SPRING MILLS — Once-beaten Penns Valley clamped down on defense after the first quarter and defeated the visiting Clearfield Lady Bison 53-30 in Mountain League girls basketball action Friday night.
Sophomore guard Hannah Montminy, much-improved as are the Lady Rams according to Lady Bison coach Joey Castagnolo, sparked her team’s sixth consecutive league win with 23 points.
“They’re a lot better than last year and they played tough man defense,” Castagnolo said.
Penns Valley (9-1) held Clearfield to just 18 points after the first period, with ended with the hosts in front 15-12.
The Lady Rams were comfortably ahead, 32-16, at halftime.
Nikki Brossard’s 10 points were high for the Lady Bison, who reached the halfway mark of the season at 4-7 with a 2-3 league record.
Clearfield will begin a stretch of four games in five days with a trip to St. Marys Tuesday for a non-league test against one of their District 9 opponents.
Penns Valley’s junior varsity also was victorious, 41-17. Kylie Vantassel had six points for Clearfield.
CLEARFIELD — 30
Tesa Miller 2 0-0 3, Megan Durandetta 1 0-0 3, Alayna Ryan 2 0-0 5, Nikki Brossard 4 2-4 10, Brooke Cline 3 2-2 8, McLain Alt 0 0-0 0, Paige Rhine 0 0-0 0, Karlie Gisewhite 1 0-0 2, Kylie VanTassel 0 0-0 0, Adrian Rowles 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 12 4-6 30.
PENNS VALLEY — 53
Emma Butler 2 2-2 6, Isabella Culver 2 1-4 5, Paige Kubalak 0 2-2 2, Hannah Montminy 7 6-6 23, Peyton Homan 3 1-2 7, Dayna Brown 2 1-2 5, Jordan Andrus 2 0-0 5. TOTAL: 18 13-18 53.
Three-Point Field Goals —- Clearfield 2 (Durandetta 1, Ryan 1); Penns Valley 4 (Montminy 3, Andrus 1).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield 12 4 7 7 – 30
Penns Valley 15 17 14 7 – 53
Lady Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/09 | @ Brookville Tip-off Tourney | ||
| 12/09 | vs. North Clarion | 51 – 58 | 0 – 1 |
| 12/10 | vs. Clarion-Limestone | 60 – 19 | 1 – 1 |
| 12/13 | @ Central | 30 – 46 | 1 – 2 |
| 12/15 | HUNTINGDON | 32 – 54 | 1 – 3 |
| 12/18 | @ Brookville | 48 – 65 | 1 – 4 |
| 12/19 | BELLEFONTE | 51 – 42 | 2 – 4 |
| 12/22 | @ DuBois | 36 – 41 | 2 – 5 |
| 12/28 | @ Curwensville | 45 – 15 | 3 – 5 |
| 01/03 | PUNXSUTAWNEY | 24 – 41 | 3 – 6 |
| 01/05 | @ Tyrone | ppd. | 3 – 6 |
| 01/09 | BALD EAGLE AREA | 45 – 22 | 4 – 6 |
| 01/12 | @ Penns Valley | 30 – 53 | 4 – 7 |
| 01/15 | @ St. Marys | ||
| 01/17 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | ||
| 01/19 | CENTRAL | ||
| 01/20 | @ Tyrone | ||
| 01/23 | @ Huntingdon | ||
| 01/26 | @ Bellefonte | ||
| 01/31 | TYRONE | ||
| 02/02 | @ Bald Eagle Area | ||
| 02/06 | PENNS VALLEY | ||
| 02/09 | @ Philipsburg-Osceola | ||
| 02/13 | CURWENSVILLE |