Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

Westtown basketball teams earn split in PAISAA quarters

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The Westtown boys’ basketball squad edged Perkiomen School, 68-67, on a buzzer-beating field goal from University of Connecticu­t commit Jalen Gaffney, in the quarterfin­als of the PAISAA state tournament Saturday. The Moose, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, will face No. 6 seed Hill School in the PAISAA state semifinals Feb. 22 at Montgomery County Community College.

Westtown lost to Abington Friends, 63-48, in the PAISAA girls basketball quarterfin­als. Leading scorers for the Moose were Jojo Lacey (14 points, five rebounds, three assists) and Amaya Douglas (11 points, five rebounds). Halle Brown grabed six rebounds, and Ayanna Revnell scored seven points and dished out four assists. Westtown ended its season with a 17-6 record, the best record for the program in the last 20 years.

Wrestling

DOWNINGTOW­N WEST 49, CHICHESTER 18 » The Whippets got pins from Dominic Findora (113 pounds), Kane Hayford (145), Maximus Hale (170), Chase Mielnik (182) and Joe Shafer (195) in this meet at the Downingtow­n Quads.

DOWNINGTOW­N WEST 66, HARRITON 17 » Downingtow­n West earned a convincing victory against the Rams, getting falls from Ethan Niemeyer (120 pounds), Kane Hayford (145), Dan Lilley (152) and Maximus Hale (170) in this Downingtow­n West Quads meet.

GARNET VALLEY 45, DOWNINGTOW­N WEST 32 » The Whippets fell to the Jaguars in this Downingtow­n West Quads matchup, getting a technical fall from Dan Lilley (152 pounds), and pins from Maximus Hale (170), Chase Milenik (182) and Pat Cusack (220). GARNET VALLEY 66, COATESVILL­E 13 » The Raiders lost to the Jaguars in this Downingtow­n West Quads matchup, with three Coatesvill­e individual winners Nathan Lucier (major decision at 113 pounds), Martin Martinez (145 pounds) and Wayne Chmielecki (pin at 195). COATESVILL­E 66, HARRITON

12» The Raiders got pins from Matthew Evans (170 pounds), Nathan Meyer (152) and Nathan Lucier (120). CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 48,

COATESVILL­E 31 » In this Downingtow­n West Quads matchup, the Raiders got pins from Elizia Juan Lavalais (106 pounds) and Nathan Lucier (113).

Indoor Track

COATESVILL­E SHINES AT

MEET OF CHAMPIONS » The Coatesvill­e boys’ team had some good performanc­es at the Meet of Champions at Lehigh University. The 4x200 relay of Camari Stocker, Artie Burgess, LeBron Bessick and CJ Brown finished third (1:32.83), and qualified for next week’s Indoor States. Eric Kirk finished second in the 60 dash (7.00) and qualified for Indoor States. Naheem Moore jumped 449.5 in the triple jump, finishing third and qualifying for Indoor States. The 4x400 relay of Artie Burns, CJ Brown, Eric Kirk and Camari Stocker finished seventh (3:30.52) and qualified for Indoor States. The 4x800 relay of Micah Kranzel, Josh Campagna, Jahmir Carter and Mike Kelly ran a season best of 8:24.02.

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