One of the season's most important boys basketball games will have to wait for another day, after an equipment malfunction in the Joppatowne High School gym postponed the Mariners and C. Milton Wright Mustangs key UCBAC Chesapeake Division game Monday night.
The malfunction involved one of the playing rims, according to Joppatowne Athletic Director Michael Harris. Harris says the school system's facilities department will try to repair the rim.
The game did not have a rescheduled date as of Tuesday. CMW (6-0) leads Joppatowne (5-1) in the standings by virtue of an 89-84 win in overtime in mid-December.
Monday results
In two games that were played, Bel Air (6-10) lost at Kenwood, 66-50, in non-league play and Harford Tech (6-2, 10-6) won at North East, 61-46, in Susquehanna Division action.
Stats were not provided for either game.
Panthers thump Hawks
The North Harford Hawks boys basketball team, playing for a second straight night, visited Perryville Friday in a key UCBAC Susquehanna Division game.
The Hawks (4-5, 6-9) scored the game's first point before the clock started, on a technical foul against the Perryville bench for a score book infraction.
But Perryville scored the next 16 points and cruised to a 66-47 win. The lead was as much as 30 in the third quarter.
Edgewood, Harford Tech, Joppatowne and Patterson Mill were all winners in other Friday night games.
North Harford struggled throughout the first half on offense, turning the ball over numerous times on traveling calls. When the Hawks did get a shot off, the rim at Perryville wasn't kind.
After a single point in the first quarter, scored before the game started, North Harford scored nine in the second and trailed at the half, 37-10.
Perryville's Tyrell Hollingsworth was the show, throwing down three dunks and finishing the night with 31 points. Hollingsworth threw down an alley-oop pass from Elijah Johnson late in the first half and then added single hand and two hand slams in the second half.
Andrew Langan scored 11 points to lead the Hawks. Jake McKinney came off the bench in the second half to hit two three-point shots and finish with eight points. Jake Lyons added seven points.
Antony Smith added 11 points for Perryville (7-1, 11-3) and Elijah Johnson scored 10.
Cobras drop Warriors
Harford Tech (5-2, 9-6) dropped host Havre de Grace, 80-77, in Susquehanna play, knocking the Warriors (6-2, 12-3) out of a tie for first place. Havre de Grace led 41-31 at half.
Fred Gordon paced the Cobras with 27 points. Hunter Norcross added 20 points and 25 rebounds and Darius Dangerfield finished with 22 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals.
Jordan Hawthorne scored 29 points and added seven assists for Havre de Grace and Zayrron Blake added 18 points and 11 assists.
Rams beat Eagles
Edgewood junior Tyrone McKisset scored 21 points to lead the Rams (3-4, 8-5) past host Aberdeen, 68-63, in Chesapeake play.
Raekwon Harrison netted 18 points for the winners and Immanuel Gladden-Stokes pulled down 12 rebounds and added seven points. Donavin Tilley added a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds. He also made five steals.
Jaleel Gibson scored 24 points and Jayden Saddler added 15 for the Eagles. Aberdeen led at the half, 33-28.
Huskies top Cougars in OT
Patterson Mill (3-4, 6-6) needed a little extra time to defeat host Fallston, 52-49, in Chesapeake play Friday.
The game was tied at 23 at the half.
Rahmon Felder poured in 19 points to highlight the win and Brad Burris added 12. Tyler Jakubowski and Qadir Ismail each scored eight.
Dylan Wolf scored 16 points to lead the Cougars (0-8, 2-13) and Zach Roberts added 10.
Mariners beat Bobcats
Joppatowne (5-1, 12-2) stayed tight to C. Milton Wright (6-0) in Chesapeake play with its 55-44 win at Bel Air (4-4, 6-9) Friday.
Jermaine Head Jr. (16 points) and Montrell Horsey (15 points) led the Mariners.
Warriors trip Hawks on late 3
In the lone UCBAC boys basketball game Thursday, Havre de Grace and host North Harford hooked up in a make-up Susquehanna Division game.
The game was a battle throughout, with each team seemingly in control for a win late, but it was Havre de Grace that found the win column, 64-61.
Havre de Grace (6-1, 12-2) jumped out to an 11-0 lead, but North Harford (4-4, 6-8) closed the half on a 34-10 run, giving the Hawks a 13-point halftime lead.
The Hawks maintained the 13-point lead for much of the third quarter, but with less than three minutes to play, Havre de Grace was back ahead by five.
North Harford's Andrew Klapka, who finished with 26 points, hit a go-ahead, three-pointer with 25 seconds to play off an inbounds play. Havre de Grace answered with 15 ticks left as Krs Yancey (29 points) nailed a three-point shot to put the Warriors into the win column.
Zach Stike had a solid game for the Hawks, adding 16 points, 11 rebounds and five steals. Andrew Langan had 10 points and Mick Rowland had eight rebounds and five blocks.
HCS wins two
Because of bad weather and exams, Friday night was the first time in eight days that Harford Christian touched a basketball. HCS traveled to Granite Baptist for a conference game and HCS came out on top, 49-35. HCS improves to 6-0 in conference.
Sean Hughes led the way with 16 points, eight steals and seven rebounds. Moe Epps added nine points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals. Paul Franco chipped in nine points, five rebounds and four steals and Noah Akers contributed seven points off the bench.
HCS hosted and beat Greater Grace on Monday, 71-54.
After a sluggish first half, the Eagles were energized by a thunderous alley-oop dunk from Epps to Hughes on the first play of the third quarter. HCS never turned back after the dunk and blew the game open. Epps led the way with 20 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and seven steals. Hughes added 17 points, nine rebounds and eight steals. Rashawd Clowney put in a solid effort with 16 points and seven rebounds and Franco chipped in eight points and four rebounds. HCS improved to 15-6.