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Asparagus leads Rustin to home win over Souderton Girls Basketball Wrestling

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Taj Asparagus poured in 25 points as West Chester Rustin posted a big 7773 overtime win over previously perfect Souderton and defended its home floor at the Rustin Tournament. Bryce Barrouk added 17 points for the Golden Knights (3-2) and Jake Nelson added 13. Rustin will face another perfect team, Neshaminy, Thursday night at 7:30. Souderton: Vince 4, Luchansky 7, Ramchandan­i 4, Hanrahan 37, Rodriguez 10, Trevor Watts 8, Natale 3 Rustin: Pew 10, Demarco 4, Asparagus 25, Barrouk 17, Batchelor 8, Nelson 13

Souderton 13 13 16 23 10-73 Rustin 22 13 11 19 14-77 3-point goals: Vince, Luchansky, Hanrahan 2, Barrouk 5, Nelson. UPPER DUBLIN 49, WC

HENDERSON 36 » Archer Rymiszewsk­i scored 13 points and Joe Saulino and Brady Bash added eight points each in a losing effort for the Warriors (0-6) at the Great Valley Tournament. Upper Dublin: Williams 1 0-0 3, Scott 4 1-2 10, McGonigle 1 0-0 2, Watkins 3 0-0 7, Stover 4 0-0 8, M.Ryan 9 1-3 19. Totals 22 2-7 49 W.C. Henderson: DiNacci 1 0-0 2, Rymiszewsk­i 4 3-3 13, Saulino 3 2-4 8, Bash 4 0-0 8, Laudato 2 1-2 5. Totals 14 6-8 36.

Upper Dublin 10 15 5 19 - 49 W.C. Henderson 8 10 6 12 - 36 3-point goals: Williams, Scott, Watkins, Rymiszewsk­i 2. PAUL ROBESON 60, COLLEGIUM CHARTER 49 » AJ Mitchell led the way with 16 points and Kyjuan Can- nady added a dozen in the losing effort at the Haverford Tournament. Max Shiel added 11 for Collegium (4-5), which will face host Haverford at 6 p.m. Thursday. Paul Robeson: Harris 5, Hester 30, Butler 4, HArvey 2, Hill 4, Pittman 3, Smith 1, Smith 2, Gethers 1, Tucker 8. Collegium: Allen 7, Cannady 12, Collins 1, Graham 2, Mitchell 16, Shiel 11.

Paul Robeson 22 15 10 13 - 60 Collegium 11 12 8 18-49 KENNETT 58, HAVERFORD HIGH 46 » Ben Lesher led the way for Kennett (2-6) in a big win at the Haverford Tournament. Mitch Kosara added nine points for the Blue Demons (2-6), who will face Paul Robeson in the Haverford Tournament title game Thursday night.

Kennett: Ferrighett­o 4 2-3 10, Kosara 3 3-5 9, B. Lesher 6 0-0 12, S. Lesher 1 0-0 3, Mullin 4 0-0 9, Dean 3 0-0 8, Patrissi 3 0-0 7; Totals: 24 5-8 58.

Haverford: Young 1 0-0 2, Smyth 6 2-4 15, Roe 0 1-3 1, Verzella 2 4-6 10, DePrince 1 0-0 2, Ruane 3 2-2 10, Curry 1 0-0 2, Seidman 2 0-0 4, Gillen 0 0-0 0; Totals: 15 9-17 46.

Kennett 6 8 22 22—58 Haverford High 8 12 9 17 — 46

3-point field goals: S. Lesher, Mullin, Dean 2, Patrissi, Smith, Verzella 2, Ruane 2. DUNBAR (MD.) 56, DOWNINGTOW­N EAST 45 » Andrew King had 16 points, including four 3-pointers, but it wasn’t enough to topple perennial power Dunbar in the Reading High Holiday Tournament. The Cougars led by 10 points at halftime, but came up short in the second half, despite King’s strong showing and nine points from Malik Slay. Downingtow­n East: Slay 9, Hernandez 8, Mujica 7, Owsik 1, King 16, Robertson 2, Riley 2 Dunbar: Ayers 2, Esquerra 10, McCormick 6, Miller 3, Phillip 11, West 21

Downingtow­n East13 16 10 6 - 45 Dunbar 15 4 16 19-56 GARNET VALLEY 56, W.C. EAST 53 » Tym Richardson led the Vikings with 25 points in a tough loss to the Jaguars.

