Mifflin County hands Wildcats first loss, 64-51

By Bees O’Brien

LEWISTOWN- The Justin Henry Scholarship Trust Tournament didn’t begin well for head coach Tyler Bardo’s Central Mountain Wildcats. Jayden Bilger would score 28 points for his Mifflin County Huskies and Aiden Attivo would add 14 points as the tournament hosts would knock Central Mountain from the ranks of the unbeaten 64-51.

The Huskies built a 17-12 lead after one quarter and would increase their lead to 37-28 at the break following a 20-16 second quarter advantage.

Mifflin County (6-2) continued to roll in the third quarter. Their 19-9 advantage in the third would build their lead to 56-37.

The Wildcats fought hard in the fourth and final quarter, but their 14-8 advantage would not be enough.

Hunter Hoy led the Wildcats with 23 points and Brady Myers added 10 points. Caleb Mahoney would net 9 points in the loss.

Central Mountain (6-1) will look to rebound tomorrow at 1 p.m. when they meet Steelton-Highspire in the consolation contest. Steel High fell to Manheim Central in the other semifinal meeting.

CM 12 16 9 14 – 51

Mifflin County 17 20 19 8 – 64

CM (51)

Hoy 6 11-15 23, Myers 4 2-4 10, Mahoney 4 1-3 9, Reese 1 0-2 2, Walker 1 0-0 2, Persun 1 2-2 4, Verrilli 1 0-0 3, TOTALS- 18 16-26 51

3FG- 1 (Verrelli)