Norristown, which finished 15th with 76 points, was led by Brett Hamer's third-place effort at 160 and Shane Springer's fifth place at 170.
West Chester Rustin got strong performances from Corey McQuiston, who placed fifth at 120, and Tyler Wood's sixth place at 182.
La Salle, which placed 18th with 66.5 points, also got a fourth place from Casey Kent at 152.
Haverford School freshman L.J. Barlow collected a seventh place at 182.
Boys' Basketball
The Hill School's bid to win the 42d annual Dave Mercer Invitational for the first time since 2007 fell short with a 52-47 title loss to New Hampton Prep (N.H.). Hill's Josh Heyliger (19 points), Hans Brase (8 points, 4 rebounds) and Elijah McLaurin (5 assists, 4 rebounds) earned all-tournament honors.
Chestnut Hill won the seventh-place game, 35-28, over Peddie School (N.J.) as Malik Garner's 14 points and Michael Hayes' 10 helped overcome a 21-9 halftime deficit.
Girls' Basketball
Nazareth Academy rallied from a 16-5 first-quarter deficit and knocked off host St. Hubert, 58-48, in a nonleague contest. Danielle Gasperi contributed 21 points and nine rebounds, including eight boards in a 25-10 fourth-quarter surge.
Villa Joseph Marie also came back from a big deficit to jolt visiting Archbishop Prendergast, 39-33. Down by 26-16 at intermission, the Jems used pressure defense plus balanced scoring by Kelly Coleman (10), Sarah Madden (8) and Melissa Poderis (7) to rally.
Boys' Basketball
DAVE MERCER INVITATIONAL
New Hampton (N.H.) 19 18 7 8 - 52
Hill School 10 13 15 9 - 47
NH: Alston 2, Auguste 5, Evans 6, Hendricks 11, Liebert 3, Manning 10, Terrell 5, Vonleg 10.
HS: Jerome Alexander 9, Hans Brase 8, Josh Heyliger 19, Elijah McLaurin 5, John Moran 3, Adam Regensburg 3.
Peddie School (N.J.) 15 6 1 6 - 28
Chestnut Hill 5 4 11 15 - 35
