OJR pin parade downs Phoenixville
Boyertown, Methacton also win on busy PAC wrestling night
Wrestling
OWEN J. ROBERTS 71, PHOENIXVILLE 7 » The Wildcats put on a pin parade in their Pioneer Athletic Conference victory over the Phantoms Wednesday night at Phoenixville.
Dylan Bauer got the run started in the 220-pound opener while Preston Mickelsavage (285), Connor Quinn (126), Tyler McCutchen (132), Antonio Petrucelli (138), Dan Mancini (152), Patrick McCutchen (160) and Thomas Dempsey (195) followed the trend.
Along with three forfeits, Jason Zollers was OJR’s other winner via technical fall at 170.
Phoenixville’s wins came from Antonio Valenteen (major at 106) and Bryce Thompson (11-4 decision at 182). BOYERTOWN 52, POTTSGROVE 21» The Bears got the better of the Falcons in a PAC divisional crossover match that featured seven pins.
Julien Maldonado (106), Brendan Smith (113), Ethan Himes (138) and Elijah Jones (220) all scored wins by fall for Boyertown while Pottsgrove benefitted from pins by Charles Sithens (120), Josh Cerrito (126) and Chase Banyai (132). The Bears’ Evan Mortimer posted an 18-2 technical fall at 170 while Zack Reck followed with a 22-7 technical fall at 195. METHACTON 67, POTTSTOWN 3 » Tonee Ellis (285), Jared Rebert (113), Kibwe McNair (138), Anderw Balek (145) and Richard Armstrong (160) were pinfall winners for the Warriors in a PAC win over the Trojans.
Methacton, which benefitted from four forfeits, also got wins from Roman Moser (major
at 152) and Connor Sullivan (8-1 decision at 220).
Pottstown’s lone victory came from Emmanuel Toissant, an 8-3 winners over John McGowan at 182.
Boys basketball
OWEN J. ROBERTS 55, METHACTON 44 » Shyheed May and Nick Massa each scored in double-figures to lift the Owen J. Roberts boys basketball team to a 55-44 win over Owen J. Roberts on Wednesday night in a Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Division matchup.
May scored 14 points with a 6-for-6 showing at the foul line while Massa added 11 with three 3-pointers on the night. OJR jumped out to a 26-21 lead by the half and used a 29-23 advantage in the second half to close it out. David Duda and Jeff Woodward led Methacton with 15 points apiece. POPE JOHN PAUL II 67, KENNETT 56 » The Golden Panthers used a 20-point second-half advantage to storm back and down the Blue Devils in their nonconference matchup.
After trailing 28-19 at the break, the Golden Panthers closed it out with a 48-28 advantage in the second half. Aidan McCarthy led the way with a teamhigh 19 points with a trio of 3-pointers while Vincent Viney followed with 16 points — 14 during the second half. Ricky Bearden added 12 points while Dan Cirino had eight.
Girls basketball
WESTTOWN SCHOOL 52, HILL SCHOOL 45 » The Blues’ late push came up just short during their non-conference loss against Westtown.
The Hill opens up Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) play Saturday as the team travels to Hun School. for a 4 p.m. tip-off.
Girls ice hockey
TAFT 6, HILL SCHOOL 2 » The Lady Blues’ successful run in the month of December was halted with a non-conference loss to Taft.
Hill got going in the third period and made things interesting with two quick goals from Jordan Hower and Sami Shoebottom to get the score to 4-2. But Taft weathered the storm and came back with two late goals to put it away. Sophie Goldberg was strong in goal for The Hill School.