Mar 20, 2015 2 min read

HERSHEY – Philadelphia Catholic League power Neumann-Goretti completed its perfect PIAA girls’ basketball season Friday, outracing WPIAL champion Seton-La Salle 79-34 at Hershey’s Giant Center.

Coach Andrea Peterson’s deep stable of Division I talent turned in a dynamic 24-0 first-half run, then coasted by the same Pittsburgh program that handed Neumann-Goretti its only loss during the 2013-14 season. The Saints (30-0), ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today and ESPN, are 60-1 over two seasons.

Ahnje Timbers (20 points) and Sianni Martin, a pair of Towson recruits, shared 36 points for the District 12 champions. University of Texas recruit Christine Aborowa chipped in 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Georgia Tech recruit Ciani Cryor added 11 points and 15 assists. The Saints hit 31 of 57 shots from the field and won the rebounding edge over the Lady Rebels (23-8), 47-27.

Despite a team-high 11 points from Pitt recruit Cassidy Walsh, Seton-LaS alle’s total was its lowest of the season.

Cumberland Valley earned its second straight PIAA Class AAAA girls’ basketball title on Friday, getting a team-high 15 points from Villanova commit Kelly Jekot in a physical 40-35 victory over Central Bucks West.

Jekot, Pennsylvania’s reigning Gatorade Player of the Year, was Cumberland Valley’s lone double-digit scorer at Hershey’s Giant Center.

The Eagles (32-1), who won the 2014 title by beating another Philadelphia program, Spring-Ford, handed head coach Bill Wolf his third Class AAAA championship.

The District 1 champion Bucks shot a dismal 13 of 53 from the floor and misfired on 22 of 25 long-range attempts. Nicole Munger’s nine points led Central Bucks West (32-2), but the University of Michigan recruit was just 4 of 15 from the field. Munger chipped in 12 rebounds, and Mackenzie Carroll nine points, in the loss.

Getting 28 points from Ahmad Gilbert and 20 from Kimar Williams, Constitution wheeled past Farrell, 85-53, in the PIAA Class A boys’ basketball championship game Friday at Giant Center.

Chad Andrews-Fulton added 14 points and 15 rebounds for Rob Moore’s Generals (24-8), who a season ago captured the PIAA’s Class AA title.

Constitution, which owned a 54-25 edge on the glass, also captured the PIAA’s Class A championship in 2012.

A 23-0 run in the opening quarter helped Rob Moore’s club snap an early 3-3 deadlock and roll to a 26-3 lead with 1:26 left in the first.

Farrell (24-5) was able to pull within 19 (39-20) by the halftime break, but Roland Shannonhouse’s Steelers never got closer than that.