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By Scott Huff
FRANCONIA - There was two minutes left in the second period, and host Souderton (21-2) trailed visiting Glen Mills – 20-19 – in a first round PIAA District One – Quad-A contest.
The Big Red smelled blood in the water and outscored the Bulls 29-1 – yes 29-1 - in the next 8 ½ minutes and cruised to a 60-33 victory.
“I told the kids at the half that we needed to be like sharks in the water,” said Souderton head coach Perry Engard. “We had a huge surge in momentum and we needed that burst to put the game away.“We felt that we needed to turn up the pressure when we fell behind,” added Engard. “We settled for too many jump shots early, and I thought we did a good job of going to the rim in the second half.
“We are not afraid of running with anyone,” continued Engard. “We like to play at an up-tempo.”
Souderton was led in scoring by senior A.J. Picard who scored a game-high 17 points.
“We play at our best when we can force turnovers,” said Picard as the Indians forced no less than 14 turnovers over that 8 ½ minute stretch. “The coaches reminded us at halftime that we had to continue to attack the rim.”
Nathan Moyer scored in double figures for Souderton with 13 points, while Jeff Bishop pounded the offensive glass and scored 12 points.
The Big Red will host Central Bucks South next Tuesday. Souderton split its games with the Titans in Suburban One League Continental Conference play.
South won at South – 56-49 – while the Indians won at home – 32-28.
Souderton – Glen Mills Box Score
Glen Mills 6 14 3 10 - 33
Souderton 14 14 20 10 - 60
Glen Mills: (33) Kyrell Tyler 7; John Helem 2; Chris Dickerson 5; Leonard Singleton 4; Kadeem Coates 2; Gabriel Yuile 5; Ronald Nesmith 4; Antonio Jones 4.
Souderton: (60) A.J, Picard 17; Nathan Moyer 13; Nate Lewis 6; Kyle Connolly 4; Jeffrey Bishop 12; Mark Wonderling 6.
Central Bucks South (15-8) advanced to its second round date with Souderton with a 41-32 home court victory over Ridley.
“It was a very strange ending to the game,” said Central Bucks South head coach Jason Campbell. “We were up by nine with three minutes left in the game, and we spread the offense out to take some time off the clock.
“We were surprised that they didn’t foul us to get the ball back,” added Campbell. “And we pretty much played keep away for the rest of the game.”CB South scored just three points in the fourth period. Ridley matched the Titans with a three-point quarter.
Mike Pincus and Nick Joerger led South with 10 points each, while Joe Maher scored eight points and Steve Schneider added seven points.
And now the Titans ready for their third meeting of the season with Souderton in the second round.
“I’m sure Perry (Engard – Souderton head coach) would rather see Ridley than us,” said Campbell. “We have already scouted each other pretty well, and there shouldn’t be any real surprises.
“They have a great basketball team,” added Campbell. “And so far in that new gym, they haven’t lost.”
Council Rock North (19-4) jettisoned to a 19-4 first period lead that led to a 64-47 first round District One Playoff victory over Quakertown (10-13).
“We did a great job at the beginning of the game setting the tone defensively,” said Council Rock head coach Derek Wright. “We made the extra pass and got everyone into the game.”
The Indians – who had beaten the Panthers 76-43 just two weeks ago – had four players score in double figures. John Raymon led Rock North with 15 points, while Aaron Morgan and Arron Goodman scored 14 points each. Charlie Anastasi added 10 points for the winners.
“Quakertown can really shoot the basketball, and they made a run in the second half,” said Wright. “They got it down to 12, but we made plays at the end of the game when we had to.”
Donnie Thomas led the Panthers –who saw their season come to and end with the loss – with 20 points. Kenny Gula scored in twin digits for Quakertown with 11 points.
CR North will now host Chester in a second round game. The Clippers defeated Conestoga – 57-39 – in their first round contest. Erikk Wright led Chester with 21 points, while Akeem Watkins added 14 points for the Clippers.
Wissahickon (18-5) had to hold off a determined Central Bucks West (13-10) – 47-44.
