Girls Scholastic Play-By-Play Classic

Archbishop Wood and Council Rock-North are playing in the 8th Annual Scholastic Play-By-Play Classic at Archbishop Carroll High School on Jan. 19th.

Here's the schedule for the day:

11:30 a.m.	Germantown Academy vs. North Penn
1 p.m.	CR-North vs. Cheltenham
3 p.m.	Conestoga vs. Archbishop Carroll
4:30 p.m.	Mount St. Joseph vs. Spring-Ford
6 p.m.	Archbishop Wood vs. Engineering & Science
7:30 p.m.	Cardinal O'Hara vs. Notre Dame
9 p.m.	Upper Dublin vs. Central

(Note the time change: GA-North Penn moved to 11:30 a.m. and Wood-Engineering & Science moved to 6 p.m.)

Pennridge 34, Neshaminy 26

PENNRIDGE (34)
Dominic 2 4-4 10; Lyons 0 3-5 3; Gunter 0 0-0 0; Simononis 3 1-3 8; Kunkle 0 1-4 1; Zickler 5 2-5 12; Hoban 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 11-21 34.

NESHAMINY (26)
Wunder 0 0-0 0; Shunkwiler 6 1-2 13; Allen 1 0-1 2; Rota 0 0-0 0; Ryan 4 1-2 9; J. Slivka 1 0-0 2; S. Slivka 0 0-0 0; Harrison 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 2-5 26.

P 5-10-8-11—34
N 8-7-9-2—26

3-point goals: Dominic 2, Simononis (P).

Link to Courier Times game story

FIVE THINGS

1. Senior center Jackie Shunkwiler had 13 points, 12 rebounds and three steals for the Redskins (8-7 overall, 3-5 SOL National), and sophomore forward Kelsey Ryan added nine points.

2. Neshaminy junior point guard Avery Wunder is still limited by a concussion suffered vs. Bensalem last week and played just a few minutes.

3. Shannon Zickler scored 12 points for Pennridge (9-7, 6-2), and Jordan Dominic added 10 points.

4. Neshaminy led by two points, 26-24, with 6 1/2 minutes to play. Pennridge's sam Simononis hit a key 3-pointer with 2:20 left to make it 32-26.

5. Neshaminy 2005 graduate Melissa Brooks is averaging 4.6 points and 3.1 rebounds for undefeated Holy Family University (12-0). The Tigers are ranked No. 10 in the country in the latest USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division II coaches' poll.

CR-North 64, Pennsbury 55

CR-NORTH (64)
Fricke 5 4-4 16; Gold 4 0-0 10; Kiely 6 8-8 20; Peters 1 0-0 2; Sroba 5 3-5 14; Logan 1 0-1 2; Scull 0 0-0 0; Casper 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 15-18 64.

PENNSBURY (55)
Thorn 6 2-2 16; Prine 3 2-2 9; Ponza 5 3-3 13; Kobal 1 1-2 3; Beri 2 0-0 4; Balascsak 2 1-2 5; Klock 0 2-2 2; DiVeglio 0 3-4 3. Totals: 19 14-17 55.

CRN 20-18-6-20—64
P 13-16-15-11—55

3-point goals: Fricke 2, Gold 2, Sroba (CRN); Thorn 2, Prine (P).

Link to Courier Times game story

Link to Friday's Courier Times girls basketball notebook

FIVE THINGS

1. Senior point guard Sarah Thorn scored 16 points, and senior forward Meghan Ponza added 13 points for Pennsbury (6-9).

2. CR-North (10-4) had four players in double figures. Sophomore center Sarah Kiely had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Junior point guard Juliann Fricke had 16 points, five steals and four assists. Senior guard Jen Sroba had 14 points, seven assists, six rebounds and two steals. Freshman guard Devin Gold scored 10 points.

3. The Indians led by as many as 14 in the first half. But Pennsbury opened up the third quarter with an 11-0 run to go ahead, 40-38. The game was tied, 44-44, after three quarters.

4. CR-North has won five straight.

5. College note: Pennsbury 2006 graduate Dana Mitchell is averaging 20.5 points and 6.5 rebounds a game for St. Bonaventure. Mitchell, a 6-foot-1 sophomore forward, scored 34 points in a win over Cornell on Jan. 4. The Bonnies (12-3) visit Temple at the Liacouras Center on Jan. 15.

