Crestwood Boys’ Basketball Roundup Comets rally past Wolfpack for division win

Trailing 27-26 heading to the fourth quarter, Crestwood closed its WVC Division 1 game on a 24-15 run to surge past visiting Wilkes-Barre Area 50-42 last week.

Drew Sechleer led the charge with a game-high 28 points, going 13-for-16 at the free throw line to help ice the victory.

Brandon Benjamin scored 14 points to pace the Wolfpack.

WILKES-BARRE AREA (42) - Cottle 0 0-0

0, Egbeto 2 2-2 6, Januzzi 1 0-0 3, Oseni 5 0-1

10, Benjamin 5 2-2 14, Ascerno 0 0-0 0, Garrett

2 0-0 5, Brown 0 0-0 0, Rodriguez 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 4-5 42.

CRESTWOOD (50) - Czapla 1 0-0 3, Sklarosky 0 2-4 2, Wright 4 0-6 9, Tejeda 1

1-1 3, D. Sechleer 6 13-16 28, Agapito 0 0-1 0, Burbank 2 0-0 5. Totals 14 16-28 50.

Wilkes-Barre......7 13 7 15 – 42

Crestwood..........8 12 6 24 – 50

3-pointers:

Dallas 64, Crestwood 45 - Dallas used a big third quarter and capitalized on some Crestwood turnovers en route to the WVC Division 1 victory at Dallas.

After a 10-0 run gave the Comets a quick lead in the first quarter, Dallas answered with seven consecutive points to close it out and lead by three. Thanks to eight second quarter points from Mason Czapla, the Comets were able to stay within three at the half.

Brandon Burbank scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half for Crestwood.

The Mountaineers used a 14-1 run to open a 16-point lead and then ended the third quarter with nine unanswered points to take a

21-point lead to the fourth.

Darius Wallace scored nine of his 11 points in the third quarter, while Jude Nocito (16) and Cameron Faux (9) joined in the scoring for Dallas, which made 11 3-pointers.

Drew Sechleer joined

Burbank in double figures with 11 points for the Comets.

The Mountaineers (13-1, 7-1) shot 5 of 12 from beyond the 3-point line in the first half, and made six from beyond the arc in the second half.

Weatherly Girls Basketball

Lady Wreckers fall just short at Lincoln Leadership

The Weatherly Area took a halftime lead in Allentown last week, but Lincoln Leadership used a 14-4 third quarter to move in front then held on for a 39-37 non-league basketball victory. Lincoln Leadership Academy made only 4-of-19 free throws, but three came in the fourth quarter as the Lions held off the host Lady Wreckers.

Arielle Taylor scored 10 of her game-high 21 points in the third quarter to lead Lincoln Leadership’s decisive run and give her team an eight-point advantage entering the final period.

The Lady Wreckers (3-11) made a late charge behind Taylor Davidovich’s four foul shots and Emma Kane’s three points, but came up two points short.

Kane finished with 14 points, Bethany Houser added eight and Kelly Reiner was next with seven.

Schuylkill Haven 30, Weatherly Area 20 - Anna Schaeffer scored 10 points, and Karlee Feger added eight as the Hurricanes topped the Lady Wreckers in a Division II-III crossover matchup.

Schaeffer scored six in the fourth quarter as Haven outscored Weatherly 14-4 to snap a 16-16 tie and earn the victory.

Bethany Houser scored a game-high 14 points for the Lady Wreckers.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (30) - Schaeffer 4 2-2 10, Brown 1 1-2 3, Feger 3 1-4 8, Dress 0 2-3 2, Porter 0 3-6 3, Hutchinson 1 0-0 2, Zukosky 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 9-17 30. WEATHERLY AREA (20) - Kane 1 2-2 4, Gaydoscik 0 0-0 0, Houser 3 7-8 14, Davidovich 0 0-0 0, Reiner 1 0-2 2, Weston 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 9-12 20. Schuylkill Haven........ 3 8 5 14 – 30 Weatherly Area.........10 2 4 4 – 20 3-pointers: Feger, Houser.

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