By SCOTT NOVAK
Dowagiac Daily News

Arch rivals Lakeshore and St. Joseph will square off in the Class B Girls District Basketball Tournament finals on Friday night.

The Lancers eliminated Berrien Springs 50-36, while the Bears knocked off Buchanan 73-37.

The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. on Friday night at Dowagiac Union High School.

Buchanan…37
St. Joseph…72
Through the opening four minutes of the second semifinal, Buchanan was hanging tough with tournament favorite St. Joseph.

However, over the next 12 minutes, the Bears put the Bucks away and assured it of a chance to defend its district championship.

St. Joseph scored 42 points in the first half, while holding Buchanan to just 18 points.

From that point on, there was no letting up for the Bears, who outscored the Bucks 30-19 in the final two quarters.

Alesya Schalk did most of the damage in second quarter when St. Joseph erupted for 25 points.

Schalk came off the bench, hit a trio of 3-pointers and scored 11 of her 17 points in the period.

The Bears also got 17 points from Erika Priebe, who also scored 11 first half points. Lindsay Peirce and Kaitlin Mavis both finished with 10 points.

Elizabeth Hein paced the Bucks with eight points. Julie LaBounty added seven and Erin Glavin six.

ST. JOSEPH 72
Katie Mavis 4 0-0 10, Erika Priebe 4 9-11 17, Hayley Knuth 1 1-2 3, Lindsay Peirce 4 1-1 10, LeAnne Priebe 3 0-2 7, Jasmine Williams 2 0-0 4, Christina Valentine 0 0-0 0, Alesya Schalk 6 2-2 17, Sydney Weisser 2 0-2 4, Courtney Caid 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 26 13-20 72
BUCHANAN 37
Krystal Avance 2 0-0 4, Erin Glavin 2 2-2 6, Amanda Wynn 1 0-1 2, Julia LaBounty 2 3-6 7, Elizabeth Hein 2 4-5 8, Chelsea Adolph 1 0-0 2, Courtney Adolph 1 0-0 3, Amanda Anglero 0 3-4 3, Nicole Rutherford 1 0-0 2, Jordan Helt 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 12 12-18 37

St. Joseph 17 42 56 72
Buchanan 8 18 32 37
3-point baskets: St. Joseph 7 (Schalk 3, Mavis 2, Peirce, L. Priebe), Buchanan 1 (Co. Adolph). Total fouls: St. Joseph 16, Buchanan 15. Fouled out: None.
Varsity records: St. Joseph 15-7, Buchanan 8-13

Lakeshore…50
Berrien Springs…36
Despite a 20-point effort from the Shamrocks’ Koby Gillespie, Berrien Springs was unable to upset the Lancers in the opening semifinal Wednesday night.

Lakeshore was able to open up leads at the beginning of each of the first three quarters before Berrien Springs would fight back to make a game of it.

But in the final quarter, Lakeshore built a lead and then kept the Shamrocks from making that run and cruised home with a 14-point victory.

Lakeshore led 14-12 after one period and 21-18 at the intermission. Berrien Springs cut the lead to 34-32 heading into the final eight minutes of play.

The Lancers outscored the Shamrocks 16-4 in the fourth quarter to earn a trip to the finals.

Kaitlin Cornwell led Lakeshore with 16 points, while Taylor Maas added 10 and Cam Tyler nine.

Amanda Bromilow had 10 points for the Shamrocks.

BERRIEN SPRINGS 36
Amanda Bromilow 3 2-2 10, Gabrielle Baur 0 0-0 0, Koby Gillespie 9 2-3 20, Danielle Downey 1 3-6 5, Raechel Zahrn 0 0-0 0, Stefani Camacho 0 1-2 1, Kayla Foster 0 0-0 0, Lindsey Foster 0 0-0 0, Kayla Enders 0 0-0 0, Genny Westendor 0 0-0 0, Roberta Zelmer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 13 8-13 36
LAKESHORE 50
Cam Tyler 3 3-4 9, Taylor Maas 3 4-4 10, Stephanie Eagle 0 2-4 2, Lindsay McNair 0 2-2 2, Kaitlin Cornwell 4 7-7 16, Christina Welch 1 1-4 3, Colleen Carlson 1 0-0 2, Regan Gallehur 2 0-1 4, Heather Gusse 0 1-2 1, Emily LaManna 0 1-2 1, Rachel Zwar 0 0-0 0, Jillian Buckleitner 0 0-0 0, Cara Sandmann 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 14 21-30 50

Berrien Springs 12 18 32 36
Lakeshore 14 21 34 50
3-point baskets: Berrien 2 (Bromilow), Lakeshore 1 (Cornwell). Total fouls: Berrien 20, Lakeshore 17. Varsity records: Berrien 7-14, Lakeshore 7-15