Carter McCauley

BOYS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 72, James Buchanan 47: The Blue Devils rolled to a 23-12 lead after one quarter and captured a Mid Penn Colonial victory over the Rockets on Friday night in Mercersburg.

Playing again without leading scorer Conner Wright, Greencastle (4-1, 2-0 MPC) got 18 points from Carter McCauley, 16 from Eli Sterling and 14 from Logan Alvey, who connected on four 3-pointers. Jordan Hunt also banged in a trio of threes for 9 points.

G-A outscored the rockets in each quarter.

D. Crouse led JB with 21 points.

Greencastle 72, James Buchanan 47
GREENCASTLE
Iyshone Coleman 0 1-2 3, Eli Sterling 6 2-3 16, Surzano Solomon 1 0-0 2, Carter McCauley 7 4-6 18, Logan Alvey 4 2-2 14, Jordan Hunt 3 0-0 9, Carter Coons 3 0-0 6, Nathan Hanks 1 0-0 3, Noah Parks 0 0-0 0, Garrett Blubaugh 0 0-0 0, Sal Bangura 0 0-0 0, Owen Plum 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 9-15 72.
JAMES BUCHANAN
F.McKee 0 0-0 0, D Majors 2 0-0 5, T.Grove 2 3-5 7, Towns 1 0-0 2, N.Miller 1 0-0 3, J.Miller 2 2-2 7, D.Crouse 7 5-8 21, J.Bell 1 0-0 2, J.Rineer 0 0-0 0, A.Egli 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-15 47
Greencastle                  23    17    16    16    —    72
James Buchanan         12    12    11    12    —    47
3-point shots — GA 11 (Alvey 4, Hunt 3, Sterling 2, Coleman, Hanks); JB 5 (Crouse 2, Majors, N.Miller, J.Miller).

Callie Izer

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 57, James Buchanan 22: The Blue Devils recovered from their first loss of the season on Tuesday by taking a 35-point win over the Rockets in a Mid Penn Colonial game Friday night at home.

A solid man-to-man defense helped Greencastle (4-1, 1-1 MPC) pull away from JB in their first home game of the season. G-A held James Buchanan to 8 or fewer points in each period.

Haley Noblit poured in 18 points and added 8 assists and 4 steals for the Blue Devils, and Callie Izer came off the bench to record a career-high 12 points and 9 rebounds.

Also for Greencastle, Kylie Kerns had 6 points, 6 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals; Ainsley Swindell had 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Eva Martin contributed 8 points, 6 boards and 2 assists.