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PIAA CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP
Teams: 6-1 Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic Lady Marauders (28-3) vs. 2-1 Mountain View Lady Eagles (24-4)
Site, time: Giant Center, Hershey, noon
The coaches: Bishop Guilfoyle--Kristi Kaack; Mountain View--Bill Simons
Playoff path: Bishop Guilfoyle--def. Purchase Line, 69-14, in District 6 quarterfinals; defeated Bishop Carroll Catholic, 57-40, in semifinals; def. Williamsburg, 46-42, in District 6 championship; def. Riverview, 58-33, in PIAA first round; def. DuBois Central Catholic, 47-21, in PIAA second round; def. Union Area, 60-43, in PIAA quarterfinals; def. Williamsburg, 51-45, in PIAA semifinals. Mountain View--def. Nativity BVM, 56-37, in District 2 semifinals; def. Susquehanna, 42-17, in District 2 championship; def. Lancaster County Christian, 66-26, in PIAA first round; def. Veritas Academy, 44-31, in PIAA second round; def. St. John Neumann, 42-30, in PIAA quarterfinals; def. Greenwood, 45-23, in PIAA semifinals.
Probable starting lineups: Bishop Guilfoyle--G Maurie Querry, fr.; G Morgan Ruggery, fr.; G Gia Adams, so.; F Stella Yeskey, so.; F Alana Lightner, so. Mountain View--G Ryleigh Kilmer, jr.; G Riley Turner, jr.; G Claire Getz, sr.; F Lily Sedlak, sr.; F Addison Kilmer, so.
Key reserves: Bishop Guilfoyle--G-F Riley Gofus, jr.; G-F Anberlyn Petrecca, fr.; G Delaney Lechner, so.; G-F Hannah Homan, fr. Mountain View--G Aubrey Sanders, so.; G Vanessa Harvey, sr.; G Brooklyn Anderson, jr.; F Mimi Sedlak, jr.
Who they get: The winner is the PIAA Class 1A girls basketball champion.
Notable: Addison Kilmer has 956 career points as a sophomore and more than 500 rebounds. She's scored 147 points in eight career state playoff games. ... Kilmer and Claire Getz have combined to make 86 3-pointers this season. ... This is Mountain View's first appearance in the PIAA championship game. It lost to Lourdes Regional, 34-33, in last year's PIAA semifinals. ... Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic is trying to win its eighth PIAA girls basketball championship, which could tie the all-time mark for girls basketball championships if Archbishop Wood doesn't win the 5A championship on Saturday. ... BG won 2A state titles in 1984 and 1991 and has won the Class 1A title in 1993, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2021. ... Alana Lightner is the niece of Lisa (Lightner) Georgiana, who was a member of BG's first state championship team 40 years ago in 1984.
--Compiled by Michael Boytim