Wildcat Basketball

January 28, 2006
By Todd Hummel
For The Daily Item
MIFFLINBURG - Mifflinburg assistant coach Bob Musser had seen enough on Friday night. He didn’t wait for the Wildcats to come off the court before he started hollering at his team.
As the team gathered around Musser and head coach Eldon Hoy, Hoy just waited for his assistant to [...]

January 20, 2006
By Todd Hummel
For The Daily Item
WILLIAMSPORT — Forgive Levi Finsterbush if he walks around Mifflinburg High School today, humming a little Joe Cocker to himself.
Finsterbush got “A Little Help From His Friends” on the defensive end of the court in Thursday night’s Central Susquehanna Conference Division I first-half championship game, and it propelled [...]

BATTLING UNDERNEATH — Mifflinburg junior Levi Finsterbush goes up for two with Milton’s Jon Jarrett defending as Mifflinburg’s Jason Martin and Milton’s Tony Fannick battle for position. Photo by Chris Sciacca/For Standard Journal
By Chris Brady
Sports Editor
MIFFLINBURG — There’s no better feeling than that which comes with beating a Milton basketball team, according to Mifflinburg junior [...]

1/21/2006
By Todd Hummel
MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Wildcats know how Bill Murray’s character in “Groundhog’s Day” felt.
They wake up. Go to school. Play Milton in a key Central Susquehanna Conference Division I game. Wake up. Go to school. Play Milton in a key CSC-I game.
The difference is, Mifflinburg doesn’t want the experience to end.
The Wildcats beat [...]

By The Daily Item
BOYS BASKETBALL
MIFFLINBURG — Keith Fogel scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the first quarter, as Mifflinburg held on to take a 57-49 Central Susquehanna Conference Division I victory over Jersey Shore on Tuesday.
Mifflinburg (13-2, 5-1 CSC-I) is now tied atop the division standings with Milton.
The two teams will play a [...]

Cats (12-2, 4-1 CSC-I) earn district playoff spot with win over Shik
By The Daily Item
MIFFLINBURG — For three quarters Mifflinburg couldn’t contain Shikellamy standout guard Kyle Snyder, but in the fourth quarter the Wildcats had an answer for the star guard and they were able to come away with a 72-54 Central Susquehanna Conference Division [...]

By William Bowman
The Daily Item
DANVILLE — And then there were none, as if that is any big surprise.
Mifflinburg went into the Whitey McCloskey Center on Tuesday night and knocked off the only remaining unbeaten CSC-I team, edging Danville 57-55 to send the league race into a crazy mix.
The Wildcats (11-2, 3-1 CSC-I) did so on [...]

By Todd Stanford
The Daily Item
MIFFLINBURG — Mifflinburg stole a page from Emeril Lagasse on Friday night. Just like the famed TV chef, the Wildcats kicked it up a notch when it mattered most.
Trailing by five midway through the fourth, Mifflinburg scored 15 of the games’s final 17 points in a 53-45 win over Montoursville at [...]

by Chris Brady
Sports editor
MIFFLINBURG — A point of emphasis for the Mifflinburg basketball team this year has been camaraderie — picking each other up when things aren’t necessarily going the way of the Wildcat.
Who better to carry the load than the Mifflinburg big man, Jason Martin? The 6-4, 245 pound forward picked the Wildcats up [...]

January 4, 2006
by the standard journal
Mifflinburg 67, Selinsgrove 50
SELINSGROVE — Mifflinburg jumped out to an early lead and never trailed in a 67-50 win over Selinsgrove in CSC-I action at Selinsgrove.
The Wildcats (9-2, 1-1) had five players tally double figures led by junior Keith Fogel and his 16 points. Tyler Wiand (15), Levi Finsterbush (12), [...]