Garnet Valley’s Kylie Mulholland, left, getting fouled by Springfield’s Kaitlyn Kearney in a January game, scored 13 points in the Jaguars’ districts loss to Souderton Wednesday. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)
By Mike Cabrey
Casey Harter kept Garnet Valley at bay until she and the Souderton girls basketball team put it together offensively in third quarter of Wednesday night’s District 1 Class 6A second-round contest.
Harter collected 13 points to send the host No. 4 seed Indians into halftime up four. But after the break, Big Red clamped down the No. 20 Jaguars’ offense while Harter scored the first five of the 9-0 run to push Souderton’s lead into double digits, which would blossom into a 53-31 victory.
“I think we were more focused on offense and defense,” Harter said. “We weren’t playing as a team on defense which is something that we really have to do and I think we were all focused on the same page in the second half and we all brought it together.”
Harter, a Northwestern commit, finished with a game-high 25 points while Erin Bohmueller added 10 points as the Indians (22-4) earned a berth in the PIAA Tournament for the second straight season and the sixth time in seven years.