Pa. Boys | Bill scores 23 as Germantown Friends tops GAMP
If GAMP could have found a way to stop Wes Bill of Germantown Friends, the Pioneers might have had a chance to win their nonleague basketball game yesterday.
If
GAMP
could have found a way to stop Wes Bill of
Germantown Friends
, the Pioneers might have had a chance to win their nonleague basketball game yesterday.
But Bill struck for 23 points and the Tigers slipped past visiting GAMP, 48-43.
Bill added five assists for GFS, which outscored the Pioneers down the stretch, 17-14.
In other nonleague action:
Central Bucks West
used a 16-point effort from Joe DiLullo to get past host
Abington
, 58-56.
Math, Civics and Science
traveled to Mouth of Wilson, Va., and beat host
Oak Hill Academy
, 78-74.
Jose Ortiz scored a career-high 28 points, including 14 points in the final quarter.
Justin Fairy scored 22 points and helped
Wissahickon
hold off host
Hatboro-Horsham
, 56-51.
Archbishop Wood
came from behind in the final quarter and beat visiting
William Penn
, 62-56.
The Vikings, who got 29 points from Dan Comas, outscored the Lions down the stretch, 15-8.
Victor Ford scored nine of his 11 points in the final quarter and lifted
Coatesville
past visiting
Cheltenham
, 64-58.
Pete Hughes scored seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter and sparked
Delco Christian
to a 46-37 win over host
Devon Prep
.
The Knights broke a 28-28 tie at the start of the final quarter. Jake Godino added 17 points for Delco Christian.
Shipley
improved its record to 5-0 with a 53-44 win over visiting
Bodine
.
Armand Leaks dropped in 16 points and pulled down nine rebounds for the Gators.
Avon Grove
pulled away from host
Interboro
in the second half and beat the Bucs, 36-26.
Luis Vasquez paced the Red Devils with 12 points.
Downingtown West
opened the second half with a 15-6 scoring run and beat host
Phoenixville
, 50-40.
Bryan Milito led the Whippets with 14 points.
Central.
Lou Meindl picked up 27 points and led
Springfield (Delaware County)
to a 60-51 win over visiting
Marple Newtown
.
Dan Robinson scored 19 points and sparked
Ridley
to a 45-36 win over host
Penncrest
.
Ches-Mont.
Glen Richards notched 26 points and helped
West Chester Henderson
hold off host
Oxford
, 74-68.
Christian Brothers Classic.
West Catholic
's Eric Brennan dropped in 13 points and was named the most valuable player of the tournament as the Burrs beat host
La Salle
, 64-54.
South Philly Invitational.
Jamir Hanner accounted for 26 points and boosted host
Southern
past
Bartram
, 68-60, in the title game.
Novar Gadson scored 33 points for the Maroon Wave.
Wrestling
Jesus Godoy of
Cardinal Dougherty
was named the outstanding wrestler at the Chestnut Hill Academy Invitational after winning the title match at 160 pounds, 8-6, in overtime.
Sanford (Del.)
won the team title with 160.5 points and
Westtown
was second with 152 points.
Indoor Track and Field
Shane Howell of
Cheltenham
and Shane Formica of
Central Bucks South
turned in identical times of 6.9 seconds in the 60-meter dash to highlight the Track and Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia meet at Lehigh University.
In the field events, Derek Hynes of Central Bucks South cleared the bar at 14 feet to win the pole vault and Sean Wilks of
Monsignor Bonner
won the shot put with a toss of 52-113/4.
In Division II, Ramoan Ainsley of
Engineering and Science
turned in a winning time of 7.0 seconds in the 60-meter dash and Tony Shirk of
Phoenixville
cleared the bar at 14 feet to win the pole vault.
Cross-Country
Mark Dennin of
Boyertown
placed 13th with a time of 15:36 at the Foot Locker Nationals at in San Diego, Calif.
Dennin was the PIAA state Class AAA champion last season. State runner-up Chris Aldrich of
West Chester Henderson
finished 31st in 16:02. Michael Fout of La Porte, Ind., won in 14:50.