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Loyalsock scored 24 points in the first and fourth quarters to pull away from Southern Columbia en route to a 79-58 win in boys basketball on Thursday evening on the road.
Jaylen Andrews (25 points) and Nate Bauman (22) combined for 47 points to lift the Lancers. Gage Patterson added 15 points and Jamaire Harden scored 11.
Southern had three players score in double figures with Isaac Carter’s 14 points, Brian Britton’s 13 and Jacob Hoy’s 11.
Thomas Takach scored 14 points and Caden Holt scored 11 but Williamsport fell on the road to Shamokin, 54-42. Williamsport’s Mahki Washington added eight.
The Millionaires were limited to six points in the first quarter and eight in the third.
A strong second-half helped Cowanesque Valley defeat Canton in a Northern Tier matchup, 42-32. After scoring just 13 first-half points, Cowanesque scored 12 in the third quarter and finished with a 17-point fourth quarter.
Cowanesque Valley had a trio of double-digit scorers as Fletcher Good, Larson Swimley and Jordan Vargeson all scored 11 points each. Ben Fitch led Canton with 12 points and Lance Route scored eight.
Sayre held off North Penn-Liberty, 51-40, to secure a Northern Tier victory. Adynn Wheeland scored 10 points and Louis Mercantino contributed nine for Liberty.
The Redskins held Liberty to just seven points in the second quarter and nine in the fourth quarter. Zach Senese scored 17 points for Sayre and Nick Pelicanno scored nine.
• A second-half surge propeled the Montoursville girls basketball team to a 47-33 comeback win over Mifflinburg on the road. After trailing 19-15 at the half, Montoursville scored 16 points in both the third and fourth quarters to take the lead.
Maddie Labatch led Montoursville with a 17-point performance while Nyla Kutney scored 12 points. Jill Stone added seven.
St. John Neumann took a 10-point lead after the first quarter and never looked back, limiting Southern Columbia to single digits all four quarters en route to a 53-19 rout.
Niyah Tutler led the Golden Knights with 14 points while Gigi Parlante scored 12 and Bri Nixon added 10.
• A day after falling in the first round of the District 4 Class AA Duals tournament, Lewisburg responded with a bounceback win, defeating Benton in a dual match, 45-25.
Landen Wagner defeated Benton’s Luke Eckroth at 152 pounds via tech fall, 26-11, 5:40. Lewisburg’s Chase Wenrich picked up a 34-second fall at 172 over Trevor Dietz.
Lewisburg also saw Evan Frederick beat Alan Lane at 285 by major decision, 10-2.
• The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference released the 2024 preseason women's lacrosse coaches' polls and the Lock Haven women's lacrosse team was picked fifth in the highly-competitive PSAC Western Division.
Seton Hill earned four of seven first-place votes to earn preseason favorites in the West, while IUP comes in behind them after earning three first-place votes. Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst are predicted third and fourth, with Lock Haven coming in right behind them at No. 5. Gannon and Edinboro round out the East as the six and seven teams, respectively.
Last season, Lock Haven finished fifth in the PSAC West with a 6-11 overall and 4-8 mark in conference play. In 2023, the Bald Eagles earned a victory over national-ranked Mercyhurst, after downing the No. 22 Lakers at home.
Leading the charge for the Bald Eagles in her ninth year at the helm is women's lacrosse head coach Lindsay Reese. Reese, who surpassed the 50-win milestone in 2022 has led the Bald Eagles to a winning record in seven of her nine seasons. A Lock Haven graduate in 2007, Reese led the Bald Eagles to the NCAA final four twice (2005, 2007) as a player.
• The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its All-Academic team and individual lists and the Lock Haven women's cross country team received team honors, while five student-athletes were honored with individual All-Academic awards.
Individually, a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and finish in the top-30 percent of their respective regional championship meet, among other qualifiers.
Ella Andrew, Elaina Klinger, Gwen Lloyd, Kiersten Lloyd and Jersey Shore graduate Aubrey Sechrist each earned All-Academic individual honors from the USTFCCCA.
Both Klinger (second) and Andrew (30th) raced to All-PSAC honors at the conference championships.
Klinger followed with an impressive race at the Atlantic Region Championships, where she finished in third out of 172 runners to earn a trip to the DII NCAA Championships in Missouri, where she would finish as the 69th runner in the country.
Jakob Rager of the Lock Haven men's cross country team has earned 2023 NCAA Division II U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Individual All-Academic honors.
