BROOKVILLE, Pa. – Limiting Elk County Catholic to a school-record-low 16 points, Brookville claimed at least a tie for the D9 League title with a 34-16 win over the visiting Crusaders.
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The Raiders (17-2, 8-1 D9 LEague), who lost 50-47 at ECC in mid-December, limited the Crusaders to 4 of 41 from the field. The previous low-point total for ECC (18-2, 6-2) was 19 points in a PIAA playoff loss to Sewickley Academy in 2010.
Brookville, winners of 14 in a row since that loss, overcame deep foul trouble to its top two players – Clayton Cook and Jack Pete to get the win.
Cook picked up three first-half fouls and a fourth in the third quarter, Pete had two in the first half and ended up fouling out with just over two minutes left.
But despite the foul trouble, Brookville was able to take a 15-8 halftime lead and a 20-13 advantage going to the fourth quarter.
It took ECC over 5 ½ minutes to even score – two Michael Jacobs’ free throws accounted for the lone points for the visitors in the first quarter – and until there was 3:28 left in the first half to score a basket – a bucket by Colby Nussbaum.
But Brookville wasn’t able to pull away because the Raiders’ offense wasn’t much better.
After scoring 10 first-quarter point, ECC limited Brookville to just five in each of the next two frames before the Raiders were able to pull away in the fourth quarter thanks to a strong free-throw shooting that saw them go 13 of 17 from the free-throw line in the quarter.
Conner Marshall was 8 of 10 in the fourth quarter from the line and scored a game-high 11 points.
Marshall was named the Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game and talked about the win.
Cook also was strong from the line in the final eight minutes hitting on 5 of 6 to help seal the win. He finished with nine points.
Pete had a game-high 11 rebounds to go with three points.
Jacobs led ECC with six points with Nussbaum adding five points and seven rebounds.
The one bright spot for the Crusaders was the offensive rebounding, as they gathered in 16 offensive boards. Unfortunately for them, very few resulted in points.
To make matters worse for ECC, late in the game they suffered a potentially season-ending injury to Jordan Wasko, who hurt something in his right leg sprawling out for a ball. Wasko couldn’t put weight on his leg, and went to the trainer’s room on crutches.
Brookville can secure its second straight outright D9 League title with a win at Bradford Friday or a loss by ECC against St. Marys Friday or Bradford Feb. 14.
CLEARFIELD 43, PENNS VALLEY 35
SPRING MILLS, Pa. – Cole Miller scored nine of his game-high-tying 22 points in the fourth quarter to help visiting Clearfield pull away from Penns Valley, 43-35, in Mountain League play.
The Bison led 30-29 going to the fourth quarter before outscoring the Rames 13-6 in the quarter to get the eight-point win.
Miller added eight rebounds and four assists in an all-around solid effort, while Braison Patrick chipped in seven points in the win.
Jackson Romig tied Miller for game-high honors with 22 points for Penns Valley.
JOHNSONBURG 58, SHEFFIELD 42
SHEFFIELD, Pa. – Johnsonburg held the Wolverines to just five points in the third quarter as the Rams picked up a 58-42 AML North win at Sheffield.
Johnsonburg used a balanced offensive attack as Jake Lobaugh, Luke Zimmerman, and Isaiah Jackson each scored 13 points.
Connor Finch led the Wolverines with nine points, five rebounds, and four blocks. Lucas McNeal and Leihden Wotorson each had eight points.
KANE 65, BROCKWAY 49
KANE, Pa. – Thanks in part to 22 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, two blocks, and a steal from Ricky Zampogna, Kane took care of visiting Brockway, 65-49.
Landon Darr added 13 points, eight rebounds, three steals, and two assists for the Wolves who also got 11 points, eight rebounds, and two steals from Scott Szmanski, 12 points from Sam Lundeen, and four points, seven rebounds, three steals, and two assists from Dennis Paul.
Alex Carlson and Reese Yahner each scored 11 points for Brockway.
DUBOIS 58, BRADFORD 39
DUBOIS, Pa. – Cam Thompson led a trio of DuBois players in double digits with 17 points, as the Beavers picked up a home D9 League win over Bradford, 58-39.
Tyson Kennis added 12 points in the win with Aiden West scoring 11.
Drew Gudalis also added nine points in the victory.
Jake Franz paced Bradford with 12 points with Chase Wineberg adding eight.
