Eagles sweep winless Jet teams

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Altoona-Midway here Tuesday night in Three Rivers League play.

Uniontown girls opened with a 68-17 thrashing of the Jets that moved them into fourth place in the TRL. Eagle boys defeated the Jets, 54-40.

Neither Altoona-Midway squad has won a game this season. Both are 0-7 in the league and 0-17 overall.

Hayden Rathbun scored 14 points for Uniontown's girls (5-3, 8-10) while DaNisha Robinson and Amelia Brown each added 12.

The Eagles led 25-2 after one period and 47-7 at the half.

Uniontown's boys (2-6, 6-12) led 8-5 after one, then held the Jets to 1 point in the second quarter to stretch the margin to 21-6.

The Jets outscored the Eagles, 27-23, in the fourth.

Skyler Riley led the Eagles with 17 points. Brenton Esslinger added 14.

Girls

ALTOONA-MIDWAY: LaCrone 3 1-2 8, Graham 2 1-2 5, rest of team 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 7 2-4 14.

UNIONTOWN: Shinn 2 1-2 5, Dixon 3 0-1 6, Travis 0 0-0 0, Rathbun 6 1-2 14, Rockhold 1 0-0 2, Stokes 1 0-0 2, Coyan 2 3-4 7, Brown 6 0-0 12, Robinson 5 2-3 12, Ridge 4 0-0 8. TOTALS: 30 7-12 68.

Uniontown... 25 22 19 2 -- 68

Three-point field goals: Altoona-Midway 1 (LaCrone), Uniontown 1 (Rathbun).

Total fouls: Altoona-Midway 14, Uniontown 8.

Boys

ALTOONA-MIDWAY: Boles 9, Walker 14, Engleman 4, Brown 5, Huffman 8. TOTAL: 40.

UNIONTOWN: Gleason 6, Riley 17, Wiley 7, Robinson 4, G.Miller 6, Esslinger 14. TOTAL: 54.

Uniontown... 8 13 10 23 -- 54