Probably not many people remember the last time
Roxborough's
basketball team beat
Simon Gratz
. But those who watched the Indians beat the host Bulldogs in a Public League opener yesterday will never forget.
Clayton Brothers converted a layup with 18 seconds left and Roxborough dodged a three-point bullet to slip past the Bulldogs, 54-53.
Brothers scored 29 points, matching the output of Gratz's Alibaba Odd. The Indians grabbed a 42-39 lead going into the final quarter and outshot the Bulldogs at the free-throw line, 12-4.
In other league openers:
Tyreese Wheeler scored six of his 11 points in a second overtime to give
Bartram
an 88-86 win over visiting
Bok
.
Danny Walker paced the Maroon Wave with 23 points. Chris Parks dropped in 30 points for the Wildcats.
John Johnson struck for 26 points and spurred
Furness
to a 53-51 win over host
University City
.
Southern
rallied from a 52-47 fourth-quarter deficit to beat visiting
Edison
, 68-64.
Anthony Reese collected half of his 20 points in the final quarter for the Rams.
Ramair Garner scored 25 points and was perfect in six trips to the free-throw line in the final quarter to boost
Sayre
past visiting
Germantown
, 68-63.
William Penn
held host
Lincoln
to five points in the opening quarter to beat the Railsplitters, 61-56. It was Lincoln's first loss (6-1).
Brandon Tondreau paced the Lions with 29 points.
Sean McCall scored 20 points and led
Philadelphia Electrical
past host
Dobbins
, 62-55.
Marcus Brown and Michael Gill each accounted for 13 points and led
Engineering and Science
past host
Washington
, 55-45.
Franklin Learning Center
opened the second half with a 29-10 scoring run and held on to beat host
Central
, 75-61.
Kyle Sawyer scored 22 points for the Bobcats.
Central.
Tim Brown nailed a three-pointer off an inbounds pass at the buzzer to give
Penncrest
a 50-49 win over host
Springfield (Delaware County)
.
Brown paced the Lions with 23 points.
Soutiri Sapnas scored on a drive to the basket with just under 20 seconds left and handed
Marple Newtown
a 53-52 win over visiting
Strath Haven
.
Sapnas scored nine of his 21 points down the stretch, bringing the Tigers back from a 15-point deficit.
Suburban One National.
Matt Perozze converted 13 of 14 free throws and scored 18 points to lead
Central Bucks South
past host
Bensalem
, 63-54.
Suburban One Continental.
Cameron Prince picked up 13 points to lead
Hatboro-Horsham
past visiting
Council Rock North
, 41-39.
Norristown
grabbed a 37-23 halftime lead but had to fend off host
Souderton
before winning, 61-55.
Russell Graham scored 26 points for the Eagles.
Ches-Mont.
Mike Donatoni struck for 22 points and helped
Great Valley
get past visiting
Oxford
, 61-51.
Unionville
outshot visiting
Kennett
at the free-throw line, 28-7, and downed the Blue Demons, 74-64.
Peter Hissey led the Indians with 27 points.
Bicentennial.
Robbie Gibbs scored 27 points, including six in the final quarter, to spark
Calvary Christian
to a 65-57 win over host
MaST Charter
.
Tri-County.
Noah Cooper picked up 17 points to help
Kimberton Waldorf
beat visiting
Woodlynde
, 49-41.
In other league games:
West-Mont Christian
jumped out to a 36-25 lead and held off visiting
Phelps
down the stretch for a 59-49 victory.
Charles Paul scored 10 of his 24 points in the second quarter for the Wings.
Wyncote Academy
outscored host
Barrack Hebrew
over the middle quarters, 32-16, and handled the Cougars, 57-44.
Kenny Johnson scored 24 points for the Lions.
Nonleague.
Charles Dalrymple drained a half-court buzzer-beater in double overtime to give
Shipley
a 67-66 win over host
Delco Christian
.
Dalrymple's basket came off an inbounds pass from David Balderston. John DeShields had given the Knights a 66-64 lead with a basket with a second left.
Dalrymple scored 13 points, Balderston added 16, and Armand Leaks paced Shipley with 23 points.
Father Judge
watched a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter shrink, but the Crusaders managed to hold off host
West Catholic
, 61-60.
Bob Zanneo led Judge with 21 points.
Moses Togbah drained four free throws in the final minute to give
Octorara
a 49-47 win over visiting
Harriton
.
Togbah scored 16 points for the Braves.
Bryan Cohen scored five of his 22 points in the final quarter and helped
Abington Friends
hold off host
Penn Charter
, 46-44.
Aaric Murray scored all but two of his 14 points in the second half and blocked a last-second shot to give
Glen Mills
a 48-45 win over visiting
Owen J. Roberts
.
The 6-foot-10 junior also contributed 12 rebounds and five blocks.
Jim Kelleher's basket with eight seconds left boosted
Cardinal O'Hara
into the lead as the Lions picked up a 42-38 win over visiting
Archbishop Ryan
.
Kelleher scored 13 points and Zach Tansey added 21 points for O'Hara.
La Salle
held off host
Malvern Prep
in the final minutes to beat the Friars, 46-38.
C.J. Aiken led a balanced scoring attack with nine points for the Explorers.
Rodney Roberson and Malcolm Weston each picked up 22 points to lift
New Media Charter
past host
Bodine
, 67-58.
Robert Spinrad scored 12 of his 14 points in the final six minutes to lead
Stern Hebrew
past host
Community Academy of Philadelphia
, 56-46.
International Christian
used an 18-9 scoring run in the second quarter to dispatch visiting
Pine Forge
, 55-43.
Terrell Foster dropped in 21 points for the Titans.
It was a long time coming, but
Penn Charter
finally beat
Germantown Academy
in swimming.
Anthony Lordi and Drew Bonus each won a pair of events and the Quakers downed the Patriots in an Inter-Ac League meet, 107-79, for its first win over GA in 35 years.
Lordi won the 200-yard individual medley (1 minute, 59.62 seconds) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.04). Bonus took the 100-yard freestyle (50.89) and the 100-yard backstroke (55.16).
For only the second time since 1992, an
Archbishop Ryan
bowler rolled a perfect game.
Mark Livezey did the trick with a 300 game and helped the Raiders beat
Archbishop Wood
, 4-0, in a Catholic League match at Boulevard Lanes.
Livezey turned in a 683 series and teammate John Ramos led with a 713 series. John Mastalski was the last Ryan bowler to roll a 300 game, in 1992.
Chestnut Hill Academy
got three wins from Alex Blenheim at 135 pounds and earned three nonleague wins.
The Blue Devils tied
Conwell-Egan
, 42-42, but won on criterion; downed
Academy of the New Church
, 33-24; and beat
St. Joseph's Prep
, 54-29.
Blenheim earned pins in 2:12 against the Prep and in 2:40 against Conwell-Egan, and a 10-7 decision against Academy of the New Church.