GIRLS BASKETBALL
SELINSGROVE — Playing its first home game this season in the friendly confines of the new elementary school gymnasium, Selinsgrove’s fans weren’t disappointed with their first look of the Seals.
With a spread-out and balanced scoring attack, Selinsgrove prevailed in its home-opener 45-27 over Jersey Shore in a Heartland Athletic Conference Division I matchup.
Lauren Hackenberg scored 12 points to lead Selinsgrove (4-3, 2-2 HACI), which now has to play 18 games in the next five weeks.
Jersey Shore falls to 0-8, 0-4.
Shikellamy 27, Milton 26
MILTON — Down by four points after three quarters, the Braves scored just enough in the fourth period to edge the Black Panthers for the HAC-I win.
Kelly Bickel led Shikellamy (8-3, 3-1 HAC-I) with 12 points.
Mandy Metzger outdueled her counterpart by tallying 13 points for Milton (5-6, 2-2).
Danville 50, Hughesville 21
DANVILLE — Brooke Pierson scored 10 of her game-high 12 points in the first half as the Ironmen got out to a 32-6 halftime lead en route to the HACII win.
Hayley Kay added 10 points for Danville (6-4 overall), which had nine players score at least one point in the game.
Loyalsock 55, Southern Columbia 52
CATAWISSA — Eighteen points from both Keely Henninger and Sami Lane was enough for the Lancers to come away with the HAC-II victory.
Ali Oley scored 16 points and Kyla Lavella added 10 for Southern.
Shamokin 47, Montoursville 28
COAL TOWNSHIP — Tara Sabotchick and Summer Reigle scored 13 points apiece as the Indians took the HAC-I victory.
Sabotchick scored 10 of her points in the first half as Shamokin built an 18-8 halftime lead. Nine of Reigle’s points then came in the second half as the Indians built onto their lead and pulled away.
Upper Dauphin 63, Newport 39
NEWPORT — Three players in double figures, led by Madison Miller’s game-high 12, propelled the Trojans to the Tri-Valley League win.
Brittany Warfel added 11 points and Hope Schreffler chipped in with 10 for Upper Dauphin (5-6 overall).
Darian Holley led Newport with 11 points.
Mount Carmel 58, Central Columbia 45
MOUNT CARMEL — Marisa Farronato scored 11 points and Ranotta Ahrensfield and Kim Andruscavage added 10 points apiece as the Red Tornadoes took the HACII victory. Mount Carmel improves to 6-5 overall.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Minersville 46, Upper Dauphin 42
ELIZABETHVILLE — Zach Markel’s game-high 22 points weren’t enough as the Trojans fell in the nonleague matchup. Scott Dreher added 10 points for Upper Dauphin (6-7).
WRESTLING
Central Columbia 43, Selinsgrove 25
ALMEDIA — The Blue Jays won the first seven matches of the night as they cruised to the HAC crossover victory.
The Seals (0-2) did better in the upper weights, as they won every bout from 152 on. Trent Blair (152), Mike Ede (160), Eric Eaton (171), Ian Frost (189), Spencer Myers (215) and Logan Hetherington (285) picked up the wins for Selinsgrove.
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Seals open new gym with big win
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Shikellamy Braves rally to stay alive
SELINSGROVE — With 11 losses, the Shikellamy girls basketball team is teetering on the brink of elimination from the District 4 Class AAA playoffs. And on Wednesday night, it looked like the Braves were going to go quietly into the offseason when Selinsgrove built a 14-point lead early in the third quarter.
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They learn to be tough young
It's difficult to recall exactly how the sequence unfolded because it happened so darn fast. Shikellamy made a couple baskets, and the crowd began to stir. It was still anybody's game, and the Braves had some momentum late in the third quarter of a recent run with Danville.
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Motorsports: Selinsgrove, Lincoln speedways to host 360 sprint series
MECHANICSBURG -- Mach 1 Chassis of Mechanicsburg will be the title sponsor of the Mid-Atlantic 360 Sprint Car Championship Series, a $120,000 six-race tour that will include five shows at Selinsgrove Speedway and one event at Lincoln Speedway in 2012.
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Girls basketball: Records fall, Red Tornadoes stay unbeaten
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT -- An overflow crowd zealously cheered Tierney Pfirman's pursuit of the South Williamsport scoring record throughout Tuesday's game, until their breathless faces matched the Mounties' royal blue.
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High school roundup: Rosini pin lifts Ironmen over Tigers
DANVILLE -- Steven Rosini's pin over Connor Houseknecht in 37 seconds in the final bout of the day at 132 pounds prevented disaster for Danville as the Ironmen pulled out a 40-36 Heartland Athletic Conference crossover victory on Tuesday.
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College sports notebook: Antensteiner starts, finishes fast
ANVILLE -- Ines Antensteiner, a member of the powerful Lewisburg girls track & field team for the past four seasons wasted little time making her presence felt in college. On Monday, Antensteiner, a freshman at Lebanon Valley, was named the Middle Atlantic Conference's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week after a pair of event wins at Saturday's Ducharme Invitational.
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Bill Bowman's column on college sports: Tale of two teams in the clutch
Because basketball season is so long it is easy to forget that one or two moments in a single game can essentially make or break an entire season. While teams might play 30 games or so, most of them come down to a couple of possessions, spots where one little thing can be the difference between winning and losing, between making the postseason tournament or turning in the uniforms.
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Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour title
MADRID -- Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sports' highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest day.
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H.S. boys basketball: Selinsgrove rallies to top Southern Columbia
CATAWISSA -- In a battle between two schools better known for their football programs, Monday's game between host Southern Columbia and Selinsgrove naturally featured plenty of physical play. After a combined 43 fouls and 55 free-throw attempts, the Seals finally pulled it out. Reserve guard Tyler Krebs made five foul shots in the final minute and a half in Selinsgrove's 54-53 victory.
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High School Bowling: Kratzer, Hartranft take home Pro-Am titles
SUNBURY -- The name might have changed, but the results were the same. Now called the 13th annual Best Bowl/Strike Zone High School Pro-Am Scholarship Challenge, the two-day tournament was another success as it pitted some of the Valley's best young bowlers against each other in friendly competition.
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