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National Conference
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 54, PENNSBURY 45
Jessica Gerber, a sophomore in name only, has assumed the kind of leadership role that is usually reserved for seniors. The sharpshooting guard made the Falcons her latest victim, lighting up the net for a game-high 26 points, which included six three-pointers.
“Jess went off,” coach Lou Palkovics said. “They even went to a box-and-one, and she was still hitting her shots.
“Being a captain as a sophomore is tough, but her work ethic makes it easier. Every girl sees her – when practice is over and we have a late practice until 8:30, Jess won’t leave the gym. I’ll stay for a while, and then I’ll say, ‘Jess, you can keep the ball. Just bring it back tomorrow.’
“At one point in the game today, she hit three out of four three’s in a row. The fact that she works so hard – it pays off, and you hope that that other girls feed off that work ethic, and I think they are.”
The Indians took a tenuous 24-23 lead into halftime but then all but buried the Falcons with a 20-6 third quarter. Gerber scored 14 of those points.
“We did change up our defense,” Palkovics said. “We went to a one-three-one trap, and it gave them a lot of problems.
“When you have athletic kids – and I have some soccer and volleyball players that can really cover ground – I’m starting to have a lot of faith in that defense.”
Madison Attanasio added 12 points for the Indians.
“Madison looked great,” Palkovics said. “She hit a three, and she was going to the basket.
“As a staff, we decided to change up some things, run some different things, and I think the girls are buying into it. We’ll see what happens the rest of the season.”
Hailey Burns added seven points, five rebounds, three steals, three blocked shots and one assist for the Indians, and Michaela Finneyfrock had seven rebounds, four steals, one blocked shot and five assists.
For the Falcons, Sajanna Bethea scored 16 points and Kaitlin Kelly added 11.
The Indians upped their SOL record to 6-5 (10-9 overall) while the Falcons fell to 6-4 in league play (10-8 overall).
NESHAMINY 45, WILLIAM TENNENT 32
The Redskins took a 21-17 lead into halftime and extended that lead to 32-23 at the end of three quarters on their way to the important win.
“I thought we had our chances early to open it up, but to their credit, they battled hard,” Neshaminy coach Joe Lally said. “I thought we played really good defense.
“The story of the game was our man-to-man defense. It was really effective. Our kids did a really nice job defensively.
“We got good contributions from everybody. It was a good team win. Those guys do a great job, so we know it’s a dog fight when we play them.”
Megan Schafer led a balanced Redskin attack with 14 points and six steals while Sarah Oliveira added 10 points and nine rebounds. Lori Paulits scored eight points and Megan McKenna, seven points, and Steph Donahue added nine rebounds.
While the Panthers fell to 4-7 in league play (12-7 overall), the Redskins upped their record to 9-2 in the league (14-3 overall).
ABINGTON 61, HARRY S TRUMAN 32
The Ghosts led 24-7 at the end of one quarter and stretched that lead to 37-16 by halftime on their way to the win. Deja Rawls and Sammy Lochner led a balanced attack with 10 points each. Michael Harris had nine points and 13 rebounds while Kayla Nolan added eight points.
The Ghosts upped their record to 8-3 in league play (12-7 overall) while the Tigers fell to 0-11 in the league (5-14 overall).
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 60, BENSALEM 26
The Golden Hawks sprinted to a 15-4 lead at the end of one quarter over an Owls squad that was without center Tyra Roberts. By halftime, the Golden Hawks led 28-12 and never looked back on their way to their seventh consecutive win.
Taylor Dillon led the Golden Hawks with 16 points while Alexis Hofstaedter had 13 points and Shannon Boyle, eight.
“The games we’re winning we’re keeping teams under 40,” coach Monica Stolic said. “We’re stepping it up on the defensive end.”
The Owls were led by Ashida Cooper with nine points.
While the Owls fell to 3-8 in the league (7-11 overall), the Golden Hawks are 7-3 in the league (11-6 overall).
Continental Conference
SOUDERTON 40, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 28
The Indians, according to coach Lynn Carroll, turned in their best defensive performance of the season in Tuesday’s win over a Patriot squad that has been on a tear. The Indians led 9-6 at the end of one quarter and extended that lead to 22-13 by halftime.
