Lady Comets set for district basketball playoffs

The Crestwood girls will take part in the District 2 Class 5A basketball tournament starting next Wednesday, Feb. 22, on the road. Their opponent has yet to be determined.

A recap of their final three regular-season games is as follows:

Bloomsburg 66, Crestwood 51 - On Friday night, Madeline Evans scored 12 of her game-high 29 points during a decisive third-quarter surge as host Bloomsburg pulled away from the Lady Comets for the non-conference win.

The Panthers were ahead 23-20 at halftime, before outscoring Crestwood 26-16 in the third quarter. Bryn Zentner contributed 10 of her 17 points in the run.

Keira Dougherty led the Lady Comets (8-13) with 18 points, Julia Glowacki added 12 points on four triples and Kate Gallagher posted 10 points.

Pistoia 0 0-0 0, Zentner 6 5-6 17,

Serrano 1 0-0 2, McGinley 1 0-0 2, Evans 10

9-10 29, Shuman 3 4-4 10. Totals 23 20-24 66. Crestwood.........9 11 16 15 – 51 Bloomsburg.....17 6 26 17 – 66

3-pointers: Glowacki 4, Petrosky, Dougherty

Crestwood Boys Basketball Roundup

Crestwood 55, Wilkes-Barre Area 47Dougherty scored a gamehigh 24 points, eight coming in a 17-6 first quarter that helped pave the way for Crestwood’s WVC Division 1 win at home.

Cadence Hiller and Jordan Andrews added nine and seven points, respectively, for the Lady Comets (8-12, 6-8 WVC), who knocked Wilkes-Barre Area out of the WVC playoffs for the first time since 2020.

Eternity Aiken paced the Wolfpack (16-6, 8-6) with 23 points.

WILKES-BARRE AREA (47) - Credle 3 0-0

7, Thornton 2 1-2 6, Evans 1 0-2 2, Robinson

1 0-0 2, Aiken 9 5-6 23, Ardo Boyko 0 0-0 0, Brito 0 0-0 0, Krawczeniuk 3 0-0 7. Totals 19 6-10 47.

CRESTWOOD (55) - Bozinko 1 0-0 2, Glowacki 1 0-0 3, Andrews 2 3-6 7, Petrosky 1

2-2 4, Hiller 3 2-2 9, Gallagher 2 2-2 6, Dougherty 9 5-7 24. Totals 19 14-19 55.

Wilkes-Barre......6 13 11 17 – 47

Crestwood.........17 13 9 16 – 55

3-pointers: Credle, Thornton, Krawczeniuk, Glowacki, Hiller, Dougherty

Victoria Spaciano and Elizabeth Viglone pitched 18 and 14 points, respectively, for the winners.

Keira Dougherty scored 12 points, including three triples.

CRESTWOOD

Dallas

66, Crestwood 37Freshman Molly Walsh scored seven of her game-high 23 points in the first quarter as host Dallas jumped out to a 13-2 lead and cruised to the conference win.