MVC boys win at VIA All-Star Classic
The Mountain Valley Conference Boys team proved to be the lone winner among local teams in the VIA All-Star Basketball Classic held on Saturday at Northampton County Community College.
Pocono Mountain West's Quindell Brice scored 21 points to lead the Mountain Valley Conference boys to a 92-88 victory over the Lehigh Valley Conference East.
Jok Osiyo of Pocono Mountain East had 16 points for the MVC, while Johnathan Amoroso of Pocono Mountain West added 13 points.
Lincoln Holley of Easton was LVC East's leading scorer with 19 points. Jarrod Dilts of Freedom had 15 and Noel Hightower of Easton and Joe Lococo of Freedom added 14 each.
The LVC East Girls team rolled to a 94-66 win over the Mountain Valley conference as Liberty's C.J. Hilliard scored 17 points.
Jody Chickey of Liberty chipped in with 14 points. while J.J. Hilliard of Liberty, C.J.'s twin sister, and Christine Flannery of Nazareth added 12 points each.
Kelecia Harris of Pleasant Valley led the MVC with a game-high 21 points.
The Colonial League girls and boys battled the Lehigh Valley Conference West stars pretty close, but both came out on the short end.
The boys lost 114-106 in a real shootout as D.J. Brown of Allen led Lehigh Valley West with 26 points. Christopher Moran of Whitehall added 17, Seth Stoudt of Central Catholic 15, Nick Melosky of Whitehall 13 and Parkland's Zach Muhr 12.
The Colonial team was led by Kerry Reider of Bangor, who scored 25 points. Also scoring in double figures was Salisbury's Lloyd Irons with 16, Notre Dame's Alex Gregg with 14 and Salisbury's Brent Maron with 14.
"It's a big honor," said Northern Lehigh's Devin Glose, who played for the Colonial team. "I enjoy these guys [and] they're my friends. We just like to have fun when we go out there.
"It's fun. We like to go out and show that we're not as bad as people might think we are; the Colonial League is not too far behind the LVC. They got bigger selections, but we're definitely close to them and we just like to go out and do our best."
The LVC West team escaped with a 81-77 victory in the final minute.
Brittany Pierzga of Notre Dame and Kelsey Hay of Palmerton each scored 13 points to lead the Colonial girls.
"It was such a honor to be selected to this team with all the great competition and athletes in our league [Colonial League] and the Lehigh Valley League," said Hay. "It was just such an honor. We knew we had a little black cloud hanging over our heads. The Lehigh Valley league is such a great league, but we showed today that we could hang.
"Obviously it was a great game with competitive spirit, but it was fun overall."
Leah Horton of Emmaus and Kerry Kinek of Central Catholic each scored 20 points to lead LVC West. Also, with 14 points and seven rebounds, point guard Kayla Bet of Whitehall als oadded 14 points.
GIRLS
LEHIGH VALLEY EAST
Deutsch 2-0-0-4, Deisher 1-0-0-3, Napolitano 3-0-0-7, Plesko 4-0-0-8, J. Hilliard 4-2-2-12, Flannery 6-0-0-12, Marcks 1-0-0-2, Hall 3-1-2-7, C. Hilliard 6-5-6-17, Chickey 6-1-1-14, Shaner 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 40-9-11-94.
MOUNTAIN VALLEY
Redles 2-0-2-4, Chieffo 1-0-0-2, Roberts 2-0-0-4, DeVivo 1-0-0-3, Borden 1-0-0-2, Roth 2-0-0-6, Blake 2-0-0-4, Harris 9-3-5-21, Steakin 4-1-1-11, Ingram 4-1-2-9. TOTALS: 28-5-10-66.
LVC East 41 53 - 94
MVC 39 27 - 66
Three-pointers: LVC - J. Hilliard 2, Chickey 1, Deisher 1, Napolitano 1; MVC - Roth 2, Steakin 2, DeVivo 1.
BOYS
LEHIGH VALLEY EAST
Cowen 2-0-2-4, Holley 8-3-5-19, Dilts 6-0-0-15, Flood 2-1-1-6, Hightower 5-2-4-14, Lococo 3-6-6-14, Huber 1-0-0-3, Holubowski 0-0-0-0, Smith 1-0-0-2, Casey 1-0-0-2, Walsh 4-1-1-9. TOTALS: 33-13-19-88.
MOUNTAIN VALLEY
Garcia 3 1-2 7, Wright 1 2-2 4, Luzzi 1 1-2 3, McLaughlin 2 0-2 4, Dixon 4 0-1 8, Brice 9 0-1 21, Asiyo 6 2-5 16, Simmons 4 0-0 8, Amoroso 6 1-1 13, Knudsen 4 0-0 8. Totals 40 7-16 92.
LVC East 43 45 - 88
MCV 51 41 - 92
Three-pointers: LVC - Dilts 3, Hightower 2, Lococo 2, Huber, Flood; MVC - Brice 3, Asiyo 2.
GIRLS
LEHIGH VALLEY WEST
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 LEAGUE
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.
LVC West 32 49 - 81
Colonial 36 41 - 77
3-point goals: LVC - Bet 2, Kocsis 1, Kinek 1; Colonial - Nemeth 1, Polgar 1, Pierzga 1, Swiatek 1.
BOYS
LEHIGH VALLEY WEST
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
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.
LVC West 60 54 - 114
Colonial 40 66 - 106
Three-pointers: LVC - Stoudt 1, Melosky 1, Moran 1, Bobal 1, Bitto 1, Wiseley 1; COLONIAL: Reider 1, Gregg 1, Muller 1, Anderson 1.
