PIAA Class 6A girls championship breakdown: Peters Township vs. Garnet Valley
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Friday, March 22, 2019 | 10:41 AM
Peters Twp.’s Makenna Marisa drives to the basket past Bethel Park’s Emma Dzieggowski and Lauren Mullen during their game Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at Bethel Park High School.
Peters Twp.’s Makenna Marisa drives to the basket past Bethel Park’s Lauren Mullen during their game Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at Bethel Park High School.
PIAA Class 6A girls basketball championship
Peters Township vs. Garnet Valley
6 p.m., Friday at Giant Center, Hershey
TV: PCN
Radio: WJPA-FM/TribLive HSSN
Garnet Valley (29-1)
Coach: Joseph Woods
No., Name, Pos., Ht., Yr.
1, Morgan Falcone, G, 5-6, Sr.
20, Emily McAteer, F, 6-0, Sr.
21, Madison McKee, F, 6-1, Sr.
22, Jill Nagy, G, 5-5, Sr.
42, Brianne Borcky, F, 6-0, Sr.
Peters Township (29-0)
Coach: Burt Kendall
No., Name, Pos., Ht., Yr.
20, Makenna Marisa, G, 5-11, Sr.
21, Isabella Mills, G, 5-11, Sr.
22, Jordan Bisignani, G, 5-6, So.
23, Journey Thompson, F, 6-1, Fr.
24, Mackenzie Lehman, F, 5-11, Jr.
How they got here: District 1 champion Garnet Valley defeated Cedar Crest, 52-34, Bethlehem Freedom, 50-45, Council Rock North, 47-45, and Neshaminy, 51-48. WPIAL champion Peters Township defeated Harrisburg, 54-34, Bethel Park, 62-44, Norwin, 64-47, and Upper Dublin, 51-46, in overtime.
Notable: Garnet Valley won the District 1 title for the first time. The Jaguars’ only loss was to Villa Maria Academy (Malvern, Pa.), 58-46, on Jan. 26. McAteer (Loyola) and Borcky (Drexel) are both Division 1 basketball commits and 1,000-point scorers. McAteer has averaged 14.8 points per game this season. Borcky averages 9.9. Both teams are in the PIAA finals for the first time. Peters Township has three scorers averaging double figures: Marisa 20.6, Mills 13.7 and Thompson 12.7. Marisa is a Penn State commit.
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Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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