Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ basketball teams in action Tuesday.
Non-league
Council Rock North 55, Lower Moreland 49
CR North opened its season Tuesday night and pulled out an emotional 55-49 over visiting Lower Moreland.
“The guys were confident going in,” said assistant coach Tyler Sessa-Reeves, who is filling in for coach Jesse Krasna, who is away from the team following the recent tragic passing of his wife. “For most of our guys – they were playing their first varsity minutes. That alone sometimes can affect the way that you play. You could tell some of the guys were feeling it.”
The two most experienced Indians’ players took control early. Senior Adam Mahtat scored eight in the first quarter, Jack Blum had eight in the second quarter, and by halftime, CR North led 26-18.
“Really, Jack and Adam were the only guys returning that played a lot last year,” Sessa-Reeves said. “Those guys rely on them heavily as leaders, not just scoring. But they’re getting more confident as they play more and more. I’m confident they will and we will be more successful as the season goes on.”
Lower Moreland didn’t go away and scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, but the Indians were able to put the game away.
“It was a grind,” Sessa-Reeves said. “We went in knowing Lower Moreland is a good team. They run their stuff. (Tom) Przbylinski is a really good player and they’re really well coached. Our guys did a really good job of grinding through it.”
Mahtat had 17 points to lead CR North, while Blum added 16. Cole McCarthy chipped in with 13 points.
Lower Moreland was led by Kevin Hegedus’ 14 points, Adam Krutzinger contributed 11, Przybylinski added 10, and Carl Barnette had eight points.
CR North (1-0) opens up the SOL Patriot portion of its schedule Friday at home against Harry S. Truman.
Lower Moreland (0-1) plays at Upper Moreland in an SOL Freedom gave on Friday.
Lower Moreland (0-1)
Tom Przybylinski 3 4-5 10; Kevin Hegedus 3 6-8 14; Carl Barnette 4 0-1 8; Jordan Zoubrovlis 1 0-0 2; Adam Krutzinger 5 1-3 11; Donato Incollingo 1 0-0 2; Mason Tammaro 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 11-17 49.
Council Rock North (1-0)
Oliver Schaefer 2 0-1 5; Tyler Rodowicz 0 2-2 2; Cole McCarthy 5 1-2 13; Adam Mahtat 7 2-4 17; Jack Blum 6 4-6 16; Luke Blum 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 9-15 55.
Lower Moreland 9 9 10 21 – 49
CR North 13 13 12 17 – 55
3-point goals: LM-Hegedus 2; CRN-Mahtat 3, McCarthy 2, Schaefer
Bensalem 51, Holy Ghost Prep 47
Eric Gonzalez scored 22 points as Bensalem held off neighborhood rival Holy Ghost Prep in a close battle on Tuesday night.
“Any time Bensalem and Holy Ghost get together for the Battle of Bensalem, it’s going to be a dogfight,” said Owls coach Ron Morris. “To go on the road at Holy Ghost against legendary coach (Tony) Chapman) and win, it’s a big accomplishment.”
The final outcome was in doubt down to the wire.
“We got up, we got in some deep foul trouble in the first half, and the game was real close all the way through,” Morris said. “They took the lead. They were up four with a minute or so left. We didn’t quit, we battled.
“Noah (Morris) had a huge steal, passed it ahead to Antonio (Morris), who goes down and gets and and-one layup, makes the foul shot to cut it to one.
“They came down, we got a stop. Eric Gonzalez hit a huge ‘3’ and (was fouled and) that was a four-point play which put us up three. We got a stop, and Antonio (Morris) went 2-for-3 from the line the rest of the way.”
Gonzalez hit three 3-pointers on the night for his 22. Antonio Morris had 20.
“It was nice to see Eric (Gonzalez) get going after a rough shooting game Friday,” coach Morris said. “He came back and had a really big night for us. He was 7-for-7 from the foul line, and Antonio (Morris) was 5-for-7. In a tight game, that’s big. They were clutch free throws.
“We battled. Jack (Wineburg) continues to do all the little things. Micah White was rebounding and playing good defense. We go out, we grind, we work hard, and we just battle. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy.”
Bensalem (2-0) plays at Council Rock South on Friday in its SOL Patriot opener.
