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Lancaster-Lebanon Championship Game – Feb. 18, 2012 Lancaster
McCaskey 71 Lancaster Catholic 57 The
game started off with Catholic guards 5-11 Jr Eric
Goldback and 5-8 Sr Brian
Rivera scoring 12 of their teams first 14 points, including five in the
last 30 seconds by Rivera to give the Crusaders a 14-11 lead after the first
quarter. McCaskey then started the second period on a 10-0 run, four points
from5-9 Jr Aaron Swinton
and 6-3 Sr Blaise
Glover and a two from 5-8 Jr Luis Fuentes to
take a 21-14 lead. But LC went on a run of their own
outscoring the Tornado 9-1 to pull ahead 23-22. The quarter ended with
McCaskey ahead 29-23. McCaskey tightened up the
defense in the third quarter holding Catholic to only two field goals while
expanding the lead to 47-34. Only 7 for 9 shooting from the foul line by Godlback kept the Crusaders from falling
more behind. Catholic would make a run in the final quarter getting the lead
to single digits but ran out of gas in the end and took a 71-57 loss. Aaron
Swinton led McCaskey with 15pts, 6-6 Jr Devonne Pinkard scored 12pts and 6-4 Sr
Brian Newsome added 10pts as 10 Tornado’s scored at least 2
points. Catholic got 49 of their 55 points from their three guards in Brian
Rivera 25pts, Eric Goldback 17pts and
5-10 Sr Robbie Rowe 7pts - Jerry
Shenk Manheim TWP vs. Lancaster Cath. @ Penn Manor LL semis
Feb. 16. 2012 LCHS 60
TWP 56 14-12
after the first quarter. The
guards for both teams, Bryan Rivera, 5'8".... sparkplug for LCHS, and
Cory Stoltz,
6'2".... point/swing for TWP, put their stamps on the game. LCHS spread
out the taller Streak and used penetration and kick passes to score. Rivera
did the most damage with 8 points in the quarter. Stoltz, on the other hand,
hit 2 three balls late in the quarter to keep the game close. Guerrerro scored TWP first 6
points on lay-up and follows. LCHS packed in the paint to limit TWP's big
guy, Billy Vaughn-Geib. TWP finally took the lead at 20- 18 with 3 minutes to go on a follow by Vaughn- Geib. LCHS countered with two beautiful back doors by Rivera. ....Setting up a close game for the second half. 24-22 LCHS. LCHS started the third
slowly as they turned it over 2 straight times. Niki Veronis
hit 2 fouls to make the contest close at 29-27 with 6:00 showing on the
clock. LCHS would go on a desicive
8-0 as they used the three ball- one by Robby Rowe and one by
Erik Goldbach to stretch
the lead to 10 at 37-27. The quarter ended at 39-31. TWP cut the lead to 4 at
39-35 but LCHS popped another three ball- this one
by Rivera to right the ship. TWP started pounding the glass and finally tied
it at 48 on traditional three- point play by Guerrerro at the 3:26 mark. LCHS would not score
another basket but made the most of their foul shooting opportunities as they
made 12 out 15 down the stretch to secure the win. Points
LCHS Brian Rivera- 29 Erik Goldbach -10 Robby Rowe – 11 TWP Cory Stoltz -11 Niki Veronis -15 Jomar Guerrero - 15 Stats-
Unofficial Rebounds TWP 28 LCHS 23 Turnovers TWP 5 LCHS 7 Blocks TWP 4 LCHS 0 Insights? ....LCHS used its speed to spread out the Streaks. ..LCHS hit 6 three balls for the game....Both
teams played mostly man defense, with TWP going to some full court traps when
they were down at the end of the game....Key stat for the game: LCHS zero
turnovers in the 4th quarter. Sidelines: LCHS will play McCaskey at TWP on Sat. in the LL
finals..... TWP plays Dover Feb. 22nd at TWP in the AAAA District
3 tournament.....Lanc Cath
plays Bishop McDevitt
Feb. 21st at LCHS in AAA.... A good crowd at
Penn Manor. ....LCHS has the BEST fan base in the LL (sorry Warwick TeePee). ....Jeff Reinhart was
blogging at the game......ESPN radio 1600 am will carry the LL
finals on Sat., partially sponsored by LLhoops.com.....Pa Basketball Guru,
Jerry Shenk, was
present at the game. ..Albright and LVC were
recruiting the talented players on both sides of the court....Check Dave
Porter's site for great LL final picts! ~ Dell Jackson
Feb. 14 LL Semis
Lancaster McCaskey 55 Lampeter-Strasburg 48 @ LS Lampeter-Strasburg jumped out to a 5-0 lead and played good defense in the first quarter except letting 6-3 Sr Brian Newsome loose for three buckets in the first quarter. But the Pioneers missed at least three open three balls and three layups and found themselves down 8-7 at quarters end. In the second quarter 6-3 Sr Josh Miller did what he does and hit two threes and 6-2 Jr JD Achille had two nice drives to the bucket for scores, while McCaskey had four players score at least two points and LS led 25-21 at the half. In the third McCaskey got balanced scoring from 5-9 Jr Diante Cherry, 6-3 Sr Calvert Gantz and 6-6 Jr Devonne Pinkard who scored his only five points of the game in the quarter to outscore LS 15-7 in the quarter and take a 36-32 lead into the final quarter. There were 11 lead changes up till McCaskey took the lead 31-30 on a dunk by Gantz with 2:50 left in the third. In the fourth LS again played good defense except for letting 5-8 Sr guard Luis Fuentes all alone under the basket three times for easy layups. McCaskey got some steals to take an eight point lead but LS would cut it to 2 and 3 points twice in the final minutes but Cherry went 7-for-8 from the foul line in the final minutes and McCaskey would move on to the next round. Cherry led the Tornado with 15pts and Newsome added 13pts. The Pioneers were led by Miller with 17pts on 5 treys and Achille with 10pts and a game-high 9 rebounds.