CR-North 49, William Tennent 45

CR-NORTH (49)
Juliann Fricke 2 2-3 7; Devin Gold 0 0-0 0; Sarah Kiely 3 2-4 8; Danielle Peters 1 0-2 2; Jen Sroba 3 1-2 7; Kate Logan 2 0-2 6; Kelly Scull 3 8-12 16; Jenn Casper 1 0-0 3. Totals: 15 13-25 49.

WILLIAM TENNENT (45)
Alison Malatesta 0 0-0 0; Megan Zimmerman 1 2-2 4; Ashley Alden 3 2-5 8; Laura Kosma 2 1-1 6; Hanna Sellers 1 1-3 3; Sarah Godfrey 4 2-4 10; Taylor Morgan 0 1-2 1; Gabby Cancelliere 0 0-2 0; Patty Rauchut 0 0-0 0; Erin Boyer 3 0-0 8; Lissa Tercha 2 0-0 5. Totals: 16 9-19 45.

CRN 13-5-9-22—49
WT 5-4-17-19—45

3-point goals: Scull 2, Fricke, Casper, Logan (CRN); Boyer 2, Tercha, Kosma (WT).

Link to Courier Times game story

NINE THINGS

1. CR-North 5-foot-10 sophomore forward Kelly Scull had 16 points and six rebounds. Scull, who scored 26 points in North's first 11 games has 25 points in the last two. Against Tennent, Scull scored 14 points in the second half.

2. CR-North (9-4 overall, 6-1 SOL Continental) has won four straight and is tied with Norristown for first place in the league. Tennent (10-5, 5-2) has lost five close games in a row, but is only one game behind in the league.

3. CR-North had serious foul trouble all night. Sophomore forward Sarah Kiely had eight points before fouling out in the fourth quarter. Senior Jen Sroba finished with seven points, six steals and four rebounds.

4. CR-North guard Juliann Fricke dribbled away most of the final five minutes of the first half near midcourt. Tennent would not come out and challenge her. The Indians reluctantly let the time slip away because of their foul trouble. Tennent trailed by nine, 18-9, at that point, but Panthers coach Paul Veltre let the time tick off because he sat two of his seniors for the first half.

5. Tennent started the second half with a 10-0 run over 4 1/2 minutes.

6. Sophomore forward Sarah Godfrey had 10 points for Tennent. Freshman guard Ashley Alden had eight points and seven rebounds.

7. CR-North was 13 for 25 from the foul line. Tennent was nine for 19.

8. CR-North's Jenn Casper hit a crucial 3-pointer with two minutes left in the fourth quarter for her only points.

9. SOL Continental
CR-North	6-1
Norristown	6-1
William Tennent	5-2
CB East	5-2
Souderton	3-4
CR-South	2-5
CB West	1-6
Hatboro-Horsham	0-7

Standings

Through Jan. 6

SOL National

	League	Overall
CB South	5-1	10-3
Bensalem	4-1	9-3
Abington	4-2	11-3
Pennridge	3-2	6-7
North Penn	3-3	4-6
Neshaminy	2-4	7-6
Pennsbury	1-5	6-7
HS Truman	0-4	1-9

SOL Continental

	League	Overall
W. Tennent	5-1	10-4
Norristown	5-1	9-3
CR-North	5-1	8-4
CB East	4-2	6-5
CR-South	2-4	4-10
Souderton	2-4	6-9
CB West	1-5	3-9
Hat.-Horsham	0-6	2-9

SOL American

	League	Overall
Methacton	9-0	16-0
Upper Dublin	8-1	13-3
Wissahickon	6-3	9-6
Cheltenham	5-3	8-5
Quakertown	5-4	9-5
P-W	4-5	6-9
Upper Merion	2-7	4-10
Springfield	1-8	3-11
U. Moreland	0-9	1-13

AACA

	League	Overall
Mount St. Joseph	5-0	11-1
Villa Joseph Marie	5-1	10-3
Nazareth	4-1	8-4
Villa Maria	3-1	6-3
St. Basil	3-3	6-6
Merion Mercy	1-4	3-7
Gwynedd-Mercy	0-5	2-8
Sacred Heart	0-7	4-9

PCL North

	League	Overall
Arch. Wood	3-0	10-1
Arch. Ryan	2-0	8-4
Conwell-Egan	2-1	10-4
Card. Dougherty	1-1	3-8
St. Hubert	1-2	5-8
Kennedy-Kenrick	0-2	2-9
Bishop McDevitt	0-3	4-9