String of pins helps Garnet Vally beat Ridley
A stretch of five consecutive pins, starting with Drew Maiers’s victory at 170 pounds, helped Garnet Valley pull away from Ridley and earn a 44-27 Central League wrestling decision Wednesday.
Brian West (182), Griffin Salus (195), Colton Deery (220) and Tommy Mahoney (285) followed with wins by fall for the Jaguars. Austin Filippone (160) and Eric Nickson (120) each won by major decision.
For the Green Raiders, Marty Cowan (126), Angelo Blythe (132), Davis Huth (138) and Jacy Shaak (145) all battled to close wins by decision. Chris Green was victorious by fall in the 106-pound bout.
In the Del Val League: CHICHESTER 60, GLEN MILLS 12» Mason McClure (126), Jeffrey Smarkolas (132), Josiah Nicols (138), Marquell Hudnell (152), Jovani Perez (160), Noah Harvey (170) and Faizan Raza (285) led the Eagles with pin fall victories. DJ McMaster (145) and Chris Mattero (182) claimed decisions..
Devante Bobby-Jacobs earned a pin in 2:15 for the Battlin’ Bulls.
Girls Basketball
Interboro won’t soon its senior night.
Senior forward Marta Walewska recorded a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Bucs to an upset of Del Val League champion Academy Park, 55-51.
The Bucs (10-12) came out on fire and led at halftime, 3520. Amanda Floyd poured in a game-high 18 points to go with eight boards and seven assists,
forget while freshman guard Keri Barnett tossed in eight points.
The victory puts the Bucs on the precipice of the 16th and final berth in next week’s District 1 Class 5A playoffs.
“We really did execute well, and it was nice to see our young team come together like this for the last league game,” Interboro coach Trish Phillips said.
For the second straight game, the Knights were without senior guard Mahya Woodton, who is the leading scorer in Delaware County. Shantalay Hightower led with 18 points, LaShay Jackson added 12 and Taylor Smith finished with 11.
In nonleague action: PENN WOOD 47, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 29 » Carle Andrews had a solid night with 12 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and a steal for the Patriots (10-11). Saliea Matthews added 11 points and seven steals and Jada Hutt finished with seven points, nine rebounds, and three steals.
Hannah Sareyka and Britney Dike each scored nine points for TCA. six
Boys Basketball
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Diby Keita scored 15 points and Upper Darby recovered from an insipid first half to upend Ridley, 58-36.
With the win, the Royals (16-6) have clinched a spot in the Central League playoffs, which begin Sunday at Marple Newtown.
UD outscored the Green Raiders 39-14 after halftime. Keita scored all of his points from beyond the arc. Magd Abdelwahab paced the Royals with 16 points.
Enoch Clark led with 15 points. CALVARY CHRISTIAN 61, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 53 » Tehron Phillips paced the Crusaders with 13 points. Grant Sareyka and Brandon Rochester chipped in with 11 points apiece. Ridley