Roundup (Feb. 2): Phoenixville girls’ basketball caps unbeaten run through PAC Frontier Division

Girls’ Basketball

Phoenixville 66, Pottsgrove 37
Kayden Baratta led Phoenixville’s high-volume night from beyond the arc as Baratta hit five 3-pointers on the way to 27 points as the Phantoms closed out an unbeaten run in the PAC Frontier Division.

Phoenixville (10-0, 11-1, 15-6), which made 10 3s, got 12 points from Ava Gnias. It locked up to No. 2 see and a first-round bye for the PAC tournament, which begins next Tuesday.

Jessica Carroll had a game-high 18 for Pottsgrove (3-7, 3-10, 5-17).

Pottsgrove 8 15 6 6 – 37
Phoenixville 16 11 18 11 – 66
Pottsgrove: Rockemore 0 1 0-0 3, Leaman 1 0 1-2 3, O Eckman 0 0 0-0 0, Carroll 6 2 0-0 18, Harrell 0 0 0-0 0, Ahmed 1 0 1-2 3, M Eckman 4 0 2-4 10. Totals 12 3 4-8 37.
Phoenixville: Ford-Bey 2 0 2-4 6, Warren 2 0 0-0 4, Schneider 1 0 0-0 2, Meyers 0 2 0-0 6, Gnias 3 2 0-0 12, Baratta 5 5 2-2 27, Chain 0 0 0-2 0, McCoy 0 0 0-0 0, Breisblatt 0 0 0-0 0, Ulcay 3 1 0-0 9. Totals 16 10 4-8 66.

Methacton 79, Boyertown 43
Methacton closed its season on a high note with a dominant first half that carried it to a 79-43 win over Boyertown. Abby Arnold scored 27 points for the Warriors closing the year with a top 5 scoring average in the PAC at 17.5 ppg.
Avery Kenney and Lila Cingiser added 11 points apiece for Methacton (5-5 Liberty, 6-7 PAC, 6-16 overall).
Madelyn Weaver was high scorer for Boyertown with 24 points. The Bears went without a division victory and finished 4-18 overall.

Methacton 25 26 15 13 – 79
Boyertown 14 7 8 14 – 43

Methacton: Kenney 1 2 3-4 11, Forde 1 0 0-0 2, L Cingiser 1 3 1-3 11, Masotta 0 2 0-0 6, Arnold 5 4 5-6 27, Fisher 0 0 0-0 0, Toaso 1 0 1-2 3, A Cingiser 2 0 0-0 4, Kaufman 2 0 0-0 4, Hockenbrock 1 0 0-0 2, Organtini 1 1 0-0 5, Freese 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 18 11 10-15 79.
Boyertown: Grace Heacock 1 1 0-0 5, Nicole Shimukonas 0 0 0-0 0, Chloe Engler 0 0 0-0 0, Wieber 0 1 0-0 3, Wolfe 1 0 0-0 2, Greaves 4 0 0-0 8, Weaver 3 4 6-8 24, Coyle 0 0 1-4 1. Totals 8 6 7-12 43.

Upper Perkiomen 52, Pottstown 22
In their respective season finales, Upper Perk handled Pottstown in a PAC Frontier matchup. Natalie Kearney scored 15 for UP and Erin States added 12.
Upper Perk improved to 6-16 (3-7 Frontier, 3-10 PAC).
Pottstown, which endured a winless campaign (0-16), got six points apiece from Jayanna Hill and Vivian Diaz.

Upper Perkiomen 15 12 14 11 – 52
Pottstown 7 2 8 5 – 22
Upper Perkiomen: Kearney 5 1 2-6 15, Heiser 1 0 1-4 3, Davidheiser 2 0 0-0 4, States 2 2 2-4 12, Fabian 0 1 1-5 4, Langenbeck 0 0 1-2 1, Marshall 2 0 3-4 7, Thyberg 1 0 0-0 2, Guffey 1 0 2-2 4. Totals 14 3 12-27 52.
Pottstown : Hill 3 0 0-0 6, Diaz 3 0 0-0 6, McClune 1 0 0-0 2, Fleming 1 1 0-0 5, Sahad 0 0 0-0 0, Jackson 0 0 0-0 0, Beasley 1 0 1-2 3, Blake 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 1 1-4 22.

Germantown Academy 54, Hill School 43
GA senior Izzy Casey eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone for her career and a fast start from the Patriots allowed them to earn a road victory at Hill School.
Casey finished with 18 points.
Hill was led by 13-point games from Sammie Faella and Lily Soller.