Bensalem (51)
Eric Gonzalez 6 7-7 22; Noah Morris 1 0-0 3; Antonio Morris 7 5-7 20, Jack Wineburg 1 2-2 4; Jaidyn Moffitt 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 14-16 51.
Holy Ghost Prep (47)
Noah McDermott 1 0-0 2; Mark Tomasetti 1 3-4 5; Brendan Boutillier 2 1-4 5; Seamus McDermott 2 0-0 6; Adrien Varella 5 2-6 12; Dasani McNeely 0 1-2 1; Ian Hendrix 2 2-4 6; Colin Lucas 4 0-0 10; Totals 17 9-20 47.
Bensalem 9-14-11-17 51
Holy Ghost 3-15-15-14 47
3-point goals: Bensalem – Eric Gonzalez 3, Noah Morris, Antonio Morris; Holy Ghost – Seamus McDermott 2, Colin Lucas 2.
Neshaminy 80, New Foundations Charter 36
After a season-opening loss on Monday night against Conestoga, Neshaminy was on the road for an early game against New Foundations Charter. And this one had a much different outcome as the Redskins built an early lead on the way to a 44-point win,.
“They were glad to be able to play today,” said Neshaminy coach Mark Tingle. “Obviously, we didn’t play well last night. I think Conestoga is good, but we kind of had trouble getting into rhythm. But it was our first game, and we had a chance to win it at the end. It was a one-possession game, we just didn’t come away with it.
“It was good to kind of get it going again, because we start the league Thursday against Pennsbury.
“We were up from start to finish. It was 45-18 at the half. We were able to get everybody in the game, work on some things and go from there.”
Sean Curley had a huge night for Neshaminy, scoring 29 points, including seven 3-pointers to tie a school record.
It won’t take much incentive to get up for Thursday. A year ago, the rivals split overtime games.
“It’s a big rivalry game at our place,” Tingle said. “Last year, at our place we beat them in triple overtime. Last year at their place, we lost in overtime.
“It’s good to start the league. It’s always weird to start the league this early, but it’s good. It’s always a good game. We’ll be ready to play.”
Neshaminy (80)
Joey Zack 1 0-0 2; Emeer Coombs 2 0-0 5; Colin Cloud 1 2-2 4; Ryan Meehan 2 0-0 4; Boima Gobah 1 2-2 4; Jake Jordan 1 0-0 3; Guy Horton 3 0-0 7; Jason Gilardi 1 1-2 3; Sean Curley 10 2-2 29; Nate Townsend 7 4-6 19. Totals 29 11-14 80.
New Foundations Charter (36)
Phanor 8 4-7 21; Donahue 3 2-7 8; Lofton 0 2-4 2; Mombruh 1 1-1 3; Rodriguez 0 1-2 1; Beukies 0 1-4 1. Totals 12 11-25 36
Neshaminy 20 28 24 11 – 80
NFC 11 8 12 5 – 38
3-point goals: N-Curley 7, Townsend, Coombs, Jordan, Horton
Pennridge 56, Owen J Roberts 38
At times, it was as ugly as the weather outside, but for Pennridge, it was a much-needed bounce back win on the road in its final nonleague game before starting league play on Friday night.
“We’re pleased,” said Rams coach Dean Behrens. “Going on the road, it was lousy weather, the JV game took forever, waited around because of some clock issues, and it didn’t get started until 7:20.
“We got off to a tough start. (Owen J. Roberts) got out to 4-0 lead, Xavier Peters kind of settled us down, he hit the next two buckets, and from there the defense clamped down. We held them to 12 points in the first half. They scored eight points in 15 minutes.
“Jake Buesing did a really good job on their point guard, (Luke Fryer). He kind of hounded him, face-guarded him the whole time. Xavier Peters got in foul trouble, we took him out and gave Jake the job of covering their point guard. I thought it worked out well.”
Matt Campione led the Rams (2-1) with 16 points, while Peters had 11.
“Offensively, I still don’t think we’re in sync,” Behrens said. “We had way too many turnovers, especially in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, we were much more efficient and hit a couple of shots.”
Pennridge opens the SOL Colonial Friday night at home against North Penn.
