Mercury Roundup (Dec. 15): Rinda’s free throws cap Pottsgrove’s comeback over Pope John Paul II

by austin hertzog

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pottsgrove 48 Pope John Paul II 46

Gabe Rinda scored eight of his game-high 13 points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining, and Pottsgrove rallied to edge Pope John Paul II in both team’s PAC Frontier season debut Friday.

Nadhir Ward and Kamal Curry scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, to aid the Falcons’ effort.

Dom Demito led PJP with 12 points.

Pope John Paul II: Demito 4 1 1-2 12, Wise 1 1 0-0 5, Reed 1 1 0-0 5, Zavertnik 1 0 2-2 4, Fish 1 0 0-0 2, Green 0 2 0-0 6, Bass 0 0 0-0 0, Robinson 0 0 2-2 2, Owens 5 0 0-0 10. Totals 13 5 5-6 46.

Pottsgrove: Ward 4 1 1-3 12, Doctor 4 0 0-0 8, Rinda 1 2 5-5 13, Rosenberger 0 0 0-0 0, Marshall 0 0 0-0 0, Phillips 2 0 0-2 4, Curry 5 0 1-2 11. Totals 16 3 7-12 48.

Pope John Paul II 8 16 11 11 – 46

Pottsgrove 9 11 12 16 – 48

Methacton 59, Perkiomen Valley 47

Methacton took control in the fourth quarter and opened PAC play by defeating visiting Perk Valley and improving to 3-1.

Sophomore Christian Matos led Methacton with 19 points and Anthony Daddazio chipped in 13.

Perk Valley 11 13 16 7 – 47

Methacton 17 17 10 15 – 59

PV: Harken 2 3-4 7, Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Sadler 8 2-3 20, Wagener 0 0-2 0, Shawaluk 5 2-4 14, Tagert 3 0-0 6, Murphy 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 7-13 47

Methacton: Daddazio 5 0-0 13, Conrad 5 0-0 10, Robinson 1 0-4 2, Iemmello 1 0-0 2, Matos 8 0-0 19, Hermann 3 2-2 8, Rodriguez 2 0-0 5. Totals 25 2-6 59

3-pointers: (PV) Sadler 2, Shawaluk 2; (M) Daddazio 3, Matos 3, Rodriguez.

Pottstown 84, Upper Merion 70

Jurrell Young hit it big with 33 points and Pottstown shot ahead in the second quarter to take its PAC Frontier opener over Upper Merion Friday. Sadeeq Jackon (19), Abdul Jackson (11) and Dillon Mayes (10) gave the Trojans four players in double digits.

Nick Smiley was top scorer for UM with 16.

Upper Merion 18 8 22 22 – 70

Pottstown 17 24 24 19 – 84

Upper Merion: Edwards-Boone 2 1 0-0 8, Smiley 1 3 5-7 16, Cherry 0 1 0-0 3, McFadden 2 0 0-0 4, Nguyen 0 2 4-4 10, Hirshorn 4 0 1-2 9, Peck 1 0 0-0 2, Cole 2 3 1-2 14, Davis 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 13 9 11-16 70.

Pottstown: Mayes 4 0 2-3 10, A Jackson 4 1 0-0 11, Young 8 5 3-7 33, J Jackson 4 0 0-2 8, S Jackson 7 0 5-7 19, Butler 0 0 0-0 0, Booker 1 0 0-1 2, Perry 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 6 10-20 84.

Phoenixville 81, Upper Perkiomen 36

Spring-Ford 79, Norristown 52

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Perkiomen Valley 78, Methacton 16

Perk Valley overwhelmed Methacton in a PAC matchup Friday as Grace Galbavy scored 25 points to lead the Vikings. PV went on a 27-point run into halftime, gaining a 46-8 lead. Quinn Boettinger (15) and Bella Bacani (13) also reached double figures for PV. Abby Arnold’s 11 points (three 3s) led the Warriors.

Methacton 6 2 3 5 – 16

Perkiomen Valley 19 27 19 13 – 78

Methacton: Avery Kenney 0 0 0-2 0, Sasha Forde 0 0 0-0 0, Lila Cingiser 0 0 0-0 0, Abby Masotta 0 0 0-0 0, Abby Arnold 1 3 0-0 11, Kaley Fisher 0 0 0-0 0, Margaret Toaso 0 0 0-0 0, Ava Cingiser 0 0-0 0, Jenna Kaufman 2 0-0 4, Sydney Hockenbrock 0 0-0 0, Olivia Organtini 0 0-0 0, Courtney Freese 0 0 1-2 1. Totals 3 3 1-4 16.

