Season Ends for Lourdes, Shamokin and Southern

District IV's appearance was a short one for the most teams with only Hughesville, North Penn, Northeast Bradford and East Juniata moving to the next round.

Around the area, Lourdes boys and girls probably had the best chance to advance, but turnovers and poor foul shooting plagued them both. Shamokin girls and Southern boys both ran into teams that have been traditional powers in their divisions.

A mild surprise was that Selinsgrove's boys and girls games weren't even close. One of the main things noticed in the state playoffs the last few years is the ability to get good shots and the field goals to turnover ratios. Area teams have been making too many turnovers and many unforced. (See Shamokin Area boys early exit).

INJURY BUG??

The injury bug hit early and often for most area teams. Not only was it a problem on the high school level, but also on local college.

Bucknell Men - played 5 games this season to date with full roster.

Susquehanna - lost Landmark Conference leading scorer Josh Robinson late in the season.

Milton - lost all time leading scorer Anthony Fannick in District IV Quarters.

Lourdes - lost tough rebounder Tyler Reichwein late in the season.

Southern Area - lost Colin Klebon through much of of the first half of the league schedule.

All we could do is get healthy, stay there and go at again next season.