Germantown Academy 24 6 9 15 – 54
Hill School 12 9 11 11 – 43
Germantown Academy: Jess Aronik 2 0 0-0 4, Wade 2 1 1-2 8, Bowes 4 1 0-0 11, Casey 6 1 3-5 18, Kolecki 2 1 2-2 9, Jen Aronik 0 0 0-0 0, Weber 1 0 0-0 2, Owens 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 4 6-9 54.
Hill School: Faella 2 1 6-8 13, Stielau 0 0 0-0 0, Krafczek 0 0 0-0 0, Jacobs 0 0 0-0 0, Eilberg 0 0 0-0 0, Gill 0 0 0-0 0, Ludwig 1 2 5-5 13, Soller 4 0 5-5 13, Hebert 1 0 2-2 4. Totals 8 3 18-20 43.

Upper Merion 42, Pope John Paul II 32
Kennedy Coles scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Vikings to a PAC Frontier victory.

High Point Baptist 44, Alliance Christian 35

Boys’ Basketball

Pottstown 67, Upper Perkiomen 33

Pottstown controlled the contest from wire-to-wire and secured its place in the PAC tournament Thursday with a 67-33 win over Upper Perk.
The Trojans got 24 points from Abdul Jackson and 15 from Sadeeq Jackson. Pottstown (8-2, 10-3, 14-6) closes the regular season on Friday against Norristown.
Upper Perk (0-10, 0-13, 2-20) received 12 points from Owen Williams.

Pottstown 21 10 24 12 – 67
Upper Perkiomen 9 8 8 8 – 33
Pottstown: Whitehurst 1 0 2-2 4, Mayes 4 0 1-2 9, Robinson 1 0 0-0 2, A Jackson 8 1 5-5 24, Young 2 1 0-0 7, Wood 0 0 0-0 0, Duren 0 0 0-0 0, Perry 1 0 0-0 2, S Jackson 2 3 2-3 15, Booker 2 0 0-1 4, Lofton 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 5 10-13 67.
Upper Perkiomen: Williams 1 1 7-10 12, Carnesi 1 1 0-1 5, Hodges 1 0 0-3 2, Brown 2 0 0-0 4, Schmittinger 1 0 0-0 2, Keyser 0 2 0-0 6, Rieg 1 0 0-0 2, Bosler 0 0 0-0 0, Gehman 0 0 0-0 0, Rice 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 4 7-14 33.

Methacton 80, Boyertown 44

Methacton was able to put together a strong second half to secure the 80-44 victory over Boyertown. Anthony Daddazio and Christian Matos each scored 15 points while Manny Rodriguez added 14. Daddazio, Matos and Rodriguez combined for nine of the Warriors’ 13 3-pointers.

Methacton (15-6 overall, 10-3 PAC, 8-2 Liberty) is bound for the PAC playoffs where it will be one of the four wild-card entrants. The Warriors will meet an opponent to be determined on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

Braedyn Johnson led Boyertown with 15 points. The Bears finished the year 7-14.

Boyertown 10 22 5 7 – 44
Methacton 18 22 18 22 – 80
Boyertown: Johnson 5 4-4 15, Greaves 2 0-0 5, Kern 4 2-3 11, Thompson 1 0-0 3, Rath 3 2-2 8, Copeland 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 4 8-9 44.
Methacton: Daddazio 3 3 0-0 15, Conrad 0 0 4-4 4, Iemmello 2 0 0-0 4, Matos 2 3 2-2 15, Hermann 3 0 2-5 8, Rodriguez 2 3 1-1 14, Robinson 2 1 0-0 7, Conover 0 0 2-4 2, Savage 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 1 0-0 3, Goldstein 0 0 2-2 2, Lineen 0 1 0-0 3, Bradford 0 1 0-0 3. Totals 16 11 13-18 80.

Pope John Paul II 63, Upper Merion 56
Pope John Paul II took care of business at the free-throw line going 24-for-26 in a PAC Frontier victory over Upper Merion.
Dom Demito headed the effort with 15 points (12-for-12 at the line). Caleb Zavertnik also scored 15 for PJP (6-4, 6-7, 10-10).
Elijah Davis scored 18 to lead Upper Merion (4-6, 5-7, 8-11).

Upper Merion 9 11 13 23 – 56
Pope John Paul II 15 13 15 20 – 63
Upper Merion: Edward-Boone 1 0 0-0 2, Smiley 0 1 6-8 9, McFadden 0 0 1-2 1, Nguyen 0 1 0-0 3, Hirshorn 3 1 2-2 11, Cole 4 1 1-2 12, Davis 6 0 6-6 18. Totals 14 4 16-20 63.
Pope John Paul II: Demito 0 1 12-12 15, Wise 3 0 2-2 8, Reed 2 0 2-4 6, Zavertnik 3 1 6-6 15, Green 0 2 0-0 6, Bass 0 0 0-0 0, Mondillo 1 1 0-0 5, Robinson 0 0 0-0 0, Owens 3 0 2-2 8. Totals 12 5 24-26 63.

Phoenixville 66, Pottsgrove 47

High Point Baptist 83, Alliance Christian 23