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Whaley has big night as Williamsport wins tournament opener

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Williamsport opened and closed strong Friday at the William Penn York Tournament as three players reached double digits in a 59-46 semifinal win against Woodland Hills. The Millionaires (1-1) built a 17-9 first quarter lead and closed on an 18-12 run. George Whaley matched a career-high with 23 points and Caden Holt added 11. Those two combined for six 3-pointers and Jamaire Harden scored 10 points.

Quinn Ranck scored a career-high 20 points and drained four 3-pointers as Montoursville won a hard-fought game at Jersey Shore, 61-55. Freshman Shea Ulmer made a big impact off the bench, scoring 14 points, including five in the fourth quarter, and Bryce Eberhart added 10. Spencer Brion scored a career-high 22 points for Jersey Shore in its first game and matched Ranck with four 3-pointers. Mason Miller also reached double figures with 12 points and Ben Dalton added nine.

Branson Eyer scored 23 points and was 10 of 12 from the field with five assists as Muncy defeated MMI Prep in the Mountain Madness Tournament semifinals at Sullivan County. Michael Fry scored 19 thanks to hitting five 3-pointers and Ross Eyer produced his 28th straight double-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Noah Confer added six assists for Muncy (2-0) and Ryan Sones had 28 points for MMI Prep.

Muncy will play host Sullivan County after the Griffins erased a 10-point fourth quarter deficit and dramatically defeated Troy, 44-42. Ben Carpenter came off a ball screen, went to the rim and finished with less than a second to play to give the Griffins the win over last year’s District 4 Class AAA runner-up. Carpenter led Sullivan County with 18 points, while Maddox Bahr scored 10 and Landon Baldwin added eight. Sullivan (1-0) allowed just three points during the fourth quarter comeback.

Rayne Parrish scored a career-high 22 points and connected on six 3-pointers, but Northeast Bradford edged Montgomery, 58-54 in an exciting Kyle Lynn Memorial Tournament semifinal. Hayden Wilt scored 12 points and Noah Gearhart made four steals. Demaj Stewart-Williams added five rebounds. Josh Stanton scored 18 points for NEB which will play two-time defending champion North Penn-Liberty in the final.

Brody Burleigh grabbed his 500th career rebound in a wild North Penn-Mansfield 49-41 win against previously undefeated Northwest. The Tigers (3-1) led 26-12 at halftime after blanking Northwest in the second quarter. The Rangers (4-1) then outscored NP-Mansfield 25-5 in the third quarter before the Tigers erased a six-point fourth quarter deficit to win. Burleigh finished with 11 points and Karson Dominick scored a game-high 19. Cooper Shaw added nine points.

In girls’ basketball, Muncy defeated Wellsboro, 48-35, at the Muncy Rotary Tournament. Wellsboro plays in the consolation game on Saturday at 6 p.m. and Muncy plays in the final at 7:30 p.m. Avery Bigelow had a monster game for the Indians (2-0), scoring a career-high 25 points and grabbing seven rebounds. Mia Edkin added 14 points with four steals and Addi Eyer dealt 10 assists. Wellsboro was led by Chloe Brandenburg’s 16 points.

Central Mountain defeated Bald Eagle Area, 55-44. The Wildcats held a 20-14 lead at the half. Senior Kiahna Jones had a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for a double-double. Nine Wildcats scored in the game.

Lewisburg defeated Penns Valley, 37-29. Elsa Fellon and Sophie Kilbride each scored eight points and Keeley Baker had a team-high nine points. Kilbride had nine rebounds and seven steals and assisted two assists. Still had five steals, six boards and an assist. Baker had a near double-double as she had 11 rebounds.

North Penn-Mansfield fell against Wellsville, N.Y., 57-28. McKenna Lightener had 10 points, four rebounds, two blocks and a steal and Kameron Lightener and Addison Farrer each had seven points and four rebounds. Farrer added five steals.

In high school wrestling, Lewisburg fell to Shikellamy, 48-24. Derek Shedleski won by major decision at 172 pounds against Matthew Shaffer. Lewisburgás Landen Wagner picked up a 4-2 decision win at 126 and at 132, Quintong Bartlett won for Lewisburg via tech fall, 16-0, 5:22, against Shikellamy’s Daniel Hernandez.

Senior Katherine Brown won three individual events and helped the 200-yard medley relay team to a win as well to lead the Lycoming College swimming teams in a dual meet at Penn State-Altoona. Penn State-Altoona edged the Lycoming women, 119-97, and won the men’s meet, 154-71.

Brown was a part of four of the Warrior women’s six event wins, as Penn State-Altoona won six events and added 55 points in second to fifth-place points and the Warriors had 41.

