Mercury Roundup (Dec. 21): Jackson brothers lead Pottstown’s 73-40 win over Owen J. Roberts

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pottstown 73, Owen J. Roberts 40

Four double-digit scorers fueled Pottstown in a PAC cross-division win over Owen J. Roberts Thursday night.
The Jackson brothers were big contributors with Abdul Jackson scoring 18, Jahmir Jackson added 16 and Sadeeq Jackson netted 11. Jurrell Young scored 14 for the Trojans, which led 30-21 at halftime and pulled away in the second half.
Luke Fryer led OJR with 22 points.

Owen J. Roberts 13 8 15 5 – 40
Pottstown 14 16 27 16 – 73
Owen J. Roberts: Walker 0 0 0-0 0, Fryer 6 2 3-3 22, Drumheller 0 0 1-2 1, Cline 4 0 3-4 11, Holmburg 0 0 0-0 0, Cashman 0 0 0-0 0, Rose 0 0 0-0 0, Winnick 0 0 0-0 0, King 4 0 0-0 8, Graham 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 2 7-9 40.
Pottstown: Whitehurst 0 0 0-0 0, Mayes 0 1 0-2 3, Lyons 0 0 0-0 0, A Jackson 9 0 0-0 18, Young 1 4 0-0 14, Wood 1 0 2-2 4, J Jackson 8 0 0-0 16, S Jackson 6 1 0-1 11, Butler 1 1 0-0 5, Booker 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 27 7 2-3 73.

Methacton 72, Pope John Paul II 62

Christian Matos stayed hot with a 25-point night and Methacton had four players in double figures in a PAC crossover win against PJP.
Sal Immello (16), Alex Hermann (13) and Mason Conrad (10) chipped in for the Warriors.
Braden Reed’s 15 led PJP.
Methacton 20 18 22 12 – 72
Pope John Paul II 11 16 19 16 – 62
Methacton: Daddazio 0 2 2-2 8, Conrad 5 0 0-0 10, Imello 7 0 2-7 16, Matos 7 2 5-6 25, Hermann 5 0 3-6 13, Rodriguez 0 0 0-0 0, Robinson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 4 12-21 72.
Pope John Paul II: Demito 4 0 2-2 10, Wise 0 1 0-0 3, Reed 4 1 4-4 15, Zavertnik 0 1 2-2 5, Green 1 3 2-2 13, Bass 1 2 2-2 9, Robinson 0 1 2-2 5, Owens 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 12 8 14-14 62.

Perkiomen Valley 58, Upper Perkiomen 26

Julian Sadler hit six 3-pointers on the way to 22 points and Perk Valley eased by Upper Perk in a PAC crossover. Kyle Shawaluk added 17 for the Vikings, which hit 11 3s.

Perkiomen Valley 13 11 18 16 – 58
Upper Perkiomen 4 11 6 5 – 26
Perkiomen Valley: Harken 0 0 0-0 0, Rodridguez 0 0 0-0 0, MacDonald 1 2 0-0 3, Sadler 1 6 2-2 22, Wagoner 0 0 0-0 0, Murphy 2 0 0-0 4, Shawaluk 4 3 0-0 17, Baker 0 0 0-0 0, Hoppenwasser 0 0 0-0 0, Target 3 0 1-1 7. Totals 11 11 3-3 58.
Upper Perkiomen: Galassi 0 0 0-0 0, Williams 3 0 3-6 9, Brown 1 0 0-0 2, Reid 2 1 1-1 8, Bosler 1 1 0-0 5, Rieg 1 0 0-0 2, Gehman 0 0 0-0 0, Peguero 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 2 4-7 26.

Upper Merion 58, Boyertown 45

Upper Merion got hot in a 24-point third quarter to brush off a slow start and defeat Boyertown in PAC crossover play Thursday.
Nick Smiley scored 18 for the Vikings and Josh Nguyen scored all of his 14 points in the second half.

Jack Greaves (16 points, 6 rebounds) and Trey Kern (14 points, 6 rebounds) were top scorers for the Bears.

Upper Merion 5 17 24 12 – 58
Boyertown 12 10 11 12 – 45
Upper Merion: Smiley 2 4 2-4 18, Cherry 0 0 0-0 0, McFadden 1 0 0-0 2, Nguyen 5 1 1-1 14, Riley 0 0 0-0 0, Hirshorn 3 0 0-0 6, Peck 0 0 0-0 0, Cole 3 1 1-2 10, Hill 0 0 0-0 0, Davis 4 0 0-0 8, Robinson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6 4-7 58.
Boyertown: Johnson 0 0 0-0 0, Greaves 5 2 0-0 16, Kern 6 0 2-3 14, Thompson 1 1 0-0 5, B Rath 2 0 1-2 5, Frey 0 0 1-2 1, Kircher 1 0 0-0 2, Ellis 0 0 0-0 0, C Rath 0 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 3 6-7 45.

Norristown 68, Pottsgrove 57

Rashon Giddens’ game-high 20 points helped Norristown knock off Pottsgrove in PAC cross-divisional play Thursday.
Julius Marshall scored 13 for the Falcons.

Pottsgrove 11 13 19 14 – 57
Norristown 14 23 15 16 – 68
Pottsgrove: Ward 1 0 0-0 2, Martin 3 0 2-4 8, Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Rinda 2 0 2-2 6, Rosenberger 2 1 0-0 7, Marshall 2 4 1-4 17, Phillips 4 0 1-4 9, Curry 3 0 2-3 8. Totals 17 5 8-17 57
Norristown: Byrd 2 1 2-6 9, Daniels 0 1 7-10 10, John 1 0 0-0 2, Giddens 8 0 4-11 20, Bond 4 0 1-2 9, Kirlew 4 0 4-4 12, Tuggle 1 1 0-0 5. Totals 20 3 18-33 68.

Alliance Christian 66, Salem Christian 44

Alliance Christian  21  11  26  8  – 66
Salem Christian  11  12  8  13  – 44

Cole Boyles scored 21 points to lead Alliance, which used big first and third quarters to knock off Salem Christian. Chris Rivera Juan added 16 for Alliance.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Pope John Paul II 44, Methacton 43

Sophie Vigliotta scored five of her team-high 24 points in the fourth quarter and Rylee Derecola (6 points) hit two late 3s to help PJP (4-3) outlast Methacton (0-6) at home on Dec. 21.

Abby Arnold played a huge role for Methacton by scoring 25 points.

Methacton 7 13 11 12 – 43
Pope John Paul II 13 13 5 13 – 44

Methacton: Kenney 1 0 0-0 2, L Cingiser 0 1 0-0 3, Masotta 2 0 0-0 4, Arnold 5 4 3-3 25, Toaso 0 0 0-0 0, McCann 0 0 0-0 0, Ava Cingiser 0 0 0-0 0, Kaufman 2 0 0-0 4, Organtini 0 1 0-0 3, Freese 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 11 6 3-3 43.
Pope John Paul II: Derecola 0 2 0-0 6, Fitzgerald 3 0-6 6, Nilles 0 0 0-2 0, Albeck 0 1 0-0 3, Vigliotta 3 6 0-0 24, Colliluori 0 0 0-0 0, Platt 1 1 0-0 5, McCoy 0 0 0-2 0. Totals 7 10 0-10 44.

Norristown 59, Pottsgrove 53, OT

Azjiona Golston scored seven points in overtime as part of her 35-point performance that carried the Eagles over the Falcons in a PAC cross-division matchup that required overtime.
Briana Minick added nine for Norristown.
Pottsgove, which came back from five down entering the fourth quarter, was led by Aleah Rockemore (20), Ava Leaman (12) and Jessica Carroll (11).

Norristown 14 11 14 10 10 – 59
Pottsgrove 14 8 12 15 4 – 53
Norristown: Bennett 0 0 2-2 2, Minick 4 0 1-2 9, Douglas 0 0 1-3 1, Az Golston 8 5 4-6 35, Jones 3 0 1-2 7, Ad Golston 2 0 1-3 5, Wright 0 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 5 10-18 59
Pottsgrove: Rockemore 2 4 4-5 20, Leaman 3 1 3-4 12, Kyler 0 0 1-2 1, Carroll 3 1 2-2 11, Harrell 2 0 0-0 4, Ahmed 0 0 0-0 0, Eckman 2 0 1-2 5. Totals 12 6 11-15 53.

Upper Merion 32, Boyertown 20

An 11-0 advantage in the second quarter allowed Upper Merion to stay in front of Boyertown for a PAC crossover win Thursday.
Devon Maiden scored nine, Kennedy Coles added eight and Addie Eaton scored all five of her points in the pivotal second quarter.

Boyertown 6 0 9 5 – 20
Upper Merion 8 11 9 4 – 32
Boyertown: Heacock 0 0 0-0 0, Shimukonas 0 0 0-0 0, Greaves 2 0 1-2 5, Sinclair 0 0 0-0 0, Weaver 0 2 0-0 6, Wieber 0 1 0-0 3, Morrell 0 1 0-0 3, Larkin 0 1 0-0 3. Totals 2 5 1-2 20.
Upper Merion: Coles 3 0 2-2 8, Maiden 2 1 2-2 9, Nicolai 0 0 0-0 0, Dougherty 1 0 0-0 2, Fuqua 1 0 0-0 2, Smith 2 0 0-1 4, Fox 1 0 0-0 2, Eaton 2 0 1-1 3. Totals 12 1 5-6 32.

GIRLS’ SWIMMING

Perkiomen Valley 99, Pope John Paul II 73

Owen J. Roberts 93, Upper Perkiomen 57

BOYS’ SWIMMING

Perkiomen Valley 94, Pope John Paul II 78

Owen J. Roberts 89, Upper Perkiomen 70