Lady Eagles take crown, Jones hits 1K

2-18-26

Staff Reports
Sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. Or your rivals. Mountain View secured the Lackawanna League Division III championship with a pair of victories, and with some help from rival Elk Lake, when the Lady Warriors defeated Montrose 46-43 in the league finale.
Montrose and Mountain View set the stage for a possible showdown when they each opened the week with wins. The Lady Meteors downed Lackawanna Trail and Junior Sadie Jones scored her 1,000th career point while the Lady Eagles defeated Forest City on Senior Night.
With both teams at 12-1 heading into the final night of the league play, Mountain View
dismantled Carbondale 61-8, but Elk Lake rallied to spoil Montrose’s Senior Night and give the
league title to Mountain View.
Elk Lake’s Piper Keeney corralled a rebound with just over a minute to play drove the ball up
the court and was fouled and converted the second of two free throws to put the Lady Warriors
up for good in their 46-43 win over Montrose. The Lady Warrior defense forced the ball out of Jones’ hands and a jumpshot from Vivy Nabywaniec was long.
On the ensuing trip down, Laci Ayotte was fouled and made one of two free throws. The Elk
Lake defense forced another turnover and Madi Casslebury was fouled after the inbounds and
added two more free throws.
But Montrose had one final chance when McKenna Kublo was fouled just before the buzzer
from about 22 feet giving her three free throws with 0.2 seconds left. Kublo hit the first first for the final margin, but was long on her second and with only enough time for a tip in Elk Lake secured the win.
Elk Lake jumped out to the early lead, winning the first quarter 8-5, but the Lady Meteors got
their offense going in the second quarter to 17-14 at intermission. The Lady Warriors doubled up their score in the third but Montrose added 13 of their own to lead 30-28 heading into the final quarter.
Keeney led Elk Lake with 15 points while Ayotte finished with 13 and Casselbury had 11. Jones
led Montrose with 13 points while Nabywaniec and Molly Weller each had 11 points.
In Carbondale, Addison Kilmer scored 22 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Mountain View
past Carbondale 61-8.
The Lady Eagles held the Chargerettes to a lone field goal in the first half to take a 35-2 lead
into the locker room. Emily Trichilo added 13 points for Mountain View while Reagan
Bishop-Russo nailed three three-pointers for nine points and Aubrey Sanders finished with eight
points and seven assists.
Lyndee Barbour and Abigail Gelinger each had seven points in the second quarter when Blue
Ridge outscored Susquehanna 19-6 to break open the game and roll to a 57-30 win over the
Lady Sabers. Gelinger had 12 points in the opening quarter as the Lady Raiders built a 16-9 lead. Gelinger finished with 26 points and Barbour had 21 to lead Blue Ridge. Lauren Huyck led
Susquehanna with nine points, connecting on three field goals behind the arc and Esther Davis
finished with eight including a pair of threes.
Forest City outscored Lackawanna Trail every quarter to pull away with a 43-23 victory over the
Lady Lions.
Michaela Zaveri connected on three threes and was perfect from the foul line to finish with 12
points and lead the Lady Foresters. Aundrea Pevec added 10 points and Kayla Pecko had
eight.
Montrose held Lackawanna Trail scoreless in the first quarter and Sadie Jones reached the
1,000-point milestone as the Lady Meteors rolled to a 56-36 win.
Jones finished with 25 points while Molly Weller added 16 points and McKenna Kublo had 13 for
the Lady Meteors.
Elk Lake nearly matched their first half score in the third period and rolled to a 55-18 win over
Susquehanna on Senior Night. Leading 23-10 at intermission, Elk Lake got a combined 16 points from Seniors Madi Casselbury and Celeste Clark to break open the game.
Casselbury finished with 19 points and Clark had 15 to pace the Lady Warriors. Cassie Cottrell
led Susquehanna with eight points.
Addison Kilmer had 35 points and 19 rebounds on Senior Night to lead Mountain View past
Forest City 51-22. The Lady Eagles outscored the Lady Foresters 32-10 over the middle quarters to pull away after opening a 15-8 lead.
Abigail Gelinger had a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds as Blue Ridge defeated
Carbondale 45-18. Lyndee Barbour added nine points for the Lady Raiders and Addision Welch finished with seven.
In two non-league games to wrap up the regular season, Old Forge rallied past Blue Ridge to win 48-38 while Tunkhannock defeated Susquehanna 58-38. Old Forge used a 17-6 advantage in the third quarter to overcome a four-point halftime deficit to get past Blue Ridge.
Abigail Gelinger had 18 points for the Lady Raiders and Lyndee Barbour added a dozen.
Tunkhannock won every quarter to come away with a 20-point victory. Kiera Burke led the Lady
Sabers with 12 points while Lauren Hucyk added 10 and Cassie Cottrell added nine.