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Pa. Girls | Pride lifts Patriots to a win

Great Valley's Andrea Pride came through in the clutch to keep the Patriots unbeaten in girls' basketball yesterday. Pride scored off a drive to the basket with 29 seconds left to give the Patriots (10-0) a 47-46 win over Villa Joseph Marie in a Boyertown Bear Tournament semifinal game.

Great Valley

's Andrea Pride came through in the clutch to keep the Patriots unbeaten in girls' basketball yesterday.

Pride scored off a drive to the basket with 29 seconds left to give the Patriots (10-0) a 47-46 win over

Villa Joseph Marie

in a Boyertown Bear Tournament semifinal game.

After Pride's bucket, the Patriots' defense forced two Villa Joseph Marie shots that missed in the final seconds.

Pride finished with 19 points to lead the Patriots, who also got 10 points from Brittany Greaves.

The win lifted the Patriots into tonight's championship game at 6:30 against host

Boyertown

.

Central York Tournament.

In a semifinal,

Abington

led in the final two minutes but fell to

York Catholic

, 46-40, the 55th consecutive win for York Catholic. The Ghosts (9-3) were led by Emily Leer's 14 points.

Philadelphia School District Tournament.

At Northeast,

Dobbins

used a 25-13 run in the second quarter to nip

Parkway

, 70-66, in a Bracket B semifinal. Tyniqua Henderson led the Mustangs with 18 points.

In the other Bracket B semifinal,

Frankford

used 24 points from Dionne Harris in a 63-33 win over

Fels

.

In Bracket A,

Northeast

overwhelmed

Communications Tech

, 68-11, and

Franklin Learning Center

outscored

George Washington

, 30-22.

In an interesting side note, Northeast's Satoria Bell scored 51 points on the day - 17 in the win over Communications Tech and, after only a couple of hours of rest, 34 in a 61-50 nonleague loss at

Cheltenham

.

Future Stars Tournament.

At West Chester University,

Downingtown East

nipped

Upper Dublin

, 48-45, in the featured game behind Kristen Blye's 19 points. Blye scored 11 of her points in the fourth quarter.

The Cougars advance to a second-round game tonight at 6 against

Notre Dame

.

Wissahickon Trojan Classic.

Alissa O'Donnell scored 18 of her 25 points in the second half as

Norristown

rallied for a 54-51 win over

Souderton

in one semifinal.

In the other semifinal,

Wissahickon

needed 15 points from Katie Vila to handle

Gwynedd-Mercy

, 45-27.

Garnet Valley Tournament.

Shante Evans scored 12 points and was named MVP as

West Chester Henderson

topped

Episcopal Academy

, 49-29, for the title.

Oxford Tournament.

Host

Oxford

advanced to the final with a 46-32 win over

Avon Grove

. The Hornets were led by Meghan Tait's 14 points.

Unionville Tournament.

Sarah Homan scored 22 points, including the 1,000th of her career, to lead

Delco Christian

past

Haverford High

, 52-36.

Host

Unionville

beat

Octorara

, 64-58, in the other semifinal.

New Media Tournament.

At the Mount Airy Church of God,

Martin Luther King

beat

Nueva Esperanza

in one semifinal, 48-24, as Yasmineah Williams scored 14 points.

Nonleague.

Megan Bedard scored 19 points and Allie Kakareka added 18 as

Spring-Ford

earned a 66-64 win over visiting

Hazleton

.

Bensalem

took advantage of 46 free throws to hand visiting

William Tennent

its first loss of the season, 72-68. The Owls made 30 of the 46 attempts and rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit.

Indoor Track and Field

Swenson

's shuttle hurdles provided one of the highlights at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic at the Armory in Manhattan. Kristy Neoy, Vanessa Mack, Shanae Bailey and Antonia Ballard crossed the finish line in 36 seconds to finish first.