Last second is key for La Salle, twice

La Salle needed last-second three-pointers by Mike Poncia at the end of regulation and by Tom Cooney at the end of overtime to escape with a 53-50 win at Monsignor Bonner yesterday in Catholic League boys' basketball.

Poncia's shot from four feet outside the three-point line with one second left in the fourth quarter tied the game at 42-42. Cooney netted his fourth three of the contest from the corner as time expired in OT. He finished with 18 points.

Also in the Catholic League, St. Joseph's Prep knocked off host Archbishop Ryan, 60-43, as Pat Stewart collected 19 points and seven assists, and Pete Buzby snagged nine boards. Ryan's Anthony Keiter (19 points) made five three-pointers.

Balanced play from Father Judge's Tom Ryan (12 points, 11 rebounds), Ryan Langdon (10 points, 9 rebounds) and Seamus Radtke (12 points) fueled a 59-52 win over visiting Cardinal O'Hara.

Archbishop Wood trailed until the last five minutes of a 58-52 win at Bishop McDevitt. Tim Fahy (19) and Brian O'Grady (11) combined for 20 second-half points.

Neumann-Goretti's Daniel Stewart made 6 of 10 shots from the field for 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds during a 71-54 victory over visiting West Catholic.

Dave Mercer tournament.

Blue Ridge (Va.) won the eight-team tournament with a 60-58 thriller over host Hill School.

Denzel Wilson broke a 58-58 deadlock with a steal and a layup in the final minute. Hill's Nick Gore made the all-tournament team with a 16-point effort.

City of Palms Tournament.

David Weir (18) hit two foul shots with 5.5 seconds left to give Mater Dei (Calif.) a 72-70 quarterfinal win over Roman Catholic in the event at Fort Myers, Fla. on Saturday night. Rakeem Brookins scored a game-high 29 points for Roman.

Germantown Academy's Pat Owens and Boyertown's Ryan Kemmerer each took second place at the Beast of the East Tournament at the University of Delaware's Carpenter Center.

Owens won four matches at 125 pounds before dropping a 5-3 decision to Wyoming Seminary's Simon Kitzis in the final.

Kemmerer placed second at 140, bowing to Anthony Baldasaro of Eastern (N.J.) in the title matchup. Penncrest's Jim Resnick placed fourth at 171, and Andre Petroski of Springfield (Delaware County) took fifth at 189.

Unbeaten Mount St. Joseph (7-0) got 13 points from forward Steph Smith, named the game's MVP, en route to a 51-40 triumph over Upper Dublin in the Quaker City Tournament at Philadelphia University.

Elle Hagedorn led the Magic with 18 points, and Jen Sabia had six steals and three assists.

Also in the Quaker City event, Nazareth Academy's Maggie Borski turned 14 points and seven assists into the game MVP award in a 56-29 triumph over Archbishop Ryan. Carleigh Brown chipped in with 12 rebounds.

Nike Tournament of Champions.

Cardinal O'Hara's Stephanie Holzer scored on an offensive rebound in the fourth quarter to reach 1,000 career points, highlighting the Lions' 53-49 semifinal win over Regis Jesuit (Colo.) in the Elite Bracket at Phoenix on Saturday night.

Holzer, a 6-foot-4 center, had 21 points and 16 rebounds in the game, and has 1,002 career points.

Methacton's Carlton Lavong set a meet record of 24 feet, 23/4 inches in winning the long jump at the Bishop Loughlin Games at the New York City Armory on Saturday. Lavong broke the record set 22 years ago by Jay McDonald of Kingston (N.Y.).

In a Track Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia meet at Lehigh, Phoenixville's Kyriq Williams won the Division II high jump by a foot with a state-best effort of 6-8.

CATHOLIC LEAGUE RED

St. Joseph's Prep 21 9 19 11 - 60

Archbishop Ryan 14 13 3 13 - 43

SJP: Pete Buzby 1, Mike Fee 3, Dan Fitzpatrick 8, Mike Leithead 9, Joe Nardi 19, Kevin O'Neill 1, Pat Stewart 19.

AR: Eric Fleming 7, Anthony Keiter 19, Anthony Magallanes 4, Colin O'Malley 2, Brendan Ostaszewski 1, Rus Slawter 7, Jerry Smith 3.