“We played great defense,” the Indians’ coach said. “Courtney Webster was in some foul trouble, so she sat a few minutes in the second quarter with two fouls, but we just played great defense.
“Sarah (Derstein) was on her game getting deflections and making things happen and just got great, great help from Libby (Wetzler) weakside. Bianca (Picard) played Karoline White most of the game and really did a great job on her and, again, had great help behind her when she needed it.
“Defensively, I think it was the best four-quarter effort we have had all season. The girls were focused, they understood their assignments, they were there for one another, and it felt like East was never really able to get into a flow. Most of the shots they took were difficult shots because our girls really played well defensively.”
Allison Gallagher led the Indians with 13 points while Picard added 11 and Katie O’Connor, 10 points. Derstein had eight rebounds and three blocked shots.
“Offensively, we had really long possessions throughout the game,” Carroll said. “It was a perfect pace. We were happy to take a minute before taking a shot.
“Just the discipline and patience we played with on the offensive side really helped a lot. It was just a really, really great, solid team effort on our part.”
Webster led East with 12 points while freshman Kyra Scaliti added six.
“East is playing well,” Carroll said. “I told the girls before the game, ‘They’re sitting in their locker room right now not afraid of you. They think they can beat you.’ I think Melissa (Carr) is doing a great job stepping into a situation most coaches don’t have to step into.
“It’s been a while since we had a good 32-minute game. We’ve had some good quarters and good runs, but we haven’t put together four quarters that we could really be proud of, and tonight we definitely did that.”
While the Patriots fell to 6-5 in the league (13-6 overall), the Indians improved to 8-3 in the league (12-5 overall).
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 70, PENNRIDGE 39
Maggie Gratz and Corrinne Godshall both delivered big performances for the Bucks. Gratz led the way with 15 points, seven rebounds and six steals while Godshall picked up a double-double, contributing 14 points and 10 rebounds. Nicole Munger and Mackenzie Carroll also finished the game in double figures with both scoring 11 points.
The Bucks led 18-9 at the end of one quarter and took a 33-20 lead into halftime. A 16-9 third quarter blew the game wide open.
Shelby Schoonover led the Rams with 14 points while Jordan Rimmer added 10.
While the Rams fell to 1-9 in SOL play (2-15 overall), the Bucks improved to 10-1 in the league (14-5 overall).
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 63, HATBORO-HORSHAM 26
Three Titans finished the game in double figures. Senior center Lauren Mosher led a balanced attack with 13 points to go along with eight rebounds. Amber Eife added 11 points and a team-high nine boards on a night that saw the Titans haul down 45 rebounds. Emma Gardy and Jordan Vitelli had six points each.
For the Hatters, Heather Lutz led the way with seven points while Emilee Fox added six.
The Titans improved to 6-5 in league play (12-7 overall) while the Hatters fell to 1-10 in the league (2-15 overall).
NORTH PENN 71, QUAKERTOWN 30
The Maidens, who led 29-12 at the end of one quarter, took a 47-21 lead into the intermission on their way to the decisive win. Junior Vicky Tumasz led the Maidens with 16 points to go along with six assists and three steals. Lauren Crisler and Mikaela Giuliani each added 13 points for the Maidens. Freshman Taylor Herd led the Panthers with 11 points.
The Maidens upped their record to 9-2 in the league (16-3 overall) while the Panthers fell to 2-8 in the league (4-13 overall).
American Conference
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 47, UPPER MERION 32
The Vikings suffered a major setback late in the first quarter when sophomore standout Regie Robinson went down with a twisted ankle and was unable to return. Despite her absence from the lineup, the Vikings battled the Colonials to an 18-18 halftime tie. The Colonials came out of halftime to outscore the Vikings 18-10 in the third quarter and 29-14 for the half.
“They’re pretty much a two-player team offensively” PW coach Daniel Dougherty said of Robinson and Kristina O’Sullivan. “They have a nice supporting cast, but they really rely on the two of them to score all of their points.
“Once (Robinson) came out of the game, we could pretty much double team O’Sullivan and let someone else try and beat us, and they just weren’t able to do it tonight.”
The loss of Robinson also hurt the Vikings under the backboards.
“Robinson is one of their better rebounders,” Dougherty said. “We really dominated them on the boards. We outrebounded them almost two-to-one (42-25), so that was another big difference in the game.”
