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i10atjcCOUNTYDOINOSWednesday, Dm, 22North Pena topped Sayre 68* 62 at Sayre. The Panthera outscored the hosts 29*12 in the fourth quarter to wipe out a 40*39 deficit entering the frame. John Tompkins had 20 points for North Penn. Dave Thompson added 15 and Mike Wilson finished the night with 14. The Redskins got a team high 16 from Josh Me* Carthy. David Felt added 14, Jason Nichols finished with 11.Liberty rallied in the fourth quarter to edge Montgomery 66* 65 at Montgomery. The Mounties trailed 46*38 early in the final stanza but ran off 10 straight points to go up 48-46. After the Red Raiders tied it at 52*62, Liberty rattled off four more points to lead 56*52. A three-pointer by Montgomery with under a minute left to play dosed out the scoring. Sam Aguirre had 18 points to lead Liberty, Matt Holcomb and Rick Halt added 10 each. Haywood Hall topped all scorers, netting 19 Red Raider points. Bill Dougherty and Eric Geavy added 13 and 11 respectively for Mont*gomery.Thursday. Dec. 23BOYSGaleton suffered their first loss, dropping a 62-59 game to Troy at Troy. The Trojans* Andy Hafiett nailed a three pointer at the buzzer to give the hosts the win. Haflett finished the night with four 3-pointers and 19 points. Jamie Horton added 17 and Joel Dietz lOto the Trojan total. Kevin Young's 21 Galeton points led all scorers. David Grant followedwith 16 and Brian Beck finished with 10.Williamson lost to Coudersport 83*47 at Tioga Junction. Couders* port started strong and ended strong, outscoring the Warriors 46*18 over the first and fourth quarters combined. Mike Wetzel led Coudersport with 22 points. Joe Plummer added 15 and Jim Lowrey 14. Seth Goodreau had 15 for Williamson. He was backed by Adam Sekellick with 12 and Rich Fenstermacher with 10.Monday, Dec. 27Galeton defeated Smethport 63*46 in opening round of the Port Allegany Christmas Tournament. The 6-1 Tigers got 16 points from Kevin Young and 13 from Jason Butler en route to theWHS girls top Loyalsock but lose to CoudersportThe Wellsboro Hornet girls basketball team lost to Couders* rfc 54*62last Thursday at Wells* ro, but then rallied to down Loyalsock 60-51 in the opening round of the Wellsboro Holiday Tournament Tuesday.The split put the Hornets* season record at 4-3. Tomorrow night (Thursday), the Hornets play for the tourney championship versus the winner of the Mansfield / Wyalusing game being played tonight at Wellsboro.The game versus Coudersport was close all the way through, as neither team was able to get up big.Coudersport led by five, 46-41 with about three minutes left to play, before a Carrie Gorda bucket and two JanelleTombs free throws cut the gap to 46-45 with 2:20 remaining.Kim Tingley scored to make it 48-45 Coudersport, but Gorda answered with a bucket and a free throw to tie it at 48-48 with 1:45 left. Coudersport connected on two successive possessions to go up 52-48 with under a minute left to play.The Hornets fought back on a Tombs two pointer and a steal, followed by a Gorda basket to tie it again at 62-52 with :20 left toKristen Zimmerman then hit the game winner with three secondsleft on the dock.Tingley and Zimmerman topped Coudersportwith27and 13 points respectively. The Hornets got 27 from Gorda and 19 from Tombs, but only six from the rest of the squad.Gorda also had nine rebounds and five steals, Tombs added seven steals and Tanya Deats dished out five assists.“We played well down the stretch, coming back from deficits several times,M said Wellsboro coach Missy Ward. “We .played good defense, too, we just came up a little short.**In the opening round tournament game versus Loyalsock, Gorda poured in 32 points and hauled down 16 rebounds to key the Hornet victory. Tombs chipped in with 14 points, five assists and four steals.Wellsboro took a 34*26 half-time lead on the strength of an 18* 12 scoring edge in the second quarter. Early in the third stanza, the lead swelled to 15, 43-28, as the hosts hit nine of the first 11 third period points.“Gorda played real well again, making the big shots to keep usolxza/t * acitrt War/) “QVin u/OQ aiv
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Wellsboro Gazette
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Dec 29, 1993
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