Waverly girls defeat Notre Dame

WAVERLY, N.Y. - The last time the Waverly Wolverines and Notre Dame Crusaders met in a girls' basketball game, the Wolverines built an early lead, only to watch the Crusaders rally for a victory.

On Thursday the Wolverines again built an early lead and again the Crusaders fought back in the third quarter, but this time Waverly had all the answers as they won 53-42.

"I thought we came out strong," Waverly coach Brian Miller said. "They battled back in the third quarter. I was getting a little worried with deja vu. They (Notre Dame) came out of the locker room with intensity and a chip on their shoulder and took the lead kind of like they did up at Notre Dame when they took the lead and never gave it back.

"We seemed more poised today. Reylyn (Schwartzhoff) had seven in the third quarter and sixth in the foruth quarter. So many girls stepped up. We moved Cassidy Farr to Detta Gublo beacuse she beat us pretty good last time. She had a good game, but she scored all her points but two in the first half."

Schwartzhoff had a career-high 27 points to lead Waverly and she had a double-double, adding 10 rebounds. Sabrina Bowman had 12 points, six steals and six assists and Victoria Cron had five points, six boards and three steals.

Jenna Bowman had four points and Farr had three poi8nts, eight boards, four steals and three assists, while Emiley Myers had two points and five steals.

Notre Dame was led by Gublo with 14 and Sheridan Heine had 10, while Athens' Olivia May had nine points for Notre Dame and Mara Skordynski also had nine points.

Waverly won the JV game 50-12 with Kiana Manuel scoring 12 and Taylor Bodine getting 11 points in the game. Waverly has their final home game on Tuesday when they host Newark Valley.

Wyalusing 66, Wellsboro 36

The Rams rolled to a win over visiting Wellsboro on Thursday.

Alexis Daly once again paced the Rams with 19 points followed by Laci Holdren with nine, Kasey DeVoir with eight, Mackenzie Martin with seven, Arielle Kneller with six, Ally DeVoir with five, Kayleen Sutton and Savannah Schools each with four and Sydney Snyder and Courtney Eberlin each with two.

Daly pulled down 14 boards as she closes in on 500 rebounds for her career while Sutton, Schools and Eberlin each pulled in five. Holdren and Paighton Martin each had two rebounds while Kasey DeVoir, Mackenzie Martin, Snyder, Ally DeVoir and Morrison each had one rebound.

Daly and Paighton Martin led the Rams with one blocked shot each.

Holdren and Eberlin paced the Rams with two assists each while Mackenzie Martin, Snyder, Sutton, Schools, Daly and Kneller each had one.

Holdren led the Rams with six steals as she closes in on 250 for her career. Kasey DeVoir, Mackenzie Martin, Sutton, Ally DeVoir, Eberlin, Morrison, Paighton Martin and Kneller each had one.

Kim Acorn led the Green Hornets in scoring with 14 points followed by Hannah Zuchowski with eight, Mackenzie Marple with seven, Tishaney Virgo, Andrea Dean and Camilla Sossi with two each and Kiana Acorn with one.

Wyalusing won the JV game 40-20 as Ally DeVoir led the Rams with 14 points followed by Veronica Morrison with nine. Paige Carr led the Green Hornets with nine points.

The Rams will return to action Saturday night when they head to Towanda for the Black Knights' pink and yellow game.

Towanda 70, Troy 23

The Black Knights got 16 points from Darien Lantz and 15 from Ashley Fleming, while Kaitlin Hallabuk and Alaina Wickwire had eight each in the game.

Michelle Aronson had seven points for Towanda and Alysha Grimes finished with five points, while Hailey Innocenzo finished with four points.

Danielle Zatkos and Paige Vanderpool had two points each and Koryn Wickwire finished with one point.

Troy was led by Taylor Johnston, who had a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Kelsey Bristol had seven in the game and Kayla Stephani finished with four points, while Loretta Lenahan had two points.

Stephani had six rebounds, Brooke Mattocks had four boards and Faith Ceely finished with three steals.

One highlight for the Trojans came as the first-half buzzer sounded as Bristol ended the half by making a three-quarter court shot.

Towanda won the JV game.

Troy hosts North Penn on Saturday.

Athens 60, Canton 26

ATHENS - The Wildcats got a double-double from Danielle Stopper in the win on Thursday.

Stopper had 18 points and 11 rebounds, with three blocks and two assists, and Christin Dunkling finished with 12 points and six boards, while Jensen Dunkling had 10 points in the game.

Monica Dougherty had nine points, three boards, three blocks, five assists and five steals and Mackenzie Hafer finished with nine points, while Rachael Donnelly had two points.

Rebecca Machmer led Canton with 14 points and Sarah Bly had four points, while Morgan Palmer, Kaitlin Meyer and Chelsey Heatley all had two points. Rachel Holmes and Makenzy Route had one point each in the game.

Athens won the JV game 41-16. Mackenzie Waner led Athens with 14 and Jensen Dunkling had 10.

Williamson 63, North Penn 47

Lori Horton had a huge game with 21 points and 23 rebounds, along with three blcoked shots, to lead the Warriors and Cheynen JOnes had 13 points for Williamson. Jamie Cook had 10 points, Nikki Hurler had seven points, Amber Fitzmartin finished with seven points and Kim Daugherty had five points.

Daugherty had three steals, five assists and five blocks and Hurler had three blocks, while McKenna Greenwalt had four steals and two assists.

North Penn was led by Alex Mendes and Whitney Holdren with nine points each and Rebecca Toothaker had eight points, while Kaitlyn Garverick finished with seven points.

Chelsea Moran and Mariah Berguson had five points each and Kirsten Berguson adn Jenn Vlajic both finished with two points.

Sayre 41, NEB 21

The Redskins got 16 points from Mollie Robinson as they outscored Northeast Bradford 20-8 in the third quarter of the win.

Adrienne Malorzo had eight points for Sayre and Elyse Skerpon had seven points, while Kelsey Young added five points. Kelly Villanti had three points and Katie Hurley finished with two for Sayre.

Northeast Bradford got eight points each from Kelsey Carlsen and Alyssa Coon and Haylie Phillips had three points, while MaKaylah Holbert finished with two points.

Coon had nine boards, Phillips had five rebounds and Carlsen finished with three assists.

Northeast Bradford won the JV game 23-12. Maddy Johnson led the Panthers with seven and Kristyn Tappan and Mia Rivera had four each for Sayre.

CV 60, Liberty 23

The Indians got 25 points from Stephanie Painter and Mikayla Andrews finished with 15 in the victory. Renee Farman had eight for Cowanesque Valley and Blair Williams added six points, while Carly Murdock had four points and Hayley Painter added two points.

Liberty was led by Brooke Scott-Knecht with 10 points and Ashley Graham and Kelsey Harer had four points each, while Megan Hawk had three points and Crystal Dietrick finished with two points.

CV won the JV game 21-19 with Court Schauder leading the Indians with six and Kelsey Harer getting seven for Liberty.

Mansfield 67, Galeton 32

The Tigers got 22 points from Jackie Hillson, who had a double-double with 12 rebounds, and Molly Wood nearly got a triple double, getting 18 points, 15 steals and eight rebounds.

Emily James had 14 for Mansfield and Maddie York finished with seven points, while Simone Lichty, Erin Dempsey and Maggie Farrer all had two points.

Galeton was led by Mataya McPherson and Nicole Reeves with eight points each and Latascha Shadle and Andi Leach both had seven points, while McCayla Cochran finished with two points. Mansfield won the JV game.

Mansfield is at CV on Saturday.