Kiersten Swain

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 31, East Pennsboro 23: The Blue Devils’ offense had only one good quarter, but the defense allowed only 10 total points in the last 3 quarters to defeat the Panthers in a Mid Penn Colonial game Wednesday night in Enola.

East Penn (2-17, 2-12 MPC) led 13-8 after one period, thanks to sinking a trio of 3-pointers. But the G-A defense, with Meadow Gambacurta and Brooke Guthrie locking down the top two scorers, then took over the game.

In the third, Kiersten Swain got hot for Greencastle (9-11, 7-6 MPC), scoring 11 of her 13 points as her team outscored EP, 16-3.

Also for Greencastle, Sophie Fries secured 8 rebounds, Ellie Bigler had 6 and Swain added 4.

Greencastle 31, East Pennsboro 23
GREENCASTLE
Lexi Nelson 1 1-2 3, Callie Izer 0 0-0 0, Meadow Gambacurta 0 2-4 2, Brooke Guthrie 0 0-2 0, Liv Carey 2 0-0 4, Ellie Bigler 1 2-4 5, Kiersten Swain 3 5-5 13, Shaina Overcash 0 0-0 0, Sophie Fries 2 0-0 4. Totals 9 10-17 31.
EAST PENNSBORO
Kendra Chubb 1 1-4 4, Riley Uhrich 2 0-0 5, Sofia Morrill 2 0-0 6, Irys Kline 2 0-2 4, Liz Wilson 1 0-0 2, Alana Miller 0 2-3 2. Totals 8 3-9 23.
Greencastle                 8     4    16     3     —     31
East Pennsboro        13     2      3     5     —     23
3-point shots — GA 3 (Swain 2, Bigler); EP 4 (Morrill 2, Chubb, Uhrich).

Alex Albright

BOYS BASKETBALL
East Pennsboro 66, Greencastle-Antrim 43: The Panthers put together a strong second half and shut down the Blue Devils’ offense to earn a Mid Penn Colonial victory Wednesday night in Greencastle.

G-A scored only 6 field goals in the second half, which meant only 16 points to East Penn’s 39 points.

The Blue Devils (7-13, 5-8 MPC) were once again without 2 starters. Alex Albright carried the load, especially early, scoring 10 of his 22 points in the first quarter as Greencastle led by 1. The 22 points was Albright’s career point total. Unfortunately, the next-highest point total for G-A was 5, for both Noah Parks and Evan Hill.

East Pennsboro (13-8, 8-6 MPC) got balanced scoring from Matthew Shroyer (13), Ryan Seibert (13), Hadyn Lay (11) and Izzy Khair (10). The Panthers had 6 players score in the first period and 7 in the fourth quarter.

East Pennsboro 66, Greencastle 43
EAST PENNSBORO
Nasiere Ingram 1 0-0 2, Matthew Shroyer 6 0-0 13, Izzy Khair 5 0-0 10, Haydn Lay 4 2-2 11, Ryan Seibert 5 3-4 13, Ali Alami 2 3-4 7, Jason Boyne 3 0-0 7, Logan Collette 1 0-0 3. Totals 27 8-10 66.
GREENCASTLE
Alex Albright 9 2-3 22, Noah Parks 2 0-0 5, Bryce Davidson 1 0-0 2, Ryder Linn 1 0-0 3, Evan Hill 2 0-0 5, Avery Horst 0 0-0 0, Cooper Noblit 0 0-0 0, Camden Eby 1 0-0 3, Wyatt Hull 0 0-0 0, Isaiah N’diaye 0 1-1 1, Kolten Johnson 0 2-2 2. Totals 16 5-6 43.
East Pennsboro            17     10     20     19     —     66
Greencastle                   18       8       6     10     —     43
3-point shots — EP 4 (Shroyer, Lay, Boyne, Collette); GA 5 (Albright 2, Parks, Linn, Hill, Eby).