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ALLDERDICE BOYS CELEBRATE CITY LEAGUE TITLE PERRY GIRLS CELEBRATE CITY LEAGUE TITLE
Allderdice boys win first City League title in 22 years;
Perry defeats Westinghouse to capture girls crown
by Ulish Carter
beat by 34 at Blackhawk at the beginning
Courier Staff Writer
of the season,” Perry coach Ed Allison
said.
Justin Dobbs came off the bench to score Perry’s Dashawna Carey led all scorers
17 points to lead the Allderdice Dragons with 20 points, 15 of which she scored in
to a surprisingly easy 57-40 victory over the second half.
the Oliver Bears to win their first City “Westinghouse is a tough team. They’re
League championship since 1988. in it every year, and our girls were ner-
The two teams had gone a combined 75 vous as heck in the first half,” said Alli-
years without winning a basketball cham- son. “But we fought through it.”
pionship, which has been dominated in Ashia Regan and Marrita Gilcrease (19
previous years by Schenley. rebounds) added 12 points each for Perry.
After trailing 21-20 at halftime, the Westinghouse’s Cox-Taylor finished with
Dragons took charge in the third quarter 16 to lead the Bulldogs.
behind the brilliant play of the young Perry and Westinghouse will play at
sophomore who had nine of his 17 points Chartiers Valley and Blackhawk, respec-
in that quarter. A 12-0 burst pretty much tively, March 13 and March 9 in the AAA
sealed the game as Oliver went ice cold. PIAA state play-in round. Allderdice and
“Dobbs did a heck of a job,” Allderdice Schenley will be the AAAA representa-
coach Andre McDonald said. “He had to tives and will play Baldwin and Bethel
start when our point guard (Brandon Park March 12 and March 9.
Johnson) went down for about nine (D.W. Howze contributed to this story.)
games. He averaged 17 points a game for
us right from the start. As a sophomore,
he’s been tremendous for us.” FINAL BOYS STANDINGS
Senior Ishmael Swain (16) and sopho-
Team Conf. Overall
more Ben Mickens (12) were key contribu-
tors for the Dragons, who were playing in
Oliver 14-2 20-5
their second consecutive City League title
PHOTOS BY WILLIAM McBRIDE
Perry 13-3 18-5
game after falling to Perry last season. ISHMAIL SWAIN scored 16 points in the Dragons 57-40 win over Oliver as Allderdice captured their
Allderdice 11-5 17-7
“I talked to them at halftime about being first City League basketball crown in 22 years.
Westinghouse 10-6 14-10
here in the championship last year and
Peabody 8-8 8-14
letting it slip away,” McDonald said. “We Carrick 7-9 10-13
made a real commitment about their Schenley 4-12 6-16
guards not getting any outside shots. We
Brashear 4-12 4-18
did some switching off match-up zones
Langley 1-15 1-20
and some man-to-man pressure. That’s
what our defense was about, putting our
wings around them and not letting them
FINAL GIRLS STANDINGS
breathe, and that’s what we did in the Team Conf. Overall
third quarter.”
Westinghouse 14-2 19-6
Allderdice held Oliver senior Evan
Perry 14-2 17-8
Schell to nine points. Schell, perhaps the
Allderdice 13-3 17-6
Bears’ most dangerous shooter, averaged
20 points per game in Oliver’s post-season
Schenley 10-6 12-12
victories over Schenley and Westinghouse.
Brashear 9-7 10-12
“Defensively, they played very physical,”
Carrick 6-10 6-14
Oliver coach Carey White said. “They did
Langley 4-12 5-14
not let us run anything we usually run.
Oliver 2-14 2-20
We settled for moving and taking longer Peabody 0-15 0-21
shots instead of attacking the paint. Our
guard play was not that good today.”
Oliver hadn’t won a title since 1957. For
now, the Bears (20-5) will turn their at-
tention to the Class AAA PIAA playoffs, JUSTIN DOBBS from Allderdice drives on DELVON MURRAY was high scorer for Oliver
where they will meet West Mifflin in the Oliver’s Delvon Murray. Dobbs scored 17 points with 12 points but it was not enough to keep the
play-in round March 12. Allderdice will
to lead the Dragons. Bears from falling to the Dragons.
face Gateway March 13 at 4 p.m. at
Peabody in the PIAA Class AAAA play.
“It’s an opportunity to continue playing
high school basketball,” White said about
the PIAA playoffs. “We have a lot of se-
niors on our team. It’s time for them to
show how good they are.”
The Bears had a 13 game winning
streak going into the City playoffs and
stretched it to 15 with wins over Schenley
54-38 and Westinghouse 67-63 before the
lost.
White said it was a combination of fac-
tors that led to the Bears’ demise.
“Allderdice was determined to take it to
the hoop in the second half, and we
weren’t able to stop them.”
Things weren’t much better offensively
for the Bears as they converted just 13 of
their 36 field-goal attempts in the second
half. Delvon Murray led Oliver with 12
points.
Dobbs’ performance wasn’t a surprise to
ASHIA REGAN puts up a shot against Westing- DASHAWNA CAREY scored 20 points to lead the
McDonald. Dobbs was a starter when
house. Reagan scored 14 points in the Com- Commodores to the City League title over the de-
modores 48-44 win. fending champions.
point guard Brandon Johnson missed
nine games with an injury.
“We had to move Brandon McLester to
the point and start Dobbs,” McDonald
said of the shifting caused by the injury.
“When Dobbs was starting, he was aver-
aging 17 points a game. He did a great job
as a sophomore to step up.”
McDonald said a defensive effort was
made to ensure that the Bears’ perimeter
shots would be challenged.
“We made a commitment not to let their
guards get any outside shots,” he said.
“We did some switching off some matchup
zones and some man-to-man pressure.”
Defending girls champion Westinghouse
dropped the League championship to
Perry (17-8, 14-2), 48-44 at Peabody High
School on March 6.
Tatayanna Cox-Taylor of Westinghouse
(19-6, 14-2) fouled out with just under
MARITTA GILLCREASE from Perry played her
seven minutes to play.
best game of the year in the City Championship
This was Perry’s first appearance in the
DASHAWNA CAREY, ERIN CURGES AND ASHIA ED ALLISON, Perry’s head coach, looks like he as she scored 12 points and controlled the
League final since 1997.
REGAN celebrate after winning the City League needs a new shirt after his team doused him with boards with 19 rebounds in the Commodore’s
“This group has come so far since getting
girls championship. Gatorade. 48-44 win over Westinghouse.
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