The Tyrone Golden Eagles gave Coach George Gripp his first varsity win against a scrappy Bellefonte Red Raider team Tuesday night at Tyrone.
\nSteve Catich sank two free throws as the game started with a technical foul (book error) and then Brandon Gehret drained a three from the corner as The Eagles jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead.
\nBellefonte lived at the charity stripe in a mistake filled first quarter with Tyrone committing five fouls and Bellefonte amassing 10 turnovers.
\nCatich hit a trey and Matt Brooks had the hot hand early with the next six points.
\nBellefonte\u2019s first seven points were from the line as Tyrone led 16-11 after one period.
\nThe second period was almost identical as the Raiders committed eight turnovers and Tyrone sent Bellefonte to the line five more times. Doug Morrow stepped up to score four points and Catich hit another three and Tyrone led by as many as 11 points as Bellefonte missed five of their last six free throws.
\nTyrone led 33-23 at the half.
\n\u201cWe played hard, but need to take care of the ball better\u201d, said Coach Gripp.
\nThe second half started out slow but Brandon Gehret gave Tyrone its biggest lead of the night (37-24) with a \u201cbaby hook\u201d four minutes into the second half.
\nJust when the lead seemed safe, Bellefonte\u2019s Phil Guinta took over as he scored 16 of his game high 20 points over the next quarter and a half. He put the team on his shoulders and the Red Raiders fought their way back into the game to pull within three points with 3:10 to play.
\n\u201cWe knew it was coming, we made too many mistakes but we played hard and deserved to win. We got the football players back and they need to get their legs in shape and we\u2019ll go from there\u201d, Gripp added.
\nTyrone is now 1-1 and is off till next Tuesday when they travel to Lewistown.
\nJunior Varsity: Tyrone\u2019s junior varsity team upped its record to 2-0 with a convincing 55-28 victory.
\nTyrone bolted to a 29-12 halftime lead as Ethan Etters (nine points) and Nathan Dane (12 points) provided the scoring.
\nDane controlled the boards and Travis Peterman added nine points.
\nZach Tressler led Bellefonte with nine points.
\nEagle bits: Bellefonte had 25 turnovers, Tyrone had 22. Bellefonte made its first 11 free throws. Tyrone only shot eight free throws all night.
\n Tyrone 52 Bellefonte 48
\nScore by quarters
\nBellefonte 11 12 10 15 – 48
\nTyrone 16 17 6 13 – 52
\nTyrone – Catich 6 2-4 16, Branstetter 2 0-2 5, Brooks 4 0-1 8, Morrow 3 0-0 6, Etters 1 0-0 2, Gehret 4 0-1 9, Updyke 1 0-0 2, Franco 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 2-8 52.
\nBellefonte – Guinta 9 2-3 20, Irwin 1 5-8 7, Tressler 1 0-0 3, Glunt 1 3-3 6, Leathers 2 2-2 6, Rosenbarry 0 1-4 1, Johnson 1 3-4 5. Totals 15 16-24 48.
\nThree point goals: Bellefonte 2 (Tressler, Glunt)
\nTyrone 4 (Catich 2, Branstetter, Gehret)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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