HS Girls’ Basketball Roundup: Spartans, Fillies clinch league playoff berths; Nativity gets 1st win

Players from Mahanoy Area and Marian battle for a loose ball during their Schuylkill League Division II game Tuesday (Photo by James Gelatko)
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Mya Conti paced a trio of double-digit scorers with 17 points as North Schuylkill clinched a Schuylkill League Division I playoff berth with a 59-34 victory over Minersville on Tuesday at the Cesari-Hope Gymnasium.
Gianna Capone added 14 points and Hannah Kane tallied 13 for North Schuylkill, which used a 17-4, second-quarter run to break the game open. The Spartans hit nine 3-pointers.
Alayna Boom drained six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points for Minersville.
MINERSVILLE (34) — Troutman 1 3-3 5, Rizzardi 0 0-0 0, Brennan 2 0-0 4, Horoschak 0 1-2 1, Cullen 2 0-0 6, Castle 0 0-0 0, Boom 6 0-0 18, Miklesavage 0 0-0 0, McGrath 0 0-0 0, Ilsley 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 4-5 34.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL (59) — Conti 8 0-0 17, Monahan 0 0-0 0, Capone 5 0-2 14, Ja. Stitzer 3 0-0 6, Kane 4 3-5 13, Selgrade 2 0-0 5, Urbanowicz 0 0-0 0, Balicki 0 0-0 0, Klingerman 0 0-0 0, Jo. Stitzer 0 0-0 0, Digris 1 1-2 4, Halko 0 0-0 0, Kowalonek 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 4-9 59.
Min (1-13, 0-9) 9 … 4 … 15 … 6 — 34
NS (12-4, 10-0) 15 … 17 … 10 … 17 — 59
3-point FGs: Cullen 2, Boom 6, Conti, Capone 4, Kane 2, Selgrade, Digris
JV Score: No game
Officials: Wood, Wartman

Marian 62, Mahanoy Area 29
HOMETOWN — Addy Fritz buried seven 3-pointers and scored a game-high 25 points as the Fillies clinched a Schuylkill League Division II playoff spot with a victory over the Golden Bears at the Jack Malarkey Gymnasium.
Fritz hit five of her triples in the first half as Marian built a 39-17 halftime cushion. Deanna Pugh and Addy Marek each added 12 points and Olivia Serfass tallied 11 for the Fillies.
Felicia Bro scored a team-high 10 points for Mahanoy Area.
MAHANOY AREA (29) — McGowan 2 0-0 5, Bro 4 0-0 10, Connolly 4 1-1 9, Kowalick 1 0-0 3, Zubris 0 0-0 0, Haughney 0 0-0 0, Hornung 0 0-0 0, Carl 0 2-2 2. Totals 11 3-3 29.
MARIAN (62) — O. Serfass 5 0-1 11, Fritz 9 0-0 25, Pugh 5 2-2 12, Hasara 0 0-0 0, Marek 6 0-0 12, Thomas 1 0-0 2, Carone 0 0-0 0, Hannis-Miskar 0 0-0 0, Gelatko 0 0-0 0, Stoutelakis 0 0-0 0, Osenbach 0 0-0 0, S. Serfass 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 2-3 62.
Mah (8-6, 5-4) 7 … 10 … 9 … 3 — 29
Mar (17-1, 10-0) 23 … 16 … 11 … 12 — 62
3-point FGs: McGowan, Bro 2, Kowalick, O. Serfass, Fritz 7
JV Score: No game
Officials: Merwine, Miller
