Roundup: Liberty tops Parkland in Trojan’s tournament
BOYS BASKETBALL
Liberty-Parkland
The Hurricanes beat the hosts 72-64 in the first round of Parkland’s tournament.
Liberty was led by Jeremy Johnson’s 31 points, which included a 10-for-10 effort from the free throw line. Cameron Hoffman added 11 points for Liberty, while Amir Griffin chipped in with 10.
Parkland was led by Sam Iorio with 26 points.
LIBERTY
Serrano 3-0-3-7, Griffin 4-2-2-10, Johnson 9-10-10-31, Legree 0-0-0-0, Erney 0-1-2-1, Heess 2-2-2-6, Hoffman 4-0-0-11, Cannon 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 25-15-19-72.
PARKLAND
Burgos 7-0-0-16, Zeky 1-0-0-3, Bross 1-0-0-3, Rindock 0-0-0-0, Iorio 10-4-6-26, Bartholomew 4-0-0-10, Ruisch 2-1-2-6. TOTALS: 25-5-8-64.
Liberty 22 16 14 20 - 72
Parkland 14 14 20 16 - 64.
Three-pointers: L - Johnson 3, Hoffman 3, Serrano 1;
Emmaus-Springfield Delco
Emmaus cruised to a 74-58 win over Springfield Delco in the first round of Allen’s holiday tournament.
David Kachelries scored a game-high 26 points for Emmaus (6-0 overall), while teammate Matt Kachelries and Zach Sabol had 13 points each. Sabol also pulled down 14 rebounds in the game.
Springfield was led by Ja’Den McKenzie with 14 points.
EMMAUS
M. Kachelries 4-5-9-13, D. Kachelries 10-3-4-26, Lewis 1-0-0-2, Cichocki 1-1-2-4, Ross 1-0-0-3, Artis 3-0-0-6, Fergusson 2-0-0-4, Diehl 1-0-0-3, Sabol 6-1-2-13. TOTALS: 29-10-17-74.
SPRINGFIELD DELCO
Webb 3-4-5-10, Long 0-2-4-2, McKenzie 3-8-11-14, Collins 0-2-4-2, DeAngelis 2-0-0-6, Sullivan 5-0-0-14, Chevalier 0-0-0-0, Orjih 4-2-3-10. TOTALS: 17-18-27-58.
Emmaus 15 25 16 18 - 74
Springfield: 7 12 16 23 - 58
Three-pointers: E - Emmaus D. Kachelries 3, Cichocki 1, Ross 1, Diehl 1; S - Sullivan 4, DeAngelis 2.
Northampton-Saucon Valley
The Konkrete Kids beat the Panthers 51-49 in the first round of the Salisbury Holiday Tournament.
Morgan Heffelfinger scored a game-high 27 points for Northampton.
The Kids will play Salisbury or Quakertown in Wednesday’s tournament title game at 8 p.m. at Salisbury High School. Saucon Valley will play in the consolation game at 6 p.m.
NORTHAMPTON
Heffelfinger 8-11-15-27, Tocci 2-0-0-6, Ellwood 2-0-0-5, Weisenberger 2-0-0-4, Austin 0-0-0-0, Baird 0-0-0-0, Gribb 3-1-2-7, Torres 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-12-17-51.
SAUCON VALLEY
Smith 5-0-0-12, Gilotti 0-0-0-0, Snead 3-0-0-12, Allen 6-2-3-15, Nochols 2-0-0-5, Zinski 2-0-0-4, Yecht 0-0-0-0, Zawondy 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-2-3-49.
Northampton 12 14 12 13 - 51
Saucon Valley 7 19 9 14 - 49
Three-pointers: N - Tocci 2, Ellwood 1; SV - Snead 3, Smith 2, Allen 1, Nichols 1.
Quakertown-Salisbury
The host Falcons lost on a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Quakertown’s Kevin Juszynski that gave the Panthers a 47-44 win the Salisbury’s annual holiday tournament.
Matt Lucas led Quakertown with 14 points, while the game-winner was Juszynski’s only basket of the game.
Salisbury was led by Jack Reichenbach with 15 points and Jaxon Costello with 14 points, while Blake Jones chipped in with 10.
QUAKERTOWN
Rey 0-0-0-0, Howard 1-0-0-3, Drosnock 4-0-0-9, Suchanec 2-0-0-4, Juszynski 1-0-0-3, Lucas 5-0-0-14, Grimmage 5-3-4-13, Ortiz 0-1-2-1, Mitchell 0-0-0-0, Rice 0-0-0-0, Metsayer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-4-6-47.
