Saturday, March 31, 2012

Colonial League boys, girls lose tight games to Lehigh Valley Conference West in Via All-Star Basketball Classic

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Relishing their role as scrappy underdogs, the girls and boys teams representing the Colonial League put a scare into their taller Lehigh Valley Conference West Division opposition at the 37th annual Via All-Star Basketball Classic at Northampton Community College this morning.

The Colonial girls led in the final minute before losing 81-77 in the opener and the boys lost 114-106 in race horse-paced games that entertained the Spartan Center crowd.

Brittany Pierzga of Notre Dame scored 12 of her 13 points in the first half and Kelsey Hay of Palmerton scored 12 of her 13 in the second half to lead the Colonial girls.

Aimee Oertner of Northern Lehigh led the Colonial League squad with six rebounds and two blocks and Hay pulled down five rebounds but LVC West won the battle of the boards, 42-28.

Dynamic duo Leah Horton of Emmaus and Via Player of the Year Kerry Kinek of Central Catholic each scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead LVC West. Also, with 14 points and seven rebounds, point guard Kayla Bet of Whitehall was one of LVC West's key players.

She was the catalyst at crunch time with four assists late in the game.

"My game is to distribute the ball and the girls I played with today have great post-up moves," Bet said. "When we went into halftime trailing (36-32), we decided we needed to play more physical in the second half, instead of just running up and down trading baskets."

Hay's layup gave the Colonial its largest lead at 43-38 but the LVC West caught up at 49-49 on a driving layup by Horton of Emmaus.

The Colonial team regained the lead at 70-69 on a deep three-point shot by guard Julia Nemeth of Southern Lehigh and led 77-76 with 48 seconds remaining. However, LVC West went inside to Horton for a layup and a free throw by Bet and two free throws by Kinek in the final 13 seconds put the game out of reach.

"The coaches told us to play up-tempo and show them what we've got," Hay said. "We knew we could give them a tough game if we hustled and played hard. The whole experience was fun. Even though we only had two practices, we worked well together as a team because we've all played in AAU and we know what everybody can do."

Oertner said she is not used to facing players as tall and strong as Horton and Kinek in the Colonial League.

"It was a challenge, but we held our own and made it a great game," said Oertner, who's headed to the U.S. Military Academy. "We are proud of the way we played. It's a great way to finish our high school careers."

Both teams forced turnovers. The LVC West was guilty of 18 turnovers while the Colonial team coughed the ball up 16 times. Ultimately, missing 15 free throws ended up hurting the Colonial team.

Boys game

The Colonial League boys fell behind 60-40 by halftime but did not give up, outscoring LVC West 66-54 in the second half.

"The first half was embarrassing," Notre Dame's Connor Hughes said. "We didn't want to go out that way. We stepped it up and pressured the ball in the second half. We caught up (at 90-90 with four minutes left) but they killed us off the boards."

LVC West also connected six times from 3-point range.

D.J. Brown of Allen led Lehigh Valley West with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Four other players scored in double figures for the winners, forward Christopher Moran of Whitehall with 17, guard Seth Stoudt of Central Catholic with 15, guard Nick Melosky of Whitehall with 13 and Parkland guard Zach Muhr with 12.

The Colonial team, coached by Jason Weaver of Salisbury, was led by hot shooting guard Kerry Reider of Bangor, who scored 25 points. Also scoring in double figures for the Colonial League were Salisbury forward Lloyd Irons with 16, Notre Dame guard Alex Gregg with 14 and Salisbury guard Brent Maron with 14.

"We could have won," said Notre Dame coach Pat Boyle, a Colonial League assistant, "but the best thing is everyone enjoyed the competition and we helped a worthy cause."

Justin Ringland of Bangor, who scored eight points, was named to the Via All-Star Boys Team of the Year at Wednesday evening's Via banquet.

The Via all-star games were played college-style with 20-minute halves and three referees at Northampton's modern gym which opened in 2006.

The annual basketball classic raises funds for Via of the Lehigh Valley's programs for adults and children with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. Among Via's programs are endeavors to provide training for employment and helping people obtain housing.

(Girls)

LEHIGH VALLEY WEST (81)

Bet 4 4-6 14, Kinek 8 3-3 20, Horton 9 2-4 20, Kocsis 3 2-2 9, Gee 2 0-0 4, Moussa 2 0-0 4, Gomez 0 0-0 0, Lubenetski 3 0-0 6,, Basile 1 2-2 4, Persichetti 0 0-0 0, TOTALS 32 13-17 81.

COLONIAL (77)

Hay 6 1-4 13, Oertner 4 0-6 8, Pierzga 5 2-3 13, Nemeth 5 0-0 11, Spirko 2 4-9 8, Polgar 3 0-0 7, Swiatek 1 6-6 9, Bastardi 1 0-0 2, Schiavone 1 4-4 6, Muschlitz 0 0-0 0, Undercuffler 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28 17-32 77

L.V.West 32 49--81

Colonial 36 41--77

3-point goals -- Bet (2), Kocsis, Kinek (L). Nemeth, Polgar, Pierzga, Swiatek (c).

(Boys)

L.V. WEST (114)

Brown 11 4-4 26, Stoudt 7 0-0 15, Melosky 6 0-2 13, Moran 8 0-1 17, Muhr 6 0-0 12, Bobal 3 0-0 7, Bitto 3 2-2 9, Charles 4 0-0 8, Wiseley 3 0-0 7. TOTALS 51 6-9 114.

COLONIAL (106)

Reider 12 0-0 25, Gregg 5 3-4 14 Maron 7 0-0 14, Irons 7 2-4 16, Kennedy 1 2-3 4, Muller 2 0-0 5, Glose 1 0-0 2, Anderson 2 0-0 5, Spirko 2 2-4 6. Hughes 3 1-2 7, Ringland 4 0-0 8. TOTALS 46 10-17 106.

L.V.West 60 54--114

Colonial 40 66--106

3-point goals -- Stoudt, Melosky, Moran, Bobal, Bitto, Wiseley (L). Reider, Gregg, Muller, Anderson.

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