BOYS BASKETBALL
Chambersburg 58, Altoona 56, OT: The Trojans made good use of the free throw line in the late stages of a Mid Penn Commonwealth game at Altoona on Friday night and edged the Mountain Lions in overtime.

Colton Cornwell

The victory avenged a home loss to Altoona earlier. Chambersburg (11-9, 6-7 MPC) really needed win for District 3 rankings.

“I’m really proud of how we bounced back from Wednesday’s loss (to State College),” Chambersburg coach Shawn Shreffler said, “against a very good Altoona team. They’ve been impressive and played well in front of their home fans.”

In the fourth quarter, the Lions outscored Chambersburg 1`5-14, but made only 4 of 10 foul shots. The Trojans, meanwhile, made 5 of 7 (J.J. Kelly was 3-for-4).

In overtime, Chambersburg was 5-for-6 (Jacob Bassham 3-for-4; Carter Fogal 2-for-2) at the line and the Mountain Lions did not shoot a foul shot.

“The urgency was there from the beginning and we were much more consistent for 36 minutes,” Shreffler said. “We showed great poise late in the game, got stops and executed from the line.”

Kelly led the Trojans with 18 points and Fogal totaled 16, while Bassham and Colton Cornwell each scored 8. Ashton Neely had 17 for Altoona (7-12, 7-7 MPC).

Shreffler said, “Our captains really stepped up and got their teammates ready to play, which led to contributions from a number of players, and they performed at a high level, too.”

Chambersburg 58, Altoona 56  
CHAMBERSBURG
Jacob Bassham 2 4-6 8, Ari Snyder 0 0-0 0, Carter Fogal 4 5-7 16, Konner Whorley 0 2-2 2, Stanley Lozius 0 0-0 0, Colton Cornwell 3 0-0 8, J.J. Kelly 7 4-7 18, Aden Swatsburg 0 0-0 0, Sedrick Vessah 2 0-3 4, Jermere Jones 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 15-25 58.
ALTOONA
Zhaad White 6 0-3 12, Ashton Neely 6 4-6 17, Hardison 2 0-0 5, Cohen Crawford 2 0-0 4, Jalen Triplin 4 1-3 11, Eric Alwine 3 1-1 7. Totals 23 6-13 56.
Chambersburg         9    17      8    14    10    —    58
Altoona                       8    14    11    15     8    —    56
3-point shots — Chbg 5 (Fogal 3, Cornwell 2); Alt 4 (Triplin 2, Neely, Hardison).

Bree Paetow

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Altoona 49, Chambersburg 24: The Mountain Lions had only four players hit the scoring column, but a pair of players combined for 40 points, which was enough to beat the Trojans in a Mid Penn Commonwealth game Friday night at CASHS Field House.

Lanie Wilt dropped in 22 points for Altoona (13-7, 11-2 MPC), while Melana Eyer hit four 3-pointers and had 18 points.

Chambersburg (5-15, 4-9 MPC) was close after one quarter, trailing only 7-5. But the Trojans were outscored 15-9 in the second period.

Bree Paetow and Ella Parker each scored 6 points for Chambersburg, with Parker going 6-for-8 at the foul line.

Altoona 49, Chambersburg 24
ALTOONA
Melana Eyer 7 0-0 18, Lanie Wilt 8 5-5 22, Brooklyn Barron 2 0-0 4, Holly McGirk 2 0-0 5. Totals 19 5-5 56.
CHAMBERSBURG
Daijah Wallace 0 0-0 0, Sophie Mauriello 0 0-0 0, Bree Paetow 3 0-0 6, Lily Cornwell 2 0-0 4, Ella Parker 0 6-8 6, Nizana Hawkins 0 0-0 0, Hailey Frankhouser 0 0-0 0, TiTi Kelly 1 0-1 2, Bridget Kemerer 1 0-0 2, Kylee Miller 1 0-0 2, Riley Evans 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 6-9 24.
Altoona                       7    15    12    15    —    49
Chambersburg          5      9      6      5    —    24
3-point shots — Alt 6 (Eyer 4, Wilt, McGirk); Chbg 0.