No live blog of Wood vs. Mercyhurst Prep. Working on another post.
Mar 262011
We’ll have updates here of the PIAA Class A girls basketball championship game between Steelton-Highspire and Bishop Guilfoyle.
I’ve only been away from the daily Patriot-News grind for a little more than a year, but it wasn’t too long that I recall Steel-High girls basketball being, well, wretched. And here are the Rollers in the state finals. That’s really cool.
START GAME
Guilfoyle up 6-2 at 5:53, Steel-High cold shooting (1 of 6)
Malia Tate-DeFreitas hits a three and a two and SH back in it, up 7-6
3;33 left, SH leads 9-8 after BG Halee Adams hits 2 FT
BG takes lead at 10-9 after turnover … BG doesn’t like Steel-High fast pace, but Rollers helping with unforced turnovers
BG leads 13-11, 1:56
SH back in front, 17-13, BG making the errors now
SH 9-0 run to close first period … BG was wide-eyed at Steel-High quickness … SH leads 19-13
END 1st: STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE 19, BISHOP GUILFOYLE 13
START 2ND
Amber Hess-Moore scores on a hook – a hook! – to give SH 21-13 lead
Steel-High on fire, can’t miss this quarter … 27-15 lead at 6:15
BG making a run now … close to 27-21
This a great Class A girls game … Steel-High leads 35-25 … action up and down the floor
SH keeps running and gunning … up 40-25, hitting 6 of 11 on threes
BG trying to keep SH from running away, close to 40-29 … BG 9 of 11 at the line
Half ends with Steel-High leading 40-29
After a couple of early turnovers, Steel-High settled in and committed a total of just 4 turnovers in the first half … Rollers are completely fearless on offense, they’ll shoot from anywhere, and so far, it’s working
END HALF: STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE 40, BISHOP GUILFOYLE 29
START 3RD
Second half pace much the same as the first … SH leads 45-33
Play a little sloppy … SH up 46-33 at 2;36
HUGE three by BG’s Halee Adams makes it 46-36
A pair of DTs by Janelle Hill givs SH 49-36 lead with 1:00 left
END 3RD: STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE 51, BISHOP GUILFOYLE 39
START 4TH
BG within 8 now, 51-43 with 6:54 to play
All of a sudden, SH can’t make a shot, 0for-4 in 4th Q .. BG within 7 at 51-44
Cold streak over … Cinammon Brown hits a short shot and Jessika Williams bombs a trey to make it 56-44
Jazmine Blanding of SH joins the three parade .. SH up 61-46
TO Steel-High at 3:49 … SHleads 61-48
3-point play for Janelle Hill of SH of own block miss … 3:29 left, it’s Steel-High 64, Guilfoyle 48 … BG needs a minor miracle now
SH, unafraid to shoot a 3 at any time, is 8-18 beyond the arc
BG still hanging in, 66-53 with 2:31 left … BG TO … BG has 3 TO left
It’s all but over now … SH up 69-53 1;25 and roling
SH wins it 73-60!
Steel-High’s 73 points is the most by a Class A girls team in a championship game since Lebanon Catholic scored 75 in 1992 (75-57 win over Clarion)
Updates here for the Archbishop Carroll-Mount Lebanon Class AAAA girls championship:
Carroll early 6-2 lead, but ML rallies on two steals by Kelly Johnson, leads 11-8 at 1:33 1st
ML Madison Cable gets second foul, a charge with 1;16 left 1st … ML leads 11-8
Nice pass from Kristie Constantino to Jen Carney for and one .. Carney hits FT, 11-11
END FIRST: ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 11, MOUNT LEBANON 11
START 2ND
Meghan Creighton with a 3-bomb … 14-11 AC
Offensive bound by Jordan Holmes Ml cuts it to 14-13
Tied at 14-14
TO at 4:58, Mt. Lebanon leads Carroll 16-14 … Carroll winning loose ball and ML star Madison Cable on bench with 2 fouls, but ML still leads
Fazzini AC with a tery … 17-16 AC at 3;45
ML in big foul trouble: Madison Cable, Kelly Johnson and Anna Kestler, top 3 players, on bench with 2 fouls each, but still leads 18-17
ML leads 21-19 at 1;48, amazing that ML is leading
Ehland makes and one for 24-20 ML lead with :36 left
ML makes 10-5 run in last 3;45 to take 26-22 lead at half, AC’s Nora McGeever saves AC with put back at buzzer
END HALF: MOUNT LEBANON 26, ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 22
START 3rd
ML’s Big 3 – Cable, Johnson and kestler – are back on the floor and running AC off of it … ML leads 31-22 at 6:14
AC hanging around, closes gap to 31-26 on a pair of FT by Jen Carney … TO at 4;28
Madison Cable hurts hip going for loose ball as CA cuts leads ML lead to 31-28
Carroll within 1 now, Fazzini jumper at 2:50 makes it 31-30, ML
Nice turn of events fro ML at 1:00, outlet to Liz Tomassi for layup, AC turnover then a gift TO without ball … ML leads 35-30
Good final minute by ML, 39-32 lead
END 3RD: MOUNT LEBANON 39, ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 32
START 4th
Carroll on a 4-0 run to start 4th, ML leads 39-36 … Cable picks up 3rd foul
AC within 1, 39-38 at 6:10
TO at 5:04, ML leads 39-38
Big play by Anna Kestler, feed to Emma Pellicano for big basket at 4;50 … followed by Kestler jumper, ML back out in front by 5, 43-38
AC TO with 3:59 left in game
Carroll won’t go away … 43-42 ML with 2:02 to play
1:38 left, 43-42 Lebo
TO with :53.7 left, Lebo leads 45-42 … AC misses chance to take lead and Cable hits a pair of FTs at other end
39.8 left, cable at line, makes two, Lebo leads 47-43
AC Rachel Pearson with and one at :28, ML 47-46
ML Kestler misses two from line at :22, AC with bound, AC has ball with 20.4 left
Carney drives, misses short jump, Kestler gets rebound in corner and outlets to Pellicano … time expires … Lebo wins third straight, 47-46
ML 11 15 13 8 - 47
AC 11 11 10 14 - 46
ML: Kelly Johnson 13 points, Cable 9, Pellicano 8 … AC: Carney 17, Fazzini 9. ML: Holmes 6 rebounds. AC: Curran 7 rebounds.
Turnovers: ML 14, AC 19. ML had 22 points off turnovers, AC 17
Johnson with 4 steals … ML shot just 11 of 24 from the line … 43.9 percent from the floor … AC shot 39 percent from the floor
