Northern Cambria placed four players in double figures, including Whitney Paronish who scored a game-high 20 points as the Lady Colts took third place in the Bellwood-Antis Lady Blue Devil Classic with a 72-41, Sunday night, dismantling of host Bellwood-Antis. Paronish effort was backed by Lindsay McCombie\u2019s 12 points for Northern Cambria. Both Paronish and McCombie earned All-Tournament Team honors.
\nThe Lady Blue Devils were able to keep the game close early, but in the end, were not able to overcome 17 first-half turnovers. A large number of turnovers, forced and unforced, directly contributed to both of Bellwood-Anits\u2019 losses in the tournament.
\n\u201cAll of the turnovers we made in the first half just killed us,\u201d said Bellwood-Antis coach Nick Lovrich. \u201cThat really allowed them to break the game open before halftime. Give our girls credit though, they took much better care of the ball in the second half.\u201d
\nBellwood-Antis trailed only 17-13 after the opening quarter, but Northern Cambria used 20-11 and 24-11 scoring margins in the middle two quarters to effectively put the game away.
\nKatie Gardner led Bellwood-Antis with 17 points and eight rebounds. Ashley Edevane added eight points and Rachael Meredith had seven points for the Lady Blue Devils who fell to 5-4 on the season. Gardner\u2019s efforts, coupled with a 22-point binge in the first round, earned her a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
\nGardner made the most of her return to the lineup on Saturday, after missing several games while recovering from an injury. The junior forward pumped in 22 points in the first round against Cambria Heights, but it wasn\u2019t enough as Cambria Heights punched their ticket to the Sunday night\u2019s championship game with a convincing 58-44 win over the tournament\u2019s host team.
\nEchoing coach Lovrich\u2019s comments, the Blue Devils made numerous mistakes and turnovers and found themselves down at the 37-20. The Lady Blue Devils regrouped to outscore Cambria Heights in the second half, but couldn\u2019t overcome the Lady Highlanders big lead.
\nDaniel Lantzy scored 25 points and teammate Molly Barrett recorded 15 for the Lady Highlanders, who upped their record to 7-3. Trista Sprankle added five points, while Emily Worthing, Ashley Smith and Ashley Edevane each chipped in with four for the Lady Blue Devils.
\nWestmont Hilltop got 20 points from Krista Britcher as the Lady Hilltoppers defeated Northern Cambria 56-51, on Saturday in the opener for both schools to advance to the championship final. Sara Kirsch led Northern Cambria with 10 points to go along with Lindsay McCombie\u2019s nine points and Jackie Jones\u2019 eight tallies. Jones also pulled down 13 rebounds for the Lady Colts, who dropped to 7-3 on the season. The Lady Hilltoppers received 10 points from Kaitlyn Urban and seven from Allison Buchan as they improved their record to 7-1.
\nIn the championship final Westmont Hilltop claimed the Second Annual Lady Blue Devil Classic championship after Bellwood-Antis won the inaugural tournament in 2001, with a 62-47 victory over Cambria Heights. The Lady Hilltoppers were led by Allison Buchan\u2019s 15 points. Also, Westmont Hilltop received 12 points from both Sara Buchan and Kaitlyn Urban and 10 points from Krista Britcher, who was named the tournament\u2019s MVP. Cambria Heights got 22 points from Danielle Lantzy, who also was named to the All-Tournament Team.
\nSaturday
\nSemifinals
\nCambria Heights 58 Bellwood-Antis 44
\nCAMBRIA HEIGHTS – Lantzy 10 5-11 25, Thomas 3 0-1 6, Bender 2 0-2 4, McMurray 3 0-0 8, Barrett 5 5-9 15, McMullan 0 0-0 0, Nagle 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23 10-23 58.
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS – Worthing 2 0-0 4, Edevane 2 0-0 4, A. Smith 2 0-0 4, Meredith 1 1-2 3, Gardner 11 0-0 22, Hatch 0 0-2 0, Swanson 0 0-0 0, Ridgeway 0 2-2 2, Carter 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 20 3-6 44.
\nScore by Quarters
\nCambria Heights\t\t22 15 9 12 – 58
\nBellwood-Antis\t\t16 4 12 12 – 44
\nThree-point goals: Cambria Heights 2 (McMurray 2); Bellwood-Antis 1 (Sprankle 1).
\nSunday
\nConsolation Finals
\nNorthern Cambria 72 Bellwood-Antis 41
\nNORTHERN CAMBRIA – Paronish 9 2-3 20, McCombie 6 0-0 12, S. Kirsch 6 1-2 14, Jones 4 1-4 9, Marshall 1 0-0 2, Valeria 1 2-4 4, Hassen 1 0-0 2, J. Kirsch 2 0-0 4, Morgan 2 1-3 5. TOTALS 32 7-14 71.
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS – Edevane 3 0-1 8, Worthing 0 0-0 0, Gardner 8 1-1 17, Sprankle 1 0-0 3, Carter 2 0-0 4, A. Smith 0 0-0 0, Meredith 2 3-4 7, Ralston 1 0-0 2, Hatch 0 0-0 0, Swanson 0 0-0 0, Erickson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 17 4-6 41.
\nScore by Quarter
\nNorthern Cambria\t\t17 20 24 11 – 71
\nBellwood-Antis\t\t13 11 11 6 – 41
\nThree-point goals: Northern Cambria 1 (S. Kirsch); Bellwood-Antis 3 (Edevane 2, Sprankle 1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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