St. John Neumann stayed hot and won its second hard-fought game in three nights as Daiton Thompson scored a career-high 38 points in a 64-57 win against Wellsboro. Thompson reached a new career-high for a third time in three weeks and helped the Knights (9-6) win after the game was tied at halftime. He scored 34 points over the final three quarters and Jahki Brister added 12 and Legend Dillard nine. Avery Taddeo also hit a key fourth quarter 3-pointer, helping Neumann close on a 20-14 run. Colin Fletcher scored 19 points and Gideon Lawton 13 for Wellsboro.

Ashtyn Burdick produced a career-best in points for a second straight game, going for 23 as Cowanesque Valley defeated Canton, 61-40. Burdick has 44 points in his last two games. Parker Lee also had a career-high, going for 16 points. Ryder Route and Monte Whitehead each scored 16 points for Canton.

Conner Lewis produced a double-double, going for 12 points and 19 rebounds as North Penn-Liberty thumped Benton, 52-27. Lewis topped 10 rebounds for the eighth time in nine games and the defending District 4 Class A champions built a 32-point third quarter lead. Landon Mattern had 11 points and four assists, while Luke Kreger added nine points and Sudan Benner and Evan McTish eight each.

Hughesville’s girls’ basketball team played stifling defense and built a 25-point lead as it defeated Milton, 50-14. The Spartans (13-2) did not allow more than five points in a quarter. Maddie Smith and Vivian Draper each scored 13 points and Tori Morgan seven off the bench. Carrie King grabbed eight rebounds for Milton as Hughesville snapped its four-game winning streak.

Ava Eyer collected her sixth double-double, going for 19 points, 12 rebounds and five steals in Muncy’s 52-21 win against Warrior Run. Rosie Zalonis scored 14 points with five steals and Anna Zalonis had 10 points. Emma McCormick and Alexis McKeta combined for eight steals, helping Muncy improve to 13-1. Charlie Morente had eight points for Warrior Run.

South Williamsport started strong at Mid-Penn East-leading Northwest and led by five entering the second quarter but could not sustain the momentum in a 42-24 loss. Maddie Reidy scored seven points for South which hung in until the fourth quarter when Northwest closed on a 16-8 run.

Teagan Osunde had 12 points and seven rebounds in Lewisburg’s 40-22 loss against Shikellamy. India Walker scored eight points, and Addy Shedleski grabbed eight rebounds. Lily Fatool became Shikellamy’s all-time leading scorer and had 24 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL

St. John Neumann 64, Wellsboro 57

WELLSBORO (57)

Gideon Lawton 5 0-0 13, Luke Rothermel 4 0-0 8, Colin Fletcher 6 4-7 19, Griffin Morral 5 1-1 11, Jonathan Carl 1 2-6 4, Marek Mascho 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 7-14 57.

NEUMANN (64)

Daiton Thompson 13 7-8 38, Legend Dillard 3 3-4 9, Zaidyn Diehl-Romano 1 0-0 2, Avery Taddeo 1 0-0 3, Jahki Brister 6 0-3 12. Totals 24 10-15 64.

Wellsboro 12 16 15 14–57

Neumann 10 18 16 20–64

3-pointers: Wellsboro 6 (Lawton 3, Fletcher 3); Neumann 6 (Thompson 5, Taddeo).

Records: Neumann 9-6. Wellsboro 6-7.

Cowanesque Valley 61, Canton 40

CV (61)

Parker Lee 7 0-2 16, Reed Vargeson 1 0-0 3, Josh Teague 4 0-1 8, Levi Stahli 2 3-6 9, Ashtyn Burdick 11 1-4 23, Trevin Hollenbach 0 2-2 2, Carsyn Kemp 0 0-2 0. Totals 25 6-17 61.

CANTON (40)

Whitehead 6 2-4 16, Route 5 1-2 16, Thompson 2 2-4 6, Carr 1 0-0 2, Jennings 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-10 40.

CV 18 20 15 8–61

Canton 12 9 12 7–40

3-pointers: CV 5 (Lee 2, Stahli 2, Vargeson); Canton 5 (Route 3, Whitehead 2).

Records: CV 5-10.

