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Jan, 2018

Travel Basketball Weekly Wrap-Up

Another exciting weekend of travel hoops this weekend for all of our PVYB travel teams.  Below are highlights and scores from our games.

The 3rd grade boys team continued their winning ways this weekend going 2-0 overall.  They started on Friday with a decisive 28-11 win vs Audubon.  Nick Harken led all scorers with 10 while Carter Fitzgerald, William Heath and Luke Tuturice all chipped in with 4.  Harken was big on the glass with 11 while Tommie Wuerstle had 7.

On Sunday, a 13-2 2nd quarter put PV ahead for good in a 30-16 defeat of Whitemarsh.  Harken was leading scorer with 10 pts and 9 rebounds while Jack Staffaroni had 6 for PV.

The 4th grade girls team stayed hot as well this weekend handing Boyertown their first loss of the regular season in a 22-10 victory on Sunday.  PV jumped out to an early first quarter lead on baskets by Opal Sparling and Ava Flicker.  The team set the pace for the remainder of the game by playing outstanding team defense and forcing lots of turnovers.  Sparling had a season high 8 points and 9 rebounds.  Alexis Vlioras chipped in 6 points while Flicker had 4 points.  Meley Mussie contributed with 5 rebounds.

The 4th grade boys orange team beat Warrington this past Saturday 25-10 at PV West Middle School.  The team had a great defensive effort and Tyler Rathgeber grabbed some impressive rebounds.  The offense was sparked by two great passes from Joey Keough to Chase Kelly, who led the team with 7 points.(pictured below)



In the game of the week, the defending black division champion PV 5th grade girls Orange defeated the defending orange division champion Torresdale, 36-32 to remain undefeated.  Quinn Boettinger led PV with 10 points and Grace Miley had 9.  Julie Smith and Allie Matasich had 5pts and 10rebs each for PV, who dominated the glass with 58 rebs.  Kathryn Harrington and Sydney Pinkerton led the defensive effort with 2 steals apiece.

The 6th grade boys orange also picked up a terrific come from behind victory against Springfield.  Down by double digits, a tremendous 4th quarter rally gave the boys a 42-36 victory.  The 4th quarter press defense, led by Jake Stewart and Avery Salvi, and a big 3 from Anthony Miceli proved to be the difference.  Salvi, Josh Tagert and Robbie Sturges led the offensive effort for PV.

Not to be outdone, the 6th Boys White toppled their cross town rivals Audubon 35 - 27.  The boys started off strong from the opening tip, never relinquishing the lead and playing outstanding team basketball with all ten players making a contribution. Kyle Bruce, Cole Hebling, and Paul Ciaudelli paced the offense along with Drew Kenworthy and Jackson Jones stepping up on the defensive front. (pictured on home page)

The 6th girls didn't fare as well as their counterparts however.  The 6th Orange girls fell by 9 to first place and undefeated Spring-Ford 41-32.  Down as many as 22 in the 2nd half, shots started to finally fall for the PV girls making the game close in the 4th.  Leah Pfeiffer led all scorers in the game with 11 points and contributed 3 steals.  Madison Gorman had 9 points to go with her 7 rebounds and Erin Carosi's 4 4th quarter points led PV. 

The 6th girls white fell to Torresdale 29-22.  PV cut a half court deficit down to 2 points in the 4th quarter feeding off of steals by Audrey Powers and Kaylie Chomo and clutch rebounds from Matilda Fisher.  Rain Boyd was high scorer with 9pts with Sydney Herald pitching in with 4.

And in the runner-up for game of the week, the 8th grade boys white came up with a BIG win over Audubon this Sunday 54-53. Ryan Kelly lead the way with 22 points.  Nick Russo, Jake Sturges and Alex Martinez chipped in with 10 points a piece.