On Friday night, Warrior Run’s boys basketball team did something that no other Defender team had ever done in the 2000s: win the league title outright.

Warrior Run beat Hughesville, 68-41, on the road to cinch the HAC-III title outright for the first time this century.

James Keifer added 21 points for the Defenders while Carter Sheesley scored 15 points and Aiden McKee scored 13.

Warrior Run limited the Spartans’ offense as no Hughesville player reached double figures. The Spartans were led by Alex Schultz’s nine while both Evan Mackenzie and Gavin Knarr both scored seven. Schultz added four rebounds and Mackenzie had four steals.

Loyalsock suffered a 53-48 setback on the road against Southern Columbia in Catawissa. Loyalsock had a trio of double-digit scorers in the loss. Saoj Jones led the Lancers with 15 points, Brayden Cioffi scored 13 and Issac Blackwell added 10.

South Williamsport defeated Montgomery, 76-47, as the Mounties were sparked by Levi Butler’s 31 points. Butler scored 12 points in the third quarter alone. Bobby Regan added 10 for the Mounties. Andrew Walter and Chance Quimby each grabbed seven rebounds and Quimby had five assists.

Montgomery had just three players score, but all three reached double igures. Parker Bennett scored 21 points, James Godley scored 14 and Damaj Stewart-Williams scored 12.

Jersey Shore lost to Shikellamy, 64-54. Carson Watkins scored 16 points for the Bulldogs, Tucker Hana scored 14 and Jacob Lorson added 13. A seven-point second quarter hurt Jerey Shore as Shikellamy scored 22 to take a 38-21 lead into the break.

Sullivan County’s Lucas King went 9 for 14 from the field to lead the Griffins with 21 points. Tucker Blasi scored 12 points with eight steals and five assists and Jaiden Moore had seven rebounds.

Lewisburg defeated Danville, 78-45. Cooper Mowry had a 25-point performance to lead the Green Dragons offense. Leon Tucker II scored 16 points, Nazir Meredith scored 15 and Cortland Michaels added 10. Rebira Jemama added eight.

North Penn-Mansfield defeated Wellsboro at home, 54-45. Jason Harer scored 21 points for Mansfield while Nady Hermansen added 17 and Kevin Clemente-Vazquez scored eight.

Wellsboro was led by a trio of double-digit scorers in Griffin Morral (12), Colin Fletcher (12) and Jonathan Carl (10).

Northeast Bradford narrowly defeated North Penn-Liberty in a close NTL contest, 48-46. Eli Stanton scored 13 for Northeast Bradford and Clay Wilks added 12. North Penn-Liberty was led by Evan McTish’s 21 points and Landon Mattern’s 10.

• The Mansfield University men’s and women’s track and field team competed on January 30 at the Bucknell Multi and Open hosted by Bucknell University.

Cahsid Raymond had an immaculate performance breaking another school record in the 200 with a time of 22.02. Minyhah Easterling placed 10th in shot put with a mark 11.55 meters and Olivia Meisner 10.48 meters.

Noah Shedden finished fourth in the 5,000 with 15:51.02. Alyssa Parks competed in the 60 hurdles, finishing with a personal best of 10.41.

Dorrian McCArgo (23.64 – PR), Pius Adomako Jr. (23.72 – PR), Jerry Holmes Jr. (24.11 – PR), Dominic Bill (24.34 – PR) and Ibrahim Sheriff (24.89) all raced the 200m as well.

A quartet of Marissa Allen, Zalayna Brown, Wyoming Trudeaux and Parks finished 10th in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:46.83. Makayla Robicheaux finished the women’s 200 with 37.37.

Montoursville graduate Lily Saul set a Rhode Island University program record in the 800 meters at the BU Scarlet and White Invitational recently. Saul broke her previous school mark and ran a time of 2:04.94 for the new record.

The Montoursville native leads the A-10 and ranks 11th best in the nation.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Warrior Run 68, Hughesville 41

WARRIOR RUN (68)

C. Sheelsey 7 0-0 15, J. Keifer 8 3-3 21, C> Svekowski 1 2-2 4, A. Fordsman 0 0-0 0, C. Brandt 0 0-0 0, C. Cirilo 0 0-0 0, C. McCormick 1 2-3 4, A. McKee 5 23-2 13, L. Polcyn 0 0-0 0, J. Knause 0 0-0 0, Z. Seibert 0 0-0 0, J. Knause 0 0-0 0, L. Stevenson 0 0-0 0, E. Balzer 3 2-2 9, M. Burden 0 0-0 0, C. Robinson 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 11-12 28.

