Thurs. Pa. boys' and girls' roundup: Pennsbury stuns Upper Perk

January 26, 2012|FOR THE INQUIRER

Pennsbury pulled off a 48-22 upset of host Upper Perkiomen on Thursday night in the second round of the PIAA District 1 Class AAA team wrestling tournament.

Held at four sites with six teams at each location, the first two rounds set up the matchups for the quarterfinals, to be held Feb. 3 at Upper Dublin.

Pennsbury (11-5), seeded 11th among the 24 teams, narrowly beat No. 22 seed Wissahickon, 34-32, in the first round before stunning the sixth-seeded Indians (11-9) in the second round. The Falcons will face Spring-Ford, a 53-12 winner over Garnet Valley, in the quarterfinals.

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In other second-round action, fourth-seeded Marple Newtown outlasted No. 13 Glen Mills, 36-33, at West Chester Rustin and will face Rustin, a 49-16 winner over Upper Moreland, in the next round.

Council Rock North and Norristown are headed for a quarterfinal showdown after each won easily at Pottsgrove. North decked Downingtown East, 35-18, and Norristown pinned Downingtown West, 44-32.

In first-round action, Upper Darby dominated the lower weights, winning five straight from 106 pounds to 132 en route to a 38-19 win over West Chester East at Interboro. Anthony Petril (106) had a technical fall, and Long Le (120) added a pin.

 

Girls' Basketball

Emily Wetz became the second player in Agnes Irwin history to reach 1,000 career points but visiting Notre Dame spoiled the occasion by beating the Owls, 54-33, in an Inter-Ac League matchup.

Kathleen Fitzpatrick's 12 points and Morgan Jennings' 11 topped nine Notre Dame scorers.

Wetz, the senior captain of the basketball and field hockey teams, needed 9 points for 1,000 and used a layup with 1 minute, 40 seconds left to reach the plateau.

"Scoring 1,000 points is a huge milestone for any high school player," Owls coach John Novarina said. "The fact that she is only Agnes Irwin's second 1,000-point scorer tells you how difficult an accomplishment this is."

Catholic Academies. St. Basil (11-6, 7-4) handed visiting Mount St. Joseph (16-2, 9-1), ranked No. 6 in Southeastern Pennsylvania by The Inquirer, its first league loss, 46-42, in overtime.

Kalee Fuegul's three-pointer at the buzzer forced OT, and the Panthers used solid foul shooting in the 8-4 extra period. Erin Fenningham led St. Basil with 14 points.

Villa Joseph Marie avenged an earlier 14-point loss to Nazareth Academy by beating the visiting Pandas, 59-45. Senior center Mary Newell gave the Jems 22 points and 15 rebounds.

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