Here’s a collection of photos of the Riverside girls’ basketball team, in the Panthers’ win over Springdale on Friday. Video highlights were posted right after the game, for the video and recap click here.

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Riverside began its WPIAL tournament run with a convincing 54-35 preliminary-round victory over Springdale on Friday night at Keystone Oaks High School.

Alex Deep led the Panthers with 29 points. Riverside, the third qualifier from Section 2-AA, put the game out of reach by outscoring the Dynamos 30-10 in the first half.

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Riverside took this one, and the Panthers’ Alex Deep scored 29 points. But Springdale’s Maddy Glamp scored 12 – she was a rock from the line and went 9-for-10.

Riverside won 54-36, though, and will advance.

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John D' Abruzzo's feature on the Riverside boys' basketball team:

"The first half of the season wasn't too kind to the Riverside boys basketball team.

Struggling out of the gate in Class AA Section 2, the Panthers were just 1-4 against section opponents and owned a 3-6 overall record by the end of December.

"The start of the season was rough," 6-foot-5 senior forward Tyler Falk said. "There was a point early on when our coach [John Rorick] pulled us aside and told us that we needed to pick it up with defensive pressure and cause more turnovers."

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