Pope John Paul II vs Merion Mercy (District 1-AAA 3rd Place)

Merion Mercy

56 - 51

Final Score

Team	1	2	3	4	T
	6	14	23	13	56
Merion Mercy	13	9	10	19	51

Player	FGM	FTM	FTA	3PM	PTS
Rachel Yerger	4	2	8	2	12
Elise Sylvester	0	0	0	0	0
Gabby Troisi	7	2	3	0	16
Annie Kohutka	1	1	2	0	3
Shannon Mullen	2	0	0	0	4
Monica Rapchinski	2	0	0	0	4
Stephanie Petery	6	5	8	0	17
Total	22	10	21	2	56

Player	FGM	FTM	FTA	3PM	PTS
Jada Smith	6	3	6	0	15
Bernadette McGeever	1	6	6	0	8
Gabby Heinsinger	4	2	2	2	12
Elizabeth McMonagle	1	2	3	0	5
Domenica Tomasetti	4	1	2	0	9
Hannah Crilley	0	0	0	0	0
Shannon Carroll	1	0	0	0	2
Total	17	14	19	2	51

Recap

Pope John Paul II punched its ticket to the PIAA Class AAA playoffs with a 56-51 win over No. 2 seeded Merion Mercy on Saturday afternoon.

Steph Petery and Gabby Troisi led the way accounting for 33 points in the Golden Panthers’ third-place game to conclude the District 1-AAA playoffs. Petery scored a game-high 17 while Troisi poured in 16 and point guard Rachel Yerger added 12, connecting twice from downtown.

A 23-10 third quarter advantage gave the fifth-seeded PJP the advantage after trailing by two points entering the half.

Merion Mercy saw Jada Smith (15 points) and Gabby Heinsinger (12 points) each hit double digits while Bernadette McGeever added eight points.

Last season, Pope John Paul II was ousted in the first round of the PIAA-AAA playoffs against Berks Catholic.

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