H.S. Girls Basketball: Crestwood routed by Archbishop Wood in semifinals
Mar. 22—SOUTH WHITEHALL TWP. — The game's first basket demonstrated what Crestwood was facing Saturday afternoon.
Archbishop Wood's Ryan Carter, one of the nation's top sophomores, did a skip step and exploded to the hoop for two points, showing a move rarely seen at the high school level.
The baskets continued to flow for Wood, which ended Crestwood's season with a 68-29 victory in a PIAA Class 5A girls basketball semifinal game at Parkland High School.
Crestwood finished its season 24-5 with its first District 2 championship and first state victories coming this season.
Wood, which has won four consecutive state titles, scored 16 of the game's first 18 points. Carter finished off the first quarter with eight points as the Vikings (22-7) took a 22-5 lead into the second quarter.
"We were playing way, way too fast and trying to keep up with their speed," Crestwood coach Mary Mushock-Namey said. "That wasn't going to be possible."
Wood cooled off a bit in the second quarter but was able to build its lead to 36-11 at halftime, with Carter adding six more of her eventual game-high 23 points.
Mushock-Namey wanted her team to continue to play hard in the second half.
"That was the halftime message," Mushock-Namey said. "They're better than this — let's be straightforward, they are. We wanted to show them we do belong here so go out and give 16 more minutes of heart because that's what everyone came to see."
Crestwood did that as Charlie Hiller scored inside twice in the opening minutes of the third quarter. Hiller — along with fellow 6-footers Jackie Gallagher and Kate Gallagher — were a concern for Wood entering the game. Kate Gallagher finished with a game-high 10 rebounds.
"We knew their length and felt like we might have some issues if they were able to get it down low," Wood coach Mike McDonald said. "We saw some of that in the second half. Hiller was able to get down low and score in the post, so that was our concern.
"We were hoping that our ball pressure took them out of some of the stuff to get it in down low."
Wood's defense reversed Crestwood's mild third-quarter burst. The Vikings went on a 9-0 run, with two baskets directly off turnovers, to take a 47-16 lead and bring about the 30-point mercy rule.
Wood plays for the state championship 6 p.m. Saturday at Giant Center in Hershey against South Fayette (28-2), which avenged a loss in the District 7 title game by beating Peters Township in Saturday's other semifinal.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Linville Hill 68, Northwest 43
Former Wyoming Valley Conference member Northwest also had its state tournament run end on Saturday in the Class 2A boys bracket. The Rangers fell into an 18-9 hole in the first quarter and were unable to climb out.
The District 4 champion Rangers got 12 points from Ryan Miner and 10 from Josh Miner in their season finale.
Linville Hill, the runner-up out of District 3, had four players finish in double figures, led by Giovanni Sejuste with 18 points.
The Warriors advanced to face Sewickley Academy for the state championship at 2 p.m. Friday in Hershey.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
PIAA Class 5A Semifinals
Archbishop Wood 68, Crestwood 29
ARCHBISHOP WOOD (68) — Ryan Carter 10 2-6 23, Sophia Topakas 4 1-1 10, Makayla Finnegan 1 0-0 2, Emam Seckinger 1 0-0 2, Emily Knouse 3 2-2 10, Sophia McDonald 1 0-0 3, Emma Yogis 4 0-0 12, Addison Payne 1 0-0 3, Regan Przepioski 0 0-0 0, Abbie Kelly 1 0-0 3, Mackenzie Rogers 0 0-2 0, Casey Thompson 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 5-11 68.
CRESTWOOD (29) — Charlie Hiller 4 0-0 8, Kendall Petrosky 2 2-4 6, Jackie Gallagher 2 1-2 6, Jordan Andrews 1 0-0 2, Kate Gallagher 0 4-4 4, Cameron Vieney 0 0-0 0, Aryanna Kijek 0 0-0 0, Norah Sklarosky 1 0-0 2, Emilie Stofko 0 1-2 1, Annika Lenio 0 0-0 0, Sydney Van Deusen 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 8-12 29.
Archbishop Wood'22'14'14'18 — 68
Crestwood'5'6'7'11 — 29
Three-point goals: AW 11 (Carter, Topakas, Knouse 2, McDonald, Yogis 4, Payne, Kelly). CRE 1 (J.Gallagher).
BOYS BASKETBALL
PIAA Class 2A Semifinals
Linville Hill 68, Northwest 43
NORTHWEST (43) — Josh Miner 3 2-2 10, Ryan Miner 5 0-0 12, Brady Shea 1 0-2 2, Jace McCoy 3 0-2 7, Tucker Crawford 2 4-5 8, Garret Bau 0 0-0 0, Billy Johns 1 0-2 2, Chase Patterson 0 0-0 0, Ben Foley 0 0-0 0, Ben Bonham 1 0-0 2, Marcus Fath 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 6-13 43.
LINVILLE HILL (68) — Giovanni Sejuste 8 2-2 18, Drew Tibbins 4 7-8 15, Jerome Stoltzfus 2 0-0 5, Derian Petersheim 5 1-2 16, Stephen Smucker 4 3-4 12, Jackson Petersheim 0 0-0 0, Jeremiah King 0 0-0 0, Tyrell Stoltzfus 0 0-0 0, Josh Stoltzfus 0 2-2 2. Totals 23 15-18 68.
Northwest'9'8'14'12 — 43
Linville Hill'18'11'17'22 — 68
Three-point goals: NW 5 (J. Miner 2, R. Miner 2, McCoy). LH 7 (D. Petersheim 5, Je. Stoltzfus 1, Smucker).
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