Mercury roundup (Jan. 13): Upper Merion boys, Perkiomen Valley girls sweep PAC swimming tri-meet
BOYS SWIMMING
Perkiomen Valley 76, Pope John Paul II 27
Upper Merion 56, Perkiomen Valley 46
Upper Merion 73, Pope John Paul II 28
Highlights: Luke Andraka was a winner in two individual and two relay events to lead host Upper Merion to a PAC Tri-Meet sweep over Perkiomen Valley and Pope John Paul II. Henry Phillips won two events for PJP.
200 medley relay: Perkiomen Valley (Griffin Crothers, Evan Croy, Andrew Keenan, Eric Schilling), 1:48.61
200 free: Henry Phillips, PJP, 1:50.51
200 IM: Ben Gordon, UM, 2:14.65
50 free: Luke Andraka, UM, 22.37
Diving: Bennett Liney, UM, 203.55
100 fly: Henry Phillips, PJP, 55.48
100 free: Nate Destefano, UM, 52.80
500 free: Andrew Keenan, PV, 5:14.43
200 free relay: Upper Merion (J.R. Herman, Nate Destefano, Logan Hardel, Luke Andraka), 1:34.22
100 back: Griffin Crothers, PV, 1:02.70
100 breast: Luke Andraka, UM, 1:05.08
400 free relay: Upper Merion (J. R. Herman, Nate Destefano, Ben Gordon, Luke Andraka), 3:35.01
GIRLS SWIMMING
Perkiomen Valley 78, Pope John Paul II 23
Perkiomen Valley 64, Upper Merion 38
Upper Merion 53, Pope John Paul II 48
Highlights: Perkiomen Valley’s Elyse Tancini and Upper Merion’s Abby Yuen each won two events as PV defeated host Upper Merion and Pope John Paul II in a PAC Tri-Meet.
200 medley relay: Perkiomen Valley (Mia Greco, Ella Dittmar, Sophie Sellers, Camryn Beers), 2:02.04
200 free: Elyse Tancini, PV, 2:16.64
200 IM: Annette Testa, PJP, 2:22.65
50 free: Abby Yuen, UM, 27.01
Diving: Ashley Evitts, UM, 276.20
100 fly: Claire Mages, PV, 1:04.87
100 free: Ella Dittmar, PV, 1:00.11
500 free: Elyse Tancini, PV, 6:00.46
200 free relay: Upper Merion (Ashley Evitts, Abby Yuen, Maura Besz, Srisha Srinivasan), 1:51.56
100 back: Abby Yuen, UM, 1:07.96
100 breast: Laney Dittmar, PV, 1:16.01
400 free relay: Perkiomen Valley (Laney Dittmar, Claire Mages, Olivia Sellars, Ella Dittmar), 4:14.93
BOYS BASKETBALL
Wilson 58, Daniel Boone 38
Highlights: Wilson broke open its Berks League crossover contest at Daniel Boone Friday night with a 22-5 second quarter. Aidan Melograna led the Bulldogs (4-1 Berks, 10-3 overall), who had 13 players in the scoring column, with eight points. Brendan Gaines scored 16 for the Blazers (0-4, 3-10).
Wilson: Gruber 2 1-1 6, Hunsicker 2 0-0 5, Harding 2 0-0 4, Melograna 2 2-2 8, Odiale 3 0-1 6, Breslin 2 1-2 5, Cieniewicz 1 1-2 3, McFadden 0 0-0 0, Akings 1 2-2 5, Crocona 0 2-2 2, Gehr 2 0-0 4, Chiang-Lin 0 0-0 0, Pena 2 0-0 5, Twiford 0 1-2 1, Woods 1 2-2 4, Totals 20 12-16 58
Daniel Boone: Delissaint 1 1-2 3, Pinchok 0 0-0 0, Gaines 4 6-9 16, Kedis 0 0-0 0, Welker 0 0-0 0, Sacarello 3 3-3 9, Sherman 1 0-0 2, DiGiacomo 3 2-2 8, Allinson 0 0-0 0, Hallman 0 0-0 0, Rodriguez 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 12-16 38
Wilson 7 22 6 23 – 58
Daniel Boone 5 5 6 22 – 38
3-point goals: Gruber, Hunsicker, Melograna 2, Akings, Pena, Gaines 2
Coventry Christian 38, Alliance Christian 24
Highlights: Ayden Wise and Luke Wittenmyer each scored seven points Friday night for Alliance Christian.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Chester East 42, Norristown 33
Coventry Christian 47, Alliance Christian 34
