Sunday, March 18, 2012
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Adam Phillips of Elk Lake swims the butterfly leg of the 200 individual medley at the state championships in Lewisburg Friday.
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The three contenders went at it from the first event. Central Columbia set a state record of 1:46.98 in the opening 200-yard medley relay. Scranton Prep was second and Villa Maria third. Mia Nonnenberg, Rebe-
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kah Campo, Katie Voitik, and Maria Telincho finished second for the Classics in 1:48.45. The same combination took fourth place in the day’s final event, the 200 freestyle relay, with a time of 1:39.62. Four individual events were contested between the relays, and Scranton Prep managed second-place finishes in two of those events. Campo was second in the 100 butterfly to a state-record performance by Margaret Gruber of Mars. Gruber finished in 53.50 seconds. Campo’s time was 55.97. Nonnenberg took second in the 200 individual medley in 2:06.11 after qualifying second with a time of 2:05.97. Marie Georger of Mercyhurst Prep won it in 2:01.30.
Voitik finished last in the field of 32 in the 200 freestyle qualifying, which was conducted right after the opening relay.
CLASS AA BOYS Scranton Prep’s Ryan Castellani reached the consolation final and finished 12th in the 100 butterfly Friday. The Scranton Prep medley relay team was disqualified. CLASS AAA GIRLS Two Abington Heights relay teams were eliminated during preliminaries early Wednesday when the PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships opened. The Lady Comets finished 21st out of 24 teams in the opening 200 medley relay with a time of 1:55:32. The 200 freestyle relay team finished last among the 24 entries in 1:44.59. Abington Heights freshman Sydney Gualtieri was 30th out of 32 entrants in the 100 breaststroke Thursday.
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state, according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News, they advanced by defeating the eighthranked team. Abington Heights reached the quarterfinals when Show scored 27 points Tuesday night in a 56-53 win over District 3 champion Berks Catholic at Hazleton Area High School. Marquis Marshall hit his fourth and fifth 3-pointers of the game with 1:13 and :48 left to cut what had been a 10-point deficit in the third quarter and an eight-point deficit in the fourth to 55-53. T.J. Murray answered at the line each time for Abington Heights. He hit both ends of a one-and-one with 1:02 left for a five-point advantage. Then, he made the front end with 4.8 seconds left meaning that Marshall’s failed 3-point attempt at the buzzer was only for the tie, rather than the win. Marshall, the son of former NBA player Donyell Marshall, had 20 points. He had 11 in the first quarter when the Saints took a 19-10 lead. Show, who had 10 points, and Patrick Calvey each hit two 3-pointers in the second quarter when the Comets raced back to take a 33-26 lead. Donovan Jack, a 6-foot-9 center, added 19 points for Berks Christian. The Saints finished 28-3.
TJ Murray is defended by Donavan Jack on Tuesday.
Abington’s Jason Bamford takes a shot while defended by Central Catholic’s Donavan Jack and Nick Lentz.
“We knocked down our shots and never got rattled when they made a big shot,” Show said.
SPORTS
The Scranton Prep girls used the first half of the PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships Friday at Bucknell University to secure their first four medals, including three silvers for finishing second. Scranton Prep went into Saturday in third place in the team standings behind Villa Maria Academy from District 1 and Central Columbia.
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Prep lands three silvers at states
Abington Heights players storm onto the floor to celebrate Tuesday’s win.