Roundup (Jan. 18): Doctor’s big second half sends Pottsgrove boys’ basketball past Boyertown, 53-42

Boys’ Basketball

Pottsgrove 53, Boyertown 42

Deymein Doctor scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half where Pottsgrove swung a halftime deficit into an 11-point Pioneer Athletic Conference crossover win over Boyertown on Jan. 18.

Julius Marshall (10 points) scored seven in the tide-turning 17-6 third quarter while Gabe Rinda added 10 for the Falcons.

Braedyn Johnson led the Bears with 12.

Boyertown 15 11 6 10 – 42

Pottsgrove 12 12 17 12 – 53

Boyertown: Johnson 5 0 2-2 12, Greaves 2 2 0-0 10, Kern 3 0 3-3 9 Thompson 0 0 0-0 0, B Rath 4 0 0-0 8, Copeland 0 0 0-0 0, Frey 0 1 0-0 3. Totals 14 3 5-5 42.

Pottsgrove: Martin 3 0 0-0 6, Doctor 4 2 2-2 16, Rinda 2 2 0-0 10, Rosenberger 0 0 2-2 2, Marshall 2 2 0-0 10, Phillips 2 0 0-0 4, Curry 2 0 1-1 5. Totals 15 6 1-4 53.

Methacton 75, Phoenixville 64

Methacton defeated Phoenixville 75-64 in a PAC crossover game.  The Warriors (11-5 Overall, 6-3 PAC, 4-2 Liberty) hit 12 3-pointers and were led by Sal Iemmello’s 24 points (four 3s).  Alex Hermann scored 20 (four 3s) and Christian Matos added 15 (three 3s).

Dawson Brown and Christian Cervino scored 15 each for the Phantoms (5-0 Frontier, 5-2 PAC, 11-5 overall).

Phoenixville 5   19   19   21 – 64

Methacton 15   19   17   24 – 75

Phoenixville: Absher 0 0 0-0 0, Booth 0 0 0-0 0, O’Donnell 0 2 0-0 6, Baratta 3 2 0-0 12, Brown 4 2 1-2 15, Cervino 4 2 1-1 15, Lebisky 7 0 0-0 14, McClintock 1 0 0-2 2. Totals 19 8 2-5 64.

Methacton: Daddazio 1 1 0-0 5, Conrad 1 0 0-0 2, Iemmello 4 4 4-6 24, Matos 3 3 0-0 15, Hermann 4 4 0-0 20, Rodriguez 1 0 1-2 3, Robinson 3 0 0-1 6. Totals 17 12 5-9 75.

Owen J. Roberts 74, Pope John Paul II 53

PAC leading scorer Luke Fryer scored a game-high 24 points and Danny Walker hit five 3-pointers for 15 points as OJR owned the first and third quarters in a PAC crossover win over Pope John Paul II.

Colin King added 12 for the Wildcats. Caleb Zavertnik netted 15 to lead PJP.

Pope John Paul II 7 10 11 23 – 53

Owen J. Roberts 16 12 26 20 – 74

Pope John Paul II: Demito 1 0 3-4 5, Wise 0 0 0-0 0, Reed 1 1 0-0 5, Fisher 1 2 0-0 8, Zavertnik 3 2 3-4 15, Green 1 2 0-0 8, Bass 0 0 0-0 0, Mondillo 1 0 1-2 3, Robinson 2 1 0-0 7, Owens 0 0 0-0 0. Totals

Owen J. Roberts: Walker 0 5 0-0 15, Fryer 3 3 9-9 24, Drumheller 1 0 0-0 2, Cline 2 0 2-3 6, Cashman 1 0 0-2 2, Winnick 1 0 1-1 3, King 6 0 0-0 12, Flynn 2 0 0-0 4, Graham 1 0 4-4 6.

Perkiomen Valley 72, Upper Merion 49

Perk Valley took control in the second quarter of the all-Vikings battle and rolled to a PAC crossover victory against visiting Upper Merion.

Julian Sadler scored 23 for PV and Kyle Shawaluk added 17, including four 3-pointers.

Upper Merion 13 7 16 13 – 49

Perkiomen Valley 16 18 23 15 – 72

Upper Merion: Edwards-Boone 1 0 0-0 2, Smiley 3 2 11-13 23, McFadden 1 0 0-3 2, Nguyen 1 0 0-0 2, Hirshorn 0 0 0-0 0, Cole 3 1 0-0 9, Hope 1 0 0-0 2, Davis 3 0 1-1 7, Robinson 0 0 0-0 0.

Perkiomen Valley: Harken 1 0 1-3 3, Rodriguez 2 0 3-4 7, MacDonald 1 0 1-1 3, Sadler 7 1 4-4 23, Wagoner 0 2 1-2 7, Murphy 0 0 0-0 0, Shawaluk 1 4 3-4 17, Kelly 1 0 0-0 2, Target 2 2 0-0 10.

Norristown 66, Upper Perkiomen 59

Rashon Giddens scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to help Norristown stay in front of Upper Perk for a PAC crossover win on Jan. 18.

Giddens was joined in double figures by Myon Kirlew (15), Jayden Byrd (10) and Tyson Tuggle (10) for the Eagles.

Owen WIlliams registered a game-high 21 for UP.

Norristown 12 21 22 21 – 66

Upper Perkiomen 8 13 25 13 – 59

Norristown: Byrd 4 0 2-2 10, Daniels 1 0 1-2 3, John 0 0 0-0 0, Giddens 7 0 3-5 17, Bonds 4 0 0-0 8, Kirlew 4 1 4-6 15, Barr 0 1 0-0 3, Tuggle 2 2 0-0 10. Totals 22 4 10-15 66.

Upper Perkiomen: Galassi 0 0 0-0 0, Williams 8 1 2-2 21, Brown 0 1 0-0 3, Keyser 1 0 0-0 2, Reid 3 0 0-0 6, B Reig 0 0 0-0 0, Bosler 1 4 0-0 14, J Reig 1 3 0-0 11, Gehman 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 15 9 2-2 59.

Spring-Ford 75, Pottstown 59

Girls’ Basketball

Phoenixville 84, Methacton 42

Phoenixville recorded its 10th win of the season as five players scored in double figures in a PAC cross-divisional win over Methacton.

Kayden Baratta (26), Emine Ulcay (17), Ava Gnias (14), Maliyah Warren (11) and Riley Ford-Bey (10) topped the scoresheet for the Phantoms (10-5 Overall, 5-0 Frontier, 6-1 PAC). Ulcay and Ford-Bey had 15 rebounds each to register double-doubles.

Abby Arnold’s 14 points and seven rebounds led the Warriors (2-2 Libery, 2-4 PAC, 2-12 overall)

Methacton 10 18 8 6 –  42

Phoenixville 29 20 21 14 – 84

Methacton: Kenney 2 1 0-0 7, Forde 1 0 0-0 2, L Cingiser 1 2 0-0 8, Masotta 2 0 0-0 4, Arnold 0 1 11-13 14, Fisher 0 0 0-0 0, Toaso 0 0 0-0 0, A Cingiser 1 0 0-0 2, Kaufman 2 0 0-0 4, Hockenbrock 0 0 0-0 0, Organtini 0 0 0-0 0, Freese 1 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 4 12-15 42.

Phoenixville: Ford-Bey 2 0 6-6 10, Warren 4 1 0-0 11, Clark 1 0 0-0 2, Schneider 0 0 0-0 0, McCoy 0 0 0-0 0, Meyers 0 0 0-0 0, Gnias 1 3 1-2 12, Baratta 6 3 5-6 26, Chain 0 0 4-4 4, Turner 1 0 0-0 2, Latimore-Beasley 0 0 0-0 0, Ulcay 2 2 7-7 17. Totals 17 9 23-25 84.