~ Jerry Shenk
Donegal @ TWP:
First round of LL. Feb. 14, 2012 TWP 68
Donegal 58 The first quarter was very
slow and ugly after the first few minutes. TWP got off to a quick start with
an 8-0 run.TWP scored on lay-ups by Cory Stoltz, Niki Veronis, Jordon Ness, and Jomar
Guerrero. However, Donegal called timeout and settled things down on the def.
end. Donegal answered by scoring a lay-up by Martin Dietrich at the 4:45
mark. The quarter ended at 12-3. Twp had many
opportunities extend the lead but committed multiple turnovers. With the Streaks scoring
the first 5 points of the second quarter, it looked as though it could be a
long evening for the Indians. Donegal came alive as Martin Dietrich drove,
shot jumpers and hit a three ball. Donegal closed on a 13-6 run to end the
quarter at 28-19. Both the
Indians and the Streaks committed 8 turnovers each during the first half. TWP
limited the Indians inside game by blocking 5 shots. The third quarter produced
a basket for a basket during the first 4 minutes of quarter three, but then
the Streaks produced an 8-0 towards the end of the quarter to stretch the
lead to 46-29. TWP had multiple run outs which led to points for the Streaks and
fouls for the Indians. In the end, this stretch proved fatal for Donegal's
upset bid. Stoltz ended the quarter as he slowly
weaved his way into the lane and hit a short jumper with 3 ticks left on the
clock. TWP pushed the lead to 20
early in the fourth. One would think it was all over but the fat lady singing(sorry), but Donegal hung tough. Donegal started
driving the ball to the basket, and TWP committed multiple turnovers(5
for the quarter) down the stretch. With a little under 2 minutes to go, the Indians
were at the line to cut it to 6 but missed the one and one. TWP made enough
free throws to win and advance. Points TWP Cory Stoltz 13 Niki Veronis 13 Jordon Ness 10 Billy Vaughn Geib 14 Donegal Jason Dietrich 16 Martin Dietrich 11 Stats unofficial Reb. TWP 19 Donegal 16 Blocks TWP 7 Donegal 2 Turnovers TWP 15 Donegal 11 Insights?.....Glad to be back writing about games instead of just
watching them. ....Donegal needed a lot to go right for a chance to knock off
the Section 1 champs.....Section 3 is not as physical as Section 1 in general
although Donegal held its own on the boards after a slow start.....TWP had
the Indians on the ropes at least 2 times and could not quite put them
away.....Donegal will gain some necessary experience as they head into
District 3 play next week.....Cory Stoltz,
6'2" point/swing is a very smooth operator. Unflappable? .....Niki Veronis 6'1" point
had a BUNCH of assists. .....Twp will need to
improve on both ends of the floor in order to advance in LL's and District 3
tournaments....Donegal showed lots of heart....The Dietrich twins (Jason and
Martin) should probably change their numbers (20 and 21) as there appeared to
be much confusion on who fouled on any given play. ....After a slow start the
Indians showed that they could hang with the big boys.....With a solid core
of players who are juniors, the Indians could make some major noise next year
in the LL....The LL needs to consider having 3 man crews for ALL games. It
just does not seem fair to the players, coaches and refs to adjust from 2 man
mechanics to 3 man crews that have little to no experience working as a team. Sidelines: Usually TWP has massive parking problems but
tonight there were few problems parking. There was a sparse crowd before the
game started and actually the Indian Nation out numbered
the Streaks fan base.....Very, very quiet crowd and not a lot of folks at
TWP.....3 man crew for the refs....All LL home teams won except for LS which
gave McCaskey everything it could handle.....Thursday games at PM (TWP vs LCHS)and Hempfield
(Etown vs McCaskey). ..Donegal plays the winner of Palmyra/Milton
Hershey at home on Feb. 21st:.TWP plays LCHS at PM on
Thursday......TWP will play Dover on Feb. 22nd at TWP. ~ Dell Jackson
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