Light, Perk Valley drop Methacton in 2OT
Vikings pull off major upset with 67-64win over Warriors
OVER THE BEARSON JAN.23.
Strechay’s 15 counters were good for game scoring honors, and he was followed by teammates Dante Graves (12) points and Connor McShea (10). Boyertown was led by Jerry Kapp’s 14 points and another 13 from Zach Benning.
Girls basketball
SPRING-FORD 50, METHACTON 38 » Cassie Marte hit for a game-high 13 points to lead the Rams in their PAC Liberty Division victory over the Warriors on Jan. 23
Rachel Christman added 11 points in helping Spring-Ford open a 24-17 halftime lead. Sydney Tornetta and
Jill Zerbe shared team scoring honors for Methacton each hitting for nine. PERKIOMEN VALLEY 57, BOYERTOW N42
» The down-low dominance of Megan Jonassen and Taylor Hamm led the Vikings to a PAC Liberty win over the Bears on Jan. 23.
The duo combined for 42 of PV’s 57 points, Jonassen netting a gamehigh 25 followed by Hamm’s 17. Alex Blomstrom chipped in 11.
Kylie Webb scored 16 for Boyertown, which was within 20-17 after the first quarter but was held to single-digit scoring in the second and third quarters. PERKIOMENVALLEY 57, CENTRALDAU--- PHINEAST55» Taylor Hamm scored 23 points andMegan Jonassen added 21 to lift the Vikings over the Rams in their pairing fromthe AFBE Showcase at Boyertown on Jan. 20.
PV rebounded from an early deficit to take a 46-43 lead after three quarters. PHOENIXVILLE 35, DOWNINGTOWN
WEST 20 » The Phantoms held the Whippets to single-digit scoring in each quarter en route to claiming a win during the AFBE Showcase on Jan. 20.
Peyton Graham led the way with 13 points while Jasmine Hamilton finished with seven as Phoenixville
OVER THE BEARSON JAN.23.
Strechay’s 15 counters were good for game scoring honors, and he was followed by teammates Dante Graves (12) points and Connor McShea (10). Boyertown was led by Jerry Kapp’s 14 points and another 13 from Zach Benning.
Girls basketball
SPRING-FORD 50, METHAC
TON 38 » Cassie Marte hit for a game-high 13 points to lead the Rams in their PAC Liberty Division victory over the Warriors on Jan. 23
Rachel Christman added 11 points in helping SpringFord open a 24-17 halftime lead. Sydney Tornetta and Jill Zerbe shared team scoring honors forMethacton each hitting for nine. PERKIOMENVALLEY57,BOY
ERTOWN42» The down-low dominance ofMegan Jonassen and Taylor Hamm led the Vikings to a PAC Liberty win over the Bears on Jan. 23.
The duo combined for 42 of PV’s 57 points, Jonassen netting a game-high 25 followed by Hamm’s 17. Alex Blomstrom chipped in 11.
Kylie Webb scored 16 for Boyertown, which was within 20-17 after the first quarter butwas held to single-digit scoring in the second and third quarters. PERKIOMEN VALLEY 57, CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST 55
» Taylor Hamm scored 23 points and Megan Jonassen added 21 to lift the Vikings over the Rams in their pairing from the AFBE Showcase at Boyertown on Jan. 20.
PV rebounded from an early deficit to take a 46-43 lead after three quarters. PHOENIXVILLE 35, DOWNINGTOWN WEST 20 » The
Phantoms held the Whippets to single-digit scoring in each quarter en route to claiming a win during the AFBE Showcase on Jan. 20.
Peyton Graham led the way with 13 points while Jasmine Hamilton finished with seven as Phoenixville jumped out to a 16-8 lead after the first and extended it to a 20-10 advantage by the half. Sammie Sipes led West with 11 points. SPRING-FORD 54, NAZARETH REGIONAL (N.Y.) 49
» The Rams used a sixpoint second-half advantage to down Nazareth Regional and continue their unbeaten run through the regular season at the Play for a Cure inNewYork City on Jan. 20.
