Friday, March 4, 2016

Lampeter-Strasburg vs Berwick (PIAA 3A First Round Basketball)

Lampeter-Strasburg and Berwick came to Mountain Top to play in the first round of the state playoffs. Lampeter-Strasburg got here as the No 4 team out of District 3. Berwick got here as the No 2 team out of District 2. The Pioneers started off the game with a 7-2 lead but Berwick would answer with Jude Goodard scoring 5 points to tie the game at 9. The Pioneers would take the lead on a 2 pointer by Ben Sandberg. Berwick's Tyler Evans tied it at 11 and Matt Champ gave Berwick it's first lead at 14-11. Lampeter-Strasburg tied it at 14 on a 3 by Ben Sandberg and then took the lead on a 3 by Matt Achille that beat the buzzer and take a 17-14 lead after one. In the second quarter, it would all Pioneers , after a Jude Goodard three that cut the lead to 4, the Pioneers would go on a 9-0 run and lead at halftime 30-18. The start of the third quarter would start off well for Berwick, cutting the lead to 8, but Luke Beers and Matt Achille would answer to increase their lead back to 12 and would lead 41-28 after 3. The fourth quarter would be mostly free throws with 14 free throws made during the quarter and the Pioneers would take the victory 55-37. Lampeter-Strasburg's leading scorer was Matt Achille with 20, followed by Ben Sandberg with 15. For the Bulldogs, Jude Goodard led the way with 10 and Tyler Evans added 9.

Thoughts on the game: Impressed by the Pioneers of Lampeter-Strasburg, they played a great game. Ben Sandberg had a great game on both sides of the ball and Matt Achille had a great game shooting. Berwick's season comes to an end, but it was a very impressive run to get here, knocking off Nanticoke and GAR to get to the state playoffs. Jude Goodard had a pretty good game, tried to get them back in it but just came up short.


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