Mar 20, 2022 9 min read

Monday, March 21

PROFESSIONAL

Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates at Tampa Bay Rays, at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

DISTRICT

High School

Boys tennis

Franklin Regional at Connellsville, 3:30 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson at Ringgold, 3:30 p.m.

Mount Pleasant at Greensburg Salem, at Greensburg Racquet Club, 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL

PIAA Boys Basketball Playoffs

Class AAAAA

First Round

Tuesday, March 8

Chester 61, Exeter 52; Archbishop Ryan 75, West York 48; Shippensburg 56, Upper Moreland 46; Pittston Area 53, Lower Dauphin 51; Marple Newtown 53, Pottsville 43; Mastery North 51, Bishop Shanahan 48; Radnor 75, Susquehannock 56; Imhotep Charter 78, Chichester 51; Penn Hills 62, Lampeter Strasburg 39; East Stroudsburg South 47, North Pocono 44; Central Mountain 51, Hampton 45; New Castle 63, Northeastern 50; LAUREL HIGHLANDS 55, Elizabethtown 33; Highlands 74, Brashear 46; Hershey 71, Shaler 45; Gateway 56, DuBois 32.

Second Round

Friday, March 11

Chester 53, Archbishop Ryan 38; Shippensburg 49, Pittston Area 43; Marple Newtown 56, Mastery North 48; Imhotep Charter 62, Radnor 39; Penn Hills 55, East Stroudsburg South 54; New Castle 85, Central Mountain 34; LAUREL HIGHLANDS 71, Highlands 66, OT; Gateway 62, Hershey 59, OT.

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 15

Chester 65, Shippensburg 59; Imhotep Charter 44, Marple Newtown 39; New Castle 43, Penn Hills 35; Gateway 55, LAUREL HIGHLANDS 52.

Semifinals

Friday, March 18

New Castle 59, Gateway 39.

Saturday, March 19

Imhotep Charter 66, Chester 41.

Championship

Friday, March 25

New Castle (7-1, 27-2) vs. Imhotep Charter (12-1, 27-4), at Giant Center, Hershey, 7:30 p.m.

Class AAAA

First Round

Tuesday, March 8

Neumann Goretti 74, ELCO 42; Scranton Prep 53, Middletown 50; Bethlehem Catholic 62, South Philadelphia 48; Lewisburg Area 56, Littlestown 54; Trinity 77, Collegium Charter 63; West Philadelphia 59, Allentown Central Catholic 58; Dallas 66, Shamokin Area 46; Cardinal O’Hara 54, Wilson Area 46; Archbishop Carroll 68, Berks Catholic 61; Athens Area 42. Mid Valley 40; Montour 63, Deer Lakes 42; Quaker Valley 67, Hickory 51; BELLE VERNON 73, Obama Academy 51; Lincoln Park 86, Central Martinsburg 67; Fairview 61, Burrell 36.

Second Round

Friday, March 11

Neumann Goretti 57, Scranton Prep 51; Bethlehem Catholic 49, Lewisburg 29; West Philadelphia 80, Trinity 77; Dallas 75, Cardinal O’Hara 57; Archbishop Carroll 83, Athens Area 38; Montour 71, Penn Cambria 48; Quaker Valley 86, BELLE VERNON 45; Fairview 54, Lincoln Park 51.

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 15

Neumann Goretti 53, Bethlehem Catholic 42; Dallas 79, West Philadelphia 68, OT; Archbishop Carroll 56, Montour 54; Quaker Valley 54, Fairview 48.

Semifinals

Friday, March 18

Neumann Goretti 77, Dallas 50; Quaker Valley 67, Archbishop Carroll 60.

Championship

Thursday, March 24

Quaker Valley (7-1, 27-0) vs. Neumann-Goretti (12-1, 22-4), at Giant Center, Hershey, 7:30 p.m.

