Girls basketball roundup: Trinity wins battle for 1st place; West Greene stays undefeated
Riley DeRubbo scored a game-high 22 points and Trinity took control of first place in Class 5A Section 3 with a 58-39 victory over Ringgold at Hiller Hall Tuesday night.
The game was a showdown of the top two teams in the section. Trinity moves to 6-0 in the league and 11-3 overall. The Hillers have not lost to a WPIAL opponent in more than a month. Ringgold slipped one game behind Trinity in the standings ar 5-1 and 9-5 overall. The Rams had their three-game winning streak end.
Trinity was in charge of the game throughout, leading 15-7 after one quarter and 31-14 at halftime.
DeRubbo’s point total included four three-point field goals. Senior guard Allie Scarfo came through in the big game by scoring a career-high 15 points for the Hillers.
Johnna Mayer was the lone Ringgold player to score in double figures with 12 points.
“This was an example of a team win,” Trinity coach Bob Miles said. “We didn’t turn the ball over too much, we only had seven, and we had 10 assists. Those little things add up.”
West Greene 66, Avella 30: Undefeated West Greene scored 45 first-half points and cruised to a 66-30 victory over visiting Avella in Section 2-A.
The win improves the Pioneers to 12-0 overall and 5-0 in the section. Avella fell to the .500 mark at 2-2 in section and 6-6 overall.
Kaitlyn Rizor led West Greene with a game-high 18 points and was followed in the scoring column by McKenna Lampe with 16 points and Madison Lampe with 13.
Bailey Lis was Avella’s leading scorer with nine points.
West Greene led 45-19 at halftime and 66-24 after three quarters. The Pioneers did not score in the fourth quarter.