Top seeds all advance, Cheltenham comes from behind to
defeat Glen Mills; and Central Bucks East defeated Central Bucks South in the
“Battle of the Central Bucks”.
By
Gregory Goettner
Weekend Results:
(12) Central Bucks East
51 – (21) Central Bucks South 46
When the brackets first came
out on Tuesday, this match up really caught my eye. Since both these schools are
neighborhood rivals, and many of these players went to the same middle schools
as each other this match up had the makings to be an excellent first round play
off game.
In front of a standing room
only crowd, Central Bucks East opened the game up leading 12-0 after four
minutes of play. The visiting South was very sloppy and timid during the first
quarter. East was led by guard Keith Milnazik who scored 9 of his teams
19 points after one quarter where East would build a 19-3 lead going into the
second quarter.
For as sloppy as South played
during the first half they still within range of East and only down 29-16 after
two quarters of play.
Both teams opened up the third
quarter of play very cold, nothing was going for South until junior guard
Matt Perozze hit a deep three pointer to cut the East lead to single digits
right before the end of the third. South only allowed two baskets from the field
and outscored East 13-9 during the third quarter to cut the East lead to 38-29.
South began the fourth quarter
by full court pressing the East guards. This caused many problems for the East
guards. South was able to capitalize on the East turnovers and cut the lead to
48-44 with under a minute left of play. With only a four point lead and South
with the ball; East came up with a huge defensive stop with 30 seconds left to
play. East forward Nick Menard (4-6 from the free throw line in the 4th
quarter) would seal the victory by hitting 3-4 free throws as East would go on
to live another day by defeating South 51-46.
Central Bucks East was led by
Pat McLaughlin who scored a game high 14 points, after a hot start
Keith Milnazik only scored 4 points after the 1st quarter to end
the game with 13 points.
Central Bucks South was led by
junior Matt Perozze, who scored a team high 13 points. Perozze scored 10
of his team high 13 points during the second half. South sophomore Will
Barrett ended the game with 9 points.
Spectator Notes: This
was great atmosphere for a play off game; both schools brought tons of students
which was very nice to see.
Game Notes: Central
Bucks East only scored 9 points from the field; all their other points in the 2nd
half were from free throws. (13-18 from the free throw line)
District 1 – AAAA -
Opening Round Results 2/16/07
(1) Upper Darby 73 – (32)
Bensalem 58
The Royals saw five different
players score in double figures. Damon Armstead led all Royal scorers
with 17 points.
(16) Norristown 49 – (17)
Wissahickon 38
Norristown was led by Tim
Bowman, who had 14 points.
(8) Lower Merion 79 –
(25) Oxford 51
Sophomore Greg Robbins
(17 points) and Junior Carl Johnson (15 points) led the Aces over Oxford.
(24) Cheltenham 62 – (9)
Glen Mills 60
Cheltenham was down as many 24
points and came back to defeat the Battling’ Bulls 62-60. Cheltenham was led by
a balanced attacked including senior center Andrew Young 16 points,
senior point guard Steve Tolliver 14 points, and junior shooting guard
Nick Roman 12 points.
(4) Pennsbury 68 – (29)
Academy Park 44
The two big guys in the middle
led the way for Pennsbury. 6’9 Temple University signee Lavoy Allen
scored 19 points and 6’9 senior Kevin Gallagher added 16 points.
(13) Council Rock North
54 – (20) W.C. East 45
Council Rock North used a 17-4
first quarter lead to defeat visiting W.C. East. Council Rock North was led by
Scott Bradish who scored a game high 16 points.
(5) Plymouth Whitemarsh
50 – (28) Penn Wood 29
The Colonials were led by
senior Lance Wilson 12 points and Hartford signee Anthony Minor 11
points. The Colonials did not allow Penn Wood to score double digits in any
quarter of the game.
(2) Chester 73 – (31)
Bishop Shanahan 36
Chester junior point guard
Karon Burton and junior forward Russell Johnson were too much for
Bishop Shanahan. Burton and Johnson almost outscored Shanahan on their own by
combining for 34 points.
(18) Interboro 50 – (15)
Haverford 44
Interboro was led by Evan
Tozer who scored a game high 21 points to help his team defeat Haverford
50-44.
(7) Ridley 49 – (26)
North Penn 46
Ridley junior Steven Egee
dropped 24 points in the victory.
(10) Central Bucks West
61 – (23) Unionville 51
In the only overtime game of
the night, Central Bucks West outscored Unionville 12-2 in overtime. Central
Bucks West was led by Chris McDevitt 24 points and Zack Ashworth
24 points. Unionville’s Robert Sundry scored 23 points.
(3) Souderton 50 – (30)
Hatboro-Horsham 48
In the only Thursday night game
Souderton held off Hatboro-Horsham 50-48. Souderton was led by Ron Benson
16 points and Kevin Weaver 14 points.
(14) Downingtown West 54
– (19) Methacton 45
Downingtown West was led by
Dominic Hicklen 13 points and Phillip Hicklen 13 points. Downingtown
was down 28-20 at half time.
(6) West Chester
Henderson 67 – (27) William Tennent 51
Henderson was led by Ryan
McCormick 16 points and Roger White 12 points.
(11) Boyertown 61 vs.
(22) O.J. Roberts 43
High point scorers of
Round 1:
Chris McDevitt (Central Bucks
West) – 24 points
Zack Ashworth (Central Bucks
West) – 24 points
Steven Egee (Ridley) – 24
points
Robert Sundry (Unionville) – 23
points
Evan Tozer (Interboro) – 21
points
Luke Hawk (Methacton) – 20
points
Ryan Ritcher (Tennent) – 20
points
Biggest Upset of Round 1:
Cheltenham seeded at 24
defeated the number 9 ranked team Glen Mills. Cheltenham came from as many as 24
points to upset Glen Mills on the road 62-60.
Round 2 Preview:
Cheltenham will be traveling to
Lower Merion where they will be meeting up with old coach Scott Eveslage.
Eveslage was the head coach at Cheltenham last year and he is now the Athletic
Director at Lower Merion.
Pennsbury will get another
crack at Council Rock North; North defeated Pennsbury 50-49 earlier in the
season. That was Pennsbury’s only loss to a PIAA team.
Tuesday, February 20th,
2007
(13)
Council Rock North at (4) Pennsbury
(12)
Central Bucks East at (5) Plymouth Whitemarsh
(18)
Interboro at (2) Chester
(10)
Central Bucks West at (7) Ridley
(14)
Downingtown West at (3) Souderton
(11)
Boyertown at (6) West Chester Henderson
Wednesday, February 21,
2007
(16)
Norristown at (1) Upper Darby
(24)
Cheltenham at (8) Lower Merion
District One bracket:
http://www.district-one.net/brackets/boysbasketballAAAa.htm
If you have
any questions or comments e-mail Greg at
greg@metrohoops.com
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