Local roundup: Strong defense helps lift Hughesville girls to a win
Hughesville defeated Wyoming Valley West, 48-19, thanks to the Spartans’ strong defensive efforts limiting Wyoming Valley West to single digits all four quarters, and never more than five in a quarter.
Maddie Smith scored 17 points for Hughesville while Anna Easton added nine and Kendall Hamm scored seven.
Milton moved to 11-8 with a 50-36 win in Mill Hall against Central Mountain. Carrie King had a 25-point, 10-rebound, five-assist, five-steal double-double for the Black Panthers while Liz Schrock came just shy of a double-double with nine points, eight rebounds and four assists.
Hayden Snyder had a team-high 10 steals. The Wildcats were led by Camdyn Weaver’s 10 points.
North Penn-Mansfield suffered a 53-49 setback against Wyalusing. Maddy McNamara had a team-high 17 points for the Panthers and had six steals, five assists and three rebounds. Elaina Shaw scored eight points and Kameron Lightner had a team-high 15 rebounds with six points, four steals and four assists. Addie Lehman and Julia Kaczynski each scored nine.
Wyalusing was led by a trio of double-digit scorers in Alysha Botts (160), Emily Johns (10) and Treanna Nickeson (10).
Canton beat North Penn-Liberty, 54-47. Haley Litzelman had a double-double with 13 points and 20 rebounds while adding two assists. Kendall Graham added eight points. Canton was led by Cailyn VanNoy’s 21 points and Danah Wesneski’s 12 points.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hughesville 48,
Wyoming Valley West 19
WVW (19)
Gabbi Novitski 3 0-0 8, Ava Yancey 0 1-4 1, Makenna Colleran 1 0-0 2, Naveah Derrick 1 0-2 2, Lily Kammerer 0 0-0 0, Grace Smith 0 0-0 0, Jayla Campervevdi 2 0-0 4, Helen Lewis 0 0-0 0, Avery Rogers 1 0-0 2, Zya Rivers 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 1-6 19.
HUGHESVILLE (48)
Vivian Draper 2 1-2 5, Anna Easton 4 1-1 9, Allyssa King 0 0-0 0, Maddie Smith 6 1-2 17, Kylie Temple 2 0-0 4, Kendall Hamm 3 0-0 7, Tori Morgan 2 1-1 6, Regan Sellers 0 0-0 0, Casey Schultz 0 0-2 0, Aubrey Arrigorie 0 0-0 0, Georgia Randall 0 0-0 0, Jaiden Temple 0 0-0 0, Aly Creasy 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 4-6 48.
WVW 5 5 5 4 — 19
Hughesville 10 13 14 11 — 48
3-point goals: WVW 2 (Novitski 2), Hughesville 6 (Smith 4, Hamm 1, Morgan ).
Milton 50,
Central Mountain 36
MILTON (50)
Hayden Snyder 2 1-2 6, Lainey Snyder 1 0-0 2, Carrie King 10 2-2 25, Jaslene Holder 3 0-0 6, Liz Schrock 4 1-2 9, Camryn Hoover 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 5-6 50.
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN (36)
Morgan Davis 0 0-0 0, Elise McKean 3 3-4 12, Alaina Carnahan 1 0-0 2, Camdyn Weaver 6 0-0 12, Payton Williams 3 0-0 6, Lane Walker 0 0-0 0, Shailynn Fullerton 2 0-0 4. Totals 15 3-4 36.
Milton 13 15 14 8 — 50
Central Mountain 14 2 10 10 — 36
3-point goals: Milton 4 (King 3, H. Snyder 1), CM 3 (McKean 3)
Wyalusing 53,
North Penn-Mansfield 49
WYALUSING (53)
Alysha Botts 5 6-9 16, Brinley Sterling 2 0-0 5, Treanna Nickeson 5 0-0 10, Liz Kilmer 2 0-0 5, Ireland Coates 0 0-0 0, Jenna Morningstar 3 1-2 7, Callee Warner 0 0-0 0, Emily Johns 4 2-4 10. Totals 21 9-15 53.
NP-MANSFIELD (49)
M. McNamara 5 2-4 17, K. Lightner 1 4-4 6, A. Lehman 3 1-4 9, J. Kaczynski 2 4-6 9, E. Shaw 4 0-0 8, E. Route 0 0-0 0, I. Irwin 0 0-0 0, A. Rew 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 11-18 49.
Wyalusing 12 14 10 17 — 53
NP-Mansfield 7 16 8 18 — 49
3-point goals: Wyalusing 2 (Sterling 1, Kilmer 1), NP-Mansfield 4 (McNamara 3, Koczynski 1).
North Penn-Liberty 54, Canton 27
NP-LIBERTY (54)
Colette Frey 0 0-0 0, Serena Boiywo 1 0-0 2, Victoria McTish 0 0-0 0, Audrina Hopkins 0 0-0 0, Haley Litzelman 4 3-4 13, KendallGraham 3 0-0 8, Scarlett Graham 1 2-2 4, Jaci Fairchild 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 5-6 27.
CANTON (27)
Stella Rockwell 0 2-2 2, Danah Wesneski 4 3-3 12, Lucy Proseus 1 0-0 2, Brenna VanNoy 0 0-0 0, Daveian Crowley 1 0-0 2, Cheyanne Fitch 0 0-4 0, Alexis McRoberts 2 2-4 6, Cailyn VanNoy 9 0-0 21, Kendall Petrowski 0 0-0 0, Lydia Roupp 3 0-0 6, Fayth Kilbourn 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 7-13 54.
N.P.-Liberty 6 7 9 5 — 27
Canton 11 10 17 16 — 54
3-point goals: Canton 5 (VanNoy 3, McGhee 1, Wesneski 1).


