Roundup (Jan. 10): Jackson brothers help Pottstown boys’ basketball rally past Methacton, 72-68

Boys’ Basketball

Pottstown 72, Methacton 68

Pottstown erased a seven-point halftime deficit thanks to big performances from senior brothers Abdul and Sadeeq Jackson for a 72-68 PAC crossover win rescheduled from a day earlier.

Sadeeq Jackson dropped a game-high 27 points, including 13 in the second half. Abdul Jackson added 21, 15 coming after halftime.

Christian Matos led the Warriors (3-1, 4-2, 8-4) with 24 points.

Pottstown improved to 5-1 in the PAC and 8-4 overall.

Pottstown 14 18 23 17 – 72
Methacton 22 17 14 15 – 68

Pottstown: Lyons 0 0-0 0, A. Jackson 8 5-8 21, Young 2 1 0-0 7, J. Jackson 2 1 0-0 7, S. Jackson 10 1 4-9 27, Booker 0 0 3-4 3, Mayes 2 1 0-2 7. Totals 24 4 12-23 72.

Methacton: Daddazio 1 2 0-0 8, Conrad 1 0 0-0 2, Iemmello 3 0 2-5 8, Matos 8 2 2-3 24, Hermann 5 0 2-3 12, Rodriguez 2 2 0-0 10, Robinson 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 22 6 6-11 68.

Girls’ Basketball

Perkiomen School 55, Hill School 49

At The Hill School, Ava Darvassy scored nine of her 18 points in the second half as Perk School rallied from a 27-23 halftime deficit to top Hill.
Amarilis Shubick added 16 for Perk while Lauren Patnode scored eight of her nine points in the final quarter.
The Blues were boosted by the pair of Sammie Faella and Lily Soller, who scored 20 and 19 points, respectively.

Perkiomen School 7 16 14 18 – 55
Hill School 8 19 8 14 – 49
Perkiomen School: Shubick 5 2 0-0 16, Keyarts 0 0 0-0 0, Darvassy 6 1 3-4 18, Bixler 2 0 2-6 6, Murray 3 0 0-0 6, Patnode 2 0 5-6 9. Totals 18 3 10-16 55.
Hill School: Faella 2 4 4-5 20, Kraftzek 0 0 0-0 0, Jacobs 0 0 0-0 0, Eilberg 0 0 0-0 0, Ludwig 3 0 1-1 7, Soller 7 1 2-4 19, Hebert 1 0 0-4 2, Moser 0 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 5 8-16 49.

Wrestling

Boyertown 63, Norristown 9

At Boyertown, the Bears won 11 of 13 matches with eight pins in a PAC Liberty dual victory over Norristown. Pinfall winners for Boyertown were Cole Fogle, Brody Coleman, Gavin Sheridan, Shane Stankina, Owen Dykie, Ryder Gehris, Michael Palmiero and Casey Shaak. Norristown’s Nikosh Marston edged Beck Babb 7-4 at 139 in the dual’s closest match.

107 – Boden Waite (Bt) won by forfeit (6-0)
114 – Cole Fogle (Bt) pinned Julio Garcia, 0:14 (12-0)
121 – Brody Coleman (Bt) pinned Cayden Harp, 1:18 (18-0)
127 – Liam Diamond (Bt) maj. dec. Gavin Walker, 18-4 (22-0)
133 – Gavin Sheridan (Bt) pinned Khalil Jordan, 1:00 (28-0)
139 – Nikosh Marston (Nt) dec. Beck Babb, 7-4 (28-3)
145 – Shane Stankina (Bt) pinned Jaden Rodriguez, (34-3)
152 – Owen Dykie (Bt) pinned Jared Noriega, 5:22 (40-3)
160 – Ryder Gehris (Bt) pinned Elijah Clemments, 0:39 (46-3)
172 – Joshua Larrimore (Bt) won by tech. fall over Matthew Pascucci, 2:40 15-0 (51-3)
189 – Viktor Lebron (Nt) pinned Mike Kelleher, 5:29 (51-9)
215 – Michael Palmiero (Bt) pinned Christopher Coey, 3:13 (57-9)
285 – Casey Shaak (Bt) pinned Isaiah Jackson, 2:18 (63-9)

Upper Perkiomen 58, Upper Merion 12

Upper Perk won the first eight matches in a PAC Frontier dual victory over Upper Merion on Jan. 10. Winners via pin for the Tribe were Gabe Tulone, Sean Murray, Brandon Godshall, Branden Rozanski, Gabe Sanfelice, Dom Wolfe and Drew Bennett.

107 – Brandon Quinton (UP) by forfeit (6-0)
114 – Gabe Tulone (UP) pinned Kevin Shuler 3:20 (12-0)
121 – Ben Godshall (UP) major dec. Nikito Hansell 15-7 (16-0)
127 – Sean Murray (UP) pinned Kieran Lamey 1:27 (22-0)
133 – Brandon Godshall (UP) pinned Dylan Kontra 1:10 (28-0)
139 – Branden Rozanski (UP) pinned Sean April 1:22 (34-0)
145 – Gabe Sanfelice (UP) pinned Hayden Hall 2:32 (40-0)
152 – Zane Saeger (UP) dec. Declan Ryan 4-2 (43-0)
160 – Jowell Jones (UM) pinned Aiden Pena 2:42 (43-6)
172 – Dom Wolfe (UP) pinned Ali Fakira 1:33 (49-6)
189 – Drew Bennett (UP) pinned Parker Lukens 3:44 (55-6)
215 – Ali Vasey (UM) pinned Aaron Coates 2:16 (55-12)
285 – Dylan Marshall (UP) dec. Justin Aqulaini 9-4 (58-12)