Roundup (Jan. 11): Phoenixville downs Pottsgrove 65-54 to stay unbeaten in PAC Frontier Division

Boys’ Basketball

Phoenixville 65, Pottsgrove 54

Max Lebisky scored 16 of his game-high 21 points in the second half to help Phoenixville to a 65-54 PAC Frontier victory over Pottsgrove on Jan. 11.
Four Phantoms scored in double figures, Dawson Brown (16), Deacon Baratta (10) and Christian Cervino (10) joining Lebisky.
Gabe Rinda netted 18 for the Falcons, followed by Isaac Martin’s 12.

Phoenixville 17 14 14 20 – 65
Pottsgrove 12 15 8 19 – 54

Phoenixville: Absher 2 0 0-1 4, Booth 0 0 2-2 2, O’Donnell 0 0 0-0 0, Baratta 2 2 0-0 10, Brown 3 1 7-8 16, Cervino 0 2 4-4 10, Lebisky 8 0 5-8 21, McClintock 1 0 0-1 2. Totals 16 5 18-24 65.
Pottsgrove: Martin 4 0 4-5 12, Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Doctor 3 2 1-2 13, Rinda 3 3 3-6 18, Rosenberger 0 0 0-0 0, Marshall 1 0 0-0 2, Phillips 0 0 1-2 1, Curry 4 0 0-0 8. Totals 15 5 9-15 54.

Methacton 61, Boyertown 47

Led by Alex Hermann’s 18 points, Methacton rebounded from a PAC crossover loss to Pottstown the night before with a convincing win over Boyertown, 61-47, on Jan. 11.
Christian Matos contributed 14 points while Anthony Daddazio had 10 for the Warriors (9-4 Overall, 5-2 PAC, 4-1 Liberty).
Trey Kern was the game’s top scorer with 24 points for the Bears.

Methacton 15 11 14 21 – 61
Boyertown 11 8 8 20 – 47

Methacton: Daddazio 1 2 2-4 10, Conrad 1 0 2-2 4, Iemmello 3 0 2-4 8, Matos 4 2 0-0 14, Hermann 7 1 1-1 18, Rodriguez 0 1 0-0 3, Robinson 2 0 0-2 4. Totals 18 6 7-13 61.
Boyertown: Johnson 2 2 0-0 10, Greaves 4 0 0-0 8, Kern 6 3 3-7 24, Thompson 0 1 0-0 3, Rath 1 0 0-0 2, Copeland 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 6 3-7 47.

Pottstown 73, Upper Perkiomen 37

Pottstown took control in the middle quarters with Abdul Jackson scoring 12 of his game-high 22 in the second quarter for a PAC Frontier victory over Upper Perk.
Sadeeq Jackson and Jurrell Young scored 19 and 14, respectively, for the Trojans (4-1, 6-1, 9-4).
Upper Perk got another high-scoring game from Owen Williams, who scored 20.

Upper Perkiomen 10 12 8 7 – 37
Pottstown 13 21 27 12 – 73
Upper Perkiomen: Galassi 0 1 0-0 3, Williams 3 4 2-4 20, Carnesi 0 0 0-0 0, Schmittinger 0 0 0-2 0, Keyser 1 0 1-2 3, Reid 1 0 0-0 2, B Reig 0 1 0-0 3, Bosler 0 0 0-0 0, J Reig 0 0 0-0 0, Gehman 0 0 0-0 0, Rice 3 0 0-0 6. Totals 8 6 3-8 37.
Pottstown: Whitehurst 1 1 0-0 5, Lyons 0 0 0-0 0, A Jackson 9 0 4-4 22, Young 4 2 0-0 14, Robinson 1 0 0-0 2, Wood 1 0 0-0 2, Joseph 0 0 0-0 0, S Jackson 5 2 3-3 19, Walloah 0 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0 0-0 0, Duren 0 1 0-0 3, Butler 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 24 6 7-7 73.

Spring-Ford 53, Perkiomen Valley 52

Girls’ Basketball

Pope John Paul II 55, Upper Merion 53 OT

Katie Nilles scored four of her 13 points in the overtime frame and Rylee Derecola netted 17 points to lift PJP (4-1, 7-4) to an overtime PAC Frontier win over Upper Merion on Thursday.
Devon Maiden’s 19 led the Vikings (3-2, 8-4).