Perkiomen Valley: Anna Stein 0 1 0-0 3, Bella Bacani 5 1 0-0. 13, Julia Smith 2 0 0-0 4, Kate Nemic 0 0 0-0 0, Lena Stein 1 1 0-0 5, Amiya Fowler 0 1 0-0 3, Grace Miley 1 1 0-0 5, Quinn Boettinger 6 1 0-2 15, Grace Galbavy 10 4-6 25, Becky Taylor 1 1 0-0 5. Totals 27 6 4-8 78.

Pope John Paul II 60, Pottsgrove 27

Sophie Vigliotta (15), Brooke Albeck (14) and Katie Nilles (14) led the way as the Golden Panthers handled the Falcons in their PAC Frontier opener Friday.

Pottsgrove: Rockemore 1 0 0-0 2, Leaman 3 2 2-4 14, O Eckman 0 0-0 0, Carroll 2 0 3-5 7, M Eckman 1 0 0-2 2, Kyler 0 0 1-2 1, Ahmed 0 0 0-2 0, Spinozzi 0 0 1-2 1. Totals 7 2 7-13 27.

Pope John Paul II: Derecola 1 0 0-0 2, Albeck 2 3 1-1 14, Fitzgerald 1 0 3-6 5, Colliluori 2 1 0-0 7, Nilles 6 0 2-5 14, Vigliotta 4 1 4-5 15, Fish 0 1 0-2 3, Platt 0 0-0 0. 16 10-19 60.

Pottsgrove 1 8 12 6 – 27

Pope John Paul II 14 7 26 13 – 60

Phoenixville 64, Upper Perkiomen 27

Emine Ulcay and Kayden Baratta were dominant forces in the first quarter, combining for all 23 points as Phoenixville routed Upper Perk on Dec. 15. Ulcay finished with 20 points and Baratta netted 19. Maliyah Warren added 12 for the Phantoms.

Upper Perkiomen 9 8 4 6 – 27

Phoenixville 23 20 18 3 – 64

Upper Perkiomen: Kearney 1 0-0 2, Heiser 2 2-4 6, Padilla 0 0-0 0, States 5 1-1 12, Fabian 0 2-4 2, Cahill 0 1-2 1, Thyberg 0 0-0 0, Guffey 1 0-0 2.

Phoenixville: Warren 5 0 2-3 12, Ulcay 6 2 2-3 20, Gnias 1 0-2 2, Ford-Bey 0 1-2 1, Baratta 3 4 1-4 19, McCoy 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 1-2 1, Schnider 3 0-0 6, Breisblatt 0 0 2-4 2, Chain 0 0 1-2 1.

Upper Merion 34, Pottstown 20

Upper Merion got it going in the second quarter, outscoring Pottstown 15-0, on the way to a PAC Frontier win Friday. Kennedy Coles (12) and Levayda Fuqua (11) provided the scoring spark for UM.

Jayanna Hill handled the bulk of Pottstown’s scoring with 16 points.

Pottstown 8 0 4 8 – 20
Upper Merion 2 15 6 11 – 34

Pottstown: Hill 4 6-6 14, Diaz 0 0-0 0, McClune 0 0-0 0, Quiles 0 0-0 0, Fleming 0 0-0 0, Sahad 0 0-0 0, Caple 0 0-2 0, Jackson 0 0-0 0, Beasley 3 0-0 6, Weller 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 6-8 20.

Upper Merion: Coles 2 2 2-4 12, Maiden 1 0 0-0 2, Bright 0 0 0-0 0, Nicolai 0 0 0-0 0, Dougherty 0 0 0-0 0, Kokenberger 0 0 0-0 0, Fuqua 4 1 0-2 11, Smith 3 0 1-2 7, Fox 0 0 0-0 0, Eaton 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 11 3 3-8 34.

Owen J. Roberts 49, Boyertown 26

BOYS SWIMMING

Spring-Ford 94, Owen J. Roberts 86

The Spring-Ford 200 medley relay team of Patrick Baganski, Blaise Sadowski, Dylan Dayrit and Nate Reagan set an OJR pool record in the event with a 1:37.47 to help the Rams to the PAC win. OJR’s Colin Davis also set a pool record with his win in the 50 freestyle.

200 medley relay: Spring-Ford (Baganski, Sadowski, Dayrit, Reagan) 1:37.47

200 free: Justin Delp (SF)

200 IM: Nate Reagan (SF) 1:48.99

50 free: Colin Davis (OJR) 21.14

Diving: Declan Behl (SF) 128.25

100 fly: Ethan Suessmuth (OJR) 52.37

100 free: Colin Davis (OJR) 46.88

500 free: Justin Delp (SF) 4:52.25

200 free relay: OJR (Davis, Vallino, Caldwell, Suessmuth) 1:28.63

100 back: Patrick Baganski (SF) 56.47

100 breast: Blaise Sadowski (SF) 1:02.06

400 free relay: OJR (Vallino, Davis, Bowker, Suessmuth) 3:16.47