Owen J. Roberts 50, Pope John Paul II 23

Sam Martins scored eight of her 15 points in the second quarter as OJR took control of a PAC cross-division win over Pope John Paul II.

Asya Price also scored 15 for the Wildcats.

Owen J. Roberts 11 17 12 10 – 50

Pope John Paul II 9 7 5 2 – 23

Owen J. Roberts: Price 7 0 1-4 15, Martins 6 0 3-6 15, Winnick 0 0 2-8, Holland 0 0 0-0 0, Pudleiner 0 0 0-0 0, Smith 5 0 2-4 12, Li 1 0 0-0 2, Radel 1 0 0-0 2, S Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Bonney 0 0 2-2 2. Totals 20 0 10-24 50.

Pope John Paul II: Derecola 0 0 0-2 0, Fitzgerald 2 0 3-4 7, Nilles 3 0 2-6 8, Albeck 0 0 2-2 2, Todd 0 0 0-0 0, Vigliotta 1 0 2-2 4, Sa Vigliotta 0 0 0-0 0, Hagmann 0 0 0-0 0, Colliluori 0 0 2-2 2, Fish 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 0 11-18 23.

Perkiomen Valley 65, Upper Merion 22

Perkiomen Valley (14-1, 5-0, 7-0) had a trio of players in double figures as they defeated Upper Merion in a PAC cross-division contest.  Grace Galbavy was leading scorer with 13 points for PV and she was joined in the double-digit group by Bella Bacani with 12 points and Quinn Boettinger with 11 points. Upper Merion’s Kennedy Coles scored 10 points.

Perkiomen Valley 25 15 18 7 – 65

Upper Merion 8 6 2 6 – 22

Perkiomen Valley: Bacani 4 1 1-2 12, Smith 1 0 0-0 2, Nemic 0 0 1-2 1, L Stein 0 1 0-0 3, Binkowski 0 0 0-0 0, Petaccio 0 0 0-0 0, Fowler 4 0 0-0 8, Miley 4 0 0-0 8, King 0 0 0-0 0, Boettinger 5 0 1-1 11, Galbavy 5 1 0-0 13, A Stein 3 0 1-1 7. Totals 26 3 4-6 65.

Upper Merion: Coles 5 0 0-0 10, Maiden 0 1 1-2 4, Bright 0 0 0-0 0, Nicolai 0 0 0-0 0, Fuqua 0 0 0-0 0, Dougherty 1 0 0-0 2, Kokenberger 0 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Jackson 1 0 0-2 2, Fox 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 9 1 1-4 22.

Boyertown 59, Pottsgrove 33

Madelyn Weaver’s big night boosted Boyertown by Pottsgrove in a PAC crossover game Jan. 18. Weaver scored 27 points to overwhelm the Falcons. Chloe Engler added 10.

Aleah Rockemore scored 15 on five 3s for Pottsgrove.

Pottsgrove 8 8 7 10 – 33

Boyertown 11 16 23 9 – 59

Pottsgrove: Rockemore 0 5 0-0 15, Leaman 0 0 0-0 0, Harper 0 0 0-2 0, Spinozzi 0 0 0-0 0, Eckman 2 0 2-4 6, Carroll 2 0 4-6 8, Harrell 0 0 0-0 0, Ahmed 2 0 0-0 4, Kelly 0 0 0-0 0, Eckman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 5 6-12 33.

Boyertown: C Heacock 0 0 0-0 0, G Heacock 2 0 1-2 5, Shimukonas 2 0 0-0 4, Larkin 0 0 0-0 0, Engler 2 2 0-0 10, Wieber 1 0 0-0 2, Wolfe 2 0 0-0 4, Graves 2 0 1-1 5, Matthias 1 0 0-0 2, Weaver 6 4 3-3 27. Totalas 18 6 5-6 59.

Spring-Ford 82, Pottstown 12