Hill School beats Larries on late three in MAPL semi
Justin Adidensewo hit a 3-point basket at the buzzer, lifting the Hill School boys basketball team to a 63-62 victory over Lawrenceville School in Saturday’s semifinal round of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League playoffs at Peddie School.
Hill had a 52-50 lead on Larries after three quarters before the game-winner in the fourth. PERKIOMEN SCHOOL 97, ST. THOMAS MORE 76 >> The Panthers rode another hot-shooting performance to victory over St. Thomas More in the Nike Metro Classic at Kean University.
Chris Arcidiacono tallied 34 points on six made 3-point field goals. Keeshawn Kellman had 19 points, and Niels Lane had 15 points. Tautvydas Kupstas had 15 on 3 made threes, and Philip Byriel netted 3 threes.
Girls basketball
LAWRENCEVILLE 55, HILL SCHOOL 52 >> The Blues’ offense went cold late as they were overcome by the Larries in a hard-fought loss in the semifinal round of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League tournament at Peddie School.
Trailing 23-22 at halftime, third-seeded Hill sprinted out of the gate in the third quarter on the strength of eight quick points by Qiana Vigo and a pair of three-pointers by Olivia Matto to give the Blues their largest lead of the game, 36-27.
But second-seeded Lawrenceville responded by going on a 12-0 run that carried into the final frame as the Hill offense stalled, compounded by offensive catalyst Vigo fouling out. Hill briefly regained its footing after an inside bucket by Alexa Giacche and four straight points by Matto closed the deficit to 43-42. The Larries, however, went 10-of-13 from the free-throw line to ice the game.
Vigo finished with 21 points and Matto followed with 19.
Wrestling
POTTSGROVE 42, DOWNINGTOWN EAST 36 >> Avery Shivak’s sub-minute pin at 220 sewed up the Falcons’ nonleague victory over the Cougars.
Shivak’s 57-second drop boosted Pottsgrove (15-6) to a 42-30 lead with just the 285-pound weight class left to contest. Zachary Van Horn preceded Shivak’s fall with a 1:47 pin at 195, breaking the Falcons out of a 3030 tie forged by East’s decision at 160 and a forfeit by Pottsgrove at 170.
Dalton Hendershot (120), Stephen Hennelly (145) and Shane Caffrey (152) had other pins for the Falcons, who accepted forfeits for Tony Lindgren (106) and Charles Sithens (126).
UPPER DUBLIN INVITATIONAL >>
Dave Polanski won his weight class to key Phoenixville’s eighth-place finish in the Cardinal Invitational.
Polanski posted a 3-0 record at 170 for the Phantoms, with Justin Myers fourth at 106 and Owen Koch (2-2) sixth at 145. Alex Washington went 2-1 at 160, with Matt Wallence (132) and J.J. Allen (195) both 2-2.
Co-ed swimming
HILL DIVING INVITATIONAL >> Calla Booth-Genthe was the leading female contestant at the sixth annual MAPL diving invitational.
Booth-Genthe turned in a very solid performance to capture the first place medal with a score of 392.45. A newcomer to the sport, Riley Wills, and veteran Kennedy Becker were neck-in-neck the entire afternoon, grabbing the fifth and sixth place positions, respectively.
On the boys side, fifth former Robert Twombly competed some new and difficult dives for the first time to finish in eighth place overall. Philip Kershner and Pat Patterson also turned in confident performances, rounding out the meet in 10th and 11th places.
Indoor track
TFCAGP >> In Friday’s Last Chance Meet at Lehigh University, the distance runners from Boyertown generated five personal records while running in three different relays.
Christian McComb took a 3rd place medal in the 3000m run. The 4 X 800 meter relay team missed qualifying for the set Of Champions by only 0.45 seconds.