“CB West did a good job of taking the air out of the basketball,” said Wissahickon head coach Kyle Wilson. “They have five guys that can all handle the ball, and they tried to draw us out the whole game.
“We were up nine or ten points for most of the second half, so we didn’t chase too much,” added Wilson. “But they made some three’s at the end of the game and made it interesting.”
Central Bucks West was led in scoring by Ryan Dyer with 13 points. Ryan Fiore added 12 and Derrick Dyer added nine in the Bucks’ season finale.Wissahickon was led in scoring by Jordan Reed with 13 points. Jack O’Neill scored 12 points for the Trojans, while Tom Sweeney added 11 points for the winners – seven in the pivotal fourth quarter after being saddled with two early fouls.
Wissahickon will be on the road for its second round game. The Trojans will travel to Neshaminy to meet the Redskins.
Neshaminy (17-6) won its first round game over Abington (11-12) – 59-41. Ryan Arcidiacono led Neshaminy with 26 points, while Jaymes Miller led the Ghosts with a game-high 27points.
Bensalem (14-8) played one of its best games of the season as the Owls flew by West Chester Henderson, 66-44.
“Nick Christian came out and did a lot of good things for us,” said Bensalem head coach John Mullin. “And Calvin Brown also had an outstanding game for us.”
Christian scored a game-high 23 points, collected eight rebounds, and passed out eight assists for the winners. Brown – the 6-foot, 8-inch center – scored 12 points and dominated inside the paint with eight blocked shots.
“Now we get Penn Wood in the second round,” said Mullin of the #2 seed in the district. “And they are one of the better teams in the entire state.”
Penn Wood (20-3) crushed Oxford – 80-36 – to advance to the second round. DeQuan Pelzer scored 20 points to lead the winners, while Aaron Brown added 17 points.
Norristown (15-7) survived a nightmarish 7-of-24 night on the foul line to defeat visiting Boyertown – 50-41.
“We have to shoot better on the foul line if we want to go to states,” said Norristown coach Michael Evans. “We actually stayed on the court after the game to shoot free throws.
“We got off to a good start,” added Evans in reference to the 18-6 first period Eagle lead. “And I thought we did some good things defensively.”
The Norristown offense was led by Aaron Webb who scored a game-high 15 points. Senior guards Chris Davis and Sheldon Mayer each scored nine points of the Eagles.
Norristown will now face West Chester Rustin in its second round game at Rustin. The Eagles defeated WCR on December 26th – 67-62.
“We know what we’re getting into,” said Evans. “But so do they.”
West Chester Rustin advanced to the Norristown date with a 53-41 victory over Cheltenham (11-12).
The season finale for the Panthers saw Rob Mansell scored a team-high 17 points. Malcom Weston scored eight points for CHS.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh (22-1) destroyed West Chester East – 70-28. The Colonials will meet the winner of the Spring-Ford-Upper Dublin game, which will be played Saturday at Spring-Ford.
C. J. Aiken registered a triple-double for PW with 20 points, 11 blocked shots, and 10 rebounds. Jaylen Bond scored 16 points, while Brandon Dixon dished out 10 assists.
Hatboro-Horsham (10-13) saw its season end with a 70-51 loss to host Coatesville in the first round of the District One Playoffs.
The Hatters had three players reach twin digits in the setback. Pete Williams led with a team-high 15 points, while Connor Poston (13) and Mike Marvin (12) also scored in double figures.
Pennsbury used a suffocating defense to down North Penn 40-28, bringing an end to the Knights’ season.
Sophomore Kieran Bolger led the Falcons with 13 points, which included three three’s. Zach Kumor and Dante Devine each added eight points and Jesse Krasna, seven points.
North Penn was led by the nine-point effort of Matt Possanza.
In other first round games, #8 Penncrest downed #25 Owen J. Roberts 44-39. Downingtown West, the tournament's 24th seed, upset ninth-seeded Lower Merion 56-54.
On Saturday night, #17 Upper Dublin will face #16 Spring-Ford.
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