High School Hoops: Opening Week Scores and Scoring Leaders

By Andrew Marcus
Sportswriter for Montgomery Media

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GAME OF THE WEEK: Norristown  64, Coatesville 59 - The Eagles showed last year's late emergence, which saw them grace the state playoffs, was no fluke. On Saturday facing the Red Raiders in the host team own's tournament the Suburban One team toughed it out. Maybe Coatesville was slightly focused on their recent football success and missing some players that will play for a state title next week, but behind Luke Kelly'w 24 points the Eagles definitely displayed their depth and clear cut status as one of the top team's in the area.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Anthony Durham (Abington) - The player of the week was clearly going to come out of the Abington Tip-Off Tournament. If Archbishop Wood would have won Pat Smith and his 57 points in two games was special, but not enough to take first place. After 17 points in the opener against Wissahickon, senior point guard Anthony Durham dropped 26 to improve to a strong 2-0 against two of the strongest teams in the area. Durham's ability to create for teammates and finish himself makes he and his Ghosts a dangerous group.



TOP SCORERS
Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood) 36 pts vs W.C. Henderson
Brent Mahoney (Pope John Paul II) 28 pts vs Cardinal O'Hara
Brendan Casper (Methacton) 27 pts vs Pennridge
Anthony Durham (Abington) 26 pts vs Archbishop Wood
Purnell Wilson (Perkiomen Valley) 26 pts vs Bishop Shanahan
Zach Quattro (Hatboro-Horsham) 26 pts vs Carlisle
Luke Kelly (Norristown) 24 pts vs Coatesville
Mike Brown (Hatboro-Horsham) 23 pts vs Carlisle
Billy Dahm (Springfield) 23 pts vs Bishop McDevitt
Joe Robinson (Abington Friends) 22 pts vs Haverford School
Justin Lewis (Upper Merion) 22 pts vs Pottsgrove
Zach Dolton (Phil-Mont Christian) 22 pts vs New Foundation
Andrew Riviello (Lansdale Catholic) 21 pts vs Calvary Christian
Julian Moore (Germantown Academy) 21 pts vs Princeton Day
Kareem Boyd (Pottsgrove) 21 pts vs Muhlenberg
Pat Smith (Archbshop Wood) 21 pts vs Abington
Matt Alden (William Tennent) 21 pts vs Chestnut Hill
Tyrell Long (Bishop McDevitt) 21 pts vs Springfield
Connor McGrath (Upper Merion) 20 pts vs Pottsgrove
John Kanas (Souderton) 20 pts vs Perkiomen School
Tyrell Long (Bishop McDevitt) 20 pts vs New Foundation
Pat Cooney (LaSalle) 20 pts vs Hazelton
Jordan Simmons (Abington) 19 pts vs Wissahickon
Ben Hamilton (Phil-Mont Christian) 19 pts vs New Foundation
Zameer McDowell (Spring-Ford) 19 pts vs Central Bucks South


AROUND THE AREA
TUESDAY
Germantown Academy 75, Princeton Day 53 READ THE GAME STORY
Peddie School 68, Abington Friends 52
THURSDAY
St. Benedicts (NJ) 93, Academy New Church 53
FRIDAY
Sidwell 63, Germantown Academy 57
State College 78, LaSalle 73
Haverford School 64, Abington Friends 62
Abington 64, Wissahickon 55 READ THE GAME STORY
Archbishop Wood 65, West Chester Henderson 39
Methacton 60, Father Judge 41
Bishop Shanahan 43, Perkiomen Valley 42
Spring-Ford 73, Central Bucks South 67 READ THE GAME STORY
Pope John Paul II 63, Cardinal O'Hara 59
Muhlenberg 71, Pottsgrove 67
Hatboro-Horsham 48, Mechanicsburg 40
North Penn 48, Conestoga 45
Souderton 58, Perkiomen School 39
Pennridge 56, Saucon Valley 45
Exeter 46, Upper Merion 29
Upper Moreland 48, Lower Moreland 35
Central 48, Cheltenham 36
Springfield 63, Phil-Mont Christian 50
Dobbins 61, Plymouth-Whitemarsh 50
Bishop McDevitt 83, New Foundation 31
Upper Dublin 37, Haverford 36
George School 48, Jenkintown 40
Conwell Egan 70, Faith Christian 30
SATURDAY
North Penn 58, Phoenixville 52
Church Farm 54, Souderton 47 READ THE GAME STORY
New Hope Solebury 40, Jenkintown 39
Upper Perk 82, Billingham Charter 13
Central Bucks West 52, Spring-Ford 44
Abington 63, Archbishop Wood 57 READ THE GAME STORY
Hatboro-Horsham 66, Carlisle 57
Plymouth-Whitemarsh 67, Neshaminy 24
William Tennent 51, Chestnut Hill 43
Upper Merion 68, Pottsgrove 63
Bishop McDevitt 63, Springfield 49
Perkiomen Valley 57, Marple Newtown 44
Wissahickon 67, West Chester Henderson 51
Morrisville 68, Faith Christian 34
Phil-Mont Christian 63, New Foundation 44
Lansdale Catholic 66, Calvary Christian 46
LaSalle 67, Hazelton 56
Archbishop Molloy (NY), 82, Germantown Academy 61
Glasgow (DE) 59, Academy New Church 37



SOUDERTON SEASON STATISTICS (1-1, 0-0)
NAME                   FGM          FTM-FTA      PTS       PPG
John Kanas             10               10-17              38         19 ppg
Austin Murphy        5                 7-9                  24         12 ppg
Brendan Wagner     7                3-4                   17         8.5 ppg
Steve Shaffer          2                2-2                    8           4 ppg
Anthony Williams    2                2-2                    6           3 ppg
Kurt Muhlberger     1                0-0                    3           1.5 ppg
Carter Knight          1                0-1                    3           1.5 ppg
Vince Kowalick      1                0-0                    2            1 ppg
Guilerme Freire       1                0-0                    2            1 ppg
Jared Bernhardt      1                0-0                    2             1 ppg


PENNRIDGE SEASONS STATISTICS (1-1, 0-0)
NAME                  FGM         FTM-FTA           PTS         PPG
Zach Muredda       7                  10-12                25           12.5 ppg
Drew Dietterich       11                  1-4                    23         11.5 ppg
Alex Krivda           8                  3-6                    19            9.5 ppg
Jeff Garner             6                  3-8                    17            8.5 ppg
Kyle Bigam            6                  0-1                    12            6 ppg
Pat McClatchy       3                   0-0                    7             3.5 ppg
Dan Shane            0                   0-1                     0              0 ppg