LBA Highlights

By: Laura Kropp
   As the teams start the last rotation of head-to-head play, there were some great games again this weekend in the LBA.
   With two weeks left in the regular season, these games helped focus the upcoming playoff picture.

Fifth- and sixth-grade girls


Lambertville PBA 15

Toy Kingdom 12


   PBA pulled out to an early lead against Toy Kingdom and held on to win this extremely tough-fought game.
   The Toy Kingdom was able to hold PBA scoreless in the second quarter and only let them score one basket in the third quarter.
   The fourth quarter, however, PBA got back in control and won by three points.
   Tori Smiegocki scored 10 points for Toy Kingdom and was impressive under the boards. Kelly Albanier scored two foul shots for Toy Kingdom and ran the offense with the great help of Laura Kropp, Danielle Lelie and Rachel Slovak.
   Kirsten Threatt-Peters and Jenn Wengryn all helped the team out with aggressive defense.
   Emily Marley had eight points for PBA and ran the offense. Karlie Schiable controlled the boards by getting many steals and rebounds. She also scored five points.
   Tori Brenner had numerous tie-ups, rebounds, steals and two points from the foul line. Jasmine Assad and Melissa Aversa forced many turnovers and worked hard to keep the offense running smoothly for PBA.
R&R Painting 24


Nautilus Management 7


   Sarah Phillips led R&R with 14 points while Emma Hart added eight points.
   Shannon O’Gorman added a basket to round out the R&R scoring.
   Braliegh Silvestri was all over the court on defense while Jackie Stoy and Kayla Bohrer dominated the boards.
   Shyrl Meyers led the Nautilus team with three point while Andrea Wisnewski and Amanda Nielsen scored a basket apiece. Noelle Hedges and Alexandra Tucker worked hard on defense throughout the game.
Fifth- and sixth-grade boys


Pedersen Galleries "Hornets" 38

Sneakers Plus 31


   The Hornets, led by the offense of Max Whitaker with 12 points and Brendan Collins with eight points, held on to defeat Sneakers Plus 38-31.
   This was a great game that saw a lot of hustle on both sides of the court. An example was Connor Weber, who had a career-high 11 points and a strong defensive effort to lead the Sneakers Plus effort.
   Jay Zimmerman drained three "treys" for nine points while Adam Warwinsky popped in eight points, and Carlos Sandoval added three points. Joey Ghirardi and Paul McMullen contributed on the defensive end while grabbing some key rebounds.
   The Hornets received added support from Shawn Mosby and Hunter Johnson with seven points each, and Patrick Sullivan rounded out the scoring with four points.
Third- and fourth-grade boys


Garefino 28

Amwell Auto 3


   Devon Troutman and Jake Phillips led Garefino to victory Saturday by scoring 13 and 11 points respectively.
   Robert Albanir finished off the scoring for the Garefino team with four points. Josh Phillips, Daniel Vorhees and Aaron Weber each played great defense and helped their team by grabbing many rebounds.
   Patrick Leary scored three points for the Amwell Auto team. Jonathan Wendeborn, Jared Bogdan, Alex Frazee, Jimmy Eick, Joey Quinn and Andrew Koval played tough throughout this contest.
PNC Bank 18


Mortgage Mobility 10


   PNC got a great win Saturday in an exciting contest that featured great defensive effort by both teams.
   PNC’s Cody Conlon led all scorers with eight points. He got support from Michael Failla and Andrew Closson.
   Mortgage Mobility showed some great passing and good team work, but just could not catch to a determined PNC team before time ran out.
   Brad Bolash, Bobby Goodwin and Paul Cally excelled on the defensive side of the ball.