La Salle 11 12 10 9 11 - 53

Monsignor Bonner 7 6 17 12 8 - 50

L: Tom Cooney 18, Troy Hockaday 10, Eddie Joyner-Mitchell 10, Mike Poncia 6, Malik West 4, Brendon Woods 5.

MB: Boyle 11, Colvin 6, Francis 2, Melvin 12, Bill Scanlan 6, Smith 13.

Cardinal O'Hara 6 15 14 17 - 52

Father Judge 9 17 12 21 - 59

CO: Anthony Bertolino 9, Ryan Howarth 3, Dan Kearney 10, Phil Lindsay 3, Billy Morgan 5, Chuck Namoli 2, Miguel Pagan 4, Josh Rodgers 16.

FJ: Ryan Fenningham 6, Fran Hennessey 2, Josh Jaskowiak 8, Ryan Langdon 10, John McGrath 9, Seamus Radtke 12, Tom Ryan 12.

CATHOLIC LEAGUE BLUE

Archbishop Wood 15 11 19 13 - 58

Bishop McDevitt 19 16 10 7 - 52

AW: Fran Dougherty 14, Tim Fahy 19, Joe Getz 9, Doug Marone 2, McCartney 3, Brian O'Grady 11.

BM: Reggie Charles 15, Matt Conroy 4, Rodney Ellis 12, Linberg Green 7, Courtney Havens-Dobbs 2, Mike Palmero 12.

West Catholic 8 16 13 17 - 54

Neumann-Goretti 16 15 23 17 - 71

WC: Adewunmi Barek 4, Haleem Hayward 8, Vincent Ho 2, Rob Holloman 14, Kiwan Murray 4, Dwayne Shaw 4, Brandon Williamson 8, Aquil Younger 10.

N: Tony Chenault 12, Tyreke Duren 4, Lamin Fulton 3, Andre Gillette 13, Mustafa Jones 16, Bradford King 2, Bill Shank 3, Daniel Stewart 18.

Cardinal Dougherty 8 15 8 16 - 47

Archbishop Carroll 16 12 14 19 - 61

CD: Brandon Brown 9, Ryan Colbert 4, Art Comas 5, Norman Dorsey-Poles 3, Glen Fergusen 7, Christian Gibbs 3, Brandyn Wims 15, Justin Young 1.

AC: Kasheef Festus 10, D.J. Irving 20, Trevor McNulty 5, Ben Mingledough 3, Mike Payne 6, Andre Wilburn 17.

DAVE MERCER INVITATIONAL

Blue Ridge (Va.) 17 14 14 15 - 60

Hill School 9 18 17 14 - 58

BR: Battle 7, Boras 2, Holley 1, Holloway 2, Kranjira 6, Smith 7, Darnell Turner 11, Scott Williams 12, Denzel Wilson 12.

HS: Dylan Bowman 2, Ryan Deitrich 5, Nick Gore 16, Tre Harry 7, Alex Herzing 10, Joey Heylinger 15, Mike Howell 3.

QUAKER CITY TOURNAMENT

Mount St. Joseph 11 10 15 15 - 51

Upper Dublin 5 9 14 12 - 40

MSJ: Tara Barr 2, Shannon Bridges 4, Elle Hagedorn 18, Mary Jo Horgan 5, Jen Sabia 9, Steph Smith 13.

UD: Becca Courter 9, Danielle Derr 13, Kristen Fuery 16, Nikki Harchut 2.

Neumann-Goretti 13 8 12 9 - 42

Springside 12 18 7 14 - 51

N: Drew Balchaitis 3, Megan Edwards 2, Christina Furia 2, Michaila Hatty 4, Nica Meccariello 3, Adriana Sciascia 12, Ashley White 16.

S: Tori Baggio 10, Colleen Caldwell 8, Courtney Caputo 2, Jamie McGinn 4, Katie Rutan 24, Amanda Walker 3.

Nazareth Academy 8 21 11 16 - 56

Archbishop Ryan 6 8 5 10 - 29

NA: Ashley Adams 1, Maggie Borski 14, Carleigh Brown 7, Danielle Gasperi 3, Jenna Klakowicz 2, Leah Kuczynski 10, Melissa Kudznas 1, Nicole Perri 3, Jessica Sylvester 10, Julie Williams 5.