Class A

First Round

Tuesday, March 8

Nativity BVM 77, West Shore Christian Academy 42; Lancaster Country Day 50, Northumberland Christian 41; City School 55, Plumstead Christian 52; Mount Calvary Christian 75, North Penn-Liberty 52; St. John Neumann 63, High Point Baptist 40; Faith Christiain 49, Roberto Clemente 45, OT; Notre Dame East Stroudsburg 75, Strawberry Mansion 48; Linville Hill Christian 75, Fannette-Metal 60; Bishop Canevin 73, Johnsonburg 40; DuBois Central Catholic 70, Conemaugh Valley 50; Williamsburg 53, Otto Eldred 44; Imani Christian Academy 79, Berlin-Brothersvalley 70; Bishop Carroll 57, North Clarion 19; Union 57, Southern Fulton 25; Farrell 67, GEIBEL CATHOLIC 55; Elk County Catholic 49, Rochester 47.

Second Round

Friday, March 11

Nativity BVM 58, Lancaster Country Day 32; Mount Calvary Christian 56, City School 46; St. John Neumann 61, Faith Christian 39; Linville Hill Christian 66, Notre Dame East Stroudsburg 56; Bishop Canevin 68, DuBois Central Catholic 33; Imani Christian Academy 92, Williamsburg 51; Union 49, Bishop Carroll 28; Elk County Catholic 65, Farrell 53.

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 15

Nativity BVM 80, Mount Calvary Christian 58; St. John Neumann 60, Linville Hill Christian 50; Bishop Canevin 53, Imani Christian Academy 45; Elk County Catholic 52, Union 45, OT.

Semifinals

Friday, March 18

St. John Neumann 82, Nativity BVM 60; Bishop Canevin 47, Elk County Catholic 21.

Championship

Thursday, March 24

St. John Neumann (4-1, 26-3) vs. Bishop Canevin (7-1, 24-4), at Giant Center, Hershey, 2:30 p.m.

PIAA Girls Basketball Playoffs

Class AAAA

First Round

Wednesday, March 9

Archbishop Wood 68, Bishop McDevitt 24; Scranton Prep 65, North Schuylkill 52; Gwynedd Mercy 52, Audenried 40; Bermudian Springs 55, Central Columbia 33; Jim Thorpe 48, Freire Charter 23; Villa Joseph Marie 55, Mastery North 26; Dunmore 51, Shamokin Area 25; Allentown Central Catholic 36, Milton Area 14; Lansdale Catholic 66, Lancaster Catholic 57; Delone Catholic 58, Montour 25; Knoch 65, St. Marys 35; Blackhawk 54, Eastern York 48; SOUTHMORELAND 45, Tyrone 39; Villa Maria 60, Quaker Valley 21; Bedford 47, ELIZABETH FORWARD 39.

Thursday, March 10

Lake Lehman 39, Berks Catholic 37.

Second Round

Saturday, March 12

Delone Catholic 34, Knoch 28; Blackhawk 72, SOUTHMORELAND 52; Villa Maria 59, Bedford 29.

Sunday, March 13

Archbishop Wood 44, Scranton Prep 21; Gwynedd Mercy 57, Bermudian Springs 49; Jim Thorpe 64, Lake Lehman 37; Dunmore 62, Villa Joseph Marie 53, OT; Lansdale Catholic 49, Allentown Central Catholic 41.

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, March 16

Archbishop Wood 50, Gwynedd Mercy 27; Jim Thorpe 40, Dunmore 39; Lansdale Catholic 40, Delone Catholic 36; Villa Maria 54, Blackhawk 27.

Semifinals

Saturday, March 19

Archbishop Wood 57, Jim Thorpe 44; Lansdale Catholic (12-3, 18-7) vs. Villa Maria (15-1, 24-2), at Bald Eagle HS, 1 p.m.

Championship

Thursday, March 24

Archbishop Wood (12-1, 22-9) vs. Lansdale Catholic (12-3, 19-7), at Giant Center, Hershey, 5 p.m.

Class AAA

First Round

Tuesday, March 8

Neuman Goretti 72, Brandywine Heights 25; Bloomsburg Area 47, MaST Charter 31; Conwell Egan 52, York Catholic 46; Western Wayne 48, Loyalsock Twp. 37; Palmerton 49, Martin Luther King 31; Riverside 57, Towanda 29; Imhotep Charter 51, Executive Education 45; Trinity 68, John Bartram 34; River Valley 58, Pequea Valley 31; Chestnut Ridge 53, WAYNESBURG CENTRAL 29; Freedom 44, Westmont 31; Greenville 41, Keystone Oaks 37; North Catholic 52, Penn Cambria 36; Lakeview 34, Avonworth 27; Forest Hills 72, Mercyhurst Prep 60; Laurel 49, Redbank Valley 44.

