MONTGOMERY--Three years ago Montgomery won one game and ran one play against man defenses; one play against zone defenses. Games often were over by halftime. Saturday afternoon, Montgomery ran nine different plays and brilliantly executed them all. Every player contributed on both ends. ...
HUGHESVILLE--Josh Heiney repeatedly broke down Bloomsburg's aggressive zone defense. Dylan Bieber stretched it with four 3-pointers and Hughesville effectively moved the ball inside and outside all night. This was a different Hughesville team than the one Bloomsburg pounded last month. This was a better team, a calmer one. Put it together and Hughesville produced an impressive win against a former nemesis while clinching a District 4 Class AAA playoff berth in front of a boisterous home crowd Saturday night. Bieber scored 24 points, Heiney 18 and Hughesville made 60 percent of its ...
MUNCY--Isaiah Fenner felt different throughout the school day Friday. Something felt right and that feeling blossomed during pregame warm-ups. The Montoursville point guard knew something special was coming. He all but guaranteed it. And then he delivered in emphatic fashion. Fenner played the game of his life Friday and ignited a fabulous team performance as Montoursville put everything together and continued surging. Fenner scored a career-high 23 points, including seven straight during a critical third-quarter spurt, and Montoursville made 60 percent of its shots as it defeated ...
St. John Neumann players do not just push each other at practice. They try dominating each other. Ultimately, the big winner is the entire team. Taking that competitive mindset to the court and combining it with good height and athletic ability, Neumann is becoming a formidable Class A foe. And Tuesday night at the Catholic Community Center the rebounding competition that goes on there daily helped the Knights end a six-year drought. Gigi Parlante dominated, scoring a career-high 18 points and grabbing a career-best 22 rebounds as Neumann defeated Sullivan County, 46-22. Lizzie ...
HUGHESVILLE--Alli Anstadt beat her defender off the dribble before running into two defenders near the basket. Unfazed, the Hughesville forward pump-faked twice and easily scored a third-quarter basket. Anstadt scored a lot of ways Thursday night against St. John Neumann, but the times she used fakes to produce baskets especially stood out. And that's because the freshman did not have those moves three weeks ago. Just 12 games into her debut season, Anstadt is growing each contest. The heights that growth can take her seem limitless and Anstadt already is becoming a matchup dilemma. ...
At different times, all seven South Williamsport players made big impacts Tuesday against visiting Millville. But it has never been just an individual or two helping South win so many games the last two years. It always has been about all those athletes playing as one. That chemistry, that connection and that unselfishness came shining through again as South dominated the fourth quarter against a tough team and pulled away for a key win. Every player South coach Justin Marnon used produced well, the defense formed a wall and South defeated Millville, 42-32 while opening a two-game ...