HUGHESVILLE (41)

Everett Shaner 2 0-0 5, Jonah Heiney 1 0-0 2, Carson Stackhouse 2 0-1 4, Gavin Knarr 3 0-0 7, Malachi Flours 1 0-0 2, Julian Smith 0 0-0 0, Michael Fuller 1 0-0 3, Evan Mackenzie 3 0-0 7, Alex Schultz 3 1-2 9, Tyson Harrington 0 0-0 0, Gage Webb 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 1-3 41.

Warrior Run 27 19 16 6 — 68

Hughesville 10 10 9 12 — 41

3-point goals: Warrior Run 5 (Keifer 2, Sheesley 1, McKee 1, Balzer 1), Hughesville 6 (Shultz 2, Mackenzie 1, Fuller 1, Knarr 1, Shaner 1).

Southern Columbia 53, Loyalsock 48

LOYALSOCK (48)

Saoj Jones 5 4-6 15, Ryan Lingg 0 0-0 0, Ronnie Emery 0 1-2 1, Issac Blackwell 3 4-5 10, Jalil Coates 0 0-0 0, Brecken Gusick 2 1-2 6, Ethan Boyer 0 0-0 0, Brayden Cioffi 4 1-2 13. Totals 14 11-17 48.

SOUTHERN (53)

Gallagher 5 7-8 17, Gehrick 3 2-2 11, Gehret 0 1-2 1, Martino 0 0-0 0, Kissinger 1 1-3 3, Yost 1 0-0 2, Griscavage 1 5-6 7, Malakoski 6 0-0 12. Totals 17 16-21 53.

Loyalsock 16 12 9 8 — 48

Southern 16 8 18 11 — 53

3-point goals: Loyalsock 6 (Cioffi 4, Jones 1, Gusick 1), Southern 3 (Gehrick 3).

South Williamsport 76, Montgomery 47

MONTGOMERY (47)

Cam Wilver 0 0-0 0, Damaj Stewart-Williams 5 1-1 12, Parker Bennett 9 1-2 21, Jace Hanford 0 0-0 0, James Godley 6 1-3 14, Brody Denton 0 0-0 0, Chase Bennett 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 3-6 47.

SOUTH (47)

Bobby Regan 5 0-0 10, Andrew Walter 1 6-9 8, Samir Moy 3 1-2 7, Neeko Bowen 1 3-3 5, Chance Quimby 3 2-4 8, Levi Butler 13 0-1 31, Jaymes Carpenter 2 3-4 8. Totals 28 15-23 76.

Montgomery 11 7 21 8 — 47

So. Williamsport 18 12 19 22 — 76

3-point goals: Montgomery 4 (Bennett 2, Stewart-Williams 1, Godley 1), South 5 (Butler 5).

Shikellamy 64, Jersey Shore 54

JERSEY SHORE (54)

Carson Watkins 6 1-3 16, Khani McCray 2 2-2 7, Hayden Kelley 0 0-0 0, Greyson Confair 0 0-0 0; Kahl Harlon 0 1-2 1, Wyatt Swales 0 0-0 0, Orrin Pennycoff 0 0-0 0, Wyatt Stroup 0 0-0 0, Jacob Lorson 6 1-1 13, Breylan Guerrero 1 1-2 3, Ty McDermit 0 0-0 0, Tucker Hanna 5 4-4 14, Breydon Swales 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 10-14 54.

SHIKELLAMY (64)

Aaron Bucher 4 4-6 13, Tymcre Hewlett 1 2-2 4, Corbin Stahl 4 4-7 13, Alex Peifer 3 0-0 7, Charlie Walter 6 5-5 17, Justin Zeigler 4 1-2 9, Maddox Hever 1 0-0 2, Taron Sykes 0 0-2 0. Totals 23 16-24 64.

Jersey Shore 14 7 20 13 — 54

Shikellamy 16 22 16 10 — 64

3-point goals: JS 4 (Watkins 3, McCray 1), Shikellamy 3 (Bucher 1, Stahl 1, Peifer 1).

JV score: Jersey Shore, 57-56. High scorers: Wyatt Stroup, JS, 15.

Sullivan County 61, CMVT 25

SULLIVAN (61)

Madden Fries 1 0-0 2, Tucker Blasi 5 2-2 12, Kameron Brown 0 0-0 0, Ryder Lambert 0 0-0 0, Lucas King 9 0-1 21, Colin King 1 0-0 2, Liam Busch 0 0-0 0, Ryan Murray 1 0-0 2, Jaiden Moore 2 0-0 4, Carter Blasi 0 0-0 0, Dom Marotti 2 0-0 6, Aiden Sperry 1 0-0 2, Cayden Smithkors 4 1-1 10, Landon Bahr 0 0-0 0, Marshall Strain 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 3-4 61.

