The Tyrone Golden Eagle Junior High basketball team continued it’s winning ways yesterday as the Bald Eagle Eagles visited the Tyrone Area High School gym.
The Golden Eagles got off to a good start, going up 4-0 early behind a bucket by Josh Bradley and a couple of free throws by Chris McCaulley. But the Little Eagles slipped off the track the rest of the quarter as Bald Eagle built a 10-4 first quarter lead.
In the second period, Tyrone got going with a three-pointer from Jon Hampton and a couple of buckets by Nate Dane. But point guard Brandon Gehret was forced to leave the game midway through the quarter with foul trouble, and Tyrone struggled with the Bald Eagle press.
The score at halftime was 18-14 Bald Eagle.
Following intermission, Tyrone toughened up it’s defense.
Ethan Etters came off the bench to provide a spark defensively with his quickness, and Tyrone spread scoring out over five players as they went on a 14-3 third quarter run to go up 28-21.
Tyrone held it’s edge in the fourth, and defeated Bald Eagle 39-31. The win was their fourth straight, and raised their record to 5-2.
Josh Bradley and Chris McCaulley led Tyrone with 13 and nine points, respectively.
Tyrone’s next game will be Friday, January 14, at Philipsburg-Osceola.
Score by quarters:
Tyrone 4 10 14 11 – 39
Bald Eagle 10 8 3 10 – 31
Scorers: Bradley 13, McCaulley 9, Dane 6, Hampton 5, Etters 4, Gehret 2.
In the earlier contest, the Tyrone eighth grade basketball team stretched their undefeated run to 6-0.
Starting fast, Tyrone dominated the first quarter offensively and defensively, fast-breaking their way to a 16-0 lead behind eight points from Ethan Etters.
In the second period, Bald Eagle got going and matched Tyrone’s scoring 5-5, as the teams went into halftime with the score 21-5 Tyrone.
Play got a bit sloppy in the third quarter with numerous turnovers, but Tyrone continued to outscore the visitors, and finished on top 32-10.
Score by quarters:
Tyrone 16 5 7 2 – 32
Penns Valley 0 5 3 2 – 0
Scorers: Etters 16, Dane 5, Updyke 4, Shaffer 3, Hennaman 2, Black 2..
