Watson tops Wilt's mark, Boys' Latin wins in AAA

February 19, 2012

Maurice Watson poured in 42 points on Saturday afternoon and eclipsed Wilt Chamberlain on the career-points list as Boys' Latin captured the Public League Class AAA boys' basketball title with a 81-60 win over Philadelphia Electrical at Ben Franklin.

Watson's game-high points moved him to eighth all-time in Southeastern Pennsylvania and second behind Maureece Rice's 2,681 for the Public League mark. Watson now has 2,228 points.

Along with Chamberlain, the senior guard passed former Episcopal Academy guard Wayne Ellington and former Pennsbury forward Dalton Pepper.

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In the Class AAAA title game, Bartram repeated as champs as it held on to an early lead to top Fels, 57-49.

Senior point guard Gary Gordon scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter.

In the Class AA final, Samir Doughty's running layup with 19 seconds left sealed Communications Tech's 58-55 win over Vaux at Ben Franklin.

The Phoenix trailed by five points at halftime.

Constitution rolled to an easy 72-51 win over Math, Civics & Sciences to capture its second straight Class A title. Malik Starks and Jeremiah Worthem each had 15 points.

Bicentennial. Tim Lazorko hit a pair of foul shots with a little more than a minute left and Holy Ghost Prep held on to top Lower Moreland, 37-34, for its third straight league title.

Girls' Basketball

North Penn took its first lead with 5 minutes left and avoided an upset as the ninth-seeded Maidens turned away visiting 24th-seed Council Rock North, 48-42, in the first round of the District 1 Class AAAA playoffs.

The victory marked the 400th career win for North Penn head coach Maggie deMarteleire.

In other first round action, Alex Louin scored eight of her 14 points in the third quarter to help Mount St. Joseph pull away from visiting Radnor, 58-21.

Bicentennial. Christopher Dock relied on Laura Swintoski's 13 points and five rebounds to capture its first Bicentennial League championship with a 41-32 win over Morrisville at Holy Family.

Indoor Track and Field

Chestnut Hill's Dustin Wilson set a meet record and recorded the state's top time for this season with an 8:47.18 mark in the 3,000 meters at the boys' TFCAGP 47th Meet of Champions at Lehigh University.

Eric Futch of Penn Wood captured first place in both the 60-meter hurdles and 200 meters. His time of 7.95 in the hurdles is a meet record and No. 2 in the state and No. 3 in the nation.

Pennsbury' Sara Sargent used a thin margin to top North Penn's Meghan McGovern in the mile at the girls' DVTCA Meet of Champions on Friday night at Lehigh. Sargent finished in 5:00.29 and McGovern came in at 5:00.48.

Girls' Bowling

Archbishop Ryan captured its first Catholic League title since 2007 with a 1890-1794 win over Archbishop Prendergast at Thunderbird Lanes.

Sophomore Tori Cruz led the Ragdolls with a 220 game and 591 series.

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