SPRING MILLS — The inside combination of junior Maci Ilgen and sophomore Peyton Homan matched the Clearfield Area High School girls basketball team’s offense by themselves in propelling Penns Valley to its seventh consecutive win, 59-35, Tuesday night.
Ilgen poured in a game high 21 points and Homan tossed in 14 as the Lady Rams kept their Mountain League championship hopes alive.
They will take a 12-1 league record into Friday night’s showdown with frontrunning Tyrone, which has locked up at least a share of a third straight title at 13-0.
Penns Valley (16-4) had the upper hand in every quarter with Clearfield (9-11, 7-6 ML) breaking into double figures only in the third quarter after trailing 27-14 at halftime.
Rachel Glenny was high for the Lady Bison with 10 points. Emily Ryan chipped in with nine.
Kate Lansberry netted 10 points for the Clearfield junior varsity, which came out on the short end of a 37-25 final in the prelim.
The Lady Bison will bring down the curtain on their regular season with home games against Curwensville Thursday and Philipsburg-Osceola Friday before turning their attention to the District 9 Class AAA Playoffs.
Mountain League — Tyrone 13-0, Penns Valley 12-1, Central 9-4, Clearfield 7-6, Huntingdon 4-8, Bellefonte 4-9, Philipsburg-Osceola 2-10, Bald Eagle Area 0-13.
CLEARFIELD — 35
Ally Lindstrom 3 0-0 6, Brooke Cline 0 0-0 0, Rachel Glenny 3 4-5 10, Margo Castagnolo 2 0-0 6, Emily Ryan 4 1-3 9, Niki Chew 0 0-0 0, Kate Lansberry 0 0-0 0, Alayna Ryan 0 0-0 0, Nikki Brossard 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 14 5-8 35.
PENNS VALLEY — 59
Karli Ripka 3 0-0 7, Maci Ilgen 8 4-6 21, Emma Butler 2 0-0 4, Isabella Culver 0 0-0 0, Paige Kubalak 0 0-0 0, Kourtney Beamesderfer 3 1-2 7, Alicia Houser 0 1-2 1, Peyton Homan 7 0-0 14, Mackenzie Ironside 2 0-0 5, Jordan Andrus 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 25 6-12 59.
Three-Point Field Goals – Clearfield 2 (Castagnolo 2); Penns Valley 3 (Ripka, Ilgen, Ironside).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield        8    6 17 4 – 35
Penns Valley  12 15 24 8 – 59
Lady Bison Scoreboard:
Date Opponent Score Record
12/04&05 @ Brookville Tip-off Tourney
12/04 vs. North Clarion 45 – 50 0 – 1
12/05 vs. Clarion-Limestone 64 – 24 1 – 1
12/08 CENTRAL 41 – 52 1 – 2
12/11 @ Huntingdon 41 – 28 2 – 2
12/14 @ DuBois 40 – 51 2 – 3
12/16 @ Bellefonte 48 – 47 3 – 3
12/18 TYRONE 40 – 66 3 – 4
12/21 BROOKVILLE 50 – 59 3 – 5
12/29 @ Curwensville 63 – 24 4 – 5
01/04 PUNXSUTAWNEY 43 – 55 4 – 6
01/05 @ Bald Eagle Area 53 – 40 5 – 6
01/08 PENNS VALLEY 42 – 70 5 – 7
01/13 @ Philipsburg-Osceola 42 – 38 6 – 7
01/15 @ Central 26 – 51 6 – 8
01/18 @ St. Marys 30 – 32 6 – 9
01/19 HUNTINGDON 47 – 34 7 – 9
01/22 BELLEFONTE 52 – 43 8 – 9
01/27 @ Tyrone 48 – 62 8 – 10
01/29 BALD EAGLE AREA 60 – 30 9 – 10
02/02 @ Penns Valley 35 – 59 9 – 11
02/04 CURWENSVILLE
02/05 PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA