Alex Albright

BOYS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 37, West Perry 34: The Blue Devils survived a defensive struggle against the Mustangs and won for the second time in three games on Thursday night in a Mid Penn Colonial game at G-A.

West Perry (8-9, 3-8 MPC) took a 19-14 lead into halftime thanks to a 10-point second period by Braedon McKeever (he ended up with 15 points).

But then Carter McCauley, who had just 2 points at halftime, got it going for Greencastle (6-10, 4-6 MPC), scoring 14 of his 16 points in the second half. Alex Albright helped out by scoring 9 points.

The Blue Devil defense held the Mustangs to just 9 field goals, but West Perry stayed in the game by making 13 of 18 free throws, while G-A hit only 3 of 7 at the line.

Greencastle 37, West Perry 34
WEST PERRY
Casey Sutch 0 2-4 2, Mason Sanno 1 0-0 2, Micah Weaver 3 1-1 7, Braedon McKeever 3 7-9 15, Hayden Fleisher 1 1-2 4, Jaxson Bower 1 2-2 4. Totals 9 13-18 34.
GREENCASTLE
Alex Albright 3 3-5 9, Noah Parks 2 0-0 5, Carter McCauley 8 0-0 16, Evan Hill 1 0-0 3, Avery Horst 1 0-0 2, Camden Eby 0 0-0 0, Landen Swain 0 0-2 0, Isaiah N’Diaye 1 0-0 2, Kolton Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 3-7 37.
West Perry             5     14      6       9     —     34 
Greencastle           7      7     12     11     —     37
3-point shots — WP 3 (McKeever 2, Fleisher); GA 2 (Parks, Hill).

Sophie Fries

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 49, West Perry 40: The Blue Devils took the lead early for the first time in a couple of weeks and used that to defeat the Mustangs in a Mid Penn Colonial game Thursday night in Elliottsburg.

Greencastle (7-9, 5-5 MPC), which ended a 4-game losing skid, led 17-7 after one quarter, and led 39-25 after three quarters. The big difference was cutting turnovers down — G-A, which has missed injured point guard Eva Martin for the past 5 games, had only 4 in the first half.

Sophie Fries shot 6-for-7 from the field and scored a career-high 13 points for the Blue Devils, Kiersten Swain put in 10 points and Ellie Bigler had 9 points and 5 assists. Callie Izer and Meadow Gambacurta each pulled down 7 rebounds.

For West Perry (4-12, 3-8 MPC), Hayley Page scored 12 points.

Greencastle 49, West Perry 40
GREENCASTLE
Lexi Nelson 0 0-0 0, Callie Izer 1 1-4 3, Meadow Gambacurta 2 0-0 5, Brooke Guthrie 2 0-0 4, Liv Carey 2 2-2 5, Ellie Bigler 4 1-2 9, Kiersten Swain 4 0-0 10, Shaina Overcash 0 0-0 0, Sophie Fries 6 1-1 13. Totals 20 5-9 49.
WEST PERRY
Grace Henry 1 0-0 2, Shay Dyer 2 0-0 5, Hayley Page 4 2-5 12, Taylor Lupfer 5 1-3 11, Hailey Prowell 1 0-0 2, Austynn Wolf 3 2-4 8. Totals 16 5-12 40.
Greencastle             17     7     15     10     —    49 
West Perry               10     7       8     15     —     40 
3-point shots — GA 4  (Swain 2, Gambacurta, Carey); WP 3 (Page 2, Dyer).