PIAA Class 4A girls basketball final<\/p>\n
Oakland Catholic vs. Neumann-Goretti<\/p>\n
Noon Saturday, Giant Center, Hershey<\/p>\n
On the air: PCN; NFHS Network<\/p>\n
PIAA titles: Oakland Catholic 4 (1993, 2001, \u201803, \u201805); Neumann-Goretti 6 (2015, \u201816, \u201817, \u201818, \u201822, \u201825)<\/p>\n
Oakland Catholic (25-2)<\/p>\n
Coach: Henry Schechter<\/p>\n
Projected starting lineup<\/p>\n
No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos.<\/p>\n
4, Zephaniah Troxler-Scott, 5-9, sr., G<\/p>\n
5, Savanna Daye, 5-10, sr., G<\/p>\n
21, Madi Pullen, 5-10, jr., G<\/p>\n
23, Luci LaMendola, 5-7, so., G<\/p>\n
32, Josie Fontana, 6-2, sr., F<\/p>\n
How they got here: WPIAL champion Oakland Catholic beat Corry, 64-26; Slippery Rock, 63-36; Penn Cambria, 49-38; and Blackhawk, 45-44.<\/p>\n
Notable: Oakland Catholic is searching for its fifth championship after winning in 1993, 2001, \u201803 and \u201805. The Eagles have reached the PIAA finals for the eighth time, but haven\u2019t made it to the state championship game since 2012. \u2026 Oakland Catholic claimed its eighth WPIAL title last month. \u2026 The Eagles have won 18 straight games. \u2026 The Eagles\u2019 only losses came against PIAA Class 2A champion Berlin Brothersvalley and Nova, Fla. \u2026 They average 52.0 ppg while allowing just 27.2. \u2026 Senior forward Josie Fontana is a 6-foot-2 Richmond recruit. She had 12 points in the semifinals, while Luci LaMendola scored 13. \u2026 Coach Henry Schechter is in his second season at Oakland Catholic and has a record of 50-6.<\/p>\n
Neumann-Goretti (19-10)<\/p>\n
Coach: Andrea Peterson<\/p>\n
Projected starting lineup<\/p>\n
No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos.<\/p>\n
2, Sanai Johnson, 5-5, sr., G<\/p>\n
4, Zion Coston, 5-7, sr., G<\/p>\n
11, Azzure O\u2019Connor, 5-7, fr., G<\/p>\n
21, Chrisette King, 6-0, so., F<\/p>\n
22, Reginna Baker, 5-8, jr., G<\/p>\n
How they got here: District 12 champion Neumann-Goretti defeated Susquenita, 61-31; Valley View, 60-51; Central Columbia, 58-41; and Scranton Prep, 59-51.<\/p>\n
Notable: Neumann-Goretti defeated Lansdale Catholic, 48-45, in last season\u2019s Class 4A championship game for its sixth state championship. \u2026 The Saints are in the finals for the seventh time in 12 seasons under coach Andrea Peterson. \u2026 The Saints returned to the finals despite graduating four-year contributors Carryn Easley (Fordham) and Amya Scott (Delaware State). \u2026 The Saints are led by junior Reginna Baker, last season\u2019s leading scorer who had 23 points in the semifinal win over Scranton Prep. She is a 1,000-point scorer in her career. Baker averages 16.1 ppg and 6.1 rpg. \u2026 Azzure O\u2019Connor is second on the team with 9.7 points and 5.1 assists per game after a strong freshman season. \u2026 King averages 5.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PIAA Class 4A girls basketball final Oakland Catholic vs. Neumann-Goretti Noon Saturday, Giant Center, Hershey On the air:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-228664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}