Pennridge defeats defending state champs in double OT
Boys basketball
The Rams went on the road Saturday night and won in double overtime against the defending state champions. Sean Yoder led Pennridge with 19 points, while Tyrese Lewis added 16. Pennridge 55, Reading 50 Pennridge 11 8 8 13 5 10 — 55 Reading 6 11 14 9 5 — 50 Pennridge (55) Ryan warner 6; Sean yoder 19; Jake Pestrak 5; Mike Molettiere 2; Tyrese Lewis 16 Jon Post 7 Reading Dixon 5; Starks 3; Butler 19; Heath 3; Wingo 8; Coulter 4; Lopez 8.
GA 57, FRANKFORD 49 » The Patriots won their second game in a row for the first time this season while defeating Frankford High School 57-49. GA’s freshman guard Jordan Longino led all scorers with 27 points. He received great assistance from junior Brian Basile with 14 points and 12 rebounds. GA 57, Frankford 49 GA 13-17-5-22 — 57 Frankford 10-12-8-19 — 49 GA (57) Longino 8-8-9-27; Basile 6-1-2-14; Anderson 3-0-6; Lillis 0-2-0; Traina 3-1-2-8. Frankford (49) Martinez 0-5-10-5; Williams 2-5-6-10; Dennis 1-0-2-2; Cosby 3-3-9; Tukes 0-0-20; Roger 10-2-8-22; Anderson 0-1-2-1. POTTSGROVE 80, POPE JOHN PAUL II 73 » The Pottsgrove boys basketball team rode out a 14-point first-quarter advantage to seal an 80-73 Pioneer Athletic Conference win over Pope John Paul II on Saturday night in a game that had a big impact on more than just the two teams involved.
As a result, Owen J. Roberts (4-6 PAC Liberty, 14-8 overall) locks up the No. 6 seed in next week’s PAC playoffs, edging out Perkiomen Valley (4-6, 12-10) based on the district-rankings tie-break criteria.
Mike Ziegler led Pottsgrove with a game-high 21 points, Manny Clark scored 14 while Jayden Blakey and Jason Hein each finished with 12 points in the win. The Falcons led 39-25 at the half, giving them enough of an edge to ride out PJP’s late push, as the Golden Panthers used a 48-41 second-half advantage.
Julien Andrews paced PJP with 18 points, Shane McConnell scored 13 while Matt DeLaurentis and Colin Loughin scored a respective 12 and 11 points.
OWEN J. ROBERTS 49, GREAT
VALLEY 47 » Shyheed May and Nick Massa scored in double figures as the Wildcats picked up a non-conference win over the Patriots.
Girls basketball
GA 80, AGNES IRWIN 19 » Jaye Haynes scored 13 points and Cat Polisano added 12 more as the Patriots won going away Saturday. GA 80, Agnes Irwin 19 GA (21-4) 22-20-22-16 — 80 AI 2-6-2-9 — 19 GA (80) Polisano 5-2-12; Naessens 1-4-6; Balzer 3-0-7; Haynes 5-3-13; Vizza 3-0-8; Burns 2-1-5; Putnman 0-3-3; Booth 4-3-11; Moore 4-1-9; Johnson 2-0-4; Dilello 1-0-2. Agnes Irwin (19) Wolfington 1-0-2; Napoleon 1-0-2; Anderson 0-2-2; Kelly 2-2-6; McNulty 1-0-2; Miller 2-1-5.
PERK VALLEY 64, METHACTON 37 » Sydney Tornetta scored 8 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a seasonending defeat for the Warriors (12-10, 5-5). Methacton and PV (17-5, 9-1) will both compete in the PAC Playoffs next week. Perk Valley 64, Methacton 37 PV 13-17-17-17 — 64 Methacton 6-8-15-8 — 37 Perkiomen Valley (37) Naiya Daisey 1. 0-0. 3; Brynne Wacker 1. 2-2. 4; Kylie Monaco. 1. 0-0 3; Paige Tyson 0 0-0 0; Gabby Marinacci 0. 0-0 0; Katie Hurd. 0. 0-0 0; Sara Nijssen 0. 0-0. 0; Maggie Sell. 0. 0-0. 0; Alex Blomstrom. 5. 0-0 15; Kelly Owens 2 0-0 6; Megan Moore. 0 2-2 2; Megan Jonassen. 6. 7-9 19; Taylor Hamm 2. 7-8. 12 Totals. 18. 18-21. 64 Methacton (37) Madia Mazzucola 0. 0-0 0; Nicole Cooper 1. 0-2. 2; Sara Markley 0. 0-0. 0; Faith Johns 0. 0-0 0; Sydney Tornetta 3. 2-6. 8; Caroline Pellicano 0. 0-2. 0; Sydney Hargrove 0. 0-0. 0; Olivia Pennypacker 1. 6-8 9; Jill Zerbe 5. 0-0. 14; Abby Penjuke 2. 0-0. 4; Allison Hazlett. 0 0-0. 0 Totals 12. 8-18. 37 3s:Zerbe 4, Pennypacker 1, Blomstrom 5, Owens 2, Hamm 1, Monaco 1, Daisey 1. Wrestling
WISS AT CB EAST TOURNAMENT » The Trojans managed to come away with 2 victories. Wiss defeated William Tennent 51-27 and Central Bucks West 4039 while losing to Central Bucks East 47-18 and Sun Valley 57-21.
Outstanding individual performances were turned in by: freshman Matthew Fritz and junior Charlie Brammer, both going 4-0 on the day. Wrestlers going 3-1 on the day were Senior Brayden Druger and junior Peter Sweeney. Co-Captain Nick Senderling, was also able to go 3-0 on the day and now has 108 career wins placing him 6th on the all-time wins list at Wissahickon.
Indoor Track
WISS AT LEHIGH » Fourteen members of the girls indoor track team competed at Lehigh University on Friday. Several team members had personal best performances. Top finishers of the evening included Hayley Ross who placed 11th in 800 meters and Kasi Brown who placed 9th in the high jump. The team will compete next at Swarthmore College on Wednesday February 7th in the DVGTCA Consolation Meet.