Brown posted a 31.33 to win the 50-yard breaststroke, a 25.75 to win the 50-yard freestyle and a 1:07.62 to win the 100-yard breaststroke and she teamed with freshman Augustus Wood, junior Elisa DiNicola (a Loyalsock graduate) and junior Cathryn Brought (a Wellsboro graduate) to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:56.34.

DiNicola also won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.89 and Brought won the 100-yard freestyle in 57.35 and finished second in the 50-yard breaststroke in 33.13.

Boys Basketball

Williamsport 59, Woodland Hills 46

WOODLAND HILLS (46)

Scoop Smith 1 3-8 6, Chaz Smith 5 2-2 13, Shamier Pinkney 2 2-4 6, Austin Wells 1 0-2 2, Cruz McMillan 2 0-0 6, Cam Waeter 2 0-0 5, Kellen McDonough 2 1-2 6, Troy Akins 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 8-18 46.

WILLIAMSPORT (59)

Jamaire Harden 3 4-5 10, Zach Lake 3 0-1 7, Caden Holt 4 0-0 11, Mahki Johnson 0 0-0 0, Jakiha Kline 1 0-0 2, George Whaley 9 2-2 23, Chris White 0 0-0 0, Landon Allmaras 0 0-0 0, Naamir Lowe 0 0-0 0, Caleb Fausnaught 2 2-2 6, Kyreek Bradshaw 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 8-10 59.

Woodland Hills 9 12 13 12-46

Williamsport 17 10 14 18-59

3-pointers: Woodland Hills 5 (McMillan 2, S. Smith, C. Smith, Waeter); Williamsport 7 (Holt 3, Whaley 3, Lake).

Records: Williamsport 1-1.

Montoursville 61, Jersey Shore 55

MONTOURSVILLE (61)

Bryce Eberhart 4 1-1 10, Quinn Ranck 6 4-6 20, Nason Tran 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Mussina 1 0-0 2, Connor Imbro 0 0-0 0, Gavin Cott 3 0-0 6, Shea Ulmer 6 0-0 14, Todd Crawford 0 0-0 0, Tanner Menne 2 1-2 5, Wyatt Fry 1 0-0 2, Chase Snyder 0 0-2 0, Matthew Conklin 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 6-11 61.

JERSEY SHORE (55)

Jager Woodring 0 0-0 0, Diesel Kipa 0 0-0 0, Ben Dalton 4 1-2 9, Jude Temtyck 0 0-0 0, Hunter Fink 0 0-0 0, Derrick High 2 0-0 5, Mason Miller 5 2-4 12, Spencer Brion 8 2-2 22, Kaimen West 2 2-2 7. Totals 21 7-10 55.

Montoursville 16 19 9 17-61

Jersey Shore 13 16 10 16-55

3-pointers: Montoursville 7 (Ranck 4, Ulmer 2, Eberhart); Jersey Shore 6 (Brion 4, High, West).

Records: Montoursville 1-1. Jersey Shore 0-2.

Kyle Lynn Memorial Tournament

N.P.-Liberty 46, Meadowbrook Christian 22

MEADOWBROOK (22)

Tilley 1 0-0 2; Dugan 2 0-0 5; Reed 2 1-1 6; Erb 1 2-2 4; Locke 0 0-0 0; Schmidt 0 0-0 0; Bennage 1 0-0 3; Baker 0 0-0 0; Canello 0 0-0 0; Joah 1 0-0 2; Rhoades 0 0-0 0; Millet 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 3-3 22.

NPL (46)

Louis Merrantino 0 0-0 0; Adynn Wheeland 4 1-4 10; Bryce Boyer 3 0-0 6; Carter Grinnell 0 0-0 0; Brody Stetter 0 0-0 0; Jackson Brion 4 0-0 8; Derek Litzelman 8 0-0 18; Glenn Oakley 0 0-0 0; Daniel Sherant 2 0-0 4. Totals 21 1-4 46.

M.C 12 2 2 6 – 22

NPL 9 11 13 13 – 46

3-point goals: Meadowbrook 3 (Reed 1, Dugan 1, Bennage 1), NPL 3 (Litzelman 2, Wheeland 1).

Northeast Bradford 58, Montgomery 54

NEB (58)

Joe Stanton 3 1-1 8, Brayden Miller 1 0-0 2, Josh Stanton 5 4-5 18, Cooper Brown 2 1-2 5, Eli Stanton 1 1-2 3, Dillan Donnelly 2 0-1 6, Cayden McPherson 7 2-3 16. Totals 21 9-14 58.

MONTGOMERY (54)

Rayne Parrish 7 2-3 22, Peyton Cox 0 0-2 0, Parker Bennett 2 0-0 4, Saafir Stewart-Williams 1 4-4 6, Hayden Wilt 5 0-0 12, Noah Gearhart 3 0-0 6, Demaj Stewart-Williams 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 6-9 54.