Although there was no mistaking the impact losing Robinson had on the Vikings, the Colonials were more than happy to take a win that avenged a heartbreaking one-point loss to the Vikings in the initial meeting between the two teams.
“This was great,” Dougherty said. “Upper Merion and Norristown are our two biggest rivals. It was such a heartbreaking loss to them the first time around. We had the ball in our hands with 10 seconds to go and lost that game.
“We watched video to get ready for this game, and they were getting fired up just watching the video. Our girls came out from the very beginning – we did change our defense from the last time. We played a lot more man-to-man tonight just to up the energy and try to up the intensity, and it really worked.”
Senior guard Laurie Givnish scored all seven of her points in the first half, and in the second half, the difference in the game was the defense, rebounding and scoring of seniors Kayla Wisniewski and Simone Jacques. Wisniewski scored all 12 of her points in the second half and also had 10 rebounds. Jacques, who had nine rebounds, scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half. Rachel Konowal added four points, four steals and 10 rebounds.
“Laurie Givnish was a big factor in the first half,” Dougherty said. “We were struggling to score, so all those points were really important.
“In the second half, Kayla Wisniewski and Simone Jacques just dominated the boards. They were getting putback after putback.
“Rachel Konowel, who is a tiny little guard that we affectionately call the honey badger – she just runs around the court with reckless abandon grabbing rebounds and steals, and she guarded O’Sullivan most of the game. She held her to two points in the second half.”
O’Sullivan led the Vikings (6-5 SOL, 13-5 overall) with 17 points, but 15 of those came in the first half.
The Colonials also are 6-5 in SOL play (9-9 overall).
“Both games, there were a lot of fans there, and it’s a real intense rivalry,” Dougherty said of facing Upper Merion. “The kids know each other from playing each other in other sports.
“They’ve had our number. We haven’t beaten them since the 2010-11 season. They beat us in two close games last year, and they beat us in another close game this year. I know our seniors especially didn’t want to let this last game against them slip away.”
UPPER DUBLIN 54, UPPER MORELAND 30
The Flying Cardinals opened up a 22-6 lead at the end of one quarter and upped that lead to 35-12 by halftime on their way to their 18th consecutive win since dropping their season opener.
Curtrena Goff led the Flying Cardinals, who connected on eight three-pointers, with 16 points. Kayla McAneney added 11 points and Lauren Rothfeld, 10 points. Brianna Spector had eight points and seven rebounds while Regan Gallagher added four points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots.
Lindsay Walder led the Golden Bears with eight points while Amanda Getz added six.
The Flying Cardinals are 11-0 in SOL play (18-1 overall) while the Golden Bears fell to 1-10 in league play (2-16 overall).
WISSAHICKON 44, CHELTENHAM 26
The Trojans sprinted to a 15-3 lead at the end of one quarter and took a 29-16 lead into halftime.
“Usually (we) start off slow, but this evening the girls came out with the focus and intensity it took to take Cheltenham’s confidence away on their home court,” Trojan coach Rodney Cline said. “The discipline that has been preached from the end of last year is finally coming forth on the offensive end.
“Players are showing poise and confidence with the ball and finding the open person as they cut and go to the basket. The coaching staff was proud of their performance.”
Kian Wright led the Trojans with 17 points.
“Her ability to find the open spot in the defense created many opportunities for her teammates to get Kian the ball,” Cline said. “Once again, it all started on the defensive end.”
Rachel Stone added nine points and Dominique Earland, eight points for the Trojans. Seraiah Robinson led the Lady Panthers with 11 points while Sabrina Casseus added six.
While the Lady Panthers fell to 4-7 in the league (5-14 overall), the Trojans improved to 7-4 in league play (10-8 overall).
NORRISTOWN 64, SPRINGFIELD (MONTCO) 25
The Eagles led 15-8 at the end of one quarter but blew the game wide open with a 22-1 second quarter to go into halftime with a 37-9 lead. Briana Hedgepeth led the Eagles with 22 points while Brianna Kennedy and Brianna Schools both added eight points. Jewell Ringgold led the Spartans with seven points.
The Eagles are 9-2 in SOL play (13-5 overall) while the Spartans fell to 0-11 in the league (2-15 overall).
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