Basketball

G-A roundup: Defense has dominant stretch in win for girls hoops

Liv Carey

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 51, West Perry 26: The Blue Devils held the Mustangs scoreless for a stretch of 14 minutes on their way to a Mid Penn Colonial victory on their home court Thursday night.

In a second quarter that was was cold for both teams, Greencastle (4-4, 2-2 MPC) pitched a 5-0 shutout. Then in the third period, the G-A offense took off, outscoring West Perry 23-6. Liv Carey had all 8 of her points in that quarter and Kiersten Swain had 5.

Swain led her team with 13 points, while Meadow Gambacurta, Eva Martin (5 steals) and Ellie Bigler each had 7 points. Callie Izer hauled down 11 rebounds and Carey added 5.

 

Greencastle 51, West Perry 26 
WEST PERRY
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GREENCASTLE
Lexi Nelson 1 0-0 2, Callie Izer 1 0-0 2, Meadow Gambacurta 2 2-2 7, Eva Martin 2 2-2 7, Brooke Guthrie 2 0-0 5, Liv Casey 4 0-0 8, Ellie Bigler 3 1-1 7, Kiersten Swain 5 0-2 13, Alannah Coleman 0 0-0 0, Minnie Gambacurta 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 5-7 51.
West Perry           8     0       6     12     —     26
Greencastle       10     5     23     13     —     51
3-point shots — WP (); GA 6 (Swain 3, Me.Gambacurta, Martin, Guthrie).
NOTE: West Perry’s stats were not made available.

Alex Albright

BOYS BASKETBALL
West Perry 47, Greencastle-Antrim 45: The Blue Devils rallied late to tie the score at 45, but the Mustangs scored the final points with 3 seconds left to pick up a Mid Penn Colonial win Thursday night in Elliottsburg.

Greencastle scored 6 straight points to tie the game and won a defensive rebound with a minute left. G-A tried to hold the ball for the last shot, but turned it over with 20 seconds to go. After a timeout, West Perry scored the game-winner.

Alex Albright and Carter McCauley each scored 11 points for the Blue Devils (2-4, 1-3 MPC), Noah Parks had 7 and Landen Swain added 6.

Jaxon Bower led West Perry with 14 points.

West Perry 47, Greencastle 45
GREENCASTLE
Alex Albright 4 2-2 11, Noah Parks 3 0-0 7, Carter McCauley 4 2-2 11, Ryder Linn 0 2-2 2, Avery Horst 2 1-2 3, Camden Eby 1 1-1 3, Landen Swain 2 0-0 6, Kolton Johnson 0 2-2 2. Totals 17 8-9 45.
WEST PERRY
Casey Sutch 2 3-4 5, Mason Sanno 1 0-0 3, Micah Weaver 3 0-0 9, Braedan McKeever 5 0-1 11, Hayden Fleisher 2 0-0 5, Jaxson Bower 6 0-0 14. Totals 18 3-5 42.
Greencastle           13     10       9     13     —     45    
West Perry            10     17     11       9     —     42 
3-point shots — GA 5 (Swain 2, Albright, Parks, McCauley); WP 8 (Weaver 3, Boer 2, Sanno, McKeever, Fleisher).

Landon Hinkle

WRESTLING
Greencastle-Antrim 53, James Buchanan 24: The Blue Devils reversed an earlier result against the Rockets, using four pins and four forfeits to defeat JB on Thursday night in Mercersburg in a Mid Penn Colonial match.

On Saturday, in James Buchanan’s duals tournament, JB took a 3928 win over G-A.

Notching pins for Greencastle (3-3, 1-1 MPC) were Landon Hinkle (172), Ayden Amsley (189), Kahl Cordell (114) and Aiden Crouse (133), while Jackson Polifka (127) had a technical fall.

For the Rockets (4-4, 0-2 MPC), Alex Brake (152), Diego Atherton (107), Blake Bishop (139) and Finn Lorson (145) had pins.

Greencastle 53, James Buchanan 24
152 — Alex Brake (JB) p Braden Eckert, 1:22
160 — Ethan South (GA) won by forfeit
172 — Landon Hinkle (GA) p Briar Hensley, 1:17
189 — Ayden Amsley (GA) p Emmett Medolla, 1:04
215 — Gerard Dominguez (GA) won by forfeit
285 — Nathan Painter (GA) won by forfeit
107 — Diego Atherton (JB) p Brock Neville, 4:22
114 — Kahl Cordell (GA) p Naomi Moore, 0:33
121 — Chance Zimmerman (GA) won by forfeit
127 — Jackson Polifka (GA) tf Jeremy Minor, 15-0
133 — Aiden Crouse (GA) p Cayden Bixler, 2:11
139 — Blake Bishop (JB) p Carter Kuykendall, 1:33
145 — Finn Lorson (JB) p Myles Ingram, 0:41