SALISBURY
Galantini 0-0-0-0, Reichenbach 5-3-4-15, Stewart 0-0-0-0, Slutsky 5-1-2-5, Costello 5-4-6-14, Frankenfield 0-0-0-0, Jones 4-0-0-10, Snyder 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-8-12-44.
Quakertown 2 15 9 21 - 47
Salisbury 13 9 12 10 - 44
Three-pointers: Q - Lucas 4, Juszynski 1, Drosnock 1, Howard 1; S - Reichenbah 2, Jones 2.
Hamburg-Northwestern
The Tigers beat the Hawks 65-43 in a nonleague game.
Northwestern was led by 20 points from sophomore point guard Sam Yadush, who hit six three-pointers in the game. Trevor Cunningham added 15 and Deven Bollinger scored 10 points for Northwestern.
The Tigers improved to 4-2 overall.
HAMBURG
C. Evangelista 5-2-3-15, Greenawald 0-3-3-3, Adam 0-2-3-2, Graham 3-2-2-8, Barter 0-0-2-0, S, Evangelista 4-2-4-12, Waithe 0-0-0-0, Barr 1-0-0-3, Missimer 0-0-0-0. Totals 13-11-17-43.
NORTHWESTERN
Cunningham 6-3-10-15, Yadush 7-0-0-20, Bollinger 4-2-2-10, Hallman 0-0-0-0, R. Seyfried 2-2-5-6, Kemmerer 0-0-0-0, Fatzinger 0-2-2-2, Freeman 2-0-0-4, S. Seyfried 3-0-0-6, Ruch 0-2-2-2, Hippensteel 0-0-0-0. Totals 24-11-21-65.
Hamburg 12 9 9 13 - 43
Northwestern 17 9 18 21 - 65
Three-pointers: H - C. Evangelista 3, S. Evangelista 2, Barr 1; N- Yadush 6.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Whitehall-Minersville
The Battlin’ Miners the Zephyrs 67-28 in the first round of the Pottsville Holiday Tournament.
WHITEHALL
Cunningham 2-0-0-5, George 1-1-2-3, Due 0-0-0-0, Buskirt 3-0-0-7, Shook 0-0-0-0, Grave 1-2-2-4, Rummel 0-1-2-1, Lopez 1-0-0-2, Hines 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11-4-6-28.
MINERSVILLE
Kuehn 0-0-0-0, Nawrocki 6-2-2-19, Kriston 2-1-2-5, Graett 0-0-0-0, Kroznuski 1-0-0-2, Truscott 0-0-0-0, Bentz 1-0-0-2, Whalen 0-0-0-0, Sekelick 0-0-0-0, Lowe 1-0-0-2, Mealey 4-4-4-12, Kroznuskie 4-2-3-14, Wigoda 5-1-1-11. TOTALS: 24-10-12-67.
Whitehall 8 6 7 7 - 28
Minersville 18 18 24 7 - 67
Three-pointers: W - Cunningham 1, Buskirk 1; M - Nawrocki 5, Kroznuskie 4.
Oley Valley-Salisbury
The Falcons beat the 36-9 Lynx in the first round of the Salisbury Holiday Tournament.
Kelly Gardus (8 points), Sarah McGee (7 points), Caylin Meikrantz (6 points), Olivia Hoeing (5 points) and Alicia Burkhardt led a balanced Salisbury scoring effort.
The Falcons meet Allen in Wednesday’s tournament final at 3 p.m. at Salisbury High School. The Chicks beat Pocono Mountain West 63-38. The Panthers will face Oley Valley in the tournament’s consolation game at 1 p.m.
OLEY VALLEY
Kline 0-0-0-0, Williamson 2-0-0-5, Freed 0-2-2-2, Meunier 0-0-0-0, L. Moyer 1-0-0-2, Bushong 0-0-0-0, Renninger 0-0-2-0, Hetrick 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 3-2-4-9.
SALISBURY
McGee 3-1-2-7, Holben 0-0-0-0, Burkhardt 2-0-2-5, Gardus 3-1-3-8, Szita 1-0-0-2, Meikrantz 1-3-6-6, Hoeing 2-0-2-5, Nicholas 0-0-2-0, Bruns 1-1-3-3, Bettucchio 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-5-8-36.
Oley Valley 2 0 4 3 - 9
Salisbury 11 8 9 8 - 36
Three-pointers: OV - Williamson 1; S - Burkhardt 1, Gardus 1, Meikrantz 1, Hoeing 1.