Michael Boytim’s Mirror Photo Bishop Carol Girls Players celebrate their victory on Saturday.
Mifflintown – The second half, once 20 points leads to two players, with two players fouling out and three more rotation players unable to play.
Following Naomi Crispin’s two free throws with 18.9 seconds remaining, Catholic Bishop Carol had the task of zeroing the clock before the disaster occurred, but sophomore Adelyn Myers was in his own hands He decided to bring in and hand the semi-final game of District 6 Class 1A on Saturday in her hands. Clause.
St. Joseph’s prediction Myers had expected to kick the ball out to run more watches, but she turned aggressively towards the basket and scored in contact with the remaining 13 seconds. And sealed the game. Her free throw set the final, 68-63 and punched the Lady Husky ticket to the District 6 Class 1A Championship Game at Mount Aloysius on Wednesday at 6pm
“It looked like we were going to win for most of the second half,” Myers said. “But every game, we get nervous and start dropping the ball. We knew they were the type of team that would come back. At that moment, I was confident when it came to scoring. Not a player, but we really needed points. So I decided to just be offensive. Even if I didn’t make it, they could foul and use a foul shot. I thought so.”
She may have lacked some confidence, but Bishop Carroll director John Slitttmatter believed in her enough to encourage the play before it happened.
“We told them, if we had to, we could have made the ball work, but if they got the lane to take it,” Strit Matter said. I said. “Adelin does it all year round. She’s a person who really belongs to the younger players. She’s amazing.”
Myers finished the game with a team high 26 points in the second half, including 17.
“This means a lot, especially for seniors who have been playing since middle school,” Myers said. “After this season, they’re gone and not coming back, so it’s a lot to see them experience this. It would be amazing if they could win District 6.”
Bishop Carroll will play Bishop Guilfoyle Academy, the winner of Williamsburg 6-45 in the District 6 final. Lady Husky lost 50-27 on January 3rd. St. Joseph plays the Lady Blue Pirates in the consolation match, but all four teams advance to the PIAA playoffs.
“It’s extremely exciting to be in the district final,” Stritt Matter said. “There’s not much you can do (for BG). You have to do who you are and do your best. I hope you can score. They’re very good. They’re With a depth of 10 people (BG coach Kristi Kaack) has done a great job with them this year. She’s blessed with having them and I’m blessed with having these girls too. It’s there.”
Carroll early in the game as Aubrey Yaltz scored his second foul at 2:20 to play in the first quarter after St. Joseph took an 8-0 lead to extending to 11-2 Nothing fell on the bishop.
Yartz came out and Carol scored the next nine points to tie the game.
She returned to start the second quarter and regained control of St. Joseph’s game. Wolfpack took a 27-20 lead on Crispin’s steal and played half in 4:14, but Bishop Carroll, behind Emily Larco’s strong play, was given the third time that Yaltz got The quarter ended with a 15-2 run. foul.
“Our shot wasn’t falling at first, but then things clicked,” Otter said. “We started working together and we put up some really hype. It worked for us.”
Luck scored 16 of 20 points in the first half, keeping Carol in the game and earning a 35-29 halftime lead.
“She’s a great freshman,” Stritt Matter said. “She came mid-season and we knew she was going to do that, but we brought her slowly. She’s getting more and more confident in her game. And it helps us to be where we are.”
Yaltz started the second half but came out quickly when he picked up his fourth foul at 6:56 to play in the third quarter. The junior forward had 12 points and 11 rebounds at halftime, finishing with 17 points and 14 rebounds, but did not return to the floor until the fourth quarter.
“She’s a big difference,” said St. Joseph’s coach Bethany Irwin. “She is definitely one of the best post players in our league and has a strong skill set. She understands the game and plays very aggressively with rebounds, but that’s how she does. I couldn’t call. When she’s trying to play aggressively with four fouls, it pulls her out of her comfort zone. My goal is to put the ball in the paint every time I can. It was.
In her absence, Bishop Carroll had swelled from 6 to 19 by the end of the third quarter.
“Our foul situation didn’t help us,” Irwin said. “That kind of thing puts the damper on aggression towards things. As soon as they got a little lead, they knew they would go out five times and spread it and slow the game down. So I thought. I want to have a shot clock at the high school level.”
So did St. Joseph’s attack when Yaltz returned to fourth.
With just eight points in the third quarter, Wolfpack scored 26 points in the final eight minutes when he lost Lauren Himez (finished with 12 points), Jace Cunningham and eventually Yaltz.
Yartz had just finished playing three points and it looked like there might be something else with 3:01 left, but she was asked to request Bishop Carroll, Allie Ziabo.
“When they went 1-3-1, that was how we were able to get inside and it was huge,” Stritt Matter said. “We got four of them in foul trouble. That’s the mainstay of their game. It’s their defensive pressure. If we could get them into foul trouble, we’d have a chance. I knew that.”
However, St. Joe’s still had Crispin on the floor and things got tense when Carol lost Maddie Lieve and Ziabo when he fouled out late in the fourth quarter. Madison Delleter, Sarah Miller and Caroline Golden (all the important rotation players of the Lady Husky) were unable to play.
The ocean made a free throw between two three-pointers by Crispin, making it 65-61 with 38.2 seconds left. Another Bishop Carroll sales Lady Husky won 20 people in the game, leading to two more free throws, becoming one-man’s owned game before Myers’ basket was sealed.
“We’ve come a little closer,” said the otter. “We were all a little nervous, but we knew if we would stick to it.
Bishop Carroll (68): ade. Myers 9 8-11 26, Pablic 4 0-0 10, Lieb 2 1-3 5, Lucko 6 6-8 20, AV. Myers 1 0-0 2, Dziabo 2 1-2 5, R. Myers0 0-20. Totals – 24 16-26 68.
St. Joseph (63): Lacvic 0 0-0 0, Crispin 9 7-11 27, Cunningham 2 1-2 5, Yaltz 4 9-9 17, Himes 3 3-4 12, Fetzer 0 0-0 0, Chapel 0 0-0 0, McElhinney 0 2-22. Totals – 18 22-28 63.
Quarterly score
Bishop Carol 11 24 21 12 – 68
St. Joseph’s 13 16 8 26 – 63
3-point goal: Bishop Carroll 4 (Pablic 2, Lucko 2); St. Joseph’s 5 (Himes 3, Crispin 2).
Record: Bishop Carroll (18-6); St. Joseph (23-2).
Officials: Todd Parker, Jack McDougal, Steve Sharf.
