Local Area Hoops Tournament Results, etc...
Posted: December 29th, 2006, 2:05 pm
BASKETBALL:
High School Boys:
Penn Cambria Tournament:
Championship:
Penn Cambria 67, United 44
CRESSON – Andrew Grant led Penn Cambria with 14 points in a win over United on Thursday night.
George Klayko, the tournament MVP, netted 12 points for the Panthers.
Bobby Simon scored 17 points and Brent DiGiorgio added 11 for United.
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Consolation:
Cambria Heights 67, Portage 64 (OT)
CRESSON – Neil Baranik led Cambria Heights with 17 points in a win over Portage.
Sam Vescovi and John Link each scored 13 for Cambria Heights.
Roger Walkovich led Portage with 16 points. Brian Brunett scored 13 points, John Hodges chipped in 12 and Ryan Petryshak added 10 points for the Mustangs.
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Great Chevy Shootout:
At Bishop Guilfoyle
Bishop McCort 50, Bishop Guilfoyle 47 (OT)
ALTOONA – Zac Mintmier led Bishop McCort with 13 points and Wayne Jones added 12 for the Crimson Crushers in an overtime win over Bishop Guilfoyle.
Matt Baronner led Bishop Guilfoyle with 14 points.
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Regular Season:
McConnellsburg 59, Shade 55
McCONNELLSBURG – J.J. Grace scored a game-high 26 points to lead McConnellsburg in a win over Shade.
Joel Kaminsky scored 18 points to lead Shade and Josh Barnes added 15 for the Panthers.
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High School Girls:
Cambria Heights Tournament:
Cambria Hts. 57, Harmony 26
PATTON – Erin Hoover and Jerica Snedden each scored 14 points to lead Cambria Heights over Harmony.
Amber Dubyak scored 11 points – surpassing the 1,500-point mark for her career – for the Highlanders. Cambria Heights led 42-6 at halftime.
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Bishop Carroll beat Homer-Center 43-42 in the early game.
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Blue Devil Tournament:
At Bellwood-Antis
Northern Cambria 74, Moniteau 38
BELLWOOD – Brittany Sedlock scored a game-high 20 points in leading Northern Cambria to victory over Moniteau. Jen Valeria scored 13 and Ariel Rocco scored 17 for Northern Cambria.
Amy Gladd led Moniteau with 15 points.
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Penn Cambria Tournament:
Championship:
Central Mountain 53, Penn Cambria 28
CRESSON – Courtney Walsh scored 13 points to lead Central Mountain in a win over Penn Cambria.
Katie Geriak led Penn Cambria with 14 points.
Blairsville Tournament
Richland 56, Keystone 50
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BLAIRSVILLE – Taylor Hrescak scored 13 points and Richland chalked up a team-total 15 steals to earn a place in tonight’s championship game at 8 against Derry, which defeated Blairsville in the opener of the Kovacik Holiday Tournament.
Samantha Schwabenbauer’s 15 points led Keystone.
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BASKETBALL:
Local teams hit hardwood:
The inaugural Snyder of Berlin Holiday Shootout Tournament, hosted by the Berlin Basketball Boosters, tips off today with both boys and girls games.
The first girls game pits Somerset and Chestnut Ridge at 2 this afternoon, with host Berlin to play Bedford at 6 p.m.
The Rockwood boys will play Homer-Center at 4 and Berlin is slated to play Chestnut Ridge at 8.
On Saturday, the girls consolation game will be at 2 p.m., followed by the boys consolation game at 4.
The girls championship will be at 6 followed by the boys’ at 8.
One other area tournament tips off tonight, as the Windber girls play Claysburg-Kimmel at 6 in the Everett Holiday Tournament and host Everett will face Johnstown at 8.
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U.P.J. women set to host games:
The Pitt-Johnstown Lady Cats basketball team will host the Mountain Cat Tournament today and Saturday in the Sports Center.
Bloomfield (N.J.) College will play Tiffin (Ohio) University at 6 tonight followed by Pitt-Johns-town taking on Daemen (N.Y.) College at 8.
The consolation and championship games are scheduled for Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m.
Coach Jodi Gault’s Lady Cats, the defending Mountain Cat Tournament champions, are 5-3.
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BASEBALL:
Bradenton park getting lights
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Pirates’ spring training ballpark and minor league complex in Bradenton, Fla., will undergo $18 million in renovations as part of the team’s new 30-year lease with the city.
The upgrades include lights and a new visitors clubhouse at McKechnie Field and new offices, dormitories and a fifth practice field at the Pirate City minor-league complex.
About $9 million will be covered by a state-funded program designed to keep teams that currently hold spring training in Florida from leaving for Arizona.
Bradenton officials said the upgrades will allow for events other than spring training games in March.
McKechnie Field, opened in 1923 and rebuilt in 1993, is one of the oldest ballparks used for spring training and has never had lights.
