Roundup (Jan. 29): Balanced Boyertown boys’ basketball pulls away from Upper Perkiomen

Boys’ Basketball

Boyertown 66, Upper Perkiomen 47

Balanced scoring for Boyertown delivered the Bears a PAC cross-division victory at Upper Perkiomen on Jan. 29. Double-figure scoring was turned in by Braedyn Johnson (17), Brant Rath (15), Trey Kern (14) and Jack Greaves (12) to lead the Bears.

Owen Williams scored a team-high 11 for Upper Perk.

Boyertown 13 17 16 20 – 66
Upper Perkiomen 10 13 12 12 – 47
Boyertown: Johnson 2 4 1-2 17, Greaves 0 4 0-2 12, Kern 6 0 2-3 14, Thompson 1 2 0-2 8, B Rath 7 0 1-1 15, Copeland 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10 4-10 66.
Upper Perkiomen: Galassi 0 1 0-0 3, Williams 3 0 5-6 11, Brown 3 1 1-2 10, Keyser 1 0 2-2 4, B Reig 1 2 0-0 8, Bosler 2 1 2-2 9, Gehman 0 0 0-0 0, Rice 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 11 5 10-12 47.

Pope John Paul II 58, Upper Moreland 56

Braden Reed and Caleb Zavertnik scored crucial baskets in the overtime period and Pope John Paul II outlasted Upper Moreland in overtime, 58-56, in non-league action on Jan. 29.
Zavertnik (13 points) and Reed (14) had three each in OT while Dom Demito was PJP leading scorer with 17 points in the close contest.

Pope John Paul II 12 12 11 15 8 – 58
Upper Moreland 13 6 16 15 6 – 56

Pope John Paul II: Demito 6 1 2-2 17, Wise 2 0 0-1 4, Reed 5 1 1-2 14, Zavertnik 3 2 1-1 13, Green 0 0 0-0 0, Bustynowicz 0 0 0-0 0, Bass 2 0 0-0 4, Mondillo 0 2 0-0 6.

Upper Moreland: N Best 2 0 1-2 5, A Best 2 0 1-1 5, Campbell 3 3 3-4 18, Carson 1 1 0-0 5, Perce 0 0-0 0, Murphy 4 0 6-8 14, Costanzo 0 0 1-2 1, Martin 3 0 0-0 6, Hughes 1 0 0-0 2.

Girls’ Basketball

Perkiomen Valley 80, Pottsgrove 22

The Perkiomen Valley Vikings raced out to a 27-0 lead after one quarter and cruised to an 80-22 cross-division contest victory over Pottsgrove on Jan. 29. Grace Miley (17 points) was one of four Vikings (18-1, 8-0, 11-0) to post double figures, with Bella Bacani (15), Grace Galbavy (13) and Julia Smith (10) also providing scoring support.
Jessica Carroll and Mikayla Eckman paced the Falcons (5-15, 3-5, 3-8) with seven points apiece.

Pottsgrove 0 6 3 13 22
Perkiomen Valley 27 22 21 10 80

Pottsgrove: Rockemore 0 1 0-2 3, Harper 1 0 0-3 2, Spinozzi 0 0 0-0 0, O. Eckman 0 0 0-0 0, Carroll 0 1 4-4 7, Ahmed 0 0 0-0 0, Kelly 0 0 0-0 0, Mainor 0 1 0-0 3, M, Eckman 3 0 1-2 7. Totals 4 3 5-11 22

Perkiomen Valley: A. Stein 0 0 2-2 2, Bacani 6 1 0-0 15, Mears 0 1 0-0 3, Smith 2 2 0-0 10, Nemic 3 0 0-0 6, L. Stein 0 0 2-2 2, Binkowski 0 0 0-0 0, Fowler 0 0 0-0 0, Miley 7 1 0-0 17, King 1 1 0-0 5, Boettinger 3 0 1-2 7, Galbavy 5 0 3-4 13, Taylor 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 6 8-12 80

Methacton 54, Pottstown 24

Abby Arnold had 12 points and seven rebounds and Jenna Kaufman pulled eight points and seven rebounds to elevate Methacton to a PAC crossover win at Pottstown.
Olivia Organtini added eight for the Warriors (4-4, 5-6, 5-15).
Jayanna Hill again led the Trojans in scoring with 15.

Methacton 15 14 15 10 – 54
Pottstown 6 3 7 8 – 24
Methacton: Kenney 0 0 0-0 0, Forde 1 0 0 0-0 2, L Cingiser 2 0 0-0 4, Masotta 0 0 0-0 0, Arnold 2 2 2-4 12, FIsher 0 1 0-0 3, Toaso 0 0 1-4 1, McCann 0 1 0-0 3, A Cingiser 2 0 0-0 4, Kaufman 3 0 2-4 8, Hockenbrock 1 0 1-2 3, Organtini 1 2 0-0 8, Taylor 0 0 0-0 0, Freese 1 0 4-4 6. Totals 13 6 10-18 54,
Pottstown: Hill 3 1 6-10 15, Diaz 0 0 0-0 0, McClune 1 0 1-4 3, Quiles 0 0 0-0 0, Fleming 1 0 0-0 2, Sahad 1 0 0-0 2, Beasley 1 0 0-0 2, White 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 1 7-14 24.

Boyertown 47, Upper Perkiomen 22

Madelyn Weaver knocked down four 3-pointers on her way to 20 points and Boyertown handled Upper Perk in a PAC cross-division matchup on Jan. 29.
Tessa Wolfe added 10 for the Bears.
Erin States scored eight for UP.

Upper Perkiomen 5 7 6 9 – 22
Boyertown 16 11 15 5 – 47
Upper Perkiomen: Kearney 0 0 0-2 0, Heiser 1 0 4-4 6, Davidheiser 0 0 0-0 0, States 2 1 1-2 8, Fabian 1 0 0-0 2, Langenbeck 0 0 0-0 0, Marshall 0 0 0-0 0, Thyberg 0 0 0-0 0, Keyser 1 0 0-0 2, Knight 0 0 0-0 0, Guffey 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 7 1 5-8 22.
Boyertown: Heacock 0 2 1-5 7, Shimukonas 0 0 0-0 0, Wolfe 5 0 0-0 10, Greaves 3 0 0-1 6, Weaver 4 4 0-0 20, Engler 1 0 1-4 3, Larkin 0 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 6 3-12 47.