Penns Manor too much for Lady Wildcats, 65-31

By Bees O’Brien

CLYMER, PA- Central Mountain was well aware of just how good 2A Penns Manor was and the Lady Comets lived up to the hype by knocking the Lady Wildcats from the ranks of the undefeated.

Penns Manor’s 19-8 first quarter advantage, followed by a 17-7 second quarter helped the hosts build up a 35-15 halftime lead. The Lady Wildcats continued to have no answers for the barrage that Penns Manor kept bringing at them. 

The Lady Comets would send the game into the mercy rule following a huge 16-4 third quarter advantage. 

Head coach Scott Baker’s crew would never give up. Central Mountain nearly bested Penns Manor in the final quarter by only being outscored 13-12 to set the final at 65-31

Ava Doyle led Central Mountain with 10 points. Lena Walker added 7 points.

Altemus led Penns Manor with 29 points and Stiteler added 12 in the winning effort. Penns Manor improved to 3-0 on the season.

Central Mountain, now 2-1 will head to Wingate on December 12 to face Bald Eagle Area.

CM 8 7 4 12 – 31

Penns manor 19 17 15 13 – 65

Central Mountain (31)

McKean 2 0-0 5, Plowman 1 1-2 3, Eiler 1 0-0 2, Keohane 1 0-0 2, Weaver 0 0-0 0, Walker 3 0-0 7, T. Doyle 0 0-0 0, Rohrbach 0 0-0 0, A. Doyle 4 2-2 10, Temple 0 0-0 0, Tripp 1 0-0 2, TOTALS- 13 3-4 31

3FG- 2 (Walker, McKean)