CLARION, Pa. – Coudersport’s Liz Frame and Warren’s J.T. Blum earned MVP honors at the second annual Clarion County YMCA Senior All-Star Basketball games Sunday at the Clarion County YMCA.
Frame earned MVP honors in the girls’ game after scoring a game-high 22 points for Team Buttery in a 79-64 win over Team Ruhlman.
Blum garnered MVP honors in the boys’ game after scoring 17 points for Team Ruhlman in a 100-86 win over Team Srock.
GIRLS: Team Buttery 79, Team Ruhlman 64
After a slow start that saw Team Ruhlman leading 14-12 at the end of the first quarter, Team Buttery took a 37-34 halftime lead in the girls’ game on the strength of eight second-quarter points from Union’s Dominika Logue, seven from Frame, who scored 12 in the first half, and six from Brookville Alayna Haight.
Team Buttery pushed to advantage out to six points, 55-49 by the end of the third quarter seven different players scoring paced by four more points from Frame.
Frame then hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers and Logue added seven more points to close out the win.
Logue added 17 points in the victory with team captain Selena Buttery of Brockway chipping in 11 and Haight nine.
Team Ruhlman was paced by 18 points from team captain Emma Ruhlman with Camdon Bashor of Franklin adding nine points and Riley Childress of Warren eight.
See the full box score below
BOYS: Team Ruhlman 100, Team Srock 86
After building a 22-point, 61-39, halftime lead, Team Ruhlman had to rally from behind to top Team Srock, 100-86, in the boys’ game.
Rewatch the game
Down big at the break, Team Srock started the second half on a 29-6 run to take a 68-67 lead on a Dan Park (Ridgway) bucket with just over 1:20 to play in the third quarter.
But Team Ruhlman answered with a Judias Johnson (Oil City) basket at the other end to start a third-quarter ending 7-0 run that was capped by a Blum 3-pointer with just over 15 seconds to play to put Team Ruhlman ahead 74-68 going to the fourth quarter.
A Bryson Bain (Redbank Valley) jumper early in the fourth quarter pushed the lead to eight, 76-68,
The lead shrunk to three a couple of times in the fourth quarter with the latest being 86-83 following a 3-pointer by Alex Ognen (Smethport) with 3:45 to go before Team Ruhlman ended the game on a 14-3 run with Blum starting the spurt with a banked-home 3-pointer.
Blum was one of five players in double digits for Team Ruhlman with Luke Jansen (Elk County Catholic) adding 14 points, Charlie Breindel (ECC) 13 points, Ryan Gearhart (Clearfield) 12 points, and Johnson 10 points.
Easton Fulmer (Franklin) had a game-high 23 points for Team Srock while draining five 3-pointers.
Also for Team Srock, Marquese Gardlock (Redbank Valley) added 12 points, Alex Srock (DuBois Central Catholic) had 11, and Domenic Allegretto (Ridgway) 10.
See full box score below.
BOX SCORES
GIRLS
Team Buttery 79, Team Ruhlman 64
Score by Quarters
Team Buttery – 12 25 18 24 – 79
Team Ruhlman – 14 20 16 14 – 64
Team Buttery – 79
Alayna Haight (Brookville) 3 0-0 9, Liz Frame (Coudersport) 9 0-0 22, Hailey Kriebel (Union) 2 0-0 5, Dominika Logue (Union) 7 0-0 17, Danielle Wood (Brockway) 0 0-0 0, Emma Hipps (Clearfield) 2 0-0 4, Madison Foringer (Redbank Valley) 3 0-2 6, Claire Clouse (Redbank Valley) 1 0-0 3, Selena Buttery (Brockway) 5 0-0 11, Isabelle Caskey (St. Marys) 1 0-0 2. Totals 33 0-2 79.
Team Buttery – Bottom row, from left: Clair Clouse, Liz Frame, Alayna Haight, Danielle Wood, Hailey Kriebel. Top row, from left: Emma Hipps, Dominica Logue, Madison Foringer, Selena Buttery, Isabelle Caskey. Photo by Jared Bakaysa, JB Graphics
Team Ruhlman – 64
Keira Croyle (Union) 1 2-2 4, Frances Milliron (Clarion-Limestone) 1 0-0 2, Jordan Best (Clarion) 2 2-2 6, Camdon Bashor (Franklin), 3 3-4 9, Kierstin Riley (Punxsutawney) 1 0-0 2, Emma Ruhlman (Warren) 7 2-2 18, Riley Childress (Warren) 3 0-0 8, Kaci Stene (Johnsonburg) 3 0-0 6, Gwen Siegel (North Clarion) 3 0-0 7, Brownyn McCoy (Slippery Rock) 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 9-10 64.
Team Ruhlman – Bottom row, from left: Keira Croyle, Jordan Best, Kierstin Riley, Riley Childress, Kaci Stelene. Top row, from left: Frances Milliron, Emma Ruhlman, Camdon Bashor, Brownyn McCoy, Gwen Siegel. Photo by Jared Bakaysa JB Graphics
Three-pointers:Team Buttery 13 (Frame 4, Haight 3, Logue 3, Kriebel, Clouse, Buttery). Team Ruhlman 5 (Ruhlman 2, Childress 2, Siegel).
BOYS
Team Ruhlman 100, Team Srock 86
Score by Quarters
Team Ruhlman 23 38 13 26 – 100
Team Srock 18 21 29 18 – 86
Team Ruhlman – 100
Gavin Jimerson (Otto-Eldred) 4 0-0 9, Danny Lauer (Brookville) 4 0-0 8, Bryson Bain (Redbank Valley) 3 0-0 8, Luke Jansen (ECC) 6 0-0 14, J.T. Blum (Warren) 6 1-2 17, Ryan Gearhart (Clearfield) 5 0-0 12, