DISTRICT 3
February 19, 2012
By Middle Atlantic Sports News/LLHoops.com
1. Central Dauphin (23-1)
(AAAA)
2. Berks Catholic (23-2) (AAA)
3. Hershey (20-2) (AAAA)
4. Cedar Cliff (19-3) (AAAA)
5. Lancaster McCaskey
(20-5) (AAAA)
6. Harrisburg (16-5) (AAAA)
7. York (22-4) (AAAA)
8. Lampeter-Strasburg (20-3) (AAA)
9. Manheim Township (19-4) (AAAA)
10. Trinity (20-3) (AAA)
11. Reading (17-7) (AAAA)
12. Donegal (20-3) (AAA)
13. York South Western (21-4) (AAAA)
14. York Suburban (19-4) (AAA)
15. Lancaster Catholic
(19-6) (AAA)
16. Dover (18-8) (AAAA)
17. Greencastle-Antrim (21-3) (AAA)
18. York Catholic (16-8) (AA)
19. Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt (13-9)
(AAA)
20. Chambersburg (14-9)
(AAAA)
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MID-PENN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT:
Semifinals -
Central Dauphin 55 Trinity
40 - The Rams'
got 10 of 16 shooting from their three guards, 6-0 Sr
Nick Seefeldt (14pts, four assists),
5-9 Jr Brian Laird and 6-2 Jr
Ryan Beaver shared 12 more points and 21pts, 10rebs, 5 assists
and 5blks from 6-9 Sr Devin Thomas in
the win over Trinity. 6-0 Jr Brad Wesner
led Trinity with 14pts. Central Dauphin led 35-23 at the half. Trinity
did make a run in the third quarter and got the lead down
to six (38-32) midway through the third but a 7-2 CD run put the
game out of reach again.
Greencastle-Antrim 74
Hershey 71 (OT) - Greencastle-Antrim
stunned Hershey 74-71 in overtime. The Blue Devils owned the games largest
lead, 23-16 early in the second quarter, but found themselves behind 61-56
with 1:28 left in regulation. Hershey had the height advantage in this
game, but GA had the speed and in the end that's what won the game. GA
was led by Corey Meyers 22pts, Zach Faulkner 21pts, Denton Cordell
18pts. The Trojans got 26pts on 10-10 shooting from the field from
Harold Brandley, Griffin Sponaugle
13pts and Matt Banas 10pts.
Championship -
Central Dauphin 75 Greencastle-Antrim
55 - It took a second day, but Central Dauphin came away with the championship
after the game was resumed after being stopped on Thursday night thanks
to 6-9 Sr Devin Thomas' breaking of the
glass backboard at Cumberland Valley High School. Thomas finished off
the prolonged affair with 31 points and 24 rebounds as the Rams stretched
their winning streak to 15 games and became the first Mid-Penn program
to claim the postseason event twice. CD also collared the 2006 championship
by beating Harrisburg. Ryan Beaver added 14 points and Nick
Seefeldt chipped in 10 as CD closed out
another portion of its season and prepped for Wednesday night's District
3-AAAA date with visiting Central York. Corey Meyers topped Greencastle
(21-3) with 16 points. Denton Cordell added 13pts and Denver
Cordell scored 12 more.
BERKS
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT:
Quarterfinals -
Berks Catholic 58 Wilson
35 - The Saints
jumped out to a 17-3 lead after the first quarter and never looked back
in an easy 58-35 victory over Wilson. Guards Mike Miller 6-0 Jr (13pts) and Chris Warren 5-10 Soph
(11pts) combined for 24pts and 6-5 Sr Marquis
Marshall had 11pts. Wilson was led by 5-11 Soph
Trevaun Coad with a game-high 14pts.
Reading 67 Wyomissing
47 - The Red Knights took a 31-14 halftime
lead over the Spartans and breezed in the second half for the victory.
6-1 Jr Jalen
Branford led the way with 14pts, 5-11 Soph
Gil Benz had 11pts, 6-3 Sr Kyle Lane
scored 10pts and three others had at least 8 points. 6-3 Jr
Spencer Lloyd led Wyomissing with 12pts and 6-1 Jr
William Kroppe added 10pts.
Schuylkill Valley 50
Daniel Boone 45 - 6-3
Sr Cornell
Yarde had 21 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, leading
the Panthers past the Blazers. Daniel Boone took a 36-35 lead into the
final quarter but was outscored 15-9 as the Panthers pulled it out. 5-10
Jr Jared Chelius also scored
in double-figures for Schuylkill Valley with 10pts. The
Blazers were led by Freshman G Emmanuel Lacey with 15pts and 5-11
Sr Seth Lacey with 11pts.
Muhlenberg 43 Brandywine
Heights 41 - Muhlenberg went into the fourth quarter with a 32-25 lead and held on for
the narrow win. 6-1 Sr Christian Burggraf scored a game-high 22pts, including the 1,000th of his career in leading the Muhls to the win. He hit a pair of free throws with 35 seconds
left to give the Muhls a 45-41 lead. The Bullets
cut the lead to 45-43 but missed a shot at the buzzer that would have
tied it. Brandywine Heights was led by 6-4 Sr Matt Ziegler with 15pts and 6-1 Sr William Harrison with 11pts.
Semifinals -
Berks Catholic 69 Muhlenberg
33 - Berks
Catholic started slow but used a 13-2 run to end the first quarter and
then put together nine and eight-point runs in the second quarter to build
a 36-12 halftime lead. The Saints upped their lead to 32 points early
in the third quarter and ran away with the game. They shot 67% from the
field for the game. 6-9 Sr Donovan Jack led
the Saints with 17pts, 8rebs, 6-5 Sr Marquis
Marshall had 15pts and 6-8 Soph Nana
Foulland added 10pts.
Schuylkill Valley 79
Reading 72 - No
matter how you try to spin it and have the losing coach and fans say we
played bad and deserved to lose, it's been my experience in 55+ years
one team doesn't shoot 49 (one player 30) foul shots while the other shoots
only 5. It happens when there is a 15 to 20 foul shot difference in a
game from time to time, but not 49 and that's my opinion. Anyway the scores
tell you who won. Three Reading players fouled out and about four others
had four fouls each. Cornell 'Manny' Yarde
a very good and very highly respected player was the one who got 30
free throws and to his credit he made 26 of them and scored a school record
40pts to lead his team. Jared Chelius scored 15 and Kyle Beissel added 12 more
points. Meanwhile Reading did make 13 treys, five (5-for-6) of them by
Baba Waples who scored 26pts before fouling out in the third
quarter. Jalen Branford had 4
treys, 21pts, 7rebs and 9 assists and Nick Batista had 3 treys
and 11pts.
Championship -
Berks Catholic 48 Schuylkill
28 - Berks
Catholic won the Berks Conference in their first try as the breezed past
upstart Schuylkill Valley 48-28. After leading only 11-10 after the first
quarter the Saints outscored SV 37-18 in the final three quarters. Their
outstanding defense limited the Panthers to 29% shooting and held high-scoring
Cornell Yarde to just 9pts. 6-9 Sr
Donovon Jack led Berks Catholic
with 16pts, 6-0 Jr Mike Miller had 11pts
and 5-10 Soph Chris Warren added 10pts.
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE TOURNAMENT:
Quarterfinals -
Manheim Township 68 Donegal
58 - The first
quarter was very slow and ugly after the first few minutes. MT got off
to a quick start with an 8-0 run. MT scored on lay-ups by Cory Stoltz, Niki Veronis, Jordon Ness, and 6-2 Sr Jomar Guerrero.
However, Donegal called timeout and settled things down on the def. end.
Donegal answered by scoring a lay-up by Martin Dietrich at the
4:45 mark. The quarter ended at 12-3. Twp had
many opportunities extend the lead but committed multiple turnoversÉ..With
the Streaks scoring the first 5 points of the second quarter, it looked
as though it could be a long evening for the Indians. Donegal came alive
as Martin Dietrich drove, shot jumpers and hit a three ball. Donegal
closed on a 13-6 run to end the quarter at 28-19. Both the Indians and
the Streaks committed 8 turnovers each during the first half. Twp
limited the Indians inside game by blocking 5 shotsÉ..The
third quarter produced a basket for a basket during the first 4 minutes
of quarter three, but then the Streaks produced an 8-0 run towards the
end of the quarter to stretch the lead to 46-29. Twp
had multiple run outs which led to points for the Streaks and fouls for
the Indians. In the end, this stretch proved fatal for Donegal's upset
bid. Stoltz ended the quarter
as he slowly weaved his way into the lane and hit a short jumper with
3 ticks left on the clockÉ..Twp
pushed the lead to 20 early in the fourth. One would think it was all
over but the fat lady singing (sorry), but Donegal hung tough. Donegal
started driving the ball to the basket, and Twp
committed multiple turnovers (5 for the quarter) down the stretch. With
a little under 2 minutes to go, the Indians were at the line to cut it
to 6 but missed the one and one. Twp made enough free throws to win and advance. Manheim Township
was led in scoring by 6-5 Sr Billy Vaughn
Geib 14, 6-1 Sr
Cory Stoltz 13, 6-1 Sr Niki Veronis
13, 6-2 S Jordon Ness 10. Donegal was led by 6-2 Jr Jason Dietrich
16 and 6-3 Jr Martin Dietrich 11.
Stats unofficial - Rebounds: Manheim Twp
19 Donegal 16. Blocks: Manheim Twp 7
Donegal 2 Turnovers: Manheim Twp 15 Donegal
11. By Dell Jackson, LLHoops.com webmaster.
Lancaster McCaskey 55
Lampeter-Strasburg 48 - Lampeter-Strasburg jumped out to a 5-0 lead
and played good defense in the first quarter except letting 6-3 Sr Brian Newsome loose for three buckets in the first
quarter. But the Pioneers missed at least three open three balls and three
layups and found themselves down 8-7 at quarters end. In the second quarter
6-3 Sr Josh Miller did what he does and
hit two threes and 6-2 Jr JD Achille had two nice drives to the bucket for scores,
while McCaskey had four players score at least two points and LS led 25-21
at the half. In the third McCaskey got balanced scoring from 5-9 Jr Diante Cherry,
6-3 Sr Calvert Gantz
and 6-6 Jr Devonne
Pinkard who scored his only five points of the game in
the quarter to outscore LS 15-7 in the quarter and take a 36-32 lead into
the final quarter. There were 11 lead changes up till McCaskey took the
lead 31-30 on a dunk by Gantz with
2:50 left in the third. In the fourth LS again played good defense except
for letting 5-8 Sr guard Luis Fuentes all alone under the basket three
times for easy layups. McCaskey got some steals to take an eight point
lead but LS would cut it to 2 and 3 points twice in the final minutes
but Cherry went 7-for-8 from the foul line in the final minutes
and McCaskey would move on to the next round. Cherry led the Tornado
with 15pts and Newsome added 13pts. The Pioneers
were led by Miller with 17pts on 5 treys and Achille
with 10pts and a game-high 9 rebounds.
Lancaster Catholic 55
Conestoga Valley 47 - The Crusaders scored on two baskets in the fourth quarter but their defense
held Conestoga Valley (10-13) to also only two field goals and forced
some turnovers down the stretch and they hit 7 of 8 free throws to hold
off the Bucks and gain the win. CV trailed only 49-47 in the closing minutes
but was held scoreless the final 2:04 of the game. 5-11 Jr
Erik Goldbach (17pts), 6-1 Soph
Omar Lopez (16pts) and 5-8 Sr Bryan
Rivera (16pts) scored 49 of Catholic's 55 points. 5-9 Jr
Anthony Brown paced the Bucks with 15pts and 6-0 Sr
Manoli Tsoflias added
10pts.
Elizabethtown 66 Columbia
47 - Columbia
ran out to an 11-4 lead to start the game in the first four minutes. E-town
came back and trailed only 18-14 at the quarters end. The Bears then scored
21 points in the second period and ran away with the game from there.
6-1 Soph Tyler Koser led the
Bears with 20pts, 5-10 Jr Aaron Buckwalter and 5-9 Soph Lucas
Jewell both added 11pts. Columbia was led by 5-11 Jr
Nick Nobile with 18 points.
Semifinals -
Lancaster Catholic 60
Manheim Township 56 - Lancaster Catholic led 14-12 after the first quarter. The guards for both teams, Bryan Rivera, 5'8" Sr
sparkplug for LCHS, and Cory Stoltz,
6'2" Sr point/swing for Twp,
put their stamps on the game. LCHS spread out the taller Streaks and used
penetration and kick passes to score. Rivera did the most damage
with 8 points in the quarter. Stoltz,
on the other hand, hit 2 three balls late in the quarter to keep the game
close. 6-2 Sr Jomar Guerrerro scored Twp's first
6 points on lay-up and follows. LCHS packed in the paint to limit Twps big guy, Billy Vaughn-Geib
a 6-5 Sr.
In the second quarter Twp finally took the lead at 20-18 with 3 minutes to go on
a follow by Vaughn-Geib. LCHS countered
with two beautiful back doors by Rivera. ....Setting
up a close game for the second half. 24-22 LCHS.
LCHS started the third slowly as they
turned it over 2 straight times. 6-1 Sr Niki Veronis hit 2
fouls to make the contest close at 29-27 with 6:00 showing on the clock.
LCHS would go on a desicive 8-0 as they used
the three ball- one by 5-10 Sr Robby Rowe
and one by 5-11 Jr Erik Goldbach
to stretch the lead to 10 at 37-27. The quarter ended at 39-31.
Twp cut the lead to 4 at 39-35 but LCHS
popped another three ball- this one by Rivera to right the ship.
Twp started pounding the glass and finally tied it at 48 on
traditional three-point play by Guerrerro
at the 3:26 mark. LCHS would not score another basket but made the
most of their foul shooting opportunities as they made 12 out 15 down
the stretch to secure the win. Lancaster Catholic was led in scoring by
Brian Rivera- 29, Robby Rowe – 11 and Erik Goldbach
-10. Manheim Township got 15pts apiece from Niki
Veronis and Jomar
Guerrero while Cory Stoltz scored
11pts. Stats- Unofficial Rebounds:
TWP 28 LCHS 23, Turnovers: TWP
5 LCHS 7, Blocks: TWP 4 LCHS
0. By Dell Jackson, LLHoops.com webmaster.
Lancaster McCaskey 95
Elizabethtown 87 (OT) - The Tornado erased a 13-point deficit in the third quarter and forced 26
turnovers, 19 after halftime and limited the Bears to four field goals
over the final 11:07 of the game. The game was field 82-82 with 2:33 left
in overtime, but McCaskey ended the game on a 13-5 run to claim the victory.
Elizabethtown led 53-40 with 5:12 left in the third quarter and 70-62
left in regulation but could not hold off McCaskey. The Red Tornado was
led by 6-6 Jr Devonne
Pinkard with 23pts, 6-3 Sr
Brian Newsome with 19pts, 5-8 Jr Luis Fuentes with 18pts and 5-9 Jr Diante Cherry with
13pts. The Bears got a game-high 28pts from 5-9 Soph
Lucas Jewell, 21pts from 5-7 Jr Kasey
Koser, 19pts from 6-1 Soph Tyler
Koser and 12pts from5-10 Jr
Aaron Buckwalter.
Championship -
Lancaster McCaskey 71
Lancaster Catholic 57 - The game started off with Catholic guards 5-11 Jr
Eric Goldback and 5-8 Sr
Brian Rivera scoring 12 of their teams first 14 points, including
five in the last 30 seconds by Rivera to give the Crusaders a 14-11 lead
after the first quarter. McCaskey then started the second period on a
10-0 run, four points from5-9 Jr Aaron Swinton
and 6-3 Sr Blaise
Glover and a two from 5-8 Jr Luis Fuentes
to take a 21-14 lead. But LC went on a run of their own outscoring
the Tornado 9-1 to pull ahead 23-22. The quarter ended with McCaskey ahead
29-23. McCaskey tightened up the defense in the third quarter holding
Catholic to only two field goals while expanding the lead to 47-34. Only
7 for 9 shooting from the foul line by Godlback
kept the Crusaders from falling more behind. Catholic would make a
run in the final quarter getting the lead to single digits but ran out
of gas in the end and took a 71-57 loss. Aaron Swinton
led McCaskey with 15pts, 6-6 Jr Devonne
Pinkard scored 12pts and 6-4 Sr
Brian Newsome added 12pts as 10 Tornado's scored at least 2 points.
Catholic got 49 of their 55 points from their three guards in Brian
Rivera 25pts, Eric Goldback 17pts
and 5-10 Sr Robbie Rowe 7pts.
YORK/ADAMS LEAGUE TOURNAMET:
Quarterfinals -
GAMES PLAYED LAST WEEK
York 76 Delone Catholic 63 (2 OT's)
Dover 54 York Catholic
48 (OT)
York Suburban 68 York
Northeastern 58
York Southwestern 47
Bermudian Springs 46
Semifinals -
York South Western 50
York Suburban 48 - 6-0
Jr Mike Duffy (13pts) hit 6-0 Sr Mike Felton (10pts) under the basket for a layup
with 7.2 seconds left to put the Mustangs in the YAIAA championship game
for the first time since 1977. South Western had led by as many as 14
in the second quarter but Suburban fought back and took a 46-43 lead late
in the game. Duffy and Felton were high for South Western
and 5-11 Sr Lucas DuMars
led Suburban with 14pts.
York 54 Dover 51 - The Bearcats advance to the finals
for the fourth consecutive year with their win over Dover. The game was
tied with 2:10 remaining in the contest. It was a one-point game after
Dover's Brandon Smith drilled a 3-pointer to bring the Eagles within
a point of the Bearcats with 14 seconds to play. A pair of 6-2 Jf
Tavon Parker foul shots gave the Bearcats a
three-point cushion and a game tying 3-pointer from Dover with less than
nine seconds remaining didn't find its mark. Dover led 27-20 at the half
and by one-point going into the fourth quarter. 6-2 Sr
Collin Smith led the Bearcats with 15pts and he went over the 1,000
career mark with 2:47 left in the game. 6-2 Sr
Dejian Williams and Parker
(12-14 from the foul line) both scored 14pts for York. 5-9 Sr
Jerell Figueroa with 15pts and
5-8 Sr Brandon Smith with 12pts led Dover.
Championship -
York 59 York South Western
52 - York
High had lost the last two YAIAA title games to Eastern York but used
a barrage of three-pointers, then held off a game Mustang side that hung
around till the end for their second crown in four years. The Bearcats
drained 8 treys for the game and shot 47.1% from long range. York took
an 18-9 lead in the first quarter but South Western reeled off 10 straight
points to take a brief lead. Much of those points came from 6-5 Jr
Parker Bean, who piled up 18pts and 18rebs against the undersized
Bearcats. The Bearcats took a 49-37 lead into the fourth. But their
long range offense fell off and they didn't score a field goal until a
6-2 Jr Derek Wilson dunk five minutes into the quarter.
South Western got as close as 52-47 but could
get no closer. Derek Wilson led York with 18pts, 6-3 Sr
Na'Shon DeShields
and 6-2 Sr Collin Smith both scored
14pts and 6-2 Jr Tavon
Parker had 11pts, 8rebs. 6-0 Jr Mike
Duffy backed up Bean with 11pts for South Western.
PIGTAIL
RESULTS FOR RANKED TEAMS:
Chambersburg 52 Wilson
38 - In the
District 3 AAAA Round of 16, the Trojans ended
WilsonÔs season. 6-2 Sr A. J. Maun led
with 14pts, 6-2 Jr Aaron Sollenberger
had 11pts and 5-10 Sr Quinn Oyler added 10pts.
COMMONWEALTH
CHRISTIAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE:
Quarterfinals -
Covenant Christian 40
Conestoga Christian 28 - 5-11 Soph Josiah Lowe pocketed 17 points,
while 6-6 Soph Matt Van Loon and 5-9
Sr Aaron Dees chipped in 10 apiece as Covenant Christian
topped Conestoga Christian 40-28 in a CCAC quarterfinal Tuesday night
in suburban Harrisburg. Sophomore Brandon Herr (15) and senior
David Betz (12) scored 2Up next for the host Falcons (19-3) is
a Thursday night date at Lancaster County Christian. From Patriot News Reports.
Dayspring Christian 71
Harrisburg Christian 56 - 6-3 Sr Matt Hefflefinger
collected 26 points as host Dayspring (17-6) ended HCS' season in
the other CCAC quarterfinal. Dayspring, which will meet Mount Calvary
in Thursday's semis, also picked up 15 points from 5-10 Sr
Matt Valverde and 14 from 5-10 Jr
Jeff Day. 6-4 Soph Connor Shroyer
(24) and 6-4 Sr Mike Transue (23) shared 47 points for HCS (11-12).
From Patriot News Reports.
Semifinals -
Lancaster County Christian
52 Covenant Christian 39 - LCC got 26pts from 6-0 Sr Ryan
Shipper and 12pts from 5-10 Jr Jesse
King in the win over Covenant Christian (19-4). The
losers were led by 6-1 Jr Jon Lowe with
12pts and 5-11 Soph Josiah Lowe.
Mount Calvary 47 Dayspring
Christian 37 - Mount Calvary used a 21-10 fourth quarter to overcome a 27-26 deficit after
three quarters to advance to the championship game with the win over Dayspring
Christian (17-7). The winners were led by 5-7 Sr Allen Toth with 19pts
and Soph Jason Kuntzelman
with 14pts. 6-3 Sr Matt Hefflefinger scored a game-high 21pts for Dayspring (13-6)
and 5-10 Sr Matt Valverde
added 11pts.
Championship -
Lancaster County Christian 55 Mount Calvary 30 - LCC (19-5) came up with a big defensive
effort to defeat Mount Calvary (14-9) and win the championship at East
Pennsboro High School. Ryan Shippen, son of coach Bob Shippen
led the winners with 14pts. 5-11 Jr Nate
Hertzog added 11pts and Nate Burns had 10pts. Allen Toth
led MC with 14pts.