CLARION-LIMESTONE 60, MONITEAU 29
WEST SUNBURY, Pa. – In just three quarters of action, Jordan Hesdon scored 26 points, dished out five assists, grabbed five rebounds, and came away with three steals to lead visiting Clarion-Limestone to 60-29 KSAC Large School win over Moniteau.
Behind Hesdon, the Lions led 38-17 at halftime and 55-21 at the end of the third quarter.
Rylie Klingensmith added 12 points and four steals for C-L with Alex Painter chipping in nine points, Ty Rankin five rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and a steal, and Jack Craig two points, three rebounds, and three assists.
Colton Thomas scored nine points for Moniteau with Landon Kelly adding seven.
OTTO-ELDRED 75, AUSTIN 38
DUKE CENTER, Pa. – Having already secured the NTL title last week with a win over Galeton, Otto-Eldred made it official that it would be at the top all by itself for the second straight season with a 75-38 pounding of visiting Austin.
Manning Splain led the Terrors with 20 points, six assists, and four steals with Landon Francis adding 16 points, nine assists, five rebounds, and two steals.
Brax Caldwell had a double-double in the win with 13 points and 13 rebounds, Max Splain chipped in nine points and Austin Cousins had 11 points.
Dawson Hooftallen led Austin with 14 points and eight rebounds, Brennan Ogden added nine points, and Jacon Hooftallen eight points and eight boards.
CAMERON COUNTY 60, COUDERSPORT 40
EMPORIUM, Pa. – Josh Smith scored 19 points to help Cameron County to a 60-40 home NTL win over Coudersport.
Camdyn Allison and Ryan Shaffer each added 10 points for the Red Raiders with Landon Farren scoring nine and Maddox Baughman eight.
Dylan Howard had 10 points for Coudersport with Mason Roessner scoring nine.
PORT ALLEGANY 70, OSWAYO VALLEY 38
SHINGELHOUSE, Pa. – An 18-point, 10-rebound double-double from Blaine Moses lifted Port Allegany to a 70-38 road NTL win over Oswayo Valley.
Moses also added three steals for the Gatoes while Braylon Button and Noah Archer each scored 12 points.
Archer also had eight rebounds, four assists, and four steals with Button adding four rebounds and three assists.
In addition for Port Allegany, Drew Evens added three points, five assists, four rebounds, and four blocks, and Henry Troupe scored nine points.
SMETHPORT 68, GALETON 48
GALETON, Pa. – It was a successful road trip for Smethport, as Preston Alfieri and Carson Dunn combined to score 37 points in a 68-48 win over Galeton.
Alfieri netted a game-high 22 points with Dunn chipping in 15 points.
Keegan Watson also had 13 tallies in the win with Haydon Leet adding 11.
John Martin scored 12 for Galeton.
NORTH CLARION 56, KEYSTONE 38
FRILLS CORNERS, Pa. – North Clarion took advantage of a depleted Keystone roster to take down the visiting Panthers, 56-38.
Keystone played without four starters including four of its top five scorers (Cole Henry – 11.1 ppg, Drew Keth – 10.9 ppg, Tyler Albright – 7.7 ppg, and Aidan Sell – 6.4 ppg)
D9’s leading scorer, Aiden Hartle, took full advantage for North Clarion knocking down 11 shots on his way to a game-high 26 points.
Andy Castner added 18 for the Wolves.
Kyle Nellis, the lone starter playing for Keystone, netted 12 points to lead the Panthers with Haden Foster chipping in 11 points.
WEST BRANCH 64, CURWENSVILLE 62
CURWENSVILLE, Pa. – Trailing 16 with four minutes to play and 11 with a minute-and-half to go, Curwensville rallied only to fall short, 64-62, against visiting West Branch in ICC North action.
The Golden Tide, who trailed 50-40 at the end of the third quarter found themselves down 58-42 midway through the fourth quarter and still trailed 58-47 with 1 ½ minutes left.
But Curwensville kept fighting and got within two, 62-60, before West Branch hit two free throws with under 10 seconds left to push the lead back to four.
Davis Fleming and Andrew Wassil were the catalysts for the comeback with both players hitting a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers.
Fleming scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter with Wassil scoring six of his nine in the final eight minutes.
Parker Wood added 16 points for Curwensville, and Chandler English also scored nine tallies.
Owen Colento led West Branch with 16 points with Isaac Tiracorda scoring 12, Lukas Colton 10, and Joel Evans nine.
