Lourdes' Hannah Lokitis

SHAMOKIN — Hannah Lokitis recorded a double-double and paced a trio of double-digit scorers as Lourdes opened District 4 Class A play with a 48-17 victory over Northumberland Christian on Wednesday night.

Lokitis collected 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Red Raiders (18-6), who are the No. 1 seed in the eight-team Class A field. Kylla Sandri and Onaleigh Barnes each added 10 points for Lourdes, which used a 19-2, second-quarter run to break the game open.

Lourdes’ defense forced 23 turnovers and compiled 15 steals.

The Red Raiders advance to the District 4 semifinals to face No. 4 Meadowbrook Christian, a 44-41 winner over St. John Neumann, at 6 p.m. Saturday at Danville High School. No. 2 Millville faces No. 3 Benton in the other semifinal at 3 p.m. Saturday at Danville.

District 4 Girls’ Basketball

Class A Quarterfinals

At Lourdes

NORTHUMBERLAND CHRISTIAN (17) — Lamey 0 0-0 0, Reitz 0 3-7 3, R. Conner 0 0-0 0, Phillips 2 0-0 5, G. Spaide 0 0-0 0 E. Conner 4 0-0 9, Wilhelm 0 0-0 0, A. Spaide 0 0-0 0, Weaver 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 3-7 17.

LOURDES (48) — Sandri 4 0-0 10, Gonzales 0 0-0 0, Barnes 4 0-0 10, Schu 0 0-0 0, Lokitis 6 2-2 14, Keer 3 1-1 7, Karlovich 0 0-0 0, Shingara 0 0-0 0, Reiprish 2 2-2 7, Fariello 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 5-5 48.

NC (4-13)                5 … 2 … 9 … 1 — 17

Lou (18-6)              12 … 19 … 9 … 8 — 48

3-point FGs: Phillips, E. Conner, Sandri 2, Barnes 2, Reiprish

Boys’ Basketball

Lourdes boys win opener

The Lourdes’ boys’ basketball opened District 4 Class A playoff action Tuesday with a 58-46 victory at Meadowbrook Christian. The Red Raiders (7-16) entered the tournament seeded sixth, while Meadowbrook Christian (9-8) was No. 3.

No details on the game were provided.

The victory advances Lourdes to Saturday’s semifinals, where the Red Raiders will face No. 2 Sullivan County (13-10), a 57-47 winner over Galeton, at 4:30 p.m. at Danville High School.

No. 1 North-Penn Liberty (16-7) takes on No. 4 Bucktail (11-11) in the other semifinal, slated for 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Loyalsock High School.