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BALDWIN — The Altoona Area High School boys basketball team opened its season Friday night, losing 55-33 to Baldwin in the Baldwin Tip-Off Tournament.
Roan Greaser’s eight points were tops for Altoona, which trailed, 30-11, at halftime. Josh Corso added seven points.
Altoona will play Peters Township Saturday in the tournament.
ALTOONA (33): Walker 0 0-0 0, LaRocco 0 0-0 0, Polito 0 0-0 0, Barr 1 0-0 2, Sankey 2 0-0 5, Biddle 0 0-0 0, Greaser 1 6-8 8, Simendinger 1 0-0 2, Dunkle 0 0-0 0, Crawford 2 0-0 4, Herr 1 1-2 3, Purvis 0 0-0 0, Corso 3 1-2 7, Harrington 1 0-0 2, Owaulde 0 0-0 0. Totals — 12 8-12 33.
BALDWIN (55): Cherico 2 1-1 5, Richards 6 1-1 16, Barakat 1 0-2 2, Wesling 6 2-2 15, Martina 3 2-4 10, Sagattoni 1 0-0 3, Goulash 1 0-3 2, Schenk 1 0-1 2. Totals — 21 6-14 55.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Altoona 2 9 11 11 — 33
Baldwin 11 19 14 11 — 55
3-point goals: Altoona 1 (Sankey); Baldwin 7 (Richard 3, Martina 2, Sagattoni, Wesling)
Records: Altoona (0-1), Baldwin (1-0)
Pirates cruise
WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg jumped out to a 41-23 halftime lead en route to a 69-40 win over St. Joseph’s.
The Blue Pirates got 34 points from Rowan Gorsuch to go with 13 points from Jesse Brumbaugh.
ST. JOSEPH’S (40): Lingle 1 0-0 2, Stamm 6 1-2 18, Yangula 0 0-0 0, Krasowitz 1 0-0 2, James 0 0-0 0, Ramos 0 0-0 0, Duckworth 5 2-4 12, Welsh 2 0-0 5, Guss 0 0-0 0, Foytack 0 1-2 1. Totals — 15 4-8 40.
WILLIAMSBURG (69): Gorsuch 13 7-9 34, Brantner 3 1-2 7, Brumbaugh 5 0-2 13, Isenberg 1 0-0 3, Parks 3 0-2 6, Reffner 2 0-0 4, Zehner 1 0-0 2, Houck 0 0-0 0, Keith 0 0-0 0, Mock 0 0-0 0, Uplinger 0 0-0 0. Totals — 28 8-15 69.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
St. Joseph’s 9 14 8 9 — 40
Williamsburg 18 23 23 5 — 69
3-point goals: Williamsburg 5 (Brumbaugh 3, Gorsuch, Isenberg); St. Joseph’s 6 (Stamm 5, Welsh)
Records: Williamsburg (1-0), St. Joseph’s (0-1)
JV: Williamsburg, 44-14. High scorers–Zehner, W, 15; Long, SJ, 6.
Vikings lose
JOHNSTOWN — Joey Kitko scored 20 points, but Blacklick Valley made 11 3-pointers and outshot the Vikings to a 68-43 victory in the first round of the Conemaugh Valley Tournament.
Glendale will play Harmony Saturday in the consolation game.
GLENDALE (43): Potutschnig 1, Lukehart 0, Kitko 20, Eckenrode 8, McGarvey 5, Frowner 7, Hamilton 0, Hoopsick-Bell 0, Gallaher 0, Smith 2, Myers 0.
BLACKLICK VALLEY (68): Brown 8, McEvoy 0, Nedrich 10, Schilling 6, Nixon 0, DiPaolo 6, Reba 24, Sheesley 2, Kotelnicki 10, Bartoletti 2.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Glendale 14 9 7 13 — 43
Blacklick Valley 22 16 19 11 — 68
3-point goals: Glendale 6 (Kitko 2, Eckenrode 2, McGarvey, Frowner); Blacklick Valley 11 (Reba 7, Brown 2, Schilling 2).
Records: Glendale (0-1); Blacklick Valley (1-0).