NEB 8 17 14 19-58

Montgomery 13 10 15 16-54

3-pointers: NEB 7 (Josh Stanton 4, Donnelly 2, Joe Stanton); Montgomery 8 (Parrish 6, Wilt 2).

Records: NEB 1-2. Montgomery 2-1.

Mountain Madness Tournament

Muncy 65, MMI Prep 53

MUNCY (65)

Brady Ryder 0 0-0 0; Eli Weikle 1 0-0 2; Noah Confer 3 0-0 6; Braden Beaver 0 0-0 0; Stiles Eyer 0 0-0 0; Ross Eyer 5 5-6 15; Branson Eyer 11 0-2 23; Michael Fry 7 0-0 19; Patrick Zalonis 0 0-0 0; Konnor Shearer 0 0-0 0; Kohen Meyer 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 5-8 65.

MMI PREP (53)

Lex Lespi 3 0-0 8; Ryan Sones 11 1-2 28; Brandon Brobst 1 0-0 2; Edgar Lopez-Rodryves 0 0-0 0; Nick Pantages 3 1-1 9; Reed Floyshak 0 0-0 0; Caden Pease 3 0-0 6; Haden Schwabe 0 0-0 0; John Drobnok 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 2-3 53.

Muncy 15 11 20 19 – 65

MMI Prep 12 7 21 13 – 53

3-point goals: Muncy 6 (Fry 5, B. Eyer 1), MMI Prep 9 (Sones 5, Lespi 2, Pantages 2).

Sullivan County 44, Troy 42

SULLIVAN (44)

Derrick Finnegan 1 1-2 3; Maddox Bahr 4 0-0 10; Trey HIgley 1 3-4 5; Tucker Blasi 0 0-2 0; Landon Baldwin 3 0-2 8; Ben Carpenter 7 1-1 18; Conner Smithkors 0 0-2 0. Totals 16 5-13 44.

TROY (42)

Jackson Taylor 1 0-2 2; Colin Loveland 0 2-2 2; Justice Chimics 2 0-0 5; Joseph Frye 0 1-2 1; Lance Heasley 1 0-2 2; Evan Woodward 4 3-5 13; Easton Teribury 0 0-0 0; Jack Burgage 3 3-4 9; Lincoln Chimics 3 1-1 8. Totals 14 11-18 42.

Sullivan9 14 8 13 — 44

Troy 10 19 10 3 — 42

3-point goals: Sullivan 7 (Carpenter 3, Baldwin 2, Bahr 2), Troy 3 (L. Chimics 1, Woodward 1, J. Chimics 1).

North Penn-Mansfield 49, Northwest 41

NPM (49)

Sam Lawrence 2 0-2 5; Andrew Green 0 0-0 0; Brody Burleigh 4 3-4 11; Andy Heimansen 0 0-0 0; Alex Davis 2 1-1 5; Cooper Shaw 3 1-2 9; Karson Dominick 7 4-4 19; Cade Kyrejewski 0 0-0 0; Talan DáAngelo 0 0-0 0; Tayten Strange 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 9-13 49.

NORTHWEST (41)

Tayler Yaple 4 2-2 11; Landon Hufford 0 0-1 0; Josh Miner 3 3-4 12; Ryan miner 4 0-0 12; Zac OáDay 1 0-0 2; Derek Pierontoni 2 0-0 4; Brady Shea 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-7 41.

NPM 16 10 5 18 – 49

Northwest12 0 25 4 – 41

3-point goals: NPM 4 (Shaw 2, Dominick 1, Lawrence 1), Northwest 8 (R. Miner 4, J. Miner 3, Yaple 1).

Girls Basketball

Muncy 48, Wellsboro 35

MUNCY (48)

Addison Eyer 0 0-0 0; Cierra Charles 1 11-2 3; Avery Bigelow 8 9-10 25; Mia Edkin 6 0-0 14; Anna Zalonis 0 0-1 0; Addison Gresh 0 0-0 0; Katelyn Rice 0 0-0 0; Nolah Moyer 3 0-1 6. Totals 18 10-14 48.

WELLSBORO (35)

Chloe Brandenburg 7 1-3 16; Maddy Mascha 2 1-3 5; Paige Logsdon 4 0-4 8; Ella Posado 2 0-0 4; Emily Richardson 1 0-0 2; Hailie Kerr 0 0-0 0; Molly Ingerick 0 0-0 0; Hannah Gilmour 0 0-0 0; Lily Wagner 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 2-10 35.

Muncy 13 14 8 13 – 48

Wellsboro 6 12 8 9 – 35

3point goals: Muncy 2 (Edkin 2), Wellsboro 1 (Brandenburg 1).

