AUSTIN — In a back-and-forth game where both sides filled up the stat sheet, it was Austin that was able to come out on top 68-67 over Galeton in a double overtime thriller in the North Tier League on Thursday.
All five of Austin’s starters finished in double figures, with Jackson Glover leading the way with 17 points. Garrett Rees (16 points), Dempsey Glover (13 points, nine rebounds), Blake Burgett (11 points, seven assists), and Mason Valenti (11 points) also made big contributions for the Panthers, who picked up a much-needed league win.
Evan Brooks’ game-high 28 points wasn’t enough to lift Galeton, which falls to 3-7 on the year.
Isaiah Shuemaker (19 points) and Joel Griffen (11 points) also finished in double-figures.
Austin (8-4 overall, 3-4 NTL) hosts Otto-Eldred on Wednesday. Galeton (3-7 overall, 2-4 NTL) will travel to Otto-Eldred on Monday.

Smethport 59,
Port Allegany 41
SMETHPORT — The Hubbers held the Gators to just 13 first-half points to cruise to an NTL home win on Wednesday.
“We played pretty well offensively,” Smethport coach Jay Acker said. “We made our shots and we held them in the first half to 13 points which is pretty good.”
Caleb Lutz led Smethport with 20 points and six rebounds, with Eric Szarowicz adding another 11 points. Noah Costa pulled down 10 rebounds. The Hubbers hit eight 3-pointers in the game.
Howie Stuckey made six 3-pointers for Port Allegany en route to a game-high 27 points. Stuckey’s hot shooting gave him 100 3-pointers in his career.
“Other than not shutting down Stuckey, defensively we did pretty well,” Acker said. “I also thought we rebounded probably our best game of the season. That obviously always helps.”
Smethport (8-4 overall, 6-1 NTL) hosts Cameron County on Saturday. Port Allegany (1-9 overall, 0-6 NTL) travels to Johnsonburg tonight.

Coudersport 88,
Oswayo Valley 50
COUDERSPORT — The Falcons scored 60 points in the first half en route to a dominating win over Oswayo Valley to remain undefeated in the NTL.
Coudersport hit 10 three-pointers in the game, including three from Owen Chambers who had a game-high 29 points. Jared Green had a triple-double for the Falcons, stuffing the scoresheet with 11 rebounds and 11 assists in addition to his 20 points.
Gavin Babcock hit seven threes to pace the Green Wave (7-5,4-3) with 23 points in in a losing effort.
Coudersport (10-1, 8-0) pushed its winning streak to nine games, and faces Port Allegany next on Monday.

Otto-Eldred 66,
Northern Potter 31
DUKE CENTER — The Terrors moved back above .500 on the season (6-5) with a convincing win at home on Thursday.
Dylan Close led Otto with 17 points, while Sawyer Drummond notched a double-double, finishing with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Andrew Sheeler (10 points) also finished in double figures.
“Overall it was a good team win,” O-E coach Dan Dalton said.
Otto-Eldred (6-5 overall, 3-4 NTL) hosts Galeton on Monday. Northern Potter (0-11 overall, 0-7 NTL) will host Port Allegany on Saturday.

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Elk Catholic 62,
DuBois CC 43

DUBOIS — Ryan Newton poured in 30 points to lead the Crusaders to a convincing road win on Thursday.

Newton made 11 field goals and shot 6-of-7 from the free throw line on the night. Logan Hoffman added 11 points for ECC.

Justin Miknis scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead DuBois CC.

Elk Catholic (11-1) is back in action tonight when it hosts undefeated Ridgway in what figures to be one of the games of the season.