Abby Goodrich led the way with a team-high 15 points and Alyssa Yuan added 14 as Spring-Ford erased a 31-30 half-time deficit with a 24-18 advantage in the second half. Shonny Regalado led Nazareth with 16 points while Sanai Grayson added 12.
Wrestling
SPRING-FORD 58, PERKIO
MENVALLEY12» The Rams wrestling teamclaimed all but three weight-classes on the way to a PAC Liberty Division win over Perkiomen Valley on Wednesday,
Jan. 24.
Ed Calloway (285), Gus Carfagno (106), Jack McGill (126), Ben D’Arcangelo (152), Joey Milano (160), Michael Gradwell (170) and Chase Smith (182) all posted wins by fall while Brandon Meredith (120) and Dirk Nugent (132) won by technical falls. PV’s Kevin Lovett posted a pin at 145. PHOENIXVILLE 39, POTT
STOWN37» The Phantoms made the most of just about all their wins on the way to a PAC Frontier Division win over the Trojans on Jan. 24.
Of their seven wins, six came by the six-point variety, featuring pins by Alex Washington (160), Bryce Thompson (170), Antonio Valenteen (106) and Carsten Schlag (113). Ethan Smith posted a 7-0 decision at 120 while Travis Pannella (182) and John Allen (195) each had wins by forfeit. Pottstown posted pins by Xavier Cushman (138), Nathanael Parson (145), Aubrey King (220), Tom Doyle (285) and Demond Thompson (132).
Boys swimming
SPRING-FORD 94, POTT
SGROVE 39 » The Rams claimed all but four events on the way to a PAC win over the Falcons on Jan, 24.
Carson Huff claimed the 200 free with a 3:00.79 before swimming a leg of the 400 free relay (3:36.60) with Carson Huff, Matt Skilton and Harry Sweifel. Hilliard also swam a leg of the Rams’ first-place 200 medley relay (1:56.17). UPPER MERION 92, PERKIO
MEN VALLEY 87 » Michael Lemishko and Aidan McNally were part of three first-place finishes during Upper Merion’s PAC win over Perk Valley on Jan. 23.
Matthew Marsh had a pair of firsts for PV, touching first in the 100 free (49.37) and the 100 back (54.80). OWEN J. ROBERTS 99, PHOE
NIXVILLE 81 » Simon Crew and Dalton Fink each won pairs of individual races to
key the Wildcats’ victory over the Phantoms in their PAC meet on Jan. 23. Girls swimming SPRING-FORD 86, POTT
SGROVE 61 » The Rams claimed first in all but one event on the way to a PAC win over the Falcons on Jan. 24.
Emma Thomas claimed a pair of individual firsts along with two relay wins. The sophomore claimed the 200 free with a time of 2:29.54, then followed that up with a win in the 50 free (27.34). She also swam legs in the 200 free relay (1:54.97) and the 400 free relay (4:09.76). PERKIOMEN VALLEY 92, UP
PER MERION 77 » Elizabeth Turner, Emily Hinz and Alyssa Marano were each part of three first-place fin- ishes as the Vikings downed Upper Merion in a PAC meet on Jan. 23.
Individually, Turner claimed the 50 free (26.84) while Hinz claimed the 100 free (57.69) and Marano took the 100 fly (1:01.19). All three were part of PV’s first place relays, taking the 200 medley relay (2:01.41) and the 200 free relay (1:47.15). OWEN J. ROBERTS 100, PHOE
NIXVILLE 81 » Alexa Luecke and Mikayla Niness each won two individual events to key the Wildcats’ victory over the Phantoms in their PAC meet on Jan. 23.
For Phoenixville, Caroline Turner won the diving competition with a pool-record 302.65 points, and Erini Pappas had firsts in the 200 IM (2:12.12) and 100 fly (58.79).