CMVT (25)

Myles Koser 0 0-2 0, Jacob Mitzel 5 0-2 13, Andrew Molick 2 0-0 4, Nathaniel Demko 0 4-6 4, Carter Makar 1 0-0 2, Curtis Morgan 0 2-2 2, Wayne Goldsworthy 0 0-0 0, Isaiah Carr 0 0-0 0, Elijah Treon 0 0-2 0, Logan Rogers 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 6-14 25.

Sullivan County 20 18 17 16 — 61

CMVT 5 2 14 2 — 25

3-point goals: Sullivan 6 (L. King 3, Marotti 2, Smithkors 1), CMVT 3 (Mitzel 3).

JV score: Sullivan, 40-14. High scorer: Madden Fries, Sullivan, 9.

Records: Sullivan County (15-3). Next game: Sullivan County at Northwest, Saturday, 7 p.m.

Lewisburg 78, Danville 45

DANVILLE (45)

Jake Cool 0 0-0 0, Mason Kingery 6 6-6 19, Casey Mills 1 0-0 3, Zana Pryce 2 0-0 4, Griffin Muchler 0 0-0 0, Suton Dudinski 5 0-0 12, Collin Geise 1 0-0 2, Landon Riuz 0 0-0 0, Brady Haas 1 0-0 2, Nate Stine 1 1-2 3, Grayson Hepfer 0 0-0 0, Fisher Wall 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-8 45.

LEWISBURG (78)

Cortland Michaels 4 2-2 10, Cooper Mowry 9 1-1 25, Leon Tucker II 6 2-2 16, Hayden Heid 1 0-0 2, Raynard Powell 0 0-0 0, Aiden Eby 0 0-0 0, Nazir Meredith 5 5-6 15, Ali Jemama 0 0-0 0, Stewart Kraus 1 0-0 2, Rebira Jemama 4 0-0 8, Qasim Ali 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 10-11 78.

Danville 15 11 8 11 — 45

Lewisburg 16 23 24 15 — 78

3-point goals: Danville 4 (Dudinski 2, Mills 1, Kingery 1), Lewisburg 8 (Mowry 6, Tucker II 2).

JV score: Lewisburg, 57-39. HIgh scorers: Stewart Kraus, L, 13; Hedfer, D, 14.

North Penn-Mansfield 54, Wellsboro 45

WELLSBORO (45)

Gideon Lawton 1 0-0 2, RJ Doughtie 0 0-0 0, Luke Rothermel 0 0-2 0, Colin Fletcher 3 4-7 12, Griffin Morral 6 0-4 12, Ethan Keane 1 0-0 2, Jonathan Carl 4 2-2 10, James Doughtie 0 0-0 0, Marek Mascho 3 0-0 7. Totals 18 6-15 45.

NP-MANSFIELD (54)

Collin Oakes 2 0-2 5, Colton Pellett 1 1-2 3, Keaton Manikowski 0 0-0 0, Andy Hermansen 4 9-12 17, Layne Cummings 0 0-0 0, Kevin Clemente-Vazquez 2 3-6 8, Jason Harer 1 0-2 21. Totals 19 13-24 54.

Wellsboro 4 7 9 25 — 45

NP-Mansfield 6 13 16 19 — 54

3-point goals: Wellsboro 3 (Fletcher 2, Mascho 1), NPM 3 (Oakes 1, Clemente-Vazquez 1, Harer 1).

Northeast Bradford 48, NP-Liberty 46

NP-LIBERTY (46)

Brody Grinnell 1 0-0 2, Conner Lewis 4 0-0 8, Luke Kreger 2 1-2 5, Sudan Benner 0 0-0 0, Evan McTish 5 11-12 21, Landon Mattern 4 1-1 10. Totals 16 13-15 46.

NEB (48)

Eli Stanton 3 6-9 13, Daniel Barrett 2 0-0 4, Landon Knoelles 0 0-0 0, Cooper Brown 2 2-2 8, Nate Gross 1 0-0 2, Mac BUrgert 1 0-0 3, Dayton Russell 3 0-2 6, Clay Wilks 6 0-1 12. Totals 18 8-14 48.

NP-Liberty 10 11 11 14 — 46

NEB 13 12 10 13 — 48

3-point goals: NPL 1 (Mattern 1), NEB 4 (Brown 2, BUrgert 1, Stanton 1).