CR-North 50, Pennridge 43

PENNRIDGE (43)
Jordan Dominic 3 0-0 8; Lindsey Lyons 1 2-4 4; Shannon Zickler 3 4-6 10; Marissa Kunkle 3 1-2 9; Sam Simonosis 3 5-9 11; Stacey Gunter 0 1-2 1; Sarah Hoban 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 13-23 43.

CR-NORTH (50)
Juliann Fricke 4 1-1 12; Devin Gold 4 2-2 13; Jen Sroba 2 2-2 6; Kelly Scull 1 1-2 3; Sarah Kiely 5 3-4 13; Kate Logan 0 1-3 1; Jenn Casper 1 0-2 2. Totals: 17 10-16 50.

P 12-10-11-10—43
CRN 9-20-13-8—50

3-point goals: Dominic 2, Kunkle 2 (P); Fricke 3, Gold 3 (CRN).

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NINE THINGS

1. Sophomore center Sarah Kiely had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Indians (17-8). Freshman guard Devin Gold had 13 points and two steals, while junior point guard Juliann Fricke scored 12 points.

2. CR-North has won its first round District One Class AAAA game in each of the last 11 years. The No. 15 seed Indians visit unbeaten No. 2 seed Methacton (25-0) in the second round on Wednesday.

3. Gold made two free throws with 36.7 seconds on the clock to put CR-North up by five points, 48-43, and seal the victory. Kiely and senior guard-forward Jen Sroba had fouled out with more than 2 1/2 minutes remaining.

4. Fricke played very well down the stretch. Senior Jenn Casper came of the bench and grabbed several important late rebounds. Casper also scored on a pretty reverse layup in the first half.

5. Sam Simononis scored 11 points and Shannon Zickler added 10 points for Pennridge (15-10).

6. “I was really impressed with the way Fricke reacted,” CR-North coach Lou Palkovics said. “When Jen and Sarah fouled out, Julie just told everybody, ‘We’re all right. We’re fine.’ She and Devin were basically the veterans left on the floor.”

7. “(Casper) has been doing that all year,” Fricke said. “She does those things in practice all the time.”

8. No. 10 Sun Valley, No. 11 Upper Darby and No. 12 Perkiomen Valley all lost in the first round. Those three teams had great records against not-so-great schedules and probably were beneficiaries of the suspect power rankings system. The three teams from the extremly competitive SOL Continental - CB East, Norristown and CR-North - probably should have been ahead of all three of them. CR-North and Norristown will have to pull big upsets to get to the quarterfinals. CB East lost in the first round in a tough league rematch against a talented William Tennent team.

9. Maybe the first round upsets in the girls and boys brackets will cause District One to reevaluate the power rankings system.

Pennsbury 62, Neshaminy 50

NESHAMINY (50)
Wunder 4 5-6 16; Shunkwiler 1 4-5 6; Rota 2 3-3 7; Ryan 2 0-0 4; J. Slivka 2 0-0 4; Allen 1 3-4 5; Lally 0 2-2 2; S. Slivka 2 2-2 6; Eggerd 0 0-0 0; Alexander 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 19-22 50.

PENNSBURY (62)
Prine 6 4-4 16; Thorn 6 0-1 14; Natale 0 0-0 0; DiVeglio 0 1-3 1; Beri 0 0-0 0; Kobal 2 0-0 4; Rebert 0 1-2 1; Ponza 0 3-6 3; Klock 3 0-0 6; Balascsak 6 3-4 16; Arrigan 0 1-2 1. Totals: 23 13-22 62.

N 17-12-8-13—50
P 16-10-17-19—62

3-point goals: Wunder 3 (N); Thorn 2, Balascsak (P).

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THREE THINGS

1. Pennsbury (11-13 overall, 4-10 SOL) trailed by eight, 34-26, early in the second half. The Falcons took control with a 23-3 run. Pennsbury and Neshaminy (11-12, 5-9) teams are on the bubble for the 32-team Class AAAA District One tournament.

2. Senior guard Jenn Prine had 16 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists in her final regular season game. Prine has started 104 of Pennsbury's 105 games during her four-year career.

3. Senior Falcons guard Sarah Thorn finished with 14 points and eight assists. She scored eight points in about a minute in the third quarter to put Pennsbury ahead, but turned her ankle on a layup with 4:40 to go in the third quarter and never returned.

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).

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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.