As a team, Lock Haven men earned 2023 USTFCCA Team All-Academic honors.
On the course, Rager raced to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference All-Conference status as he finished 25th with a time of 27:26.4. The freshman paced the Bald Eagles at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Championships, where he finished 50th of 157 with a 10K time of 32:32.1.
As a team, the Bald Eagles were host to both the PSAC and Atlantic Region Championships, at their home West Branch Cross Country Course.
• The Bucknell Bison softball team, fresh off making the Patriot League Tournament in 2023 for the first time since 2019, was picked to finish tied for fourth in the Patriot League Preseason Poll as voted by league coaches and sport information directors. Zoie Smith made the Preseason All-Patriot League Team the first Bison since Nicole Rivalt in 2022.
“As a team, even with being predicted fourth in the league, we are focused on ourselves and what we can do to make this season successful,” said coach Sarah Caffrey. “Ultimately, we have some talented newcomers mixed in with some experienced veterans, which will be fun to coach and even more exciting to watch them compete.”
The reigning champion Boston Terriers were picked to repeat as champions. Lehigh and Army were selected to finish second and third as they did last season. Bucknell and Colgate tied for fourth place. Last season, the Orange & Blue beat out Colgate for fourth place and the final tournament seed by sweeping Lafayette, while Army defeated Colgate. Holy Cross was slotted for sixth, and Lafayette was penciled in for seventh.
Smith enters her senior season seeking to continue her success from 2023, where she earned first-team All-Patriot League honors. Her 15 doubles ranked third in the Patriot League and she was 19th nationally in doubles per game.
The catcher hit .353 to lead the Bison and finish seventh in the circuit. Her slugging percentage (.511) slotted sixth in the League, and she developed into one of the most efficient base-stealers, going 10-of-11 in 2023 after not recording a steal in her first two campaigns.
“I’m thrilled that Zoie was named for the preseason All-League team,” said Caffrey. “She is a tremendous athlete and has earned the respect of many of the teams in the conference. I’m eager to watch her play this year and know she worked to make it a special season.”
BOYS BASKETBALL
Loyalsock 79, Southern Columbia 58
LOYALSOCK (79)
Jaylen Andrews 7 7-7 25; Gage Patterson 5 5-7 15; Tyler Gee 1 0-0 2; Ethan Nagy 1 0-0 2; Jamaire Harden 4 2-2 11; Isiah Jennings 0 2-2 2; Nate Bauman 10 1-2 22. Totals 28 17-20 79.
SOUTHERN (58)
Isaac Carter 4 6-8 14; Nathan Gallagher 3 1-2 7; William Swaik 1 0-0 2; Jacob Hoy 4 3-4 11; Ben Gehret 1 0-0 2; Travis Wagrzyowicz 0 0-0 0; Brian Britton 5 1-2 13; Dominic Fetterolf 2 2-2 6; Brayden Griscavage 1 0-0 3; Dylan Stine 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 13-18 58.
Loyalsock 24 12 17 26 — 79
Southern 17 12 14 15 — 58
3-point goals: Loyalsock 6 (Andrews 4, Harden 1, Bauman 1), Southern 3 (Britton 2, Griscavage 1).
Shamokin 54, Williamsport 42
WILLIAMSPORT (42)
Mosies-Clark 0 0-0 0; Lowes 0 2-2 2; Holt 4 1-2 11; Johnson 2 0-0 4; Diggs 1 1-2 3; Takach 5 2-2 14; Diakite 0 0-0 0; Rice 0 0-0 0; Washington 3 2-2 8. Totals 15 8-10 42.
Shamokin (54)
Price 2 0-0 5; Hile 7 0-0 16; Schroyer 1 0-0 2; Steinhart 0 0-0 0; Lichty 8 1-2 17; Leffler 0 0-0 0; Shuey 5 2-2 14. Totals 23 3-4 54.
Williamsport 6 11 8 17 — 42
Shamokin 9 12 13 16 — 54
3-point goals: Williamsport 2 (Holt 2, Takach 2), Shamokin 5 (Hile 2, Shuey 2, Price 1).
Cowanesque Valley 42, Canton 32
CV (42)
Fletcher Good 2 7-11 11; Kaden Cole 1 0-0 2; Carter Ackley 1 2-4 5; Jordan Vargeson 3 5-8 11; Carson Kemp 1 0-0 2; Parker Lee 0 0-0 0; Larsen Swimley 4 3-6 11. Totals 12 17-29 42.