North Penn-Liberty 52, Benton 27

BENTON (27)

AJ Varner 3 0-0 9, Dalton Koch 2 4-6 8, Carson Hubler 1 0-2 2, Rhet Baker 0 1-2 1, Owen Beishline 2 0-0 5, Zane Hayman 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 5-10 27.

NPL (52)

Brody Grinnell 2 0-0 4, Conner Lewis 6 0-0 12, Luke Kreger 4 0-0 9, Sudan Benner 4 0-0 8, Evan McTish 2 4-4 8, Landon Mattern 5 0-0 11. Totals 23 4-4 52.

Benton 8 5 5 9–27

NPL 13 16 21 2–52

3-pointers: Benton 3 (Varner 3); NPL 2 (Kreger, Mattern).

Records: North Penn-Liberty 9-5.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hughesville 50, Milton 14

MILTON (14)

Hayden Snyder 1 0-0 2, Lainey Snyder 0 1-2 1, Carrie King 2 0-0 4, Liz Schrock 2 3-4 7, Camryn Hoover 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 4-8 14.

HUGHESVILLE (50)

Kylie Temple 3 0-0 6, Maddie Smith 3 7-7 13, Georgia Randall 1 0-0 2, Allyssa King 1 0-0 2, Vivian Draper 6 1-3 13, Tori Morgan 3 0-0 7, Kendall Hamm 1 0-0 3, Casey Schultz 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 8-10 50.

Milton 4 1 5 4–14

Hughesville 12 18 11 9–50

3-pointers: Hughesville 2 (Morgan, Hamm).

Records: Hughesville 13-2. Milton 7-6.

Muncy 52, Warrior Run 21

WARRIOR RUN (21)

Reagan Brouse 1 0-0 2, Mya Evans 2 0-1 4, Kristal Perez 1 0-0 3, Sophie Dufrene 0 0-2 0, Chloe Burden 1 0-0 2, Alice Hollenbach 1 0-2 2, Charlie Morente 4 0-0 8. Totals 10 0-5 21

MUNCY (52)

Rosie Zalonis 3 5-6 14, Ava Eyer 8 1-6 19, Anna Zalonis 2 5-6 10, Emma McCormick 3 0-0 6, Alexis McKeta 1 1-2 3. Totals 17 12-20 52.

Warrior Run 6 6 2 7–21

Muncy 16 12 15 9–52

3-pointers: Warrior Run 1 (Perez); Muncy 6 (R. Zalonis 3, Eyer 2, A. Zalonis).

Records: Muncy 13-1.

Northwest 42, South Williamsport 24

SOUTH (24)

Ayla Minier 1 0-0 2, Brielle Borgess 1 0-0 3, Ivy Minier 1 0-1 2, Ella Moore 2 0-0 4, Carly Quimby 1 0-0 3, Maddie Reidy 3 1-2 7, Abigail Holbrook 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 1-3 24.

NORTHWEST (42)

Ashlyn Hermanofski 4 4-8 14, Ali Miner 3 0-0 7, Ava Ruckle 2 4-4 10, Natalia Ninotti 3 0-2 7, Arheya Williams 0 0-2 0, Hartley Crawford 1 0-0 3, Callie Moyer 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 9-19 42.

South 7 4 5 8–24

Northwest 2 11 13 16–42

3-pointers: South 3 (Borgess, Quimby, Holbrook); Northwest 7 (Hermanofski 2, Ruckle 2, Miner, Ninotti, Crawford).

Records: Northwest 11-3. South 7-7.

Shikellamy 40, Lewisburg 22

SHIKELLAMY (40)

Lily Fatool 8 4-4 24, Kelsey Deitrich 5 0-0 10, Mya Bronowicz 0 1-2 1, Ruby Kohl 0 1-2 1, Jane Bergg 1 2-2 4. Totals 14 8-10 40.

LEWISBURG (22)

India Walker 3 1-2 8, Teagan Osunde 5 2-4 12, Lauren Schwartz 1 0-0 2, Addy Barner 0 0-0 0, Ava Motto 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 3-10 22.

Shikellamy 9 7 18 6–40

Lewisburg 1 5 8 8–22

3-pointers: Shikellamy 4 (Fatool 4); Lewisburg 1 (Walker).

Records: Lewisburg 5-9.