UNIONVILLE 66, CHESTER

CHARTER 35 » Shawn Rafferty had 18 points and Bo Furey-Bastian added 13 as the Indians rolled on their home court in the Union- ville Tournament. Logan Shanahan added eight points for Unionville, which scored 20 points each in the second quarter and third quarter. CONESTOGA 43, OXFORD 35 » Katie Mayock led the way with 17 points and Liz Scott added eight in a tough win at the West Chester University tournament at Hollinger Fieldhouse. Miranda Poretta led the way with 19 points for the Hornets in the loss. GREAT VALLEY 33, ARCHMERE 30 » Sadie Buzan scored 13 points and Tessa Liberatosc­ioli added nine as the Patriots outslugged Archmere at the Garnet Valley Tournament. The Patriots

(7-0) will face the host Jaguars in the title game Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.

GV: Porreca 0 2-2 2, Liberatosc­ioli 4 1-1 9, Peduto 1 3-6 5, Flynn 0 1-2 1, DeRobertis 1 0-0 2, Buzan 4 4-9 13, West 0 1-2 1. Totals 10 12-22 33.

Archmere: Stewart 4 0-2 11, Gioffre 1 0-0 2, Armstrong 0 1-2 1, McCann 1 1-2 4, McGonigle 1 3-6 5, Denning 2 3-6 7. Totals 9 8-18 30.

Great Valley 6 5 8 14-33 Archmere 3 6 6 15-30 3-point goals: Buzan, Stewart 3, McCann. CHELTENHAM 54, DOWNINGTOW­N WEST 37 » Jess Wills had 16 points and Julia Marrone added eight in a losing effort for the Whippets (17) on their home floor. West will face Chester Thursday at 6 p.m., while Cheltenham will face Nazareth in the title game at 7:30. Downingtow­n West: Sites 5, Hurley 4, Young 2, Marrone 8, Smith 2, Wills 16. Cheltenham: Roberts 16, Darmill 3, Johnson 3, Murray 6, Rorer 3, Holmes 5, Williams 18. Downingtow­n West8 13 8 8 - 37 Cheltenham 8 17 17 12-54 3-point goals: Roberts 3, Darmill, Johnson, Rorer, Holmes, Marrone. HAVERFORD 48, UNIONVILLE 38 » Meghan Megill’s game-high 16 points were not enough to help the Indians (3-2) win at home in the Unionville Tournament. Sam Ciccarelli added eight in the losing effort for Unionville. The Indians will face Avon Grove in the consolatio­n game at 4:30 Thursday, while Haverford meets Academy Park. Haverford: O’Halloran 6, Guilfoil 8, Keown 6, Doherty 7, O’Reilly 5, Kelly 3, Walsh 4, Lane 9. Unionville: Barrett 2, Ciccarelli 8, Iacocca 2, M Megill 16, Covert 4, Schrof 6. Haverford 10 20 12 6-48 Unionville 2 10 14 12-38 3-point goals: O’Halloran, Guilfoil, Keown 2, Doherty 2, O’Reilly, Kelly, Megill. DELCO DUALS » Great Valley won the Delco Duals with five wins. The Patriots (9-1) beat ELCO in the finals, 4823, after handling Interboro 40-33, Lancaster Catholic 70-9, South Philadelph­ia 753, and Upper Dublin 55-18.

Ethan Seeley and Luke Wilson both went 5-0 on the day, improving their respective records to 15-0 on the year. Seeley has 14 pins in those 15 wins.

Tyler Lafferty was 5-0 on the day at 285 pounds (10-0 for the year), and Dylan Neale went 5-0 on the day at 160 pounds.

Gabe Levin (106) and Casey Capetola (113) were 4-1 on the day.

Girls Indoor Track

R.J. BURDETTE INVITATION­AL » Coatesvill­e’s Sammie Miller won the 800 meters (2:19.86) and the Red Raiders’ 4x200 relay team of Porsha Miles, Sammie Miller, Patrisha Rokins and Aaliyah Parrish (1:48.08) finished first in the event at Lehigh University.

Darby Morgan was second in the shot put at 34 feet, 4 1/2 inches.

Boys Indoor Track

R.J. BURDETTE INVITATION­AL » The Coatesvill­e 4x800 relay team of Ryan Corsello, Kelvin Cabrera, Micah Kranzel and Josh Campagna finished third at Lehigh with a time of 9:09.17. Jared Elters was fifth in the 60 meter hurdles (8.65) and the sprint medley relay of Jahmir Carter, Eric Kirk, Roland Miles and Dan Olds (3:54.22) finished fifth.

 ?? MICHAEL REEVES — FOR DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA ?? West Chester Rustin’s Taj Asparagus makes a move Wednesday night. Asparagus led the Golden Knights to a big win over previously unbeaten Souderton.
MICHAEL REEVES — FOR DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA West Chester Rustin’s Taj Asparagus makes a move Wednesday night. Asparagus led the Golden Knights to a big win over previously unbeaten Souderton.

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