Balanced GA too much for Penn Charter
GERMANTOWN ACADEMY
68, PENN CHARTER 50 » The Patriots raced out to a 3619 halftime advantage and coasted to the Inter-AC win on Thursday. Maddie Vizza led a balanced attack with 15 points, while Jaye Haynes added 14.
Germantown Academy 68, Penn Charter 50 BOYERTOWN 55, NORRISTOWN 34 » The Bears clinched a PAC Final Six place and enabled head coach Jason Bieber to reach a personal milestone while handling the Eagles in Thursday’s PAC Liberty Division contest.
Leading wire-to-wire, Boyertown got Bieber the 200th victory for his 11 years leading the program. Julia Smith hit for a gamehigh 18 points and Ashley Kapp another 12.
Boyertown (10-12) improved to 9-7 in the PAC to claim the second wild card for next week’s league playoffs.
POPE JOHN PAUL II 44, UPPER
MERION 17 » Amelia Kennedy collected a doubledouble to lead the Golden Panthers (7-2 Frontier, 8-6 PAC, 10-10 overall) in Thursday’s PAC Frontier Division victory over the Vikings.
Kennedy hit for 15 points and cleared 10 rebounds. Mary Kate Shannon was the game’s scoring leader with 17 points, and Tess Crossan cleared 12 rebounds while making six steals as the PJP defense limited UM (516) to a pair of first-quarter points and shut the home team out in the fourth.
Boys basketball
DOCK 75, BRISTOL 36 » Darius Ellis and Steve Martin each scored 14 points as the Pioneers won big on Thursday night. Dock raced out ao 41-9 halftime advantage and never looked back. Dock 75, Bristol 36 METHACTON 70, OWEN J. ROBERTS
Jeff Woodward reached a personal milestone Thursday while helping the Warriors roll over the Wildcats in Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Division action.
Woodward surpassed the 1,000-rebound mark in the first half, complementing his 10-point game. Erik Timko was the game’s runaway scoring star with 30 points (his fourth straight game with 20-or-more) as Methacton completed a 10-0 run through the division, a 16-0 mark in the league and 20-1 record for the season.
Boys swimming
METHACTON 95, PERKIOMEN
VALLEY 90 » The double-win outings of Dylan Alexander and Jacob Replogle weren’t enough to lift the Vikings over the Warriors in Thursday’s PAC meet.
Alexander took the 200 free (1:49.73) and 500 free (5:02.17) while Replogle headed the 200 IM (2:01.44) and 100 back (54.95). Methacton got individual firsts from Tommy Gibbs in the 100 free (50.29) and Dylan Pham in the 100 breast (1:07.47) to go along with firsts in the 200 medley (1:45.23) and 200 free relays (1:31.21). SPRING-FORD 92, POPE JOHN
Cory and Sean Laing headed the list of five Rams winning events during Wednesday’s PAC meet with the Golden Panthers.
Cory headed the 200 free and Sean the 200 IM, joined by Sam Thomas (50 free), Kaito Tsumita (100 fly), Sean Pham (100 free) and Luke McKenna (500 free). Scoring firsts for PJP were Hugh Trexler (100 back) and Josh Murtaugh (100 breast).
Girls swimming
PERKIOMEN VALLEY 99,
METHACTON 84 » Olivia Palubinski figured on three wins for the Vikings in Thursday’s PAC meet with the Warriors.
Palubinski took the 100 free (1:00.22) while swimming legs of PV’s firstplace 200 medley (2:00.62) and 400 free relay (4:06.42). Alex Ferrance scored a pair of firsts for Methacton in the 200 free (2:06.65) and 100 fly (1:03.51).
SPRING-FORD 83, POPE JOHN
PAUL II 59 » The Rams got wins from six individuals during Wednesday’s PAC meet with the Golden Panthers.
Allison DeSante (200 free), Emma Thomas (200 IM), Alyssa DeFlavia (50 free), Meredith Ruckelshaus (100 fly), Hadley Davis (100 free) and Anna Curran (500 free) scored firsts for Spring-Ford. Winning events for PJP were Maggie Sullivan (100 back) and Kate Kessler (100 breast).