H.S. Girls Basketball Wrap: Hopewell Valley upsets Allentown
Jan 18, 2025
HOPEWELL TWP. — The Hopewell Valley High varsity girls’ basketball team used a fourth-quarter surge to surprise Allentown, 33-24, Saturday.
The Bulldogs outscored the Redbirds, 14-3, over the final eight minutes to flip a game they had trailed by two points at the end of the first three quarters.
Delainey Ross’ 15 points and 10 more from Katie Reinhart spearheaded Hopewell’s attack. Bailey Patten was the only A’town player in double figures with 12 points.
ALLENTOWN (24)
Olhovsky 1-0-2, Patten 3-5-12, Braun 0-1-1, Rette 0-0-0, Rondinelli 2-1-5, DeRose 1-1-4, Sullivan 0-0-0, Barry 0-0-0.
Totals — 7-8-24.
HOPEWELL VALLEY (33)
Hollar 0-0-0, Reinhart 3-4-10, DRoss 5-5-15, Danieluk 0-0-0, Ritter 0-0-0, Kurian 3-2-8, Arora 0-0-0, Eugene 0-0-0.
Totals — 11-11-33.
Allentown (8-5) 10 7 4 3 — 24
HopewellVal(6-9) 8 7 4 14 — 33
3-point goals — Patten, DeRose (A).
HIGHTSTOWN 55, SOUTH BRUNSWICK 50
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Hayley DeKok tied for the game high with 21 points, including five 3-point field goals, as the Rams held off the Vikings.
Penelope Swarn and Caitlyn Nagle backed DeKok with 18 and 13 points, respectively.
HIGHTSTOWN (55)
Nagle 4-5-13, Swarn 8-2-18, Weissenberger 1-1-3, ORoberts 0-0-0, YMoore 0-0-0, DeKok 5-6-21.
Totals — 18-14-55.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK (50)
Lease-Springer 5-10-21, Prupis 0-0-0, Fitzgerald 5-0-11, Dixon 0-0-0, Jenne 4-2-11, Rorie 1-5-7, Herrera 0-0-0.
Totals — 15-17-50.
Hightstown (10-5) 14 14 16 11 — 55
S.Brunswick(5-7) 7 9 16 18 — 50
3-point goals — DeKok 5 (H), Lease-Springer, Fitzgerald, Jenne (SB).
MONROE 52, PRINCETON 47
PRINCETON — After overtaking the Falcons in the middle quarters, the Tigers were outscored, 14-7, in the fourth stanza to suffer their third straight setback.
Katie Sharkey’s 18 points and Anna Winters’ 14 points paved the way for Princeton.
MONROE (52)
Francisco 5-3-15, Marabuto 1-1-4, Rivas 1-0-3, Longo 6-10-23, Wilcher 3-1-7.
Totals — 16-15-52.
PRINCETON (47)
Grippo 0-0-0, Winters 5-0-14, Sharkey 8-0-18, Romain 0-0-0, Gallagher 1-0-2, Bornstein 2-2-7, Hunt 3-0-6, Cao 0-0-0.
Totals — 19-2-47.
Monroe (8-5) 19 8 11 14 — 52
Princeton (8-5) 11 15 14 7 — 47
3-point goals — Francisco 2, Marabuto, Rivas, Longo (M), Winters 4, Sharkey 2, Bornstein (P).
MANVILLE 36, LAWRENCE 34
MANVILLE — A late rally helped the Mustangs overtake the Cardinals.
K.J. Williams’ 19 points for Lawrence topped all scorers.
LAWRENCE (34)
Dobkin 1-0-2, McMahon 1-0-2, Orashen 1-1-3, Carter 1-0-2, KWilliams 8-3-19, Swaroop 2-0-6.
Totals — 14-4-34.
MANVILLE (36)
Bentz 4-0-11, SFleming 5-1-11, Weber 1-2-4, Alfaro 1-1-3, Lunday 2-2-7, Gosk 0-0-0, Fonseca-Loaiza 0-0-0.
Totals — 13-6-36.
Lawrence(2-10) 8 6 14 6 — 34
Manville (6-5) 11 9 5 11 — 36
3-point goals — Swaroop 2 (L), Bentz 3, Lunday (M).
MONTGOMERY 38, STEINERT 33
MONTGOMERY — A slow start cost the Spartans on the road against the Cougars.
Katie Corby’s 12 points were the most for Steinert.
STEINERT (33)
Garofalo 2-1-5, JCorby 1-0-3, Klein 0-1-1, Pope 2-1-5, McCarthy 0-0-0, Gray 0-0-0, KCorby 3-4-12, Rosa 3-0-7.
Totals — 11-7-33.
MONTGOMERY (38)
Riddell 2-0-5, Dunn 0-0-0, Velaga 1-4-6, AJohnson 3-0-8, Schulberg 1-1-4, Schwartz 6-0-15.
Totals — 13-5-38.
Steinert (5-7) 4 9 8 12 — 33
Montgomery (4-8) 11 8 8 11 — 38
3-point goals — JCorby, KCorby 2, Rosa (S), Riddell, AJohnson 2, Schulberg, Schwartz 3 (M).
PALMYRA 46, FLORENCE 33
PALMYRA — Amanda Cech scored 10 points and Jayla Long scored nine as the Flashes fell to the Panthers.
FLORENCE (33)
Cech 2-6-10, SArnold 2-0-5, Wainwright 1-0-2, Montigue 0-0-0, CHaas 0-0-0, RSmith 3-1-7, Long 3-2-9.
Totals — 11-9-33.
PALMYRA (46)
Sims 3-2-10, Hines 3-5-11, Coefield-Elie 0-0-0, Paszkiewicz 3-0-7, DiMeo 1-0-3, Gilmore 3-3-9, Cannuli 1-0-2, Kenson 2-0-4, Falicki 0-0-0.
Totals — 16-10-46.
Florence (4-5) 4 6 10 13 — 33
Palmyra (10-1) 8 11 18 9 — 46
3-point goals — SArnold, Long (F), Sims 2, Paszkiewicz, DiMeo (P).
HILL 48, PEDDIE 21
HIGHTSTOWN — Samantha Forte’s 10 points were not enough to get the Falcons over the Blues.
HILL (48)
N/A
PEDDIE (21)
Salapatas 0-0-0, Caban 1-0-2, Forte 4-2-10, Muenzen 1-0-3, Wetmore 2-0-6.
Totals — 8-2-21.
Hill (5-13) 18 17 11 2 — 48
Peddie (0-8) 0 7 2 12 — 21
3-point goals — Muenzen, Wetmore 2 (P).