D1 Semifinals

Class AAAA

No. 2 Methacton 60, No. 3 Spring-Ford 45

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No. 1 Downingtown East 52, No. 13 Norristown 38

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Final - Friday at 7 p.m. at Villanova

Notes: Downingtown East (26-1) lost to St. Mark's on Dec. 8. The Cougars have not given up more than 46 points all season. They've given up 124 points in four district tournament games (31.0 points a game). Methacton (28-0) hasn't lost in a full year, since a 39-32 loss to Downingtown East on Feb. 21, 2007, in the second round of last spring's district tournament. Methacton has scored fewer than 46 points twice in 28 games and is averaging 55.8 points in the district tournament.

Class AAA

No. 1 Mount St. Joseph 45, No. 5 Pottstown 32

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No. 2 Villa Maria 46, No. 3 Oxford 43

Final - Saturday at 6 p.m. at Villanova

Notes: Mount (24-2) has beaten Villa Maria (20-6) three times this season, on Jan. 3 (48-39), Jan. 22 (44-42) and Feb. 8 (45-39).

Class AA

No. 4 St. Pius X 55, No. 1 Lower Moreland 38

No. 2 Delco Christian 40, No. 3 Christopher Dock 37

Final - Saturday at 2 p.m. at Villanova

Class A

No. 4 Sacred Heart 55, No. 1 Faith Christian 36

No. 2 Girard College 41, No. 3 Jenkintown 26

Final - Saturday at Noon at Villanova

Catholic League Semifinals

Cardinal O'Hara 65, Conwell-Egan 40
Archbishop Carroll 54, Archbishop Wood 46

ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (54)
Erin Shields 1 2-2 4; Kerri Shields 5 4-4 14; Kaitlin Cole 1 2-2 4; Deanna Kelly 2 1-2 6; Megan Pearson 5 2-2 16; Gabby Capuzzi 0 2-2 2; Hollie Mershon 0 0-0 0; Lauren Comly 2 2-2 8; Lauren Wells 0 0-0 0; Marlee Hagan 0 0-0 0; Mary Kate McCann 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 15-16 54.

ARCHBISHOP WOOD (46)
Ashley Robinson 4 7-9 15; Alyssa Parsons 1 0-0 3; Lisa Strack 3 0-0 7; Taylor Peltzer 2 0-0 6; Rosie Tarnowski 4 5-8 13; Jen Maxwell 0 0-0 0; Laura Caron 0 0-0 0; Ashley B'Oris 0 0-0 0; Jenelle Hudson 1 0-0 2; Grace Gallagher 0 0-0 0; Kelly Young 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 12-17 46.

AC 18-13-10-13--54
AW 9-7-16-14--46

Three-point goals: Pearson 4, Comly 2, Kelly (AC); Peltzer 2, Parsons, Strack (AW).

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CONWELL-EGAN (40)
Mourer 3 0-0 7; Moore 1 0-0 2; Griffin 0 1-2 1; Cloonan 2 0-0 4; Tyson-Thomas 6 2-3 15; Breslin 0 0-0 0; Watson 3 2-2 11; Howell 0 0-0 0; Rongione 0 0-1 0; Chase 0 0-0 0; Moonan 0 0-0 0; Ewing 0 0-0 0; Lubey 0 0-0 0; Ralph 0 0-2 0. Totals: 15 5-9 40.

CARDINAL O'HARA (65)
Cloud 4 0-0 9; Womack 5 1-1 11; Manning 2 2-2 6; Downey 0 2-2 2; Holzer 10 4-6 24; Callahan 3 0-0 7; Johnson 0 2-2 2; Duffin 0 0-0 0; Henson 2 0-0 4; Brown 0 0-0 0; Mattera 0 0-0 0; Kilday 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 11-13 65.

CEC 8-11-7-14--40
CO 16-15-19-15--65

Three-point goals: Watson 3, Tyson-Thomas, Mourer (CEC); Cloud, Callahan (CO).

EIGHT THINGS

1. O'Hara (24-2) took a 14-0 lead. Carroll (19-7) took a 10-0 lead. Conwell-Egan (20-6) never got closer than five points. Wood (23-3) never got closer than seven points.

2. O'Hara junior center Stephanie Holzer had 24 points and 17 rebounds. Conwell-Egan junior guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas had 15 points, six rebounds and five blocked shots.

3. Senior guard Megan Pearson led Carroll with 16 points and hit four 3-pointers. Junior guard Kerri Shields scored 14 points, while senior guard Lauren Comly scored eight points and hit a pair of 3-pointers.

4. Wood junior 6-foot-3 forward Ashley Robinson scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Senior forward Rosie Tarnowski finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds.

5. Carroll shot 47.1 percent (16 for 34) from the floor. They hit 50 percent (seven for 14) from beyond the 3-point arc. Carroll also shot 93.8 percent (15 for 16) from the free throw line.

6. Wood is 1-9 in the PCL semifinals in the last 10 years. The lone victory was last year against O'Hara.

7. Carroll led by 15 points at halftime, 31-16, but never did really put the game away until the closing minutes. For most of the second half, Carroll's lead fluctuated between eight points and 13 points.

8. O'Hara led by 12 at halftime, 31-19. Holzer scored 12 of her points in the third quarter as the Lions opened up a 49-23 lead and put the game away.

D1 AAAA Quarterfinals

No. 1 Downingtown East 46, No. 8 Lower Merion 36

Recap: The Cougars (25-1) fell behind early, but came back in the second quarter. Kristen Blye had 13 points and 11 rebounds for DTE.

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No. 13 Norristown 57, No. 4 Great Valley 52

Recap: Guard Heather McHugh hit three 3-pointers in the last four minutes of the game for the Eagles (21-6).

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No. 2 Methacton 46, No. 7 Abington 41

Recap: Methacton senior star Renee Womack scored just one point, but Lauren Ruhl scored 16 points and Rachel Meier added 13 points for the Warriors (27-0).

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No. 3 Spring-Ford 51, No. 22 Downingtown West 48

Recap: Spring-Ford (25-2) was down 10 points early, but outscored the Whippets 42-29 over the last three quarters.

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League records in the first three rounds:

Ches-Mont Nat.	6-2
PAC	4-2
SOL American	5-3
SOL Continental	5-4
Central	3-3
Ches-Mont Am.	2-3
SOL National	3-6
Del-Val	0-4
Independent	0-1