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By BRAD PATTON; Times Leader Sports Correspondent
 Sunday, December 28, 1997 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 





YATESVILLE- With 8.8 seconds left in the second overtime period, Seton
Catholic's Laine Sheerer drove to the basket, sank the layup, and gave her
team an 87-85 victory over Wyoming Seminary in Saturday night's championship
game of the fifth annual Greater Pittston Area Holiday Tournament. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We could have given up when they went up by a couple in the fourth
period," said Seton coach Kathy Healey. "But as long as we're close, our kids
will pull through. They have so much confidence, they know they will make the
baskets when they have to." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sheerer, who scored 25 in the first-round game and 23 in the finals, was
named the tournament MVP. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Other players on the tournament all-star team were: Wyoming Seminary's
Brooke Shuler (52 points in the two games) and Veronica McRipley (26); Seton
Catholic's Melissa Kenia (29) and Kelly Tracy (39); Pittston Area's Chris
Munski (31); and Wyoming Area's Michelle Falzone (27). &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I thought our girls played great," said Seminary coach Agnes Cesare.
"We're playing team ball, which I love to see. I can't say enough about Seton
Catholic. They have a great coach, and they had their offense ready. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We had our defense planned, so that Sheerer and Tracy would not beat us,"
continued Cesare. "If we were going to lose this game, they would have to beat
us with some other players." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Some of the "other" players who stepped it up for the Lady Eagles in the
title game were Melissa Kenia, who scored a game-high 28 points; and Ashley
Anstett, who scored 14. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I'm really pleased that we had a balanced attack," said Healey. "Ashley
kept us in the game early, and of course, we got the usual from Laine and
Kelly. And Maria Zangardi came off the bench and played really well
defensively." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Seminary took the early lead, going up by three after the first period. It
continued to lead for most of the second as well, before Seton got its first
lead of the contest when Kenia's basket at the buzzer gave the Lady Eagles a
37-36 advantage. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Seton then went up by as much as 10 in the fourth quarter before Seminary
stormed back behind the hot hands of McRipley, Shuler, Megan Brumagin and Gia
Jackson to tie the game at the end of regulation. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Both teams scores eight points each in the first four-minute overtime,
which forced a second. Then Seton's Sheerer took over, making a free throw and
the basket at the end to give the Eagles the two-point victory. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Seminary came to play," said Healey. "Brooke, Megan and Veronica all had
outstanding games for them." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Lady Blue Knights were led by Shuler's 23 points, Brumagin's 21 and
McRipley's 20. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We've made some tremendous strides to play a game like that against a team
like Seton," said Cesare. "We're still a young team, but we came a long way
tonight." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In the consolation game, Wyoming Area went up early, controlled most of the
game and defeated host Pittston Area 59-49. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 After leading by as much as nine, the Lady Warriors were outscored 15-12 in
the third period, and their lead was cut to two. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 But then Falzone came up with 10 points in the final quarter, and Wyoming
Area went on to the 10-point victory. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Leading scorers for the Lady Warriors were Falzone with 16, Amy Buzinski
with 16 and Vanessa Russick with 12. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Patriettes were paced by Munski with 16 and Temra Emlaw with 14. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Championship Game &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 SETON CATHOLIC (87) Sheerer 9 5-5 23, DeMinico 2 0-2 4, Tracy 6 4-8 16,
Anstett 6 2-4 14, Kenia 12 4-4 28, Bojnowski 0 0-0 0, Zangardi 1 0-0 2. Totals
36 15-34 87. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 WYOMING SEMINARY (85) Shuler 7 9-10 23, McRipley 6 7-12 20, Blum 3 1-2 8,
Jackson 4 2-4 10, Brumagin 10 1-3 21, Mendelssohn 1 1-2 3, Pryor 0 0-0 0.
Totals 31 21-33 85. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Seton Catholic18 19 17 21 8 4- 87 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wyoming Seminary21 15 12 27 8 2- 85 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 3-pt FGs: SC- none. WS- Blum, McRipley. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Consolation Game &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 WYOMING AREA (59) Falzone 5 5-8 16, Russick 6 0-0 12, LaNunziata 2 0-0 4,
Buzinski 3 10-13 16, Humko 1 0-0 2, Wozniak 3 3-3 9, Supinski 0 0-0 0. Totals
20 18-24 59. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 PITTSTON AREA (49) Yuschowitz 1 0-0 3, Emlaw 6 2-4 14, Tieso 3 0-0 8,
Munski 7 2-2 16, Meade 1 3-4 5, Polak 1 0-0 3, Glodzik 0 0-0 0, Yanchis 0 0-0
0. Totals 19 7-10 49. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wyoming Area23 8 12 16- 59 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Pittston Area14 12 15 8- 49 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 3-pt FGs: WA- Falzone. PA- Yushowitz, Tieso 2, Polak. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Seton Edges Seminary In Pittston Title Game