Pennridge (56)
Caden Fisher 3 1-1 7; Jake Buesing 2 3-3 7; Gannon Perlini 2 0-0 6; Matt Campione 6 4-5 16; Xavier Peters 3 3-6 11; Tommy Cramer 3 2-2 8. Totals 19 16-21 56.
Owen J. Roberts (38)
Fryer 5 4-5 15; Ressi 4 1-1 10; Cashman 1 0-2 3; Honsford 4 2-4 10. Totals 14 7-12 38.
Pennridge 15 15 6 20 – 56
Owen J. Roberts 8 4 11 15- 38
3-point goals: P-Campione 2
Methacton 68, Abington 58
Abington fell behind by 13 by halftime (35-22), and although the Ghosts hung tough, trailed throughout in losing their season straight nonleague game to start the season.
Jeremiah Lee led the Galloping Ghosts with 21 points and six rebounds, Josh Young had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Kellen Ingram had 11 points and five rebounds.
Abington shot 47 percent (24-for-51) from the field and 31 percent (7-for-22) from 3-point range. It was undone by 16 turnovers, 11 in the first half.
The Ghosts (0-2) have another tough one Friday at Plymouth Whitemarsh in the league opener for both teams.
Methacton (68)
Anthony Daddazio 1 0-0 3; Jason Lagana 1 0-0 2; Sal Iemmello 2 0-2 5; Evan Spant 1 0-0 2; Cam Chilson 4 0-0 10; Alex Hermann 6 4-8 18; Matt Christian 5 7-8 22; Preston Hull 2 1-2 6; Totals 21 12-20 68.
Abington (58)
Jeremiah Lee 9 0-0 21; Kellen Ingram 5 0-0 11; Josh Young 6 1-2 13; Paul Glants 2 0-0 5; Jack D’Arco 2 0-0 6; Damon Rawls 0 2-4 2; Kamari Brashere 0 0-2 0; Totals 24 3-8 58.
Methacton 17-18-15-18 68
Abington 9-13-15-21 58
3-point goals: Methacton – Anthony Daddazio, Sal Iemmello, Cam Chilson 2, Alex Hermann 2, Matt Christian 5; Abington – Kellen Ingram, Paul Glantz, Jack D’Arco 2, Jeremiah Lee 3.
Central Bucks East 56, Upper Dublin 54
Three up and three down in nonleague games for CB East, as Tuesday the Patriots ook care of Upper Dublin, holding on down the stretch for the two-point win.
“We built a lead up to around 12 or 14,” said Patriots coach Erik Henrysen. “And they just chipped away, and it was tight at the end.
“They cut it to 2, Kyle Berndt got to the line and iced the game with two free throws. It was a one-and-one and he made both.”
East had balanced scoring, led by Joey Giordano with 16 points, and Berndt and Jacob Cummiskey with nine points each. Giordano added five rebounds, Berndt had five rebounds and five assists, and Cummiskey dished out six assists and grabbed six boards.
“I thought we had significant contributions at different times of the games from different guys,” Henrysen said. “Giordano had a great start, Cummiskey had a strong overall game and gave us a little bit of everything, and Kyle really has been penciled in filling stats up game to game. He’s doing a great job.”
Ryan Mulroy led Upper Dublin with 23 points.
East (3-0) opens up SOL Colonial play with a home game against rival CB West on Friday.
UD (1-2) is on the road for its SOL Liberty opener at Quakertown.
CB East (56)
Jacob Cummiskey 9, Joey Giordano 16, Kyle Berndt 9, Tyler Dandrea 6, Dhruv Mukund 4; Justin DiRoberto 7; Nolan Jacob 2; Miles Demby 3
Upper Dublin (54)
Ryan Mulroy 23, Turner 6, Fogle 8, Seaton Kukla 9, Bazemore 2, Griffin Pensabene 4, Rines 2
Central Bucks East 9 19 14 14 – 56
Upper Dublin 9 8 13 24 – 54
3-point goals: CBE-Cummiskey 2, Demby, Giordano, Berndt, DiRoberto; UD- Fogle 2, Kukla 2, Mulroy 3
Math, Civics & Sciences 70, Cheltenham 36
Cheltenham fell behind early, 23-5 after one quarter and 45-17 at halftime, and this one was never a close game, dropping the Panthers to 1-2 in the nonleague portion of their early schedule.
