Mercury roundup (Feb. 7): Perk Valley girls basketball finishes regular season 21-1

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Perkiomen Valley 54, Villa Maria Academy 40

Highlights: Perk Valley wrapped up the regular season with a 21-1 record and the No. 1 spot in the District 1-6A rankings with a non-league win Tuesday over visiting Villa Maria, the No. 2 team in District 1-5A. Grace Galbavy led the Vikings with 21 points and Quinn Boettinger scored 18. Marah McHugh scored 10 for the Hurricanes (19-3).  PV”s next game will be on Saturday in the PAC playoff semifinals. 

Villa Maria Academy: Guereon 2 0-0 4, Irvine 3 1-2 8, McHugh 2 6-7 10, Sharp 0 0-0 0, Catania 2 1-2 5, O’Hare 1 0-0 2, Iacone 3 0-0 7, Nash 0 0-0 0, Broadhurst 1 0-0 2, Cronley 0 2-2 2, Totals 14 10-13 40

Perkiomen Valley: A Stein 1 0-0 2, Bacani 1 2-3 5, Smith 1 0-0 3, E Stein 1 0-0 3, L Stein 1 0-0 2, Matasich 0 0-0 0, Fowler 0 0-0 0, Boettinger 6 6-6 18, Galbavy 8 5-8 21, Totals 19 13-17 54

Villa Maria Academy 9 11 9 11 – 40

Perkiomen Valley 19 9 12 14 – 54

3-point goals: Irvine, Iacone, Bacani, Smith, E Stein

Pope John Paul II 33, Pottsgrove 22

Highlights: The PAC regular season came to a close Tuesday as the playoff-bound Golden Panthers defeated the visiting Falcons in a Frontier Division contest. Rylee Derecola, Brooke Albeck and Nadia Platt all scored nine for PJP (7-3 Frontier, 7-6 PAC, 9-11), which will open play in the PAC Final Six Thursday against Methacton. Jessica Carroll led the Falcons (4-6, 4-9, 9-13) with seven points.  

Pottsgrove: Rockemore 2 1-2 6, Leaman 0 1-2 1, Freeman 2 2-4 6, Eckman 1 0-0 2, Carroll 2 3-6 7, Dougherty 0 0-2 0, Totals 7 7-16 22

Pope John Paul II: Derecola 4 0-0 9, Delpha 1 0-0 2, Fitzgerald 0 0-3 0, Albeck 2 4-6 9, Bell 0 2-2 2, E Colliluori 0 2-6 2, Platt 1 7-10 9, Totals 8 15-27 33

Pottsgrove                8 8 2 4 – 22

Pope John Paul II 14 4 9 6 – 33

3-point goals: Rockemore, Derecola, Albeck

Perkiomen School 61, Peddie School 23

Highlights: Lauren Patnode scored 27 on Tuesday to lead the Panthers over host Peddie. Jaycee Merizalde added 17 points and Mia Stock scored 15 for Perk School. 

BOYS BASKETBALL

Berks Catholic 67, Daniel Boone 22

Highlights: Ryan Koch scored 15 to lead the Saints to a Berks Division II road win on Tuesday. Parker Nein added 10 points for BC (9-3 Berks II, 19-3 overall). Brendan Gaines led the Blazers (0-12, 3-19) with 12 points, followed by Mason Sacarello with seven..

Berks Catholic: Nein 4 0-1 10, Geddio 2 2-2 6, Jordan 4 1-1 9, Koch 6 2-2 15, Miller 1 0-2 3, Lawlor 1 3-4 5, J McKoy 1 0-0 2, K McKoy 3 1-2 7, Dominguez 0 0-2 0, Komoro 0 0-0 0, Altimar 0 0-0 0, Diaz 1 0-0 2, Gaffney 3 0-0 8, Totals 26 9-16 67 

Daniel Boone: Pinchok 0 1-2 1, Gaines 6 0-0 12, J DiGiacomo 1 0-0 2, Kedis 0 0-0 0, M DiGiacomo 0 0-0 0, Rodriguez-Guzman 0 0-0 0, Allinson 0 0-0 0, Sacarello 2 2-4 7, 9 3-6 22

Berks Catholic 22 23 8 14 – 67

Daniel Boone 2 9 8 3 – 22

3-point goals: Nein 2, Koch, Miller, Gaffney 2, Sacarello

Perkiomen National 78, Hun School 72

Highlights: Brant Byers scored 26, DeMajh Saisbery 24 and Gabe Tanner 10 to lead the host Panthers to a win on Tuesday.

BOYS BOWLING

Daniel Boone 3, Berks Catholic 0

Highlights: Blake Jeitles bowled a 658 series to lead the Blazers to a sweep Tuesday afternoon at Berks Lanes. Evan Miller followed with 638 and Patrick Moore with 602 for Boone, with both rolling individual high games for the day of 234. Scott Duffy topped the Saints with a 516 series. Team scores: Daniel Boone 3,060, Berks Catholic 2,033.

Exeter 2, Pottsgrove 1

GIRLS BOWLING

Daniel Boone 3, Berks Catholic 0

Highlights: The Blazers swept the Saints Tuesday afternoon at Berks Lanes. Emma Elgonitis led Boone with a 571 series, including the top individual game of the day with a 225, and Kadence Jeitles rolled a 485 series. Alexis Auman led Berks Catholic with a 380 series.

Exeter 3, Pottsgrove 0

BOYS SWIMMING

Reading High 96, Daniel Boone 54

Highlights: Reading High finished the Central Penn League season undefeated (7-0) with a win Tuesday over the visiting Blazers (1-6). Trey Stricker was a double winner for Reading (200 IM, 100 fly) and Matthew Ferenz won twice for Boone (200 free, 100 back).

200 medley relay: Daniel Boone, 1:53.89

200 free: Matthew Ferenz, DB, 1:53.89

200 IM: Trey Stricker, RH, 2:03.60

50 free: Justin Rogers, RH, 24.13

100 fly: Trey Stricker, RH, 1:02.06

100 free: Tyler Ferenz, DB, 54.48

500 free: Duery Rubio, RH, 9:28.61

200 free relay: Reading High, 1:55.43

100 back: Matthew Ferenz, DB, 1:00.18

100 breast: Austin Snavely, DB, 1:09.83

400 free relay: Daniel Boone, 3:38.59

GIRLS SWIMMING

Highlights: Reading (7-0) completed a sweep of the Central Penn League with a win over the visiting Blazers on Tuesday. Marianna Ott won twice (200 IM, 100 free) for Reading and Shailla Meja was a double winner (200 free, 100 fly) for Boone (0-7).

200 medley relay: Reading High, 2:14.29

200 free: Shailla Meja, DB, 2:06.59

200 IM: Marianna Ott, RH, 2:34.77

50 free: Reagan Griffin, DB, 30.31

100 fly: Shailla Meja, DB, 1:04.61

100 free: Marianna Ott, RH, 59.78

500 free: Madelyn Klinger, RH, 5:35.68 

200 free relay: Reading High, 1:55.43

100 back: Joanna Kerchner, RH, 1:13.02

100 breast: Helen Ott, 1:15.50

400 free relay: Reading High, 4:46.79

WRESTLING

Spring-Ford 38, Wilson (West Lawn) 27

Highlights: The Rams tuned up for Thursday’s first round of the PIAA Class 3A Tournament in Hershey with a win over the visiting Bulldogs on Tuesday. Quinn Smith gave Spring-Ford (17-4) the lead for good at 26-21 with a technical fall at 126 pounds and Drew Dotterer won by a fall in the last bout at 152 pounds to wrap up the win. Wilson (16-6) lost in the PIAA preliminary round on Monday. Spring-Ford, the District 1 runner-up,  had a bye and will open against District 10 champion Cathedral Prep.

160 – Anthony Attilio (SF) won by forfeit (6-0) 

172 – Blaise Eidle (WWL) pinned Gavin Klipphahn, 0:36 (6-6) 

189 – Tanay Shankar (SF) pinned Drew Koller, 5:43, (12-6) 

215 – Daniel Borzillo (SF) dec. Christian Duarte-Diaz, 4-1 (15-6)

285 – Ryan McMillan (WWL) pinned Connor Hudak, 0:15 (15-12) 

106 – McKaden  Speece (WWL) dec. Gus Smith, 2-0 (15-15)

113 –  Cole Smith (SF) pinned Isaac Eidle, 1:20 (21-15) 

120 – James Garcia (WWL) pinned Gavin Maguir, 0:57 (21-21) 

126 –  Quinn Smith (SF) won by tech. fall over Miguel Herrera, 1-2, 2:33 (26-21) 

132 –  Brennan McGrann (SF) dec. Caden Herb, 2-0 (29-21) 

138 –  Jamie  Silva (SFdec. Kameron Koch, 7-5 (32-21) 

145 –  Matteo Garcia (WWL) pinned James McGill, 3:48 (32-27) 

152 –  Drew Dotterer (SF) pinned Dominic Delgado, 4:49 (38-27)