Tyrone\u2019s Junior High Basketball Team chugged north on old Rt. 220 to get it on with the Wildcats of Central Mountain Thursday afternoon, and the trip was well worth it as the Eagles avenged an earlier season loss defeating them on their own court in another thriller 34-31.
\nBoth squads matched up in man defense the entire game, and the Wildcats pressed the Eagle\u2019s in a full court zone press right out of the gates only to find themselves down 13-6 after the first period.
\n\u201cWe worked on setting up several full court press breakers the day before in practice,\u201d said coach Dick Stever, \u201cand it really paid off today. We only had one turnover and scored off their press almost every trip.\u201d
\nThe Eagles took the halftime lead 19-11, and never relinquished the lead in the second half.
\nThe Wildcats made several runs at the Eagle\u2019s in the second half, but couldn\u2019t match up with Tyrone\u2019s big guys inside.
\n\u201cJared Templeton and Jim Ferguson shut down their inside game today,\u201d said coach Stever. \u201cThey rely on scoring from their big tandem inside and only got two points from them today. It was a great effort defensively.\u201d
\nRich Stever ran the point for the Eagle\u2019s and led the scoring with nine points. Jim Ferguson tossed in seven, and Stever Franco and JD Dorminy each had six points.
\nThe Eagle\u2019s overall record is 9-7.
\nTyrone\u2019s also won the first game of the day defeating the Wildcats 31-26. Led by Nick Patton with 10 points and Richard Crabtree with nine. Jordan Faretta led the Eagle\u2019s with eight assists and Cody Dickson cleaned up the glass for the Eagle\u2019s with 10 rebounds.
\nThe Eagle\u2019s pick up the action next week at home Tuesday against Penns Valley, visit Hollidaysburg Wednesday and Lewistown Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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