AT AUSTIN

Galeton (67)

Joel Griffen 5 0-1 11, Stover 2 0-0 5, Martinez 2 0-0 4, Isaiah Shuemaker 8 0-2 19, Evan Brooks 10 8-12 28. P. Glover 0 0-2 0 Totals: 27 8-15 67

Austin (68)

Jackson Glover 5 4-4 17, Mason Valenti 4 1-4 11, Blake Burgett 2 6-6 11, Dempsey Glover 6 1-2 13, Garrett Rees 8 0-0 16. Totals: 25 12-18 68

Galeton 11 27 37 51 67

Austin   12 22 35 51 68

Three-point goals: Galeton 5 (Griffen 1, Stover 1, Shuemaker 3), Austin 6 (J. Glover 3, Valenti 2, Burgett 1); Total fouls: Galeton 15, Austin 11; fouled out: Stover, Martinez (G)

JV: no report

AT SMETHPORT

Port Allegany (41)

David Talkington 5 0-0 11, Lashway 0 1-2 1, Mealy 1 0-0 2, Howie Stuckey 10 1-2 27. Totals: 15 2-4 41

Smethport (59)

Costa 1 2-2 5, Alfieri 2 2-2 6, Eric Szarowicz 3 3-4 11, Peterson 3 0-0 6, Van Gorder 1 0-0 2, Caleb Lutz 6 4-6 20, Woodruff 1 2-4 4, Southard 2 0-0 5. Totals: 20 13-18 59

PA               4 13 20 41

Smethport 12 28 46 59

Three-point goals: PA 7 (Stuckey 6, Talkington 1), Smethport 8 (Costa 1, Szarowicz 2, Lutz 4, Southard 1); Total fouls: PA 16, Smethport 5; fouled out: Lashway (PA)

JV: Smethport won 32-15

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Oswayo Valley (50)

Theo Henry 3 5-6 12, Black 1 1-2 3, Bryant 1 0-0 2, Carr 3 0-0 6, Gavin Babcock 8 0-0 23, Prouty 1 0-0 2, Welch 1 0-0 2. Totals: 18 6-8 50

Coudersport (88)

Owen Chambers 11 4-4 29, Keck 4 2-2 11, Derek Keglovits 2 0-0 6, Vanwhy 2 0-0 6, Jared Green 9 1-1 20, Dillion Keglovits 2 1-2 5, Ricke 4 0-0 9, Gleason 1 0-0 2. Totals: 35 8-9 88

OV     17 28 38 50

Coudy 31 60 79 88

Three-point goals: OV 8 (Babcock 7, Henry 1), Coudy 10 (Chambers 3, Derek Keglovits 2, Vanwhy 2, Keck 1 Green 1, Ricke 1); Total fouls: OV 9, Coudy 5; fouled out: none

JV: Coudy won

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Northern Potter (31)

Cowburn 1 0-0 2, Kosa 0 0-0 0, Anderson 1 9-11 11, Lehman 3 1-2 7, Byron 2 3-4 7, Sprow 1 2-2 4, Buck 0 0-0 0. Totals: 8 15-19 31

Otto-Eldred (66)

Sawyer Drummond 6 4-6 16, Ch. Sebastian 0 1-4 1, Andrew Sheeler 4 1-2 10, Dylan Close 7 1-2 17, York 1 0-0 2, Co. Sebastian 3 0-1 8, Conley 1 0-0 2, Dalton 1 0-0 2, Reed 1 0-0 3, Sherwood 2 0-2 5. Totals: 26 7-17 66

NP     2 13 29 31

O-E 23 38 52 66

Three-point goals: NP 0, O-E 7 (Sheeler 1, Close 2, Co. Sebastian 2, Reed 1, Sherwood 1); Total fouls: NP 15, O-E 18; fouled out: Buck (NP)

JV: O-E won 57-30

AT DUBOIS

Elk Catholic (62)

Wehler 1 0-0 2, Logan Hoffman 5 0-0 11, Klawuhn 1 0-0 2, Gregory 2 2-2 6, Ryan Newton 11 6-7 30, Schneider 0 4-4 4, Breindel 1 4-4 7. Totals: 21 16-17 62

DuBois CC (43)

Felix 2 0-0 4, Starr 1 0-0 2, Walker 1 1-2 3, Swalligan 1 0-0 2, Grecco 2 0-2 4, Kurtz 2 1-2 6, Downer 1 0-0 2, Justin Miknis 8 0-0 20. Totals: 18 2-6 43

ECC 16 33 43 62

DCC 8 18 36 43

Three-point goals: ECC 4 (Hoffman 1, Newton 2, Breindel 1), DCC 5 (Kurtz 1, Miknis 4); Total fouls: ECC 9, DCC 16; fouled out: none

JV: ECC won 62-8