DeJong, Bruette lift Penncrest to wrestling win over Penn Wood
Consecutive wins by Dylan DeJong and Chris Bruette in the final two matches powered Penncrest to a 3827 nonleague wrestling victory over Penn Wood Friday night.
DeJong scored an 11-1 major decision over Kehinde Mogaj at 152 pounds to give the Lions a 31-28 lead. Bruette pinned Jayden Jean-Gillies at 160 to seal the victory. Andrew Bostwick won by fall at 121 for Penncrest.
Taiwo Mogaji beat A.J. DiPillo, 11-3, at 145 to give Penn Wood a 28-27 lead. The Patriots won the first four matches by forfeit to open up a 24-0 lead.
Boys Basketball
Delco Christian scored 20 points in the fourth quarter Thursday night to erase a three-point deficit and rally for a 50-43 Bicentennial League win over Jenkintown.
Khamai Orange topped DC with 15 points. Caleb Jameson chipped in with 12.
In nonleague action Thursday:
CHICHESTER 55, CHURCH FARM 52 »
Akhir Keys shot 3-for-4 from the free throw line in overtime to help seal the victory for the Eagles.
Guard Vince Wildrick topped Chi with a game-high 21 points. Keys added 12 and Eyan Thomas collected eight points and 20 rebounds as the Eagles closed the regular season on a seven-game winning streak.
Girls Basketball
Olivia Voshell, Maryella Gill and Chloe Hunold combined for 39 points to pace Strath Haven to a 56-51 nonleague victory over Chester.
Voshell collected 17 points and 10 rebounds. Gill had 12 points and five steals, while Hunold chipped in with 10 points.
Imani Dorsey led Chester with a game-high 24 points. Shyne Hall added 17.
SACRED HEART 37, BONNER & PRENDERGST 25 »
Megan Donahoe and Keara McCaffrey combined for 18 points in the fourth quarter to help the Lions hold off the Pandas.
Donahoe scored nine of her 13 points in the final frame and McCaffrey had all nine of her points as Sacred Heart outscored MBAP, 18-10. McCaffrey
also had 12 rebounds and three blocked shots. MJ Donahue added five points, six steals and four assists.
Leah Walker topped the Pandas with eight points and Maia Losasso added seven.
In the Inter-Ac League:
GERMANTOWN ACADEMY 63, EPISCOPAL ACADEMY 36 »
The Patriots jumped out to a 16-6, first-quarter lead and never looked back. Jess Apanik paced four GA players in double figures with 14 points.
Gaeli Keffer-Scharpf led the Churchwomen with nine points. Bella Notoro pitched in with eight points and Natalie Magnotta seven.
PENN CHARTER 58, AGNES IRWIN 32 »
Aleah Snead tallied 16 points as the Quakers finished undefeated in league play for the second year in a row.
Simone Harvey made four threes and finished with 15 points for the Owls. GG Seibert had six points.
In nonleague action Thursday:
PENN WOOD 55, FAITH CHRISTIAN 46 »
The visiting Lions had control of the game until the Patriots came to life in the fourth quarter.
Penn Wood outscored Faith, 2812, to overcome a 34-27 third-quarter deficit. Ani Rascoe poured in 20 points and grabbed four rebounds to help spark the comeback. Xenia Gillis added 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Laila Johnson pitched in with seven points, seven steals, five
assists and two rebounds. Mariah Wright contributed eight points, two steals and two assists.
Girls Swimming
Marin Daniels won four events and Kaylie Ford and Alexis Mireider added three wins each to pace Interboro to the Del Val League title with a 93-69 victory over Chichester Thursday.
Daniels won the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and was on the winning 200 medley and 200 free relays. Ford was first the the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly and was on the winning 400 free relay. Mireider captured the 50 and 100 free and was part of the 400 free relay.
Rachel Bube took first in the 500 free and the 100 breaststroke for Chi.
Boys Swimming
Josh Parag, Eddie Ferguson and Zarius Silverio claimed three wins each to help Chichester win the Del Val League title with a 79-58 triumph over Interboro.
Parag won the 100 fly and was on the 200 medley and 200 free relays. Ferguson won the 100 free and was on both winning relays. Silverio also was on both winning relays and took first in the 200 IM.
Mason McCoy (200, 500 free) and Logan Giordano (50 free, 100 breaststroke) won two events each for the Bucs.