GIRLS BASKETBALL
ä Grove City 38, Hickory 34 — At The Hive in Hermitage, the free-throw line again cost the host Lady Hornets. While Grove City secured 12-for-19 accuracy (63.1 percent), Hickory hit on only 4 of 17 attempts.
Caitlin McNamara manufactured 17 points for Grove City (4-7, 10-8).
Macy Horvath hit for 13 points for Hickory (3-8, 6-12), while Laura Leicht lent a half-dozen caroms and Jasmine Boulware boarded 4 times.
ä Sharon 56, Franklin 53 — At Franklin, Karlesia Edwards ended with a game- and career-high 33-point performance in what Sharon skipper Gene Sarazen described as a “great win for the Sharon Lady Tigers!”
Sharon led by 8 points with approximately 1:20 remaining before Franklin fired in a pair of triples. However Edwards and Annie Carpenter converted a pair of free throws apiece to knock off the Lady Knights.
“Our girls are now tied for second place (in the region) with Franklin,” Sarazen gushed. “The kids played well defensively, made crucial foul shots and did a good job on the boards.”
In addition to Edwards, who ended with 8 fielders from beyond the arc, Brittany Benedetto bucketed a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double for Sharon (8-3, 15-3), Carpenter collected 10 caroms and Kristen Johnson 8.
Sharon secured 10-for-13 free-throw marksmanship, compared with 3-for-4 for Franklin. Deal delivered 15 for Franklin, while Gravatt garnered 14.
As Sharon prepares to meet Slippery Rock, Sarazen reiterated his refrain from earlier this season regarding his Lady Tigers being “Road warriors.”
ä West Middlesex 56, Lakeview 45 — At Stoneboro, the visiting Ms Reds rolled to the AA win by building a 44-31 bulge through 3 quarters.
Jess Bittler’s 21-point, 11-rebound, 7-assist, 6-steal line led Middlesex (4-6, 8-11), while Maddie Williams’ 11 points and 8 assists and Kayla Shacklock’s 10 tallies and handful of caroms also contributed.
Cassie Legal led Lakeview (1-9, 2-17) with 12 points and Fawn Miller’s mustered 10 markers. Also, the Lady Sailors’ Laura Sturgin hauled down a game-high 15 caroms.
ä Sharpsville 45, Mercer 37 — At Mercer, the Blue Darlings held off a 17-point fourth-quarter run by the Lady M’s to hang on to the Region 2-AA win.
After taking an 8-4 lead on a trey by Jenna Grandy, the Blue Darlings separated themselves further from the Lady M’s with a 13-10 run before the break. The Blue Darlings then outscored the hosts 14-6 in the 3rd quarter as Sharpsville’s McKenzie Popatak put up half her team’s points to take a 35-20 lead.
Mercer forced 6 turnovers in the 4th frame and pulled within 7 of the Blue Darlings after Analise Whenry hit back-to-back free throws with a minute remaining, but Popatak added another in the waing seconds to seal the win.
Sharpsville held top Mercer scorer Claire Creasy to just 6 points, 4 of which came in the final quarter.
Popatak led the Blue Darlings 13 points with teammates Kristen Scurpa (12) and Grandy (11) also scoring in double figures. Megan Frydrych led the Lady M’s with 10. — By Patrick Connelly, Allied News sports editor.
ä Greenville 37, Wilmington 34 — At Greenville, Hannah Horne hit a freebie with 2.2 ticks to play to snap a stalemate and give Greenville the AA win. The Lady Trojans rallied from an 8-point, 4th-frame deficit. as Brooklyn Taylor tallied 2 treys.
Horne had 16 points for the triumphant host Lady Trojans (9-0, 17-2), while Taylor tallied 14.
Haley Marett mustered 14 points for Wilmington (5-4, 11-7).
ä Farrell 51, Strong Vincent 45 — At E.J. McCluskey Gymnasium, D’Asia Chambers checked in with a game-high 25 points and Marissa Carry connected for 14 for the Lady Steelers (12-4) in the non-region affair.
Jamera Wayne went for 16, as did Morgan Patterson for Strong Vincent (12-4).
ä Kennedy Catholic 51, Commodore Perry 18 — At Sheakleyville, the visiting Lady Golden Eagles (5-1, 15-3) eased to the regional rout, led by Brie Dickson (14), Marina Wareham (14) and Alex Ricketts (13).
Jessica McClain collected 9 points for Commodore Perry (3-4, 4-16).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
SHARON 14 15 11 16 56
FRANKLIN 12 16 15 10 53
SHARON — Carpenter 2-2-3-6 B. Johnson 1-0-1-2, Benedetto 5-3-4-13, Edwards 10-5-5-33, K. Johnson 1-0-0-2, Black 0-0-0-0, Ham 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goals: Edwards 8. Totals: 19-10-13-56.
FRANKLIN — Gravatt 5-0-0-14, Dolan 0-0-0-0, Ritchey 0-0-0-0, Hager 4-1-2-9, A. Witt 3-0-0-6, T. Witt 1-2-2-4. Deal 6-0-0-15, Irwin 2-0-0-5. 3-pt. goals: Gravatt 4, Deal 3, Irwin 1. Totals: 21-3-4-53.
JV: Franklin, 40-35. Karlesia Edwards 10 points for Sharon; Irwin 13, Benvenuti 10 for Franklin.
