Quick Start By North Penn-Liberty Hands Wellsboro 2nd Straight Loss
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 23, 2025 | Photo courtesy Dr. Robert Bair
North Penn-Liberty outscored the Wellsboro Varsity Boys Basketball team 15-5 in the first quarter, and eventually won 65-43, to hand the Hornets their 2nd straight loss Wednesday evening.
The Mounties followed up their 15-point opening quarter by outscoring Wellsboro 12-8 to build a 27-13 halftime advantage, which Wellsboro was unable to recover from.
North Penn-Liberty edged the Hornets 16-15 in the third quarter and went on to outscore Wellsboro 22-15 in the 4th.
Junior Luke Rothermel led Wellsboro with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Sophomore Colin Fletcher added 12 points, junior Marek Mascho had 6 points, senior Mitchel Lechler was held to 4 points, junior Jonathan Carl and sophomore Max Mascho added 3 points apiece, and freshman Griffin Morral contributed 2 points.
Carl added 10 boards and a blocked shot, Max Mascho grabbed 4 rebounds and made 2 assists, and Morral and Lechler both pulled down 3 rebounds.
Luke Kreger led all scorers on the night with 22 points.
Wellsboro started the evening with a 48-43 win in the JV game to win their second in a row and improve to 9-6 on the year. Freshman Ransom Schultz scored 15 points to lead the Hornets while Morral added 13.
The loss drops the Hornets to 7-8 overall and 6-4 in the NTL Large School Division standings. The Hornets host Cowanesque Valley in an NTL cross-over game on Friday.
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.