“Tonight, we struggled in terms of just getting to the spots we wanted and executing,” said coach Patrick Fleury. “It’s an early test with the group.
“I’ll take full credit for tonight. I just have to prepare them better, move pieces around. Tonight, was a learning experience in terms of the accountability that is 100 percent on me.”
Josiah Hutson scored nine points, Kamani Healey had eight and Nile Tinsley added seven for Cheltenham.
The Panthers host New Hope-Solebury on Friday.
Math, Civics & Sciences (70)
Johnson 1 1-2 3; Wright 5 3-4 13; Lee 2 1-3 5; Presley 5 0-3 11; King 3 1-1 7; Locke-Hines 5 1-3 13; Carter 1 3-5 5; Salem 1 0-0 2; Griffin 2 3-4 7; Murphy 0 2-2 2; Brown 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 15-27 70.
Cheltenham (36)
Josiah Hutson 3 1-2 9; Yakeen Respes 0 2-5 2; Aidan Wilson-Worley 1 0-0 2; Kamani Healey 3 0-0 8; Zion Robinson 2 0-0 4; Malik Hughes 1 2-4 4; Nile Tinsley 3 0-0 7. Totals 13 5-11 36.
MC&S 23 22 13 12 – 70
Cheltenham 5 12 3 16 – 36
3-point goals: MC&S-Locke-Hines 2, Presley; C-Healey 2, Hutson, Tinsley
Upper Moreland 61, Morrisville 29
Colson Campbell scored 13 points to lead Upper Moreland, which jumped ahead 17-4 after one quarter and never looked back on the way to a 32-point win, improving to 3-0 on the season.
Also for the Golden Bears, Jon Clark and Ralph Tyler had 11 points each.
UM hosts Lower Moreland on Friday in its SOL Freedom opener.
Upper Moreland (61)
Javier Velez 3 0-0 6, Nigel Adamson 1 3-4 5, Alex Best 1 1-2 3, Jon Clark 4 4-5 11, Ralph Tyler 5 0-0 11; Anthony Carson 1 2-2 4, Aiden Tuffy 2 0-0 4, Sean Murphy 1 0-0 2, Jadon Cybok 1 0-0 2, Colson Campbell 5 3-5 13. Totals 24 12-18 61.
Morrisville (29)
K. Rankins 1 0-0 2, E. Hychalk 6 2-2 16, 2 0-2 4, S. Dismukes 2 0-0 4, Z. Davis-Kimbrough 0 1-2 1, B. Santana 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 3-6 29.
Upper Moreland 17 21 13 10 – 61
Morrisville 4 11 6 8 – 29
3-point goals: UM-Tyler; M-Hychalk 2
Haverford 61, Central Bucks West 39
CB West trailed by just eight at halftime, but its second-half struggles continued as Haverford pulled away in the second half for the 32-point nonleague win.
The Bucks (0-3) were led by Matt Engle’s nine points, while Julian Phillips and Mike Fountain had seven points each.
CB West opens up league play Friday night at rival CB East.
Haverford (61)
Brian Wiener 9 1-2 23; Tommy Wright 1 0-0 2; Gorman Bright 1 0-1 2; Googie Seidman 5 14-14 27; Kevin Gannon 1 0-0 3; Liam Cunningham 1 0-0 2; Jack Raech 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 15-17 51.
CB West (39)
Mike Fountain 2 2-4 7; Colin McKenna 2 0-0 5; Trey Reed 2 0-04; Matt Engle 2 3-6 9; Bowen Gugger 2 0-0 5; Aidan Kimberly 0 1-21; Julian Phillips 2 2-3 7; Max Mills 0 1-2 1. Totals 12 7-9 39.
Haverford 18 10 14 19 – 61
CB West 8 12 11 8 – 39
3-point goals: H- Werner 4, Seidman 3, Gannon; CBW-Engle 2, Fountain, McKenna, Gugger, Phillips
Plymouth Whitemarsh 69, Norristown 59
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