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HS boys' basketball highlights: East Juniata snaps Greenwood's TVL streak; Milton Hershey and Steel-High will meet again

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Susquehanna Twp. sealed its first Mid-Penn Keystone title since 2009 with a 62-43 victory over Mechanicsburg Friday night. - (SAMUEL GETTY, for PennLive.com, 2013)

Below are highlights and headlines from the boys' basketball slate from Friday night, Feb. 1.

* For Michael Bullock's game story from Cumberland Valley's 63-60 victory over State College, with the Little Lions' Bryan Sekunda also reaching 1,000 career points, click here.

* For Geoff Morrow's game story from Harrisburg's 68-49 victory over Chambersburg, finishing a 14-0 trek through the Mid-Penn Commonwealth, click here.

* For a look at how the state's top-ranked teams fared Friday night, click here.

* For a list of Friday night's top scorers and 3-point shooters, click here.

* For a brief on Northern Lebanon's Sam Light reaching the 1,000-point milestone, click here.

* And for a run-down of Friday night's Lancaster-Lebanon League action from Jeff Reinhart, click here.

Onto the other headlines...

EAST JUNIATA STOPS GREENWOOD'S TVL WINNING STREAK AT 38 GAMES: Nick Lorenz heated up in the fourth quarter in Cocolamus, scoring 10 of his 22 points to rally the host Tigers past Greenwood 42-40. It's the first Tri-Valley League loss for Kent Houser's Wildcats since falling to Upper Dauphin in the 2009-10 season, snapping a TVL winning streak of 38 games. For EJ (15-3, 10-2), it was the first home win vs. Greenwood (16-3, 12-1) since 1998. Bailey Coder added 16 for the Tigers, two more than Greenwood's leading scorer Josh Ferguson.

CLICK HERE FOR TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS

MILTON HERSHEY, STEEL-HIGH SHARE MID-PENN CAPITAL CROWN, WILL PLAY OFF FOR MID-PENN TOURNAMENT ENTRY: A day after Milton Hershey stunned Steel-High 52-48 to hand the Rollers their first and only Mid-Penn Capital loss, both the Spartans and Rollers won their league finales Friday night, meaning they'll share the Capital crown and face each other a third time next weekend -- date, time and location to be determined -- for a berth in the Mid-Penn tournament. The Spartans (14-6, 13-1) needed a 32-point surge in the fourth quarter to rally past host West Perry 67-57. Ron Adams, the star Thursday night, posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and he and Tariq Bennett shared 21 points in the final stanza. Terek Weaver (24 points) and the Mustangs gave a great effort, said head coach Jason Creek, and almost pulled a stunner. The Rollers (17-3, 13-1), meanwhile, were hot early and able to hold off East Pennsboro by a 70-61 count. Mark Perry scored 17 to lead Tramayne Hawthorne's club.

CLICK HERE FOR MID-PENN CAPITAL STANDINGS

SUSQUEHANNA TWP. SAILS PAST MECHANICSBURG, CLINCHES OUTRIGHT MID-PENN KEYSTONE TITLE: Sealing the team's first division title since 2009, Susquehanna Twp. clinched the outright Mid-Penn Keystone championship by rolling past Mechanicsburg 62-43. The post players were big for the Indians (20-1, 14-1), who have one regular-season game remaining next week against Trinity. Forwards Jonas Page, Savalas Pope and Joe Marshall shared 36 points and 18 rebounds for the Tribe, who've won 10 straight.

CLICK HERE FOR MID-PENN KEYSTONE STANDINGS

MIFFLIN COUNTY'S SETH WAGNER JOINS 1,000-POINT CLUB IN OVERTIME UPSET OF CD EAST: Scoring his 999th and 1,000th career points in overtime, Seth Wagner helped the host Huskies knock off CD East 61-59 in Mid-Penn Commonwealth action Friday night. Wagner finished with 21, giving him exactly 1,000, and teammate Curtis Jerzerick added 19, including a tying put-back at the end of regulation and seven of his team's 10 points in OT. Wagner is the first Huskies player to reach 1,000 points, though the school is only two years old after a consolidation between Lewistown and Indian Valley. This is MC's first year in the Mid-Penn. Anthony Wright scored 19 for the Panthers.

CLICK HERE FOR MID-PENN COMMONWEALTH STANDINGS

COVENANT CHRISTIAN FORCES THREE-WAY TIE ATOP CCAC WEST STANDINGS: Riding a huge second half from Josiah Lowe, Covenant Christian popped Mount Calvary 66-63, essentially creating a three-way tie atop the CCAC West standings. Lowe scored 18 of his 22 in the second half, and little brother Joseph nailed four 3-pointers, and Matt Van Loon and Cal Sanelli also reached double figures for the Falcons (11-2, 6-2). For the Chargers (15-5, 6-2), Jason Kuntzelman scored 24, including some late 3-pointers to make things interesting. With Bible Baptist (14-6, 7-2) also winning Friday night, it's a three-team race as the regular season winds to a close.

CLICK HERE FOR CCAC WEST STANDINGS

OTHER SCORES (click on the link for box score)

COMMONWEALTH

Central Dauphin 60, Carlisle 52

KEYSTONE

Hershey 63, Cedar Cliff 62

Bishop McDevitt 67, Red Land 54

Trinity 56, Palmyra 48

CAPITAL

Camp Hill 53, Northern York 48

Middletown 45, Susquenita 40

COLONIAL

Greencastle-Antrim 59, Big Spring 54

Boiling Springs 50, Shippensburg 45 (OT)

Waynesboro 66, James Buchanan 57

CLICK HERE FOR MID-PENN COLONIAL STANDINGS

TRI-VALLEY

Halifax 51, Juniata 38

Upper Dauphin 63, Millersburg 43

CCAC WEST

Bible Baptist 55, Hershey Christian 44

Harrisburg Christian 72, Christian School of York 59

NON-LEAGUE

Harrisburg Academy 74, New Covenant Christian 62

Emmanuel Baptist 89, Calvary Baptist 22

Carson Long 57, Belleville Mennonite 50


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