Roundup (Jan. 25): Boyertown, Spring-Ford set up showdown with opening-round wins in District 1-3A wrestling duals
Wrestling
Boyertown 44, Upper Perkiomen 15
A night after being carried by their lower weights, Boyertown’s upper weights did the heavy lifting against Upper Perkiomen by winning the final six bouts to win 44-15 in the opening round of the District 1-3A Duals Thursday night at Boyertown.
A one-point match (16-5) after UP’s Branden Rozanski’s 7-5 decision over Shane Stankina, the Bears got wins from Owen Dykie (152) and Ryder Gehris (160) before JD Heiser pinned at 172, and Joshua Larrimore won by major decision at 189. Boyertown capped the event with a forfeit to Mike Kelleher and pin from Kaleb Dumin at 285.
Gabriel Tulone (114) and Sean Murray (127) had pins for the Tribe.
The No. 3 seed Bears advance to face No. 6 seed Spring-Ford in an all-PAC quarterfinal that will be held Saturday, Feb. 3 at Upper Dublin.
District 1 AAA Duals
107 – Boden Waite (Bt) dec. Brandon Quinton, 3-2 (3-0)
114 – Gabriel Tulone (UP) pinned Cole Fogle, 3:47 (3-6)
121 – Brody Coleman (Bt) dec. Ben Godshall, 10-5 (6-6)
127 – Sean Murray (UP) pinned Andrew Myslinski, 1:56 (6-12)
133 – Gavin Sheridan (Bt) pinned Joseph Schmittinger, 0:22 (12-12)
139 – Beck Babb (Bt) maj. dec. Brandon Godshall, 13-4 (16-12)
145 – Branden Rozanski (UP) dec. Shane Stankina, 7-3 (16-15)
152 – Owen Dykie (Bt) dec. Gabe Sanfelice, 6-2 (19-15)
160 – Ryder Gehris (Bt) dec. Zane Saeger, 5-2 (22-15)
172 – J.D. Heiser (Bt) pinned Dom Wolfe, 1:29 (28-15)
189 – Joshua Larrimore (Bt) maj. dec. Drew Bennett, 8-0 (32-15)
215 – Mike Kelleher (Bt) won by forfeit (38-15)
285 – Kaleb Dumin (Bt) pinned Dylan Marshall, 2:20 (44-15)
Spring-Ford 37, Downingtown East 20
Bonus points boosted Spring-Ford to a 37-20 win over Downingtown East in the first round of the District 1-3A Duals Thursday at the Spring-Ford 9th grade center. The Rams had five pins and didn’t allow any to the Cougars while maintaining an early 15-0 lead in the match.
Brennan McGrann (133) and Jamie Silva (145) pinned in the third matches, sandwiched around Christian Ruiz’s 9-7 win at 139. Other Spring-Ford pins came from James McGill at 160, Mason Richards at 189 and Brady Seislove at 107.
The No. 6 seed Rams advance to face No. 3 seed Boyertown in an all-PAC quarterfinal that will be held Saturday, Feb. 3 at Upper Dublin.
District 1 AAA Duals
133 – Brennan McGrann (SF) pinned Frankie Hydutsky, 1:14 (6-0)
139 – Christian Ruiz (SF) dec. Paxson Warnock, 9-7 (9-0)
145 – Jamie Silva (SF) pinned Steve Elinski, 3:37 (15-0)
152 – Ricky Jewell (DE) dec. Drew Dotterer, 4-0 (15-3)
160 – James McGill (SF) pinned Scott Zhang, 4:40 (21-3)
172 – Cade McDowell (DE) maj. dec. Michael Stead, 11-2 (21-7)
189 – Mason Richards (SF) pinned Tommy Grizzanti, 1:48 (27-7)
215 – Felix Mason (DE) dec. Daniel Borzillo, 8-1 (27-10)
285 – Adham Abouraya (DE) dec. Connor Hudak, 3-1 TB1 (27-13)
107 – Brady Seislove (SF) pinned Misha Page, 1:35 (33-13)
114 – Gus Smith (SF) maj. dec. Christian Fosmire, 13-0 (37-13)
121 – Valen Piff (DE) maj. dec. Angelo Calafati, 10-2 (37-17)
127 – Declan McDowell (DE) dec. Jonathan Chapman, 8-2 (37-20)
Owen J. Roberts 35, Pennsbury 21
Owen J. Roberts prevailed over Pennsbury to advance in the District 1-3A Duals Thursday.
The No. 8 Wildcats will meet No. 1 seed Council Rock South, a 58-12 winner over Avon Grove, in the quarterfinals on Feb. 3 at Upper Dublin.
Boys’ Basketball
Pottsgrove 65, Upper Perkiomen 46
A strong night from beyond the arc saw Pottsgrove hit 11 3-pointers, including five from high scorer Gabe Rinda (18 points) in a PAC Frontier win over Upper Perk on Jan. 25.
Deymein Doctor added nine for a Falcon team that had six players hit 3s.
Evan Bosler scored 10 for UP.
Upper Perkiomen 9 9 13 15 – 46
Pottsgrove 14 16 25 10 – 65
Upper Perkiomen: Galassi 0 0 0-0 0, Carnesi 0 1 0-0 3, Dice 1 1 0-0 5, Schmittinger 0 0 0-0 0, B Reig 1 1 2-2 7, Reid 4 0 0-0 8, Maiden 1 0 0-0 2, Bosler 0 3 1-2 10, J Reig 0 1 0-0 3, Gehman 0 0 0-0 0, Peguero 0 0 1-2 1, Rice 3 0 1-2 7. Totals 10 7 5-8 46.
Pottsgrove: Martin 1 1 0-0 5, Doctor 3 1 0-0 9, Rinda 1 5 2-2 18, Ward 4 1 0-0 11, Rosenberg 0 2 1-4 7, Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Marshall 0 1 1-2 4, Phillips 3 0 1-4 7, Curry 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 14 11 5-12 65.
Methacton 67, Owen J. Roberts 42
Methacton dominated from the start in a 23-1 first quarter and rolled by Owen J. Roberts in PAC Liberty play.
Sal Imemello scored 18 and Anthony Daddazio and Christian Matos chipped in 13 apiece for the winning Warriors (6-2, 8-3, 13-5).
OJR leaders were Luke Fryer (15) and Elijah Cline (11).
Owen J. Roberts 1 11 14 16 – 42
Methacton 23 16 15 13 – 67
Owen J. Roberts: Kanyagarara 2 0 0-0 4, Walker 1 1 0-0 5, Fryer 6 0 3-3 15, Drumheller 0 0 0-0 0, Cline 2 2 1-2 11, Holmburg 0 0 0-0 0, Cashman 0 0 0-0 0, Rose 1 0 0-1 2, King 1 0 1-2 3, Flynn 1 0 0-0 2, Graham 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 3 5-8 42.
Methacton: Daddazio 2 3 0-0 13, Conrad 2 1 0-0 7, Iemmello 6 2 0-0 18, Matos 2 3 0-0 13, Hermann 1 0 0-0 2, Rodriguez 0 1 0-0 3, Robinson 2 0 0-0 4, Harris 1 0 1-2 3, Goldstein 1 0 0-0 2, Carter 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 18 10 1-2 67.
Phoenixville 64, Upper Merion 54
Phoenixville got a big night from Max Lebisky and built a 15-point halftime lead that carried it to a PAC Frontier win over Upper Merion.
Lebisky scored 27 for the Phantoms, outdueling the Vikings’ Allen Cole, who scored 25.
Deacon Baratta added 10 for the winners.
Upper Merion 15 7 19 13 – 54
Phoenixville 23 14 9 18 – 64
Upper Merion: Smiley 4 0 2-4 10, McFadden 0 0 0-0 0, Nguyen 0 2 0-0 6, Hirshorn 1 0 1-1 3, Cole 5 4 3-8 25, Davis 5 0 0-2 10. Totals 15 6 6-15 54.