For that reason, a minor league team has never been based at the ballpark.
THE CHOPS...
High School Boys:
Penn Cambria Tournament:
Championship:
Penn Cambria 67, United 44
CRESSON – Andrew Grant led Penn Cambria with 14 points in a win over United on Thursday night.
George Klayko, the tournament MVP, netted 12 points for the Panthers.
Bobby Simon scored 17 points and Brent DiGiorgio added 11 for United.
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Consolation:
Cambria Heights 67, Portage 64 (OT)
CRESSON – Neil Baranik led Cambria Heights with 17 points in a win over Portage.
Sam Vescovi and John Link each scored 13 for Cambria Heights.
Roger Walkovich led Portage with 16 points. Brian Brunett scored 13 points, John Hodges chipped in 12 and Ryan Petryshak added 10 points for the Mustangs.
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Great Chevy Shootout:
At Bishop Guilfoyle
Bishop McCort 50, Bishop Guilfoyle 47 (OT)
ALTOONA – Zac Mintmier led Bishop McCort with 13 points and Wayne Jones added 12 for the Crimson Crushers in an overtime win over Bishop Guilfoyle.
Matt Baronner led Bishop Guilfoyle with 14 points.
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Regular Season:
McConnellsburg 59, Shade 55
McCONNELLSBURG – J.J. Grace scored a game-high 26 points to lead McConnellsburg in a win over Shade.
Joel Kaminsky scored 18 points to lead Shade and Josh Barnes added 15 for the Panthers.
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High School Girls:
Cambria Heights Tournament:
Cambria Hts. 57, Harmony 26
PATTON – Erin Hoover and Jerica Snedden each scored 14 points to lead Cambria Heights over Harmony.
Amber Dubyak scored 11 points – surpassing the 1,500-point mark for her career – for the Highlanders. Cambria Heights led 42-6 at halftime.
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Bishop Carroll beat Homer-Center 43-42 in the early game.
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Blue Devil Tournament:
At Bellwood-Antis
Northern Cambria 74, Moniteau 38
BELLWOOD – Brittany Sedlock scored a game-high 20 points in leading Northern Cambria to victory over Moniteau. Jen Valeria scored 13 and Ariel Rocco scored 17 for Northern Cambria.
Amy Gladd led Moniteau with 15 points.
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Penn Cambria Tournament:
Championship:
Central Mountain 53, Penn Cambria 28
CRESSON – Courtney Walsh scored 13 points to lead Central Mountain in a win over Penn Cambria.
Katie Geriak led Penn Cambria with 14 points.
Blairsville Tournament
Richland 56, Keystone 50
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BLAIRSVILLE – Taylor Hrescak scored 13 points and Richland chalked up a team-total 15 steals to earn a place in tonight’s championship game at 8 against Derry, which defeated Blairsville in the opener of the Kovacik Holiday Tournament.
Samantha Schwabenbauer’s 15 points led Keystone.
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BASKETBALL:
Local teams hit hardwood:
The inaugural Snyder of Berlin Holiday Shootout Tournament, hosted by the Berlin Basketball Boosters, tips off today with both boys and girls games.
The first girls game pits Somerset and Chestnut Ridge at 2 this afternoon, with host Berlin to play Bedford at 6 p.m.
The Rockwood boys will play Homer-Center at 4 and Berlin is slated to play Chestnut Ridge at 8.
On Saturday, the girls consolation game will be at 2 p.m., followed by the boys consolation game at 4.
The girls championship will be at 6 followed by the boys’ at 8.
One other area tournament tips off tonight, as the Windber girls play Claysburg-Kimmel at 6 in the Everett Holiday Tournament and host Everett will face Johnstown at 8.
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U.P.J. women set to host games:
The Pitt-Johnstown Lady Cats basketball team will host the Mountain Cat Tournament today and Saturday in the Sports Center.
Bloomfield (N.J.) College will play Tiffin (Ohio) University at 6 tonight followed by Pitt-Johns-town taking on Daemen (N.Y.) College at 8.
The consolation and championship games are scheduled for Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m.
Coach Jodi Gault’s Lady Cats, the defending Mountain Cat Tournament champions, are 5-3.
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BASEBALL:
Bradenton park getting lights
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Pirates’ spring training ballpark and minor league complex in Bradenton, Fla., will undergo $18 million in renovations as part of the team’s new 30-year lease with the city.
The upgrades include lights and a new visitors clubhouse at McKechnie Field and new offices, dormitories and a fifth practice field at the Pirate City minor-league complex.
About $9 million will be covered by a state-funded program designed to keep teams that currently hold spring training in Florida from leaving for Arizona.
Bradenton officials said the upgrades will allow for events other than spring training games in March.
McKechnie Field, opened in 1923 and rebuilt in 1993, is one of the oldest ballparks used for spring training and has never had lights.
For that reason, a minor league team has never been based at the ballpark.
THE CHOPS...