Second Round

Friday, March 11

Neumann Goretti 61, Bloomsburg Area 39; Conwall Egan 58, Western Wayne 55; Riverside 64, Palmerton 28; Imhotep Charter 46, Trinity 28; River Valley 68, Chestnut Ridge 48; Freedom 56, Greenville 28; North Catholic 56, Lakeview 28; Forest Hills 65, Laurel 46.

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 15

Neumann Goretti 72, Conwall Egan 47; Imhotep Charter 46, Riverside 40; Freedom 56, River Valley 50; North Catholic 60, Forest Hills 52.

Semifinals

Friday, March 18

Neumann-Goretti 46, Imhotep Charter 28; Freedom 46, North Catholic 39.

Championship

Saturday, March 26

Freedom (7-2, 22-5) vs. Neumann-Goretti (12-1, 16-9), at Giant Center, Hershey, noon

Class A

First Round

Wednesday, March 9

Northumberland Christian 60, Greenwood 20; Christian School of York 47, Sankofa Freedom 42; Faith Christian 45, New Covenant Christian 10; Mount Calvary Christian 45, Shade-Central City 40; Williamsburg 49, Ridgway 47; Bishop Canevin 52, DuBois Central Catholic 32; Otto Eldred 53, Bishop Carroll 37; Kennedy Catholic 61, North Clarion 23; Shanksville-Stonycreek 61, St. Joseph 45; Portage 60, WEST GREENE 51; Berlin-Brothersvalley 42, Aquinas Academy 41; Union 42, Farrell 33; Elk County Catholic 52, MONESSEN 23.

Thursday, March 10

Jenkintown 38, Susquehanna 34; Marian Catholic 57, St. John Neumann 31; Lourdes Regional 36, Nativity BVM 31; Mount Calvary Christian 45, Shade-Central City 40.

Semifinals

Saturday, March 12

Otto Eldred 56, Bishop Canevin 51; Kennedy Catholic 55, Shanksville-Stoneycreek 29; Portage 53, Berlin-Brothersvalley 35; Union 38, Elk County Catholic 35.

Sunday, March 13

Faith Christian Academy 53, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional 25.

Monday, March 14

Northumberland Christian 58, Jenkintown 30; Christian School of York 47, Marian Catholic 44; Williamsburg 70, Mount Calvary Christian 37.

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, March 16

Northumberland Christian 59, Christian School of York 41; Williamsburg 43, Faith Christian Academy 27; Kennedy Catholic 77, Otto Eldred 30.

Semifinals

Saturday, March 19

Northumberland Christian 62, Williamsburg 54; Kennedy Catholic 51, Portage 45.

Championship

Thursday, March 24

Northumberland Christian (4-1, 23-3) vs. Kennedy Catholic (10-1, 25-2), at Giant Center, Hershey, noon

PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships

Class AA

GIRLS

Saturday’s Results

100 freestyle: LILY KING (Mount Pleasant) 49.78, Elise Nardozzi (Northgate) 50.43, Katie Beyer (Warren) 51.49, Megan Ehrnfeldt (Schuylkill Valley) 51.75, Jillian Strine (Boiling Springs) 52.15, Emily Connors (Quaker Valley) 52.22, Hannah Brainard (Gettysburg) 52.46, Hannah Magdeburg (Blue Mountain) 52.90, 25, Trinity Graft (Mount Pleasant) 55.47.

500 freestyle: Kimberly Shannon (Lewisburg) 4:51.98, Ryleigh Collins (Wyoming Seminary) 4:52.89, Maeve Kelley (Shady Side Academy) 5:00.06, Mary Carl (Oley Valley) 5:01.09, Mary Kate Kupsky (MMI-MA) 5:09.92, Megan Smith (Nazareth Academy) 5:11.85, HAILEY YURKOVICH (Elizabeth Forward) 5:14.16, Katherine Sarnes (Blue Mountain) 5:15.39, 25, NATALIE NOLL (Ringgold) 5:30.10.

