It didn’t take Archbishop Carroll’s girls long to recover from a disappointing loss to Cardinal O’Hara in the Philadelphia Catholic League championship game Monday night.
The Patriots ran out to a 47-14 victory over Central Wednesday night, winning the District 12 Class 6A title and a berth in the PIAA’s largest classification state tournament.
Grace O’Neill hit four 3-pointers en route to a 20-point performance to lead all scorers. Taylor Wilson added seven points and Lizzy Hennessey scored six for the Patriots Wilson had seven rebounds and O’Neill gathered in five boards for Carroll (20-5).
ABINGTON 53, HAVERFORD 48 » The host Ghosts hit on 12 of 16 free throws in a 20-point fourth quarter, enabling them to defeat the Fords in a District 1 Class 6A playback seeding game.
Abington moves on the fifth-place game against Perkiomen Valley Friday night. Haverford will play Central League foe Garnet Valley Friday for seventh.
Caroline Dotsey had 20 points, 15 in the first half. The Fords had led 27-20 at intermission. Aniya Eberhart added 15 points for Haverford.
Boys Basketball
Owen Mathes scored 16 points and yanked down 14 rebounds to lead Marple Newtown to a 51-38 win over Chichester in a District 1 Class 5A playback seeding game.
Marple gets the fifth seed in the PIAA Class 5A tournament, while Chi settles for six.
Eric McKee contributed 12 points and three assists for the Tigers (16-10), while Justin DiBona had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists.
For Chi, Vince Wildrick scored a team-high 15 points and Akhir Keys added nine points.