Pa. Boys: Neshaminy rolling along in hoops

The Neshaminy boys' basketball team continued its hot streak of the last month, much to the detriment of Penncrest last night.

The Redskins won for the eighth time in their last nine games and beat the Lions, 58-50, in a District 1 Class AAAA first-round playoff game.

Neshaminy, seeded 23d, outscored No. 10 seed Penncrest in every quarter and got 20 points from Ryan Arcidiacano.

In other first-round action:

West Chester Henderson took the rubber match of its series with No. 15 seed Coatesville, 66-59. The visiting No. 18 seed got 16 points from John Rowland.

A.J. Picard struck for 26 points and led visiting No. 17 seed Souderton to a 65-51 win over No. 16 seed Upper Darby.

No. 32 seed North Penn forced top-seeded Chester to play at a slower pace, but the Clippers escaped with a 40-34 victory.

Maurice Nelson led Chester with 10 points.

No. 2 seed Conestoga needed a 24-8 scoring run in the third quarter to beat visiting No. 31 seed Cheltenham, 53-38.

Jake Cohen paced the Pioneers with 19 points.

No. 3 seed Penn Wood showed visiting No. 30 seed Chichester why it has such a high seed in a 70-30 victory.

Duane Johnson scored 10 of his 20 points and Aaron Brown scored all of his 12 points in the first quarter, when the Patriots took a 24-5 lead.

Dalton Pepper accounted for 23 points and lifted No. 4 seed Pennsbury to a 76-45 win over visiting No. 29 seed Council Rock South.

Will Barrett and Ryan Clark combined for all of Central Bucks South's 18 points in the second quarter and the No. 5 seed Titans downed visiting No. 28 seed Avon Grove, 68-52.

Barrett paced South with 33 points and Clark added 14 points.

Greg Robbins scored nine points in each half and sparked No. 6 seed Lower Merion to a 48-28 win over visiting No. 27 seed Quakertown.

No. 7 seed Plymouth Whitemarsh came from behind in the second half to beat visiting No. 26 seed Methacton, 69-55.

Jaylen Bond scored 18 points and Whis Grant collected eight of his 12 points in the third quarter for the Colonials.

Chris Cowles came through with 16 points for No. 8 seed West Chester Rustin in a 62-50 win over visiting No. 25 seed Central Bucks East.

No. 9 seed Norristown used an 18-point performance by Khalif Wyatt to beat visiting No. 24 seed Spring-Ford, 65-55.

Reills Reichwein converted six three-pointers and scored 20 points to lead No. 11 seed Central Bucks West to a 60-31 win over visiting No. 22 seed Radnor.

Aaric Murray contributed 17 points and carried No. 12 seed Glen Mills to a 62-54 win over visiting No. 21 seed Council Rock North.

Tyler Setzler picked up nine of his 16 points in the second half and helped No. 13 seed Owen J. Roberts get past visiting No. 20 seed Downingtown West, 66-53.

No. 14 seed Bensalem rallied to take the lead in the second quarter and downed visiting No. 19 seed Great Valley, 38-36.

Corey Canestrare scored 11 points for the Owls who won after the Patriots missed three layup attempts as time expired.

Bicentennial. Sophomore John Johnson scored 21 points and led Girard College to a 71-57 win over visiting Christopher Dock in a Final Four semifinal game.

Holy Ghost Prep pulled away from visiting Delco Christian with a 14-5 second quarter and beat the Knights, 57-36.

Duffy Barrett scored 12 points and was one of 10 Firebirds players to score.

Pa. Independent Schools. Gary Lawrence poured in 17 points and helped Chestnut Hill Academy beat visiting Germantown Friends, 52-35, in a first-round game.

Tri-County. Karl Kruse scored 16 points as Woodlynde topped visiting Perkiomen School, 58-49.