100 backstroke: Leah Shackley (Bedford) 52.42 (state record), ELLA MENEAR (Mapletown) 53.37, Megan Maholic (Villa Maria Academy) 53.99, Kiaha McCool (Bellefonte) 56.48, Katie Buehler (Boiling Springs) 56.71, KIERTEN O’CONNOR (Mount Pleasant) 58.12, Sam Kil (East Pennsboro) 58.49, Maria Costa (Villa Maria Academy) 59.65, SARAJO GARDNER (Mount Pleasant) 59.26, 12, ELIZABETH THOMAS (LH) 59.63.

100 breaststroke: Kari Powell (Trinity) 1:02.65, Peyton Scott (Indiana) 1:03.48, Brenna Ross (Danville) 1:03.73, Sue Bin Park (Lower Moreland) 1:04.14, Lexi Schrecengost (Freeport) 1:05.16, Giona Lavorni (Knoch) 1:05.21, Alyssa Kelly (Wyoming Seminary) 1:05.68, ELLA CIEZ (Laurel Highlands) 1:05.75, 15, ANASTASIA GEORGAGIS (California) 1:09.79, 20, DELANEY PATTERSON (Belle Vernon) 1:09.14, 29, RILEY McLAUGHLIN (Elizabeth Forward) 1:11.08.

400 freestyle relay: MOUNT PLEASANT (Reegan Brown, Trinity Graft, SaraJo Gardner, Lily King) 3:30.64, Schuylkill Valley 3:33.48, Northgate 3:35.44, Boiling Springs 3:35.90, East Pennsboro 3:35.95, Blue Mountain 3:38.02, Danville 3:38.77, Wyoming Seminary 3:39.10, 21, BELLE VERNON (Marlee Davis, Martyna Maley, Melina Stratigos, Delaney Patterson) 3:50.93.

Friday’s Results

200 medley relay: Villa Maria Academy (Megan Maholic, Kyan Snider-Mills, Maria Costa, Haley Palmer) 1:46.56, MOUNT PLEASANT (Reegan Brown, SaraJo Gardner, McKenna Mizikar, Lily King) 1:46.89, Schuylkill Valley 1:48.26, East Pennsboro 1:48.36, Wyoming Seminary 1:49.32, Freeport 1:49.67, Dallas 1:49.87, Scranton Preparatory 1:51.10, 16, LAUREL HIGHLANDS (Elizabeth Thomas, Ella Ciez, Sarah VanVerth, Cecilia Mrosko) 1:55.98.

200 freestyle: Elise Nardozzi (Northgate) 1:49.09, Katie Beyer (Warren) 1:50.91, Maeve Kelley (Shady Side Academy) 1:52.71, Kiaha McCool (Bellefonte) 1:53.98, Mary Carl (Oley Valley) 1:55.00, Hannah Brainard (Gettysburg) 1:55.12, Alyssa Kelly (Wyoming Seminary) 1:55.84, Brynn Romberger (Gwynedd Mercy) 1:56.01, 10, HAILEY YURKOVICH (Elizabeth Forward) 1:57.34.

200 IM: ELLA MENEAR (Mapletown) 2:00.50, Kimberly Shannon (Lewisburg) 2:01.20, Sara Turner (East Pennsboro) 2:07.35, Lydia Gonzales (Dallas) 2:07.84, Kari Powell (Trinity) 2:08.31, ELLA CIEZ (Laurel Highlands) 2:09.43, Katie Buehler (Boiling Springs) 2:10.64, Kira Schrecengost (Freeport) 2:11.01.

50 freestyle: LILY KING (Mount Pleasant) 22.66 (state record), Katie Jackovic (South Park) 23.49, Brenna Ross (Danville) 23.73, Jilian Strine (Boiling Springs) 23.99, T5 Katie Reott (Moniteau) 24.17, T5 Nicole Iriza (Scranton Prepatory) 24.17, T7 Haley Palmer (Villa Maria Academy) 24.49, T7 Annascott McKeaney (Delco Christian School) 24.49.

