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Emma Yogis (left) and Abbie Kelly combined for 28 points as Archbishop Wood continued its strong play on both ends in the PIAA Class 5A playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Vikings knew they had to keep Becahi\u2019s talented guard trio of Aliyah Brame, Kam Gallis and Leah Ault in check, but they also paid plenty of attention to forward Ayva Radande who had been strong on the glass in states. Bethlehem Catholic turned the ball over six times in the first quarter and Wood didn\u2019t need any prodding to turn those into scoring chances.<\/p>\n
After a brief 2-2 tie, it was all Archbishop Wood as the Vikings used a 12-0 run capped by a Kelly steal-to-layup to take control of the game. Wood used a 7-0 run to close the quarter for a 21-4 lead and while Becahi put up 17 in the second quarter, the Vikings didn\u2019t slow down either with 24 points in the frame for a 45-21 halftime edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur intensity and our doubling led to turnovers and it was good for us from the start,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cAcross the board, the subs were doing it and even later in the game in the second. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, you hope these kids grow to the point where they\u2019ve matured enough to understand the importance of those things and right now, they\u2019re doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most of the first half scoring did come from the starting five, but Yogis had nine of her 11 off the bench before halftime. The Vikings also rotate players in and out frequently, so even if they aren\u2019t the ones scoring, the subs still have a lot to do with it through their screening and passing while also matching the energy level on defense.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing the way the starters brought all that energy, we had to get in there and trust each other that we\u2019d also contribute points and stats,\u201d Yogis said.<\/p>\n
The high school basketball season can get very long. That\u2019s the case for Wood, with open gyms starting in the fall and the Vikings now playing into the final week of the season but Yogis and Kelly haven\u2019t seen any drop in enthusiasm in their gym day to day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a lot of tests during our regular season but we learned and we grew through our mistakes,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cI think that\u2019s what helped us in states, we\u2019re learning and growing from each other and especially our coaches, they\u2019re pointing out our positives and negatives which is very constructive and I think that\u2019s why we\u2019re doing very well so far in states.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wood will try to make it to Hershey for a sixth straight year on Tuesday in the Class 5A semifinals against Crestwood. It\u2019s another familiar foe for the Vikings, the teams having met in the same round last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s obviously upsetting losing during the season, but I feel like we took all that energy and made it positive,\u201d Yogis said. \u201cIt\u2019s still really fun for us, we all know we have to keep going if we want to stay together and play another game so that\u2019s really what motivates us. For us seniors, we only have a couple more left and everyone else wants to contribute to that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By Quarter<\/p>\n
ARCHBISHOP WOOD 21 | 24 | 19 | 5 || 69<\/p>\n
BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC 4 | 17 | 6 | 5 || 32<\/p>\n
Scoring<\/p>\n
AW: Abbie Kelly 17, Emma Yogis 11, Makayla Finnegan 11, Sophia McDonald 7, Addison Payne 6, Casey Thompson 6, Colleen Besachio 5, Zoey Whalen 3, Natalie Thompson 3<\/p>\n
BC: Aliyah Brame 9,\u00a0 Leah Ault 8, Ayva Radande 6, Kam Gallis 5, Laura Lewis 2, Avaughna Gordan 1, Alalya Davis 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Yogis (left) and Abbie Kelly combined for 28 points as Archbishop Wood continued its strong play on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-152009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152009","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=152009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}