Pope John Paul II 14 13 11 11 6 – 55
Upper Merion 8 10 11 20 4 – 53
Pope John Paul II: Derecola 3 2 5-9 17, Fitzgerald 5 0 0-0 10, Nilles 6 0 1-5 13, Albeck 0 1 2-4 5, Vigliotta 1 2 1-3 10, Hagman 0 0 0-0 0, Colliluori 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 5 10-19 55.
Upper Merion: Coles 4 0 1-2 9, Maiden 8 1 0-2 19, Fuqua 4 0 1-1 9, Kokenberger 3 0 1-1 7, Smith 1 0 1-2 3, Fox 1 0 0-0 2, Eaton 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 27 1 4-8 53.

Methacton 49, Boyertown 38

The Warriors finished stronger in the fourth quarter to prevail over Boyertown in a PAC Liberty meeting on Jan. 11. Abby Arnold scored 17 for Methacton (2-2, 2-10) while Avery Kenney had seven points, five rebounds and three steals.
Madelyn Weaver’s 13 points were tops for the Bears (0-5, 2-11).

Boyertown 8 12 16 2 – 38
Methacton 12 13 14 10 – 49

Boyertown: Heacock 0 0 0-0 0, Shimukonas 0 0 0-0 0, Engler 0 3 0-2 9, Wieber 0 0 0-0 0, Wolfe 4 0 0-0 8, Greaves 0 1 0-0 3, Sinclair 0 0 0-0 0, Mathias 2 0 1-2 5, Weaver 5 1 0-1 13. Totals 11 5 1-5 38.
Methacton: Kenney 1 1 2-2 7, Forde 0 0 0-0 0, L Cingiser 1 0 0-0 2, Masotta 2 0 0-4 4, Arnold 8 0 1-1 17, Toaso 0 0 0-0 0, A Cingiser 0 0 0-0 0, Kaufman 3 0 0-0 6, Hockenbrock 1 0 1-2 4, Organtini 0 1 0-0 3, Freese 1 0 4-4 6. Totals 16 3 8-13 49.

Upper Perkiomen 44, Pottstown 27

Upper Perk opened up a 24-point lead through three quarters and rolled to a PAC Frontier win over Pottstown. Erin States’ 19 points fueled the Tribe (1-4, 4-10), followed by 11 from Nat Kearney. Jayanna Hill’s 14 carried the Trojans (0-5, 0-8).

Pottstown 7 2 5 13 – 27
Upper Perkiomen 10 12 16 6 – 44
Pottstown: Hill 6 0 2-5 14, Diaz 1 0 0-0 2, McClune 0 0 4-8 4, Fleming 1 0 0-0 2, Sahad 0 0 0-0 0, Jackson 0 0 1-2 1, Beasley 0 1 1-2 4, White 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 1 8-17 27.
Upper Perkiomen: Kearney 3 1 2-2 11, Heiser 0 1 0-2 3, Davidheiser 2 0 0-0 4, States 6 0 7-8 19, Fabian 2 1 0-6 7, Marshall 0 0 0-0 0, Langenbeck 0 0 0-0 0, Keyser 0 0 0-0 0, Guffey 0 0 0-0 0, Thyberg 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 3 9-18 44.

Phoenixville 66, Pottsgrove 54

Kayden Baratta’s banner night scoring 30 points carried Phoenixville past Pottsgrove in PAC Frontier play.
The Falcons had a trio in double figures, Jessica Carroll (19), Aleah Rockemore (11) and Ava Leaman (12).

Pottsgrove 10 6 18 18 – 54
Phoenixville 16 11 17 22 – 66
Pottsgrove: Rockemore 1 3 0-0 11, Leaman 2 2 2-2 12, Spinozzi 0 0 0-0 0, O Eckman 0 0 0-0 0, Carroll 5 1 6-6 19, Harrell 1 0 0-0 0 2, M Eckman 4 0 0-0 8. Totals 13 6 8-8 54.
Phoenixville: Warren 3 2 2-2 14, Ulcay 1 0 0-0 2, Gnias 3 1 0-0 9, Ford-Bey 4 0 1-3 9, Baratta 7 4 4-7 30, Turner 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 19 7 7-12 66.

Norristown 42, Owen J. Roberts 38