100 butterfly: Leah Shackley (Bedford) 53.98, Megan Ehrnfeldt (Schuylkill Valley) 55.28, Ryleigh Collins (Wyoming Seminary) 55.47, Megan Maholic (Villa Maria Academy) 55.89, Isabella Kil (East Pennsboro) 56.12, Katie Jackovic (South Park) 56.36, Kira Schrecengost (Freeport) 57.01, Emily Connors (Quaker Valley) 57.16, 12, REEGAN BROWN (Mount Pleasant) 58.46, 

200 freestyle relay: Schuylkill Valley (Emily Gao, Katie Eisenhofer, Annie Gao, Megan Ehrnfeldt) 1:37.32, Blue Mountain 1:38.23, Dallas 1:38.59, Boiling Springs 1:38.69, MOUNT PLEASANT (Ashlyn Hornick, Trinity Graft, McKenna Mizikar, Kiersten O’Connor) 1:39.60, Quaker Valley 1:40.73, Scranton Prepatory 1:40.74, Valley View 1:41.67.

BOYS

Saturday’s Results

100 freestyle: Preston Kessler (Indiana) 44.96, Jacob Wade (Susquehannock) 46.03, Maddoc Watkins (Dallas) 46.78, Noah Powers (Blue Mountain) 46.80, Nathan Thayer (Scranton Preparatory) 46.82, Will Cross (Springfield Twp.) 46.99, Alexander Roth (Riverside) 47.10, Mark Cattron (Sharon) 47.32, 15, DAVID MUTTER (Mount Pleasant) 48.61.

500 freestyle: Matthew Purcell (Northgate) 4:35.14, Woobie Kupsky (MMI-MA) 4:36.28, RJ Farina (Notre Dame Green Pond) 4:38.79, Leif Hoffman (Clearfield) 4:41.51, Alex Seman (Harrisburg Academy) 4:44.00, Tommy Doran (Dallas) 4:44.75, T7 Henry Phillips (Pope John Paul II) 4:47.46, T7 Conan Young (Titusville) 4:47.46, 14, KOLE FRIEL (Laurel Highlands) 4:50.38, 26, BENJAMIN CARPEAL (Ringgold) 5:07.72.

100 backstroke: Jo Roth (Riverside) 48.44 (state record), Mitchell Bradford (Cathedral Prep) 50.11, Ethan Shonk (Donegal) 51.18, Ben Sheets (Hampton) 51.77, Jackson Kress (North Catholic) 52.37, Bennett Grothusen (Springfield Twp.) 52.77, Aidan Levis (Cathedral Prep) 52.83, Nick Ritter (Moravian Academy) 53.09, NICK REDA (Belle Vernon) 53.94, 13, IAN HAMILTON (Laurel Highlands) 54.51, 25, ANDREW NOLL (Ringgold) 57.15.

100 breaststroke: Matthew Raudabaugh (Big Spring) 55.77, JOSEPH GARDNER (Mount Pleasant) 56.47, HENRY MILLER (Southmoreland) 56.96, Sam Schohn (Plum) 58.27, Sean Witmer (Mifflinburg) 58.68, Zhantore Akylbekov (Wyoming Seminary) 58.87, Francesco D’Avella (Notre Dame Green Pond) 59.22, Cael Long (Westmont Hilltop) 59.76, 27, JAKE WESSELL (Belle Vernon) 1:03.90, 31, Kaden Faychak (Elizabeth Forward) 1:04.85.

400 freestyle relay: Riverside (Jo Roth, Sam Kline, Ryan Turner, Alexander Roth) 3:09.95, Springfield Township 3:11.33, North Catholic 3:12.63, Cathedral Prep 3:13.76, MOUNT PLEASANT (Joseph Gardner, Logan Snively, Joe Barrick, David Mutter) 3:16.94, LAUREL HIGHLANDS (CJ Soltis, Dean Schiffbauer, Ian Hamilton, Kole Friel) 3:18.93, Northgate 3:19.32, Hampton DQ. 23, RINGGOLD (Andrew Noll, Benjamin Carpeal, Tyler George, Gionni Traeger) 3:29.42.