WEST BRANCH (81): McGonigal 12 6-7 32, Kephart 3 1-3 7, Hudson 2 1-3 5, Gibson 5 1-3 13, Lannen 2 0-0 4, Kio 7 0-0 18, Reichard 0 0-0 0, Emigh 0 0-0 0, McDowell 1 0-0 2. Totals — 32 10-13 80.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Glendale 18 10 11 21 — 60

West Branch 22 26 15 18 — 81

3-point goals: Glendale 2 (Jenkins, Myers); West Branch 8 (Kio 4, Gibson 2, McGonigal 2).

JV: Glendale, 36-18. High scorers–Thompson, WB, 7; Esposti, G, 15.

GCS defeats BCC

DUNCANSVILLE — Great Commission improved to 6-0 with a 65-38 win at Blair County Christian.

The Bears were led by Alex Guise with 21 points, followed by 16 points from Elijah Best and 10 points from Landyn Ulrich.

The Bobcats got 17 points from Aidyn Lundy and 14 points from Jonathan Marucci.

GREAT COMMISSION (65): Guise 21, E. Best 16, Ulrich 10, Rodgers 7, Lohsl 4, Hileman 3, Z. Best 2, Palazzi 2.

BLAIR COUNTY CHRISTIAN (38): Lundy 17, J. Marucci 14, S. Marucci 3, Walter 2, B. Walter 2.

Records: Great Commission (6-0).

Casses leads in loss

JOHNSTOWN — Jace Casses scored 30 points for Bishop Carroll in an 83-76 loss at Richland Thursday night.

The Huskies (7-5), down 21-7 after one quarter, also got 13 points from Drew Lucko.

BISHOP CARROLL (76): Casses 10 6-11 30, Lucko 5 0-0 13, Kirsch 0 0-0 0, Seymour 0 0-0 0, Holtz 0 0-0 0, Hall-Campbell 3 0-2 6, Tremel 3 0-0 7, P. Phillips 0 0-0 0, Stohon 0 0-0 0, Myers 5 0-0 13, J. Phillips 3 0-0 7. Totals — 29 6-13 76.

RICHLAND (83): Hale 11 3-5 25, Christian 3 2-6 8, Lushko 11 2-2 27, Mugerma 5 1-4 11, McCulty 3 3-4 10. Totals — 34 11-21 83.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Bishop Carroll 7 31 19 19 — 76

Richland 21 16 20 26 — 83

3-point goals: Bishop Carroll 12 (Casses 4, Lucko 3, Myers 3, J. Phillips, Tremel); Richland 4 (McNulty, Lushko 3).

Records: Richland (5-7), Bishop Carroll (7-5)

JV: Richland, 38-37. High scorers-Bond, R, 16; Conner, BC, 15