PORTAGE — Portage cruised past Homer-Center, 59-43, with the help of a 20-point game by Kendall Bednarski Tuesday night in girls high school basketball.

Cassie Burkett and Britton Myher each added 11 points for the Lady Mustangs, who improved to 8-6 overall and 6-3 in the Heritage Conference with the victory.

HOMER-CENTER (43): Marshall 6 5-7 17, Bence 3 0-0 6, Fabin 2 2-4 8, Rado 3 3-4 11, Bartlebaugh 0 1-2 1, Brendlinger 0 0-0 0, Beer 0 0-0 0, Slater 0 0-0 0. Totals — 14 11-17 43.

PORTAGE (59): C. Burkett 5 1-2 11, Myher 4 0-0 11, Bagby 2 1-2 5, Bednarski 8 0-0 20, B. Burkett 1 3-4 5, Irvin 0 0-0 0, Stancovich 0 0-0 0, Krestar 2 0-0 4, Burda 1 1-2 3, Smith 0 0-2 0, A. Burkett 0 0-0 0, Harsh 0 0-0 0, Noel 0 0-0 0, Myers 0 0-0 0, Offman 0 0-0 0. Totals — 23 6-12 59.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Homer-Center 9 14 11 9 — 43

Portage 27 11 15 6 — 59

3-point goals: Homer-Center 4 (Fabin 2, Rado 2); Portage 7 (Bednarski 4, Myher 3).

Records: Homer-Center (3-9, 2-5 in Heritage); Portage (8-6, 6-3 in Heritage).

JV: Portage, 40-6. High scorers–Skyler Krestar, P, 13; Taicha Bartlebaugh, HC, 4.

Bordack leads GCS

Ava Bordack poured in 27 points as Great Commission School rolled past Clearfield Alliance Christian, 50-16, in girls basketball at Wright Place for Kidz.

Bordack also contributed six rebounds and six steals. Alexa Hall collected 11 points and seven assists for the Lady Bears.

CLEARFIELD ALLIANCE (16): Stone 2 0-0 4, McGarry 5 0-1 12, L. Mann 0 0-0 0, C. Mann 0 0-0 0, Lopez 0 0-0 0, Joseph 0 0-0 0, Manno 0 0-0 0. Totals — 7 0-1 16.

GREAT COMMISSION (50): Summers 2 0-0 4, Bordack 10 2-2 27, Hall 4 1-4 11, Fleck 1 0-0 2, M. McConnell 0 0-0 0, Miller 2 1-2 5, Bickings 0 0-0 0, Turiano 0 0-0 0, T. McConnell 0 0-0 0, Wertz 0 0-0 0. Totals — 19 4-8 50.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Clearfield Alliance 5 4 4 3 — 16

Great Commission 11 14 22 3 — 50

3-point goals: Clearfield Alliance 2 (McGarry 2); Great Commission 8 (Bordack 5, Hall 2, Miller).

Records: Clearfield Alliance (0-4); Great Commission (3-3).

Lions rally

Altoona rallied past Central Cambria with third-period goals by Hayden Hosgood and Connor Stivers in a 4-3 triumph at Galactic Ice in high school hockey.

Hosgood finished with two goals, and Owen Wasovich also scored for Altoona. Brayden Rado had a hat trick for Central Cambria, scoring all three of his goals in the second period.

SCORE BY PERIODS

Central Cambria 0 3 0 — 3

Altoona 1 1 2 — 4

First period: A–Wasovich (Panick), 4:43.

Second period: CC–Rado (Jorinscay, Ford), 14:12; CC–Rado (unassisted); A–Hosgood (Stivers), 1:59; CC–Rado (Jorinscay), 1:05.

Third period: A–Hosgood (Mirobelli), 9:08; A–Stivers (G. Kirsch), 7:48.

Records: Altoona (3-5-1).

AAHS still perfect

BELLEFONTE — The Altoona Area High School gymnastics team improved to 4-0 with a 138.7-137.7252 win at Bellefonte in scholastic action. No other information was made available.

Portage evens mark

PORTAGE — The Portage Area High School rifle team slipped past Northern Cambria, 1,107-1,089, at the Portage Revolver and Pistol Club.

Ana Selapack fired a 254 to lead Portage, now 2-2, and Isabella Scarton had a 248. Anna Griffiths led Northern Cambria with a match-high 282.

NORTHERN CAMBRIA (1,089): Griffiths 282, Fleming 221, Messina 217, Croyle 193, Bradford 176.

PORTAGE (1,107): Selapack 254, Scarton 248, Halerz 217, Pisarski 211, Long 177.

Records: Northern Cambria (0-6); Portage (2-2).

JV: Northern Cambria, 231-209. High scorers–Paul Bradford, NC, 81; Hunter Popish, Kyle McQuillen-Czapp, P, 68 each.