MVP! MVP! MVP! Congratulations to Ryanne Allen who has been named MVP of the Philadelphia Catholic League! Well deserved! Thank you to the opposing coaches for voting for our girl!
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Heaven gained a Legend today! Mrs. Mary Greenberg - Mooms - We were lucky to have her and so many of her children and grandchildren as part of our Wood Basketball Family! Our condolences go out to the entire Greenberg family
Congratulations to Ryanne Allen, who has been named Pennsylvania Player of the Year by the Pennsylvania Basketball Coaches Association! A well deserved honor!
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Congratulations to our PCL All-Catholic selections voted on by opposing coaches from our league. Your 11-1 first place Vikings have 4 total: Congrats to Kaitlyn Orihel and Ryanne Allen - 1st Team. Congrats to Lindsay Tretter and Izzy Larsen - 3rd team!
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Orihel who became the All-Time Archbishop Wood Scoring Leader as her 26 point performance today put her at 1,428 points! Previous record held by Pam Rosanio was 1,417. Shout out to Pam who reached out to congratulate Kaitlyn! 2 of the best!
Congratulations to junior Ryanne Allen, who was named 1st Team All-State in Class 4A! Well deserved! This is Ryanne’s 2nd All-State Nomination. She was 2nd team All-State as a sophomore.
SIGNED and COMMITTED!! Congratulations to our 3 seniors (and their families) who signed their NLI today: Kaitlyn Orihel: Villanova. Dana Kiefer: Bryant. Noelle Baxter: Kutztown. We could not be prouder! Hard work pays off!
Congratulations to our senior Captain, Ava Renninger, who has given her verbal commitment to Coach Gaitley to continue her basketball and academic career at Fairleigh Dickinson University! FDU is getting a great person, leader, competitor and teammate who knows how to play!
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Orihel, who was named State Player of the Year for the 2nd year in a row! This time for Class 4A! This is Kaitlyn’s 4th year being selected All-State and 3rd 1st Team nomination. She was 3rd team as a freshman.
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Orihel! The Pennsylvania Gatorade POY will have her
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Wood jersey hung in the Ring of Honor at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame! Incredible honor!
Congratulations to Ryanne Allen, named 4A State Player of the Year and 1st Team All State by PA Sportswriters. It is her 3rd All-State selection and 2nd 1st Team appearance. Ryanne was also named Jordan All-American and overall PA Player of Year by PABCA. Well deserved!
Wood wins over O’Hara 49-46 at the buzzer! Next up... PLAYOFFS!! Your 1st place Vikings have a home quarterfinal game next Thursday vs the lowest-seed remaining from the play-in round on Tuesday. Play In Round consist of 12-5, 11-6, 10-7, 9-8. First 7 seeds come from the Red.
Congratulations to our State Player of the Year!! Kaitlyn Orihel has been named the 5A State Player of the Year by the PA Sportswriters and 1st Team for the 2nd straight year! Kaitlyn was 3rd team as a freshman.
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After being ranked 22nd in the country last week by MaxPreps, Wood Girls Basketball has been named the best girls basketball team in Pennsylvania by MaxPreps! Let’s go Wood! Check out the article here:
Wood wins over Carroll 59-53 to officially qualify for States!! Congratulations to Kaitlyn Orihel who surpassed the 1,000 point mark today and was named MVP of the game after scoring 19 points! Wood Proud!!
Congratulations to our incredible leader, Ryanne Allen, who has committed to play for Coach Ralph at Vanderbilt University! We are thrilled for one more year at Wood and to see what you accomplish next! Today, we are all Vandy fans!
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PIAA has officially cancelled our season, but if we had to go out, this is how we wanted our girls to look at the end of it all! Constantly supporting each other and having fun competing!
Congratulation to Bri Bowen who has been named 1st Team All Philadelphia Catholic League! Well deserved! Thank you to opposing coaches for voting for Bri!
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District 12 4A Champs! Wood girls win the district chip for the 8th time in 9 years and will enter the 4A State Tournament as the 1 seed. Our first game will be vs the District 3-5 seed Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) or Eastern York . Let’s Go Wood!
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Congratulations to Coach Mike McDonald, who won his 200th game as the head coach of Archbishop Wood last night with a 63-45 semifinal win over Nazareth Academy.
The 2 Top Scorers of All-Time for Archbishop Wood Girls Basketball will be teaming up again as Ryanne Allen will be heading to Villanova, joining Kaitlyn Orihel! Can’t wait!! Congrats Ryanne!
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Extremely proud of our team and how they represented themselves, our team, program and school. The Philadelphia Catholic League Championship is one of the most incredible basketball events in the world, and they were…
Thank you to our captains - Ryanne Allen, Kaitlyn Orihel, Dana Kiefer, Noelle Baxter- Spectacular leadership throughout one of the most challenging seasons. We look forward to announcing our 2021-2022 captains in the coming weeks.
Kaitlyn Orihel - 2021 - Will be a culture changer or booster at the next level! Played the first half of our season on a fractured knee cap. Tough, team player, easy to coach. Loves to compete! Scores against everyone - National Schedule -
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Wood wins over Norview 63-43. Congratulations to Ryanne Allen, who scored her 1,000th point in a 31 point performance. We play tomorrow in our final Boo Williams game vs King’s Fork at 7:30pm on Be the Beast.
Congratulations to Coach Mike McDonald, staff, and team for being named State Coach of the Year for Class 5A by PA Sportswriters. It is truly the ultimate team award. It is Coach McDonald’s 5th State Coach of the Year Honor. Thank you to all the Sportswriters who voted for us.
Big Day tomorrow for our 3 seniors who will sign their commitment letters to play for Villanova (Kaitlyn Orihel), Kutztown (Noelle Baxter) and Bryant (Dana Kiefer) Universities! 3:00pm in the South Gym.
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Congratulations to the 4 Captains who will lead 2020-2021 Archbishop Wood Girls Basketball! Kaitlyn Orihel, Noelle Baxter, Ryanne Allen and Dana Kiefer.
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Big CONGRATULATIONS to the sniper, Lindsay Tretter, who has verbally committed to Coach Laukaitis to continue her academic and basketball career at Holy Family University!
Congratulations to Ryanne, Kaitlyn, Dana, Noelle and Bri who all won the championship of their respective brackets at the USJN 17u National Championship event. 7-0 for 3 teams - 21-0!
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Signed! It’s official - Ryanne Allen and Bri Bowen signed their NLI’s to play for
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Congratulations! We can’t wait to see what you accomplish in the next steps of your careers, but first - Senior Season!
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For the 13th time in 15 years, Wood Girls will play for the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship! Let’s put another one in the Win column!
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Wood wins over Neumann-Goretti 71-60 to move to 7-0 and 1st place in the PCL. Kaitlyn Orihel lead all scorers with 32. Rematch is February 1st at NG. Our next game is tomorrow 3:45 at Little Flower followed by Sunday 2:30 vs Carroll at Jefferson Univerity.
Wood wins the District 12 5A Championship 68-37 over public league champ Mastery Charter North. We will enter states as the D12 1 seed next Saturday 3/7 vs Berks Catholic. Time and location TBD.
COMMITTED!! Congratulations to to our captain Dana Kiefer - 2021 - who has committed to play basketball for Coach Burke at Bryant University!
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We are thrilled for our 2025 Emily Knouse who has received offers from Coach Magarity at Holy Cross and Coach Mallon at Drexel. Congratulations to you and your family Emily! Nice, hard working person, player and family! Bright future!
Hershey Bound for the 11th time in 13 opportunities! Wood wins over Rustin 52-35 behind Delaney Finnegan’s defense and a total team effort to advance to the State Championship for the 3rd straight year! Game is Saturday 6:00pm vs South Fayette at the Giant Center. Game will be
Congratulations to 2021 Kaitlyn Orihel and 2020 Lindsay Tretter who were selected by the Rose Classic committee as All Stars and will play in the all star game this Sunday at 4:00pm!
Congratulations to the 4 Captains who will lead Archbishop Wood Girls Basketball into the 2021-2022 season - Seniors: Tess Fleming, Ryanne Allen, Bri Bowen, Shannon Morgan! We are looking forward to your leadership!
Congratulations to our Class of 2021 graduates pictured with Coach Sue - Kaitlyn Orihel, Villanova - Noelle Baxter, Kutztown - Erin Matthews, Delaware - Dana Kiefer, Bryant! Good luck in the next part of your journey!
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Congratulations to senior Captain, Alexa Windish, who has committed to Coach Malouf to continue her basketball and academic career at
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2022 Appreciation Post! Ryanne Allen has been absolutely torching the nets this season and in the last 5 PCL games is averaging 25.8 ppg on 59% FG including 58% from 3. She has 25 threes made in the last 5 games.
Congratulations to Coach Mike McDonald, who was named State Coach of the Year by the PA Sportswriters for the 4th time! Thank you to the Sportswriters who voted for Coach McDonald. It is a credit to the entire team and coaching staff!
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