The Tyrone girls basketball teams swept Huntingdon yesterday at the Huntingdon Area Middle School, finishing out a three-game week on a high note.
Playing three games in four days, the 7th and 8th grade team went 3-0, while the 9th grade team went 2-1.
The ninth graders rebounded sharply from a deflating performance on Tuesday in a 43-14 loss to Indian Valley at home. They defeated Huntingdon 34-28, leading the game from start to finish. Seventh grader Rachel Emigh led the Lady Eagles with 15 points, nine of which came in the first quarter. Sarah Halter had seven points and seven rebounds, and Sarah Cox added nine boards as Tyrone controlled the glass with 39 team boards.
It was a dramatic turnaround from Tuesday, when Tyrone was outscored 18-4 in the second quarter on the way to a 29-point loss to the Lady Warriors. Halter led the Lady Eagles in that one with 10 points.
The 7th and 8th grade team defeated Huntingdon 18-15 behind Emigh’s 12 points. Crystal Waite, Kasey Christine and Paris Harden led Tyrone on the glass with seven, six and five rebounds, respectively.
The 7th and 8th graders defeated Indian Valley in similar fashion two days earlier, winning 17-10 behind another 12-point performance by Emigh.
“Rachel is a real player,” said Tyrone coach Kerry Naylor. “She loves the game, she understands the game and she gives 110 percent every minute she’s on the floor. We ask an awful lot of her to play as much as she does in two games, but she’s done better than anyone could have expected.
“The entire team is improving and playing well together. Against Huntingdon, we were committed to stepping up on the boards in both games and girls like Waite, Christine, Harden, Halter and Cox stepped up.”
The Tyrone junior high basketball teams host Williamsburg on Monday at 3:15 p.m.
