SCRANTON \u2014 There is an adage in sports that offense sells tickets, and defense wins championships.<\/p>\n
It is usually one assigned to the regular season and playoffs. Rarely does it apply to an all-star game.<\/p>\n
However, in the annual Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Senior All-Star game Monday night, one could argue it determined the outcome.<\/p>\n
Addison Kilmer, the four-year standout from Mountain View, scored 12 points, blocked six shots and collected eight rebounds in limited action to lead the Blue All-Star Team to a 43-24 win over the Red All-Star Team to wrap up the high school girls basketball season.<\/p>\n
Kilmer secured another accolade in her career, earning Most Valuable Player for the Blue Team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people on my team made this so fun,\u201d said Kilmer, who will graduate as the second all-time leading scorer in Lackawanna League history. \u201cI thought it was going to be a little awkward because we had never played together before, but we played well. We were super hyped and happy for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a rewarding night when Kilmer, the Lackawanna Division III player of the year and defensive player of the year, showed off her talents one more time locally before she takes her game to East Stroudsburg University next season.<\/p>\n
Before the game, Kilmer won the free-throw shooting contest by drilling 23 from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just trying to get into my zone,\u201d Kilmer said. \u201cThey made me go by myself, so I was more nervous. But they kept going down.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the game, the 6-foot-1 center swished two 3-pointers in the first quarter to help the Blue Team build a 16-8 lead that it never relinquished. She also scored four points in the third quarter when the Blue Team outscored the Red Team, 16-7, to put the game away.<\/p>\n
Dunmore senior Amanda Dempsey was one of four players on the Red Team to score four points. She also grabbed six rebounds to earn MVP.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was super fun,\u201d said Dempsey, the Lackawanna Division II player of the year. \u201cEspecially to play with my Dunmore teammates one last time, and with a lot of girls who I played against for a long time, was pretty cool. We appreciated each other as players. It was a fun experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to Kilmer\u2019s performance, North Pocono\u2019s Celia DeCesare, who played one final game for her coach Joe Ferguson, scored eight points. Delaware Valley\u2019s Leah Bird also scored eight points, which included two 3-pointers.<\/p>\n
Delaware Valley\u2019s Jordan Dickerson scored six points, Forest City\u2019s Mehlayia St. Hilaire scored four and Valley View\u2019s Ava Gazoo scored two. Carbondale Area\u2019s Maurie Newcomb, who won the pre-game 3-point shooting contest with 14, finished with three points.<\/p>\n
Elk Lake\u2019s Madisyn Casselbury, Riverside\u2019s Gabi Blasi and Dunmore\u2019s Jackie Brown, who, along with Dempsey, played for coach Carrie Toomey for the final time, each scored four points. Riverside\u2019s Kiley Williams and Cassidy Merrifield each added three points, and Holy Cross\u2019 Ava Schmidt scored two.<\/p>\n
Box score<\/p>\n
Red All-Stars: Seigle 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, Merrifield 1 0-0 3, Dempsey 2 0-0 4, Shingler 0 0-0 0, Casselbury 2 0-0 4, Blasi 2 0-0 4, Cykosky 0 0-0 0, Brown 2 0-0 4, Schmidt 0 0-0 0, Mancino 0 0-0 0, Williams 1 0-0 3; Totals: 11 0-2 24.<\/p>\n
Blue All-Stars: Kromko 0 0-0 0, DeCesare 4 0-0 8, Gazoo 1 0-0 2, KIlmer 5 0-0 12, Quinn 0 0-0 0, Martin 0 0-0 0, Bird 3 0-0 8, Dickerson 2 0-0 6, St. Hilaire 2 0-0 4, Newcomb 1 0-0 3, Murray 0 0-0 0; Totals: 18 0-5 43.<\/p>\n
Red All-Stars \u00a0 8 \u2013\u00a0 7 \u2013 \u00a0 7 \u2013\u00a0 2 \u2013 24<\/p>\n
Blue All-Stars 16 \u2013\u00a0 9 \u2013 16 \u2013\u00a0 2 \u2013 43<\/p>\n
3-pointers: Merrifield 1, Williams 1. Kilmer 2, Bird 2, Newcomb 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2014 There is an adage in sports that offense sells tickets, and defense wins championships. It is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-146609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}