Wildcat Basketball

All five starters for the Wildcats earned post-season honors by being named to one of the PHAC-I All-Star squads as voted upon by the teams’ coaches.  The area all-star teams were comprised of the following players:  (Congratulations ‘Cats)
PHAC-I First Team:
Brent Forbes (Shamokin)
Zac Hoy (Mifflinburg)
Ben Barnhart (Jersey Shore)
Michael Rudy (Danville)
Tyler Pratt (Shikellamy)
Jim Sowers (Mifflinburg)
PHAC-I Second Team:
Ryan [...]

By Chris Dougherty
Published:
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

HAZLETON — The end of a sensational basketball season came to a close Tuesday night for Mifflinburg.
The Wildcats were ousted by Abington Heights, 55-41, in the second round of the PIAA Class AAA playoffs at Hazleton High School.
Abington Heights, now 29-2, will play Eastern York Friday at a time and [...]

By Todd Stanford
The Daily Item
Take a gander at the 16 teams remaining in the PIAA Class AAA boys basketball playoffs, and you’ll probably notice a few things that shouldn’t surprise you.
District 12, which is comprised of the Philadelphia Public League and Philadelphia Catholic League, has three teams left, as does District 3 — the Harrisburg-York-Lancaster [...]

By Todd Hummel
For The Daily Item

ORWIGSBURG — Mifflinburg junior guard Corey Murtha’s assignment in Friday night’s PIAA Class AAA first-round game with Pottsville was simple.
It was the execution of that assignment that would provide some problems. Murtha knew all week his defensive assignment would be the Crimson Tide’s leading scorer, Nick Schlitzer, a 6-foot-4 guard [...]

By Chris Dougherty
Published:
Saturday, March 6, 2010

MILTON — Friday night’s District 4 Class AAA final was one for the ages. It had everything you could ask for — physical play, big leads, comebacks and gutsy performances.
In the end it was Danville who came out on top of Mifflinburg, 61-58, in an unbelievable title game in The [...]

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By Chris Dougherty
Published:
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

DANVILLE — After escaping the mob by his teammates and coaches, Travis Trutt shared a hug with his father, Terry.
And what a memorable one it will be.
Trutt’s jumper with 2 seconds left lifted Mifflinburg over Shikellamy, 30-28, in the District 4 Class AAA semifinals Tuesday night at Danville.
The win sends [...]

By Marion Valanoski
For The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — With Mifflinburg going through a stretch of foul problems in the first half, Selinsgrove coach Ray Moyer knew his squad had to take advantage of the situation in order to stay within striking distance in order to pull off the upset.
The Seals battled and went into halftime trailing [...]

By the Standard Journal
Published:
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Mifflinburg 68
Milton 36
MILTON — Jim Sowers poured in 16 points, Corey Murtha added 14 and Connor Pierce came off the bench for 11 as Mifflinburg downed Milton Monday to claim the Heartland Athletic Conference-I title.

The Wildcats improved to 18-2, 11-1 in league play with the win. Mifflinburg wins the [...]

By Todd Hummel
For The Daily Item

MIFFLINBURG — The previous two seasons, Mifflinburg coach Eldon Hoy has fielded a young team that has taken its lumps at times.
That is not the case anymore and now the Wildcats have just one loss in the Heartland Athletic Conference Division I heading into the final week of the season. [...]

By The Daily Item
BOYS BASKETBALL
MIFFLINBURG — A seven-point lead after the first quarter quickly grew to 20 at the break as Mifflinburg ran away for a 65-45 victory over Montoursville in a Heartland Athletic Conference Division I game on Saturday.
Jim Sowers once again was the sparkplug behind the offensive attack for Mifflinburg (16-2, 9-1 HAC-I). [...]