Middle School basketball teams beat Mansfield
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | March 29, 2014
The Wellsboro Middle School basketball teams each defeated Mansfield Friday night to wrap up the end of the 2013-14 regular season.
The girls A team defeated Mansfield 37-10 for their 10th straight win. Rachael Tuttle led all scorers with 11 points and 10 rebounds, Sydney Tremper had 8 points, Lizzie Poirier had 6 points, Emma Poirier and Brianne Keane had 4 points each, Jillian Graver and Liz Johns had 2 points each, while Alyssa Yungwirth added 6 steals.
"I was very happy with our man to man defense tonight and we created a lot of good offensive opportunities by taking away passing lanes and playing strong help defense," said head coach Darrell Morris. "Our girls also did a good job running our offensive sets and getting good scoring opportunities each possession."
The B team also won 27-8 to conclude the season with 7 wins and 4 losses.
"The B team has really improved the last few weeks of the season and had a very impressive showing tonight against Mansfield under coach Kristen West."
In the boys game, the Hornets' A team beat Mansfield 38-15 for their eighth straight win. Collin Pietropola led all Hornets with 9 points, Dalton Prough and Quinn Henry each had 7, and Cole Cavanaugh had 6 on the night.
"Everybody played phenomenal defense tonight," said head coach Ed Hamm. "We were patient on offense and played our game. It's fun to see everybody playing together as a team."
The boys B team also won 19-16.
With the wins the girls improve to 16-3 overall while the boys improve to 14-3. Both teams will be in action for the final time today. The boys host the Wellsboro tournament while the girls are on the road at the Williamson tournament.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
