Eagle teams post victories at Pleasanton tourney
PLEASANTON -- Hayden Rathbun's 32-point night helped Uniontown's girls beat Humboldt 60-47 in the first round of the Pleasanton Tournament here Tuesday.
The Eagles (6-4) saw Humboldt close to within 6 points a couple of times. But their 22-of-34 performace at the free-throw stripe helped hold off the Cubs.
Uniontown's boys (8-2) routed Altoona-Midway 70-17 as Brenton Esslinger scored 22 points and Zach Travis added 18. The Eagles led 20-2 after one quarter.
GIRLS
UNIONTOWN: Rathbun 11-23 9-12 32, Jurgensen 1-4 8-10 10, Shook 1-5 3-6 6, Robinson 2-8 1-2 5, Coyan 1-1 0-0 2, Murrow 1-3 0-0 2, Dixon 1-2 0-2 2, Rockhold 0-2 1-2 1, Ridge 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Travis 0-0 0-0 0, Shinn 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18-49 22-34 60.
HUMBOLDT: Kline 6-15 2-4 14, Middleton 4-5 2-3 10, Wells 2-8 2-3 6, Riebel 3-4 0-0 6, Young 3-6 0-0 6, Morris 2-3 0-0 4, Strack 0-8 1-4 1. TOTALS: 20-49 7-14 47
Uniontown......... 19 11 15 15 -- 60
Humboldt.......... 6 15 14 12 -- 47
Three-point field goals: Uniontown 2-3 (Rathbun 1-1, Shook 1-2), Humboldt 0-4 (Kline 0-1, Wells 0-3).
Total fouls: Uniontown 19, Humboldt 24. Fouled out: Wells, Young.
Rebounds: Uniontown 36 (Rathbun 9), Humboldt 27. Assists: Uniontown 12 (Shook 6), Humboldt 8. Turnovers: Uniontown 21, Humboldt 31. Steals: Uniontown 13 (Jurgensen 6), Humboldt n/a.
BOYS
UNIONTOWN: Riley 4, Travis 18, Wiley 2, Kuns 1, Ulrey 4, Robinson 4, Esslinger 22, Sympson 8, Jo.Duffey 2, Ja.Duffey 5. TOTAL: 70.
ALTOONA-MIDWAY: Walker 2, Busteed 7, DeNoon 8. TOTAL: 17.
Uniontown......... 20 26 13 11 -- 70
Altoona-Midway. 2 10 5 0 -- 17