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GROVE CITY 11 9 4 14 38
HICKORY 2 10 11 11 34
GROVE CITY — McNamara 3-7-7-17, Bell 2-0-0-4, Caporali 1-4-7-6, Torok 0-0-0-0, Jenkins 1-1-3-3, Johnson 3-0-1-6, Foster 0-0-1-0, Sprando 1-0-0-2. 3-pt. goals: McNamara 4. Totals: 12-12-19-38.
HICKORY — Gargano 1-1-3-3, Palumbo 0-0-0-0, Leicht 3-0-0-6, N. Neider 0-0-0-0, Horvath 6-1-5-13, McBride 1-2-3-4, Boulware 4-0-0-8, Marriott 0-0-4-0, Szabo 0-0-0-0, Foster 0-0-2-0. Totals: 15-4-17-34.
JV: Hickory, 35-13. Jasmine Boulware 10 points for Hickory.
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VINCENT 14 13 5 13 45
FARRELL 9 13 14 15 51
STRONG VINCENT — White 2-0-0-4, Jones 2-0-4-4, Wayne 5-3-6-16, Mo. Patterson 8-0-1-16, Me. Patterson 2-1-2-5. 3-pt. goals: Wayne 3. Totals: 19-4-13-45.
FARRELL — Scott 0-0-1-0, Carry 5-2-4-12, Archie 2-4-4-8, Williams 3-0-2-6, Chambers 8-7-8-25. Floyd 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goals: Chambers 2. Totals: 18-13-19-51.
JV: Farrell, 35-16.
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MIDDLESEX 13 14 17 12 56
LAKEVIEW 7 9 15 14 45
WEST MIDDLESEX — Bittler 9-3-3-21, C. Stitt 3-0-2-6, Williams 4-2-3-11, Shacklock 5-0-0-10, Pikna 3-0-0-6, Novosel 0-2-2-2, Adams 0-0-0-0, M. Stitt 0-0-0-0, Murray 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goal: Williams 1. Totals: 24-7-10-56.
LAKEVIEW — Miller 4-2-4-10, Sturgin 2-3-5-7, Legal 5-1-2-12, K. Stringer 3-2-2-8, Sasse 1-0-0-2, C. Stringer 0-2-2-2, Watts 2-0-2-4, King 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goal: Legal 1. Totals: 17-10-17-45.
JV: West Middlesex, 33-12. Molly Stitt 10 points for Middlesex.
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SHARPSVILLE 16 5 14 10 45
MERCER 8 6 6 17 37
SHARPSVILLE — Shuttleworth 2-0-0-4, Kr. Scurpa 4-3-4-12, Popatak 4-4-7-13, Ka. Scurpa 2-1-2-5, Grandy 1-8-12-11, Thompson 0-0-0-0, Henwood 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goals: Grandy 1, McKenzie 1. Totals: 13-16-25-45.
MERCER — Frydrych 3-4-4-10, Flannery 3-0-0-7, Cozad, 1-0-1-2, Burton 1-0-0-2, Creasy 3-0-0-6, Addicott 1-2-2-4, Gabany 0-2-2-2, Whenry 1-2-3-4, Lipinski 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goal: Flannery. Totals: 13-10-12-37.
JV: Sharpsville, 32-26.
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WILMINGTON 3 7 16 8 34
GREENVILLE 9 8 8 12 37
WILMINGTON — M. Burns 0-1-2-1, Marett 3-7-10-14, Kish 3-0-0-9, Gardner 2-0-0-5, Hiers 1-1-2-3, Burns 1-0-0-2. 3-pt. goals: Kish 3, Gardner 1, Marett 1. Totals: 10-9-14-34.
GREENVILLE — Rodgers 1-0-0-2, Paxson 0-0-0-0, Pfaff 1-0-0-2, Horne 6-4-7-16, Campman 0-0-2-0, Burnett 0-0-0-0, Sweeney 0-0-0-0, Marshall 1-1-2-3, Taylor 5-0-0-14. 3-pt. goals: Taylor 4. Totals: 14-5-11-37.
JV: Greenville, 22-15.
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KENNEDY 16 10 12 13 51
COMM. PERRY 2 2 2 12 18
KENNEDY CATHOLIC — Burns 1-1-2-3, Dickson 4-4-4-14, Ricketts 4-4-4-13, Wareham 6-0-0-14, Harrison 1-1-2-3, George 2-0-2-4. 3-pt. goals: Dickson 2, Wareham 2, Ricketts 1. Totals: 18-10-14-51.
COMMODORE PERRY — Wilkosz 1-1-4-3, McClain 4-1-2-9, Reed 0-0-0-0, Ja. Hrsh 1-0-0-2, Je. Harsh 0-0-0-0, Heffern 0-0-09-0, Grinnell 0-0-0-0, Zaker 0-0-0-0, Chambers 0-0-0-0, Elwell 2-0-3-4, Bell 0-0-0-0. Totals: 8-2-9-18.
JV: Kennedy Catholic, 36-18, Brie Dickson 19 points for Kennedy.
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In Class AA, both Sharon and Sharpsville suffered 2-1 losses. The Tigers fell to Saegertown at Ainsworth Field in Erie while the Blue Devils lost to Titusville at SRU.
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Farrell volleyball falls in D-10 semifinals
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