D-11 5A Girls’ Basketball: Bethlehem Catholic eliminates Pottsville

Pottsville's Jes Siminitus

ALLENTOWN — Aliyah Brame buried six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points as Bethlehem Catholic rolled to a 53-28 victory over Pottsville in a District 11 Class 5A girls’ basketball semifinal Wednesday night at Executive Education Charter School.

Brame hit two 3-pointers and Delarna Jones added two more in the first quarter as the Golden Hawks built a 22-6 advantage after one period. Brame added two more in the second frame as Bethlehem Catholic led 34-14 at halftime.

Jones finished with eight points and Palin Coleman added seven for top-seeded and Eastern Pennsylvania Conference runner-up Bethlehem Catholic (16-10), which faces No. 2 Bangor in Saturday’s Class 5A championship game at 4 p.m. at Easton.

Bangor defeated Pocono Mountain East 55-42 in the other semifinal.

Jes Siminitus had nine points, while Jo Barnhart and Keirra Jones each tallied eight for Pottsville, which ends its season 8-15. The Tide went to the foul line a whopping 27 times, hitting 18.

District 11 Girls’ Basketball

Class 5A Semifinal

At Executive Education HS

POTTSVILLE (28) — Fegley 0 3-3 3, Barnhart 1 6-9 8, Siminitus 2 5-10 9, K. Jones 2 4-4 8, Goodman 0 0-0 0, Brennan 0 0-0 0, R. Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 18-27 28.

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC (53) — Arroyo 0 0-0 0, Bush 0 0-0 0, Fagan 0 0-0 0, Alatzas 0 0-0 0, Ault 0 0-0 0, Coleman 3 0-0 7, Nickischer 2 0-1 4, Brame 7 0-0 20, Ostrosky 0 0-0 0, Tryanski 3 0-0 6, A. Davis 0 0-0 0, D. Jones 3 0-0 8, Lewis 0 0-0 0, Britt 2 0-0 4, Brooks 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 0-1 53.

Potts (8-15)           6 … 8 … 7 … 7 — 28

BC (16-10)              22 … 12 … 19 … 0 — 53

3-point FGs: Coleman, Brame 6, D. Jones

Officials: Zoltack, Leakel, Sogl