AR: Lauren Heisse 1, Kelli Jerdan 2, Jess Koci 7, Cara McArdle 1, Colleen Ryan 5, Sarah Strybuc 5, Megan Tole 5, Jacci Vandiver 3.

BICENTENNIAL LEAGUE

New Hope-Solebury at Morrisville, 7:30

CATHOLIC LEAGUE BLUE

Kennedy-Kenrick at Lansdale Catholic, 8

CHES-MONT LEAGUE

Kennett at Bayard Rustin, 7:30

PIONEER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Pottsgrove at St. Pius X, 7:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE

Central at Germantown, 3:15

Bartram at Kensington, 3:15

Southern at University City, 3:15

Overbrook at Martin Luther King, 3:15

Lincoln at Northeast, 3:15

Olney at Edison, 3:15

Franklin Learning Center at Mastbaum, 3:15

Engineering & Science at Dobbins, 3:15

Mastery Charter at West Philadelphia, 3:15

Swenson at Roxborough, 3:15

FitzSimons at Franklin Towne Charter, 3:15

Phila. Electrical at Furness, 3:15

Simon Gratz at William Penn, 3:15

Douglas at Sayre, 3:15

Freire Charter at Mariana Bracetti, 3:15

Parkway at Imhotep Charter, 3:15

Vaux at Lamberton, 3:15

Hope Charter at Del-Val Charter, 3:15

Strawberry Mansion at Comm. Tech, 3:15

Ben Franklin at Nueva Esperanza, 3:15

Palumbo at Saul, 3:15

Science Leadership at CAPA, 3:15

Mastery Charter North at Masterman, 3:15

High School of Future at Paul Robeson, 3:15

New Media Charter at GAMP, 3:15

World Communications at Bodine, 3:15

Boys Latin at Phila. Academy Charter, 3:15

SUBURBAN ONE CONTINENTAL

Hatboro-Horsham at Central Bucks East, 7

SUBURBAN ONE NATIONAL

Neshaminy at Truman, 7

NONLEAGUE

Roxborough at Kensington, 3:15

Mastery Charter at High School of Future, 3:15

Douglas at Palumbo, 3:15

Boys Latin at Mercy Vocational, 3:45

Easton at Quakertown, 7

Upper Perkiomen at Upper Moreland, 7

Springfield (M) at Lower Moreland, 7:30

Upper Dublin at Exeter, 7:30

Pottstown at Bethlehem Catholic, 7:30

CATHOLIC LEAGUE

Little Flower at Neumann-Goretti, 7:30

CHES-MONT LEAGUE

Bayard Rustin at Kennett, 7:30

SUBURBAN ONE CONTINENTAL

Central Bucks East at Hatboro-Horsham, 7

CHRISTOPHER DOCK TOURNAMENT

Upper Moreland vs. Truman, 6

Phil-Mont Christian at Christopher Dock, 7:30

NONLEAGUE

Bodine at Dobbins, 3:15

Southern at University City, 3:15

Frankford at West Philadelphia, 3:15

Comm. Ac. of Phila. at Franklin T. Charter, 3:15

Swenson at Washington, 3:15

Germantown Friends at Central, 3:45

Woodrow Wilson at Math, Civics & Science, 4:30

Marple Newtown at Chichester, 5

Lansdale Catholic at St. Basil, 5:15

Archbishop Ryan at Gwynedd-Mercy, 5:15

Radnor at Merion Mercy, 5:15

Downingtown East at Villa Maria, 5:15

St. Pius X at Mount St. Joseph, 5:30

Edison at West Catholic, 6

Central Bucks West at Neshaminy, 7

Villa Joseph Marie at Pennsbury, 7

Council Rock South at Pennridge, 7

Lower Moreland at Springfield (M), 7

Phoenixville at Upper Merion, 7

Norristown at Pottstown, 7:30

Interboro at Boyertown, 7:30

Souderton at Upper Perkiomen, 7:30

CATHOLIC LEAGUE

Cardinal O'Hara at Monsignor Bonner, 6

NONLEAGUE

Strath Haven at Unionville, 7

Lower Moreland at Harriton, 7

MAJOR MEETS

Radnor Relays, 6