CANTON (32)
Lance Route 3 0-0 8; Rylan Wesneski 0 0-0 0; Monte Whitehead 0 0-0 0; Ben Fitch 6 0-2 12; Gunnar Resavage 1 0-0 3; Talin Williams 1 3-4 5; Quincy Wesneski 0 0-0 0; Brayden Vroman 2 0-0 4. Totals 13 3-6 32.
CV 7 6 12 17 — 42
Canton 6 10 13 3 — 32
3-point goals: CV 1 (Ackley 1), Canton 3 (Route 2, Resavage 1).
Sayre 51, N.P.-Liberty 40
NPL (40)
Adynn Wheeland 3 3-6 10; Louis Mercantino 3 1-2 9; Carter Grinnell 3 0-1 6; Blake Oakley 3 1-2 7; Luke Kreger 0 2-2 2; Evan McTish 3 0-0 6; Daniel Harman 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 7-13 40.
SAYRE (51)
Nick Pelicanno 3 2-4 9; Dalton Forrest 0 1-2 1; Karter Green 2 0-0 5; Zach Senese 6 1-2 17; Declan Barry 2 2-2 6; Tanner Green 2 0-2 4; Hudson Trump 2 1-2 5; Ryan Ressler 2 0-2 4; Carter Bleiler 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 7-16 51.
NPL 11 7 13 9 — 40
Sayre 14 10 14 13 — 51
3-point goals: NPL 3 (Mercantino 2, Wheeland 1), Sayre 6 (Sense 4, K. Green 1, Pelicanno 1).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Montoursville 47, Mifflinburg 33
MONTOURSVILLE (47)
Emily George 2 0-0 5; Emma Wood 1 0-0 2; Nyla Kutney 4 4-7 12; Maddie Labatch 4 7-10 17; Jill Stone 3 1-2 7; Maddy Cohick 2 0-0 4; Danika Seese 0 0-0 0; Jordan Chamberlain 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 12-19 47.
MIFFLINBURG (33)
Elizabeth Sheesley 4 0-0 8; Marlee Morrison 0 0-0 0; Ellie Troup 1 2-2 4; Jayda Tilghman 1 2-2 4; Natalie Osborne 1 5-6 8; Brooke Gessner 4 0-2 9; Cadence Yoder 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 9-12 33.
Montoursville 7 8 16 16 — 47
Mifflinburg 13 6 6 8 — 33
3-point goals: Montoursville 3 (Labatch 2, George 1), Mifflinburg 2 (Osborne 1, Gessner 1).
St. John Neumann 53, Southern Columbia 19
SOUTHERN (19)
Harper Thompson 1 0-0 2; Lucy Manley 0 0-0 0; Alana Reuter 1 0-0 2; Ella Rodgurski 2 0-0 5; Leah Fenstermacher 1 2-2 4; Michaela Williams 2 1-2 6; Lauren Davis 0 0-0 0;; Addison Gajkowski 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 3-4 19.
NEUMANN (53)
Gigi Parlante 4 4-8 12; Lizzie Weller 2 1-4 5; Niyah Tutler 6 0-0 14; Bri Nixon 4 0-0 10; Sophie Reid 1 0-0 2; Kellee Johnson 2 0-1 4; Emma Gallew 1 0-0 3; Adelyn Dawes 0 0-0 0; Savannah Smith 1 0-0 3; Tatum Wesneski 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 5-13 53.
Southern 5 3 7 4 — 19
Neumann 15 18 11 9 — 53
3-point goals: Southern 2 (Williams 1, Rodgurski 1), Neumann 5 (Tutler 2, Nixon 2, Gallew 1).
BOYS WRESTLING
Lewisburg 45, Benton 25
107: Michael Hernandez (L) by forfeit. 114: Aiden Hartman (B) by forfeit. 121: Seth Kolb (B) maj. dec. Nolan Altoft, 17-5. 127: Landon Michaels (L) by forfeit. 139: Jack Johnson (L) by forfeit. 139: Dylan Brokenshire (B) dec. Quinton Bartlett, 11-4. 145: Ethan Long (L) pinned Jaxon Keeney, 0:45. 152: Landen Wagner (L) tech fall Luke Eckroth, 26-11, 5:40. 160: Sage Thompson (B) by forfeit. 172: Chase Wenrich (L) pinned Trevor Dietz, 0:34. 189: Zachary Wolfe (B) by forfeit. 215: Lennon Barner (L) by forfeit. 285: Evan Frederick (L) maj. dec. Alan Lane, 10-2.