Phoenixville: Absher 2 0 0-0 4, O’Donnell 1 0 1-2 3, Meadows 1 0 0-0 2, A Cervino 1 2 0-0 8, Baratta 2 2 0-0 10, Brown 1 0 0-0 2, C Cervino 1 0 2-2 4, Lebisky 8 2 5-5 27, McClintock 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 19 6 8-9 64.
Pottstown 79, Pope John Paul II 72
The Trojans’ three senior standouts were all on their games Thursday night as Pottstown pulled ahead in the third quarter to edge Pope John Paul II in PAC Frontier action.
Abdul Jackson (game-high 25 points) and Jurrell Young (21) took over in a 28-point third quarter, scoring 10 and 13 respectively, that opened a seven-point lead for the Trojans. Sadeeq Jackson added 21 for Pottstown, which sits atop the division at 7-1 (9-2 PAC) and 13-5 overall.
Caleb Zavertnik and Jason Green each netted 17 for the Golden Panthers (4-4, 4-7, 6-10).
Pope John Paul II 18 18 20 16 – 72
Pottstown 18 17 28 16 – 79
Pope John Paul II: Wise 3 1 0-0 9, Zavertnik 2 4 1-2 17, Fish 4 0 0-0 8, Green 3 3 2-3 17, Bass 0 0 0-0 0, Mondillo 2 1 0-0 7, Robinson 4 0 0-0 8, Owens 2 0 2-2 6. Totals 20 9 5-7 72.
Pottstown: Whitehurst 0 0 1-4 1, Mayes 1 1 0-0 5, Lyons 0 0 0-0 0, A Jackson 8 1 5-8 25, Young 3 4 3-4 21, Booker 2 0 2-4 6, S Jackson 3 2 8-13 21. Totals 16 9 20-34 79.
Spring-Ford 65, Boyertown 39
Spring-Ford was devastating from downtown with 12 3-pointers and the Rams stayed atop the PAC Liberty with a victory over Boyertown. EJ Campbell hit three 3s and a game-high 17 points while Jake Dellangelo knocked down four triples and scored 14. Jacob Nguyen added 13 for the Rams (8-0, 11-0, 16-4), who are No. 4 in the District 1-6A rankings.
Jack Greaves led Boyertown with 15.
Boyertown 10 10 9 4 – 39
Spring-Ford 18 19 21 7 – 65
Boyertown: Johnson 3 1 0-0 9, Greaves 5 1 2-3 15, Kern 1 0 0-0 2, Thompson 1 0 0-0 2, B Rath 2 1 4-6 11, Copeland 0 0 0-0 0, Frey 0 0 0-0 0, Luft 0 0 0-0 0, C Rath 0 0 0-0 0, Ellis 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 3 6-9 39
Spring-Ford: Kelly 2 0 0-0 4, Campbell 4 3 0-0 17, Nguyen 1 3 2-2 13, Dellangelo 1 4 0 0-0 14, Mokonchu 3 0 0-0 6, Green 0 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 1 1-2 4, Barnes 1 0 0-0 2, Bannan 0 0 0-0 0, Pettica 0 0 0-0 0, Pufko 0 1 0-0 3, Marsilio 1 0 0-0 2. Totals 13 12 3-4 65.
Girls’ Basketball
Pope John Paul II 47, Pottstown 26
Katie Nilles scored 10 of her 12 points in the Golden Panthers’ dominant first quarter and PJP cruised by Pottstown in PAC Frontier play on Jan. 25.
Rylee Derecola added 11 for PJP.
Jayanna Hill was the game’s top scorer with 18 for Pottstown, including 8-for-9 free-throw shooting.
Pottstown 6 5 4 11 – 26
Pope John Paul II 25 19 2 1 – 47
Pottstown: Hill 2 2 8-9 18, Diaz 0 0 0-0 0, McClure 0 0 0-3 0, Quiles 0 0 0-0 00, Fleming 1 0 0-0 2, Beasley 0 2 0-2 6, Weller 0 0 0-0 0, White 0 0 0-0 0. TOtals 3 4 8-14 26
Pope John Paul II: Derecola 2 2 1-1 11, Fitzgerald 2 0 0-2 4, Nilles 6 0 0-0 12, Albeck 0 1 1-2 4, McCoy 0 0 1-4 1, So Vigliotta 1 0 4-6 7, Sa Vigliotta 0 0 0-0 0, Colliluori 0 1 2-4 5, DiBricida 0 0 0-0 0, Fish 1 0 0-0 2, Satalin 0 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 5 10-22 47.
Methacton 48, Owen J. Roberts 41
Methacton’s 3-point shooting was the difference in a PAC Liberty win over OJR. The Warriors hit eight 3s to zero from OJR, three from Avery Kenney (9 points) and two from leading scorer Abby Arnold (14).
Asya Price led the Wildcats with 16 points.
Methacton 10 15 10 13 – 48
Owen J. Roberts 12 6 12 11 – 41
Methacton: Kenney 0 3 0-0 9, L Cingiser 1 1 1-2 6, Masotta 1 1 1-2 6, Arnold 2 2 4-6 14, A Cingiser 0 0 0-0 0, Kaufman 1 0 0-2 2, Hockenbrock 1 0 2-2 4, Organtini 1 2 0-0 7, Freese 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 8 8-14 48.
Owen J. Roberts: Price 5 0 6-9 16, Martins 2 0 0-0 4, Winnick 2 0 0-0 4, Smith 5 0 2-3 12, Radel 0 0 0-2 0, Bonney 1 0 3-3 5. Totals 15 0 11-17 41.
Phoenixville 47, Upper Merion 32
Leading 30-29 through three quarters, Phoenixville owned the fourth and took down host Upper Merion in PAC Frontier play.
Kayden Baratta was the engine for the Phantoms with 21 points, followed by eight from Maliyah Warren.
Olivia Smith was UM high scorer with 10.
Phoenixville 7 13 10 17 – 47
Upper Merion 7 10 12 3 – 32
Phoenixville: Warren 3 0 2-4 8, Ulcay 0 0 4-6 4, Gnias 1 1 0-0 5, Ford-Bey 1 0 3-4 5, Baratta 2 2 11-12 21, Turner 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 9 3 20-26 47.
Upper Merion: Coles 1 0 2-2 4, Maiden 1 1 1-4 6, Kokenberger 0 0 0-0 0, Fuqua 1 1 2-4 7, Smith 2 0 6-6 10, Jackson 0 0 0-0 0, Fox 1 0 0-0 2, Eaton 1 0 1-4 3. Totals 7 2 12-20 32.
Perkiomen Valley 75, Norristown 26
Perk Valley continued its tear through the PAC with a rout of Norristown to improve to 8-0 in the Liberty (10-0 PAC) and 18-1 overall. PV leading scorers were Grace Miley with 16, Grace Galbavy with 14 and Bella Bacani with 13. The Vikings are No. 3 in the DIstrict 1-6A power rankings.
Norristown 4 4 1 17 – 26
Perkiomen Valley 30 27 15 3 – 75
Norristown: Minick 0 0 0-0 0, Az Golston 4 0 1-4 9, Douglas 1 3 0-0 11, Anderson 0 0 1-2 1, Ad Golston 1 0 0-0 2, Wright 0 1 0-0 3, Bennett 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 4 2-6 26.
Perkiomen Valley: A Stein 3 1 0-0 9, Bacani 4 1 2-2 13, Mears 0 0 0-0 0, Smith 1 1 1-2 6, L Stein 4 0 1-1 9, Binkowski 0 0 0-0 0, Fowler 0 0 1-2 1, Miley 8 0 0-0 16, King 0 0 0-0 0, Boettinger 3 0 1-2 7, Galbavy 6 0 2-2 14. Totals 29 3 8-11 75.
Spring-Ford 59, Boyertown 24
Upper Perkiomen 41, Pottsgrove 32