Berwick and Scranton Prep played at Wyoming Area High School for the right to play in the 4A Girls final at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Scranton Prep looked to get back into the District Final for the second straight year. Scranton Prep would start off with a basket by Calista Kline but the Bulldogs countered with a free throw by Roni Isenberg and a three pointer by Abbey Burt. They would lead 4-2 at the end of a very low scoring first quarter. Tori Talanca scored 6 straight points to start the second for the Bulldogs and they would go on a 9-2 run and have a 9 point lead but the Classics would end the quarter on a 9-0 run and Scranton Prep would trail 16-14 at halftime. Julia Sirotnak would start the third quarter by tying the game at 16, but Abbey Burt would give the Bulldogs the lead on a three pointer and Isenberg increased their lead to 5, the Bulldogs would dominate the quarter but only lead 27-20 at the end of the third. Reese Mensinger would take over at the start of the third quarter by scoring four straight points. Scranton Prep would score 5 straight points to cut the lead to 6 but a Reese Mensinger three pointer gave the Bulldogs a nine point lead and would seal their trip to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a 39-30 victory over Scranton Prep. Reese Mensinger scored 13 points for Berwick. Abbey Burt and Tori Talanca added 10 points each for the Bulldogs. Julia Sirotnak had 10 points for the Classics.
Thoughts on the game: Abbey Burt had possibly the biggest impact on the game. Her 3 three pointers in the game being the big difference. Her second three on the lead gave the Bulldogs the lead for good. Several Bulldogs made a difference in the game. Tori Talanca's six straight points in the second made Scranton Prep into hurry up mode. Reese Mensinger was quiet in the first half but she made a big difference in the fourth quarter with her biggest basket being a three pointer that pretty much sealed Berwick's ticket to the District Final. For Scranton Prep, they kept fighting even down by 11 in the second and only ended up trailing by 2 at halftime. Julia Sirotnak had a pretty good game, scoring 10.
Scoring
Scranton Prep
Calista Kline 9
Katherine Dzwonczyk 7
Julia Sirotnak 10
Devon Merritt 4
Berwick
Roni Isenberg 6
Abbey Burt 10
Tori Talanca 10
Reese Mensinger 13
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