Published February 26. 2013 11:00PM
Lower Macungie's girls 5th/6th grade travel basketball team capped an undefeated season with a 29-27 championship win over In The Zone in the Lehigh Valley League.
Lower Mac finished the regular season 10-0 with an average margin of victory of 23 points. In the playoffs Lower Mac defeated Catasaqua (39-6), Northern Lehigh (31-10), the Canes (32-18) and In The Zone to complete the championship run.
Including other tournaments Lower Mac rattled off 19 consecutive wins.
In the championship game, Lower Mac was led by Taylor O'Brien with 17 pts and seven rebounds along with Brooke Bisko's eight points and four assists. Alyssa Burkhart led the team with three steals. Lower Mac's front line controlled the boards with Lexi Green, Nicole DaCosta and Lexi Seretti all contributing five rebounds each.
Lindsey Aiken helped fend off a late rally with strong ball-handling. Kate Sixsmith, Lily Schmitt, and Maddy Kuchta provided key defensive sparks as they have all year.
"It was rewarding to see a group of multi-sport athletes develop into better basketball players. It was a privilege to coach this group of girls." coach Tom Bisko said.
The girls were also helped by coach Carl Scheitrum and his Emmaus freshmen squad, which served as great role models and invested the time to help the team get better.