{"id":158380,"date":"2026-04-06T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158380\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:27:16","slug":"lawrence-gives-carroll-girls-boost-past-bensalem-williams-lights-out-for-carroll-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/158380\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence gives Carroll girls boost past Bensalem; Williams lights out for Carroll boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/McShane-Bensalem-Vert.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"cutline\">Bensalem&#8217;s Grace McShane drives to the hoop Friday against Carroll. (Photo: Owen McCue\/CoBL)<\/p>\n<p>McShane was the only double-figure scorer for Bensalem, which made its first state playoff appearance since 1983. The Owls had a strong contingent of supporters in the crowd from teachers and administrators at the school to former players and even former players&#8217; parents.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s been at the helm of the Bensalem program for the last six seasons. McShane and classmates Mary Beck and Gianna Creque have left an indelible impact on him and his program over the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>They put together three consecutive winning seasons, won the program\u2019s first district playoff game since 2009, and then broke a 43-year state playoff drought. They\u2019ll leave the program in the capable hands of juniors Jordyn Bell and Sydney Daut and sophomore Mischa Ellzy with the standards now raised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seniors, Grace, Mary, Gianna, they\u2019re four year players. I\u2019ve known them since middle school,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;We\u2019re together like 11 months out of the year. We work out in the summer time, we go up to Allentown. We spend so much time together. \u2026 They\u2019re like my extended family, like my daughters. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not upset that we lost. I\u2019m just upset that the journey\u2019s over for these seniors because they\u2019re such good kids. We have a lot of underclassmen, so we\u2019ll be back, but it really means a lot to me, my team, my coaches and the Bensalem community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By Quarter<\/p>\n<p>Bensalem 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 || 24<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Carroll 17 | 15 | 12 | 7 || 51<\/p>\n<p>Scoring<\/p>\n<p>Bensalem: Grace McShane 13, Mischa Ellzy 5, Jordyn Bell 3, Mary Beck 2, Falyn Savage 1.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Carroll: Kayla Eberz 20, Evie Lawrence 11, Abbie McFillin 10, Caitlin Schumacher 5, Oliviah Hermanovich 3, Bridget Grant 2, Haley Clark 1.<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p>Boys 4A: Archbishop Carroll 77, Wyomissing 52<\/p>\n<p>Heading into Friday night, the last time Ian Willams suited up in a state playoff game for Archbishop Carroll was a loss in the Class 4A title game in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Without Williams in the lineup for all of last season, the Patriots\u2019 state run lasted just one game.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll\u2019s senior point guard immediately displayed the impact he can make Friday in a 77-52 win over District 3 five-seed Wyomissing. Williams exploded for 20-first half points on the way to a 29-point effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bensalem&#8217;s Grace McShane drives to the hoop Friday against Carroll. 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