Highlands (Natrona Heights) star
Micah Mason was already was having a pretty amazing season, averaging 35 points per game, and that season just went to another level Tuesday night when he scored 64 points in a 101-82 win over Valley.
Mason's points are the second-highest recorded total in WPIAL history, second only to the 71 by Larry Hardesty of Mohawk against Northwestern Feb. 10, 1959. He was 17 of 19 shooting including 7 of 7 from beyond the 3-point arc and also went 23 of 24 from the free-throw line.
His performance overshadowed a great game from Valley's
Geoff Fuquay, who netted 45 points.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mason is one of just seven WPIAL players to score 60 points in a game. He is also the first player in Pennsylvania to score at least 64 points in a game since D.J. Newbill of Strawberry Mansion scored 64 in 115-14 win over W.B. Saul Jan. 7, 2010.
COUDERSPORT BECOMES FIRST DISTRICT 9 GIRLS TEAM TO SCORE 80 IN TWO YEARS
Coudersport's Delanie Bowburn.
Photo by Paul Burdick
Tuesday night the
Coudersport girls basketball team became the first District 9 girls team to score 80 points in a game in nearly two years when it beat rival Otto-Eldred 84-44 on the road.
Delanie Cowburn scored 26 points to lead the Lady Falcons, who used a 39-4 run to erase an early 10-7 deficit.
Jenna Matzinger added 17 points for Coudersport, which is 14-1 on the season and has won 13 in a row.
ONLY 5 WESTERN PA. BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS REMAIN UNBEATEN
The list of unbeaten boys basketball teams in Western Pennsylvania is down to five:
Shaler Area (Pittsburgh) (15-0),
South Fayette (McDonald) (12-0),
Vincentian Academy (Pittsburgh) (14-0),
Venango Catholic (Oil City) (13-0) and
Conneaut Valley (Conneautville) (14-0).
It was almost down to four, as Class AAAA Shaler barely escaped an upset attempt by Butler Tuesday night, surviving 40-39.
As would be expected, each team has prolific scorers on it with Conneaut Valley being led by
Casey Baker's 28.5 ppg.
Maxx Rynd paces Venango Catholic at 25.2 ppg,
Mike Lamberti is the leader for South Fayette, which is a Class AAA team this year after winning the PIAA Class AA title a year ago, at 21.1 ppg.
John Bray leads Vincentian Academy at 17.7 ppg and super-sophomore
Geno Thorpe leads Shaler at 17.6 ppg.
MERCYHURST PREP JUNIOR SWIMMER RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY
Mercyhurst Prep (Erie) junior swimmer Marie George is ranked among the top 10 nationally in two events in the age-16 division in two events by USA Swimming Splash magazine and in two events in the age-17 division on the USA Swimming Web site.
She is ranked eighth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 54.6 seconds and 10th in the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2:01.64.
George has won two straight PIAA titles in the 100 backstroke and was the runner-up in the 200 IM in 2010. Both rankings are based on her PIAA performances from last spring.
George is also 11th in the 100 backstroke (55.65) and 13th in the 200 backstroke (2:00.43) by USA Swimming based on her performance at the Short Course Junior Nationals in December.