Lewisburg 37, Penns Valley 29

LEWISBURG (37)

Maddie Materne 2 2-2 6; Sydney Bolinsky 0 0-0 0; Maddy Mavera 1 0-0 2; Maddie Still 2 0-0 4; Elsa Fellon 4 0-1 8; Maria Bozella 0 0-0 0; Sophie Kilbride 3 2-4 8; Keeley Baker 4 1-2 9. Totals 16 4-9 37.

PENNS VALLEY (29)

Julia Emel 0 0-1 0; Kayla Hopkins 0 1-2 0; Ann-Marie McMurtrie 4 2-2 10; Avery Dinges 0 0-1 0; Scotty Dinges 2 0-4 4; Skylar Fleshman 0 0-0 0; Ellie Romig 0 0-0 0; Paige Dobson 1 1-2 4; Elle Dinges 4 0-0 10. Totals 11 4-12 29.

Lewisburg 11 7 12 7 – 37

Penns Valley9 12 2 6 – 29

3-point goals: PV 3 (Dinges 2, Dobson 1).

Wellsville (N.Y.) 57, North Penn-Mansfield 28

NPM (28)

Ella Swingle 1 2-2 4; Addison Hill 0 0-0 0; Kameron Lightener 2 3-5 7; McKenna Lightener 5 0-0 10; Addison Farrer 3 1-2 7; K. Rieppel 0 0-0 0; Madalyn Farrer 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 6-9 28.

WELLSVILLE (57)

Lindsey Stuck 6 0-2 12; Natalie Adams 2 1-2 5; Edehlia Sebastian 1 0-0 2; Maddy Parks 2 0-0 4; Emily Robbins 4 0-2 9; Sara Reitz 2 0-0 6; Averee Palmetier 4 3-3 11; MaKenna Aunber 4 0-0 8. Totals 25 4-9 57.

NPM 12 3 4 9 – 28

Wellsville 13 15 11 18 – 57

3-point goals: Wellsville 3 (Reitz 2, Robbins 1).

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

Shikellamy 48, Lewisburg 24

160: Connor Wetzel (S) pinned Chase Wenrich, 3:30. 172: Derek Shedleski (L) maj. dec. Matthew Shaffer, 10-2. 189: Brody Rebuck (S) pinned Trent Wenrich, 2:47. 215: Mason Rebuck (S) by forfeit. 285: Lucas Wetzel (S) pinned Lennon Barner, 3:51. 106: Nolan Altoft (L) pinned Max Hallman, 1:54. 113: Landon Michaels (L) pinned Jewlius Morales, 1:48. 120: Alex Reed (S) pinned Jace Gessner, 2:47. 126: Landen Wagner (L) dec. Eben Kisner, 4-2. 132: Quintong Bartlett (L) tech fall Daniel Hernandez, 16-0, 5:22. 138: Isaac McGregor (S) pinned Ethan Long, 1:52. 145: CJ Keener (S) by forfeit. 152: Cole Wetzel (S) pinned Daniel Leao, 2:50.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Penn State-Altoona 119, Lycoming 97

200 Medley Relay: Lycoming àAá, 1:56.34; 200 Free: Sarah Petry (PSA), 2:06.23; 50 Back: Grace DáAngelo (PSA), 29.44; 50 Breast: Katherine Brown (LC), 31.33; 100 Fly: Elisa DiNicola (LC), 1:03.89; 50 Free: Katherine Brown (LC), 25.75; 100 Free: Cathryn Brought (LC), 57.35; 100 Back: Teah Sponsler (PSA), 1:05.01; 100 Breast: Katherine Brown (LC), 1:07.62; 500 Free: Madison Coleman (PSA), 5:50.84; 50 Fly: Grace DáAngelo (PSA), 27.89; 100 IM: Grace DáAngelo (PSA), 1:04.25.

MEN’S SWIMMING

Penn State-Altoona 154, Lycoming 71

200 Medley Relay: Penn State-Altoona àAá, 1:42.54; 200 Free: Isaac Swanson (PSA), 1:51.46; 50 Back: Luke Pletz (PSA), 27.51; 50 Breast: Will Marcinkowski (LC), 28.31; 100 Fly: Laurence Wang (PSA), 54.43; 50 Free: Adam Marawan (PSA), 22.40; 100 Free: Jack Zisa (PSA), 51.58; 100 Back: Isaac Swanson (PSA), 57.81; 100 Breast: Eliot Keith (LC), 1:03.22; 500 Free: Jack Zisa (PSA), 5:23.50; 50 Fly: Ethan Andrews (PSA), 25.38; 100 IM: Adam Marawan (PSA), 56.46; 200 Free Relay: Penn State-Altoona àAá, 1:32.73.

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