Mercury Roundup (Jan. 31): PJP caps unbeaten PAC Frontier season with win over Norristown

Girls Basketball

Pope John Paul II 49, Norristown 18

Pope John Paul II put the finishing touches on an undefeated PAC Frontier season, culminating the regular season with a dominant victory at Norristown behind a game-high 19 points from Sophie Vigliotta. The Golden Panthers (17-5 overall, 10-3 PAC, 10-0 Frontier) officially secured the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in next week’s PAC playoffs, where they will meet the winner of Methacton-Spring-Ford on Feb. 8.

Norristown dropped to 0-20, 0-13, 0-10.

Pottsgrove 39, Upper Perkiomen 29

Aleah Rockmore had a Senior Night to remember as she posted 10 points and eight steals in her final home game. The Falcons (9-12 overall, 7-6 PAC, 7-3 Frontier) also got strong offensive production from Kendra Ivory (10 points, 19 rebounds) and Nylah Stubbs (11 points, eight rebounds, seven steals). Pottsgrove lost out on a spot in the Pioneer Athletic Conference playoffs on a tiebreaker and ended Thursday the 15th-ranked team in District 1-5A, with the top 12 teams earning a spot in the district postseason.

Olivia Keyser’s 12 points were tops for Upper Perkiomen (6-16, 4-9, 3-7).

Spring-Ford 69, Abington 48

Spring-Ford took care of business in its non-league regular-season finale, receiving a team-high 16 points from senior Kareena Preuss. The Rams (16-6 overall) also got double-digit scoring from both Christina Tiffan (15 points) and Miley Maloney (13) points, ending Friday as the 12th-ranked team in District 1-6A.

Aniyah Williams of Abington (12-10) led all scorers with 19 points, with Maya Williams chipping in 18 of her own in the loss.

Swimming

Boyertown 91, Pottsgrove 73 (girls)

200 medley relay: BT- Emma Seyler, Kate Green, Maggie Connor, Genevieve Emrick, 2:02.27

200 freestyle: PG- Liv Chapman, 2:20.31

200 IM: PG- Elsa Lucas, 2:21.65

50 freestyle: BT- Evie Lacock, 26.52

100 butterfly: BT- Lacock, 1:01.85

100 freestyle: BT- Simone Mitchell, 1:01.40

500 freestyle: PG- Colbie Richard, 6:36.24

200 freestyle relay: PG- Lucas, Abigail Boldin, Chapman, Richard, 1:52.21

100 backstroke: PG- Boldin, 1:07.52

100 breaststroke: PG- Lucas, 1:13.47

400 freestyle relay: BT- Mitchell, Connor, Elisabeth Seip, Green, 4:03.27

Boyertown 89, Pottsgrove 75 (boys)

200 medley relay: BT- Christian Tonini, Aidan Lacock, Grady Jones, Dave Sharp, 1:56.07

200 freestyle: PG- Aiden Hakes, 2:21.91

200 IM: BT- Cullen Waite, 2:25.61

50 freestyle: BT- Tonini, 25.48

100 butterfly: BT- Jones, 1:01.93

100 freestyle: PG- Hakes, 58.97

500 freestyle: BT- Jones, 5:34.85

200 freestyle relay: BT- Sharp, Tonini, Waite, Lacock, 1:47.54

100 backstroke: PG- Johnny Nihart, 1:12.14

100 breaststroke: BT- Lacock, 1:08.46

400 freestyle relay: BT- Tonini, Waite, Sharp, Jones, 3:54.98

Pope John Paul II 92, Upper Merion 41 (girls)

200 medley relay: PJP- Annette Testa, Molly Houchins, Shae Gonzales, Sofia Munley, 2:05.82

200 freestyle: PJP- Caitlyn Kenning, 2:11.28

200 IM: PJP- Shae Gonzales, 2:33.39

50 freestyle: UM- Kathleen Payne, 27.66

100 butterfly: UM- Payne, 1:07.61

100 freestyle: PJP- Testa, 1:00.82

500 freestyle: PJP- Kenning, 6:02.14

200 freestyle relay: PJP- Gonzales, Houchins, Testa, Kenning, 1:52.39

100 backstroke: UM- Jaclyn Nguyen, 1:29.30

100 breaststroke: PJP- Abigail Reiter, 1:25.70

Pope John Paul II 88, Upper Merion 81 (boys)

200 medley relay: PJP- Nicholas Zinn, Bradford Houchins, Dominic Testa, Nick Moffa, 1:56.57

200 freestyle: UM- Justin Kim, 2:21.77

200 IM: PJP- Testa, 2:10.96

50 freestyle: UM- Eric Zamfir, 26.36

100 butterfly: PJP- Zinn, 1:03.73

100 freestyle: UM- Zamfir, 59.16

500 freestyle: UM- Brandon He, 5:19.30

200 freestyle relay: PJP- Zinn, Testa, Jack Ford, Moffa, 1:43.76

100 backstroke: PJP- Zinn, 1:06.03

100 breaststroke: PJP- Testa, 1:02.62

400 freestyle relay: UM- Zamfir, Shobhan Perala, Nico Bentin, Ethan Lee, 4:05.22