Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls Knocks Off Loudoun Valley to Throw Dulles District Race Into Final Week Tie

Potomac Falls SO Wanya Allen and FR Michael Janowski
combined for 27 points Wednesday i Panthers big win.

By Dan "Set Shot" Sousa
Viva Loudoun Editor

Sterling (Feb. 6, 2013) - Tenacious defense and balanced scoring attack led the Potomac Falls High School boys basketball team past Loudoun Valley Wednesday night, 58-52, to throw the Dulles District regular-season race into a tie with just one game remaining.

If Loudoun Valley (15-2 in district, 19-2 overall) and Potomac Falls (15-2, 18-3) both win Friday then they would both be co-champions and they would face each other Saturday, Feb. 9 in a one game playoff at Tuscarora High School for the district's top seed. Valley faces Tuscarora Friday and Potomac Falls plays Park View.

Potomac Falls jumped to a 5-0 lead in the contest and basically led wire to wire -- trailing 10-8 for a few seconds in the first quarter before sophomore Wayna Allen buried a 3-pointer to put the Panthers back on top.


Allen finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds while Panther freshman Michael Janowski scored a team-high 14 including eight in the third quarter and senior Steven Tondi scored 10.

Loudoun Valley was led by junior Paul Rowley with 16 points and 10 rebounds and senior Jovon Miller with 14 points and eight rebounds.

Potomac Falls won the battle of the boards in the game, forced more turnovers than the Vikings and kept Valley around the perimeter most of the evening with a scrambling zone defense.


Potomac Falls Seniors Brandon Orbe and Steven Tondi talk
about Wednesday's win that put the Panthers into a first place tie.

Potomac Falls 58, Loudoun Valley 52
LV 11   9  15  17  - 52
PF 15  10  15  18  - 58

LV FG (3 PT) FT = PTS
Rowley 5-19 (5-11) 1-2 = 16
Miller 6-8 (0-0) 2-2 = 14
Grimard 4-10 (0-2) 1-3 = 9
McDyre 2-4 (1-2) 0-0 = 5
Smolens 2-7 (0-3) 0-2 = 4
Kiani 2-6 (0-1) 0-0 = 4
DeLeonardis 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 = 0
Totals 21-54 (6-19) 4-9 = 52

PF FG (3 PT) FT = PTS
Janowski 7-15 (0-1) 0-3 = 14
Allen 4-12 (1-2) 4-10 = 13
Tondi 5-7 (0-0) 0-0 = 10
Shorts 1-9 (0-4) 4-4 = 6
Thomas 2-5 (0-1) 1-1 = 5
Fischetti 2-2 (0-0) 0-0 = 4
Orbe 1-4 (0-0) 1-2 = 3
Mologne 1-2 (1-1) 0-0 = 3
Totals 23-56 (2-9) 10-20 = 58

Rebounds
LV  8  8  10 12 - 38
PF  9  9   9  12 - 39

LV (Smolens 6, DeLeonardis 1, Rowley 10, Kiani 5, Grimard 5, Miller 8, TEAM 3)
PF (Janowski 6, Shorts 2, Barton 1, Allen 11, Orbe 5, Fischetti 2, Mologne 2, Tondi 9, TEAM 1)

Turnovers
LV  3  6  2  4 - 15
PF  3  3  3  1 - 10