Wildcat Basketball

Sayre 59, Mifflinburg 58  
By Dominic Puccio
Sports editor
MIFFLINBURG - The Mifflinburg boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker Tuesday night when Sayre’s Bernie Layton hit a three-pointer with no time on the clock to down the ‘Cats by the final of 59-58.
Just when it looked as if Mifflinburg had pulled off a come-from-behind upset victory, two [...]

Mifflinburg 64, Juniata 51
MIFFLINBURG - Juniata managed a 24-point fourth quarter but steady play from the Wildcats knocked Juniata down by a solid margin.
Mifflinburg got 17 points in the first and 16 in the second to lead 33-17 at the half.
The Wildcats improve to 2-6.
Jeremiah Long led the way for Mifflinburg (2-6) with 26 points [...]

By Zach Knepp
For Standard Journal
MIFFLINBURG - “Our game plan for the game was to go inside,” said Mifflinburg boys basketball coach Eldon Hoy Friday night.
Hoy and the Wildcats were forced to throw that plan out the window after their 6′10″ center Jeremiah Long got in early foul trouble, and the Wildcats dropped the contest to [...]

By William Bowman
The Daily Item
DANVILLE — Despite watching his team fall to 1-5, Eldon Hoy walked out of the Whitey McCloskey Center on Tuesday night with a lot of positive feelings. Mifflinburg gave up a 15-0 run early in the game and was left playing catch-up the rest of the way. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, [...]

By The Daily Item
Warrior Run 48, Mifflinburg 45
MIFFLINBURG — Ben Hameetman’s 12-foot jumper with 20 seconds left gave Warrior Run its first lead of the game, as the Defenders recovered from a scoreless first quarter to edge Mifflinburg in a Central Susquehanna Conference interdivisional matchup on Saturday.
Mifflinburg (1-4) jumped out to a 17-0 lead after [...]

By Sentinel Staff
LEWISTOWN — Be aggressive, but don’t foul — a motto the Panther boys basketball team adopted in the latter half of Thursday night’s game hosting Mifflinburg.
Lewistown played an aggressive first half - maybe too aggressive in the eyes of coach Aaron Gingrich - as the Panthers led Mifflinburg 39-38 after two quarters.
Turning down [...]

By The Daily Item
MIFFLINBURG — West Perry took advantage of 11 second-half turnovers by Mifflinburg.
The Mustangs also tallied 44 second-half points to win the nonleague game.
Mifflinburg (1-2) led 34-26 at the half, but West Perry (3-0) quickly got back into the game by outscoring the Wildcats 20-8 in the third quarter and by going on [...]