After a slow start on Tuesday against Bishop Guilfoyle, the Tyrone Junior High boys basketball team shed their first-game jitters by downing the Panthers in Lewistown 47-39. The win evened their early season record at 1-1.
Seven players made it into the scoring column led by Travis Peterman’s 11 and Jon Harris’s 9. After a slow start in the first quarter left them trailing by a score of 15-7, Tyrone rebounded to tie the score at halftime 21-21.
An 18-6 run in the third quarter made the score 39-27, and a couple of clutch jumpers by Peterman down the stretch in the fourth quarter stopped a Panther comeback and secured the win.
Ninth Grade
Tyrone 47 Lewistown 39
Tyrone 7 14 18 8 – 47
Lewistown 15 6 6 12 – 39
Tyrone: Peterman 11, Harris 9, Gehret 7, Hampton 7, Dane 6, Bradley 5, Etters 2.
In the preliminary eighth grade contest, Tyrone’s John Shaffer netted 14 points in leading his team to a 45-18 victory over Lewistown.
Both the eighth and ninth grade teams travel to Penns Valley on Friday.
Eighth Grade
Tyrone 45 Lewistown 18
Tyrone 11 11 9 14 – 45
Lewistown 4 4 6 4 – 18
Tyrone: Shaffer 14, Peterman 9, Dane 7, Updyke 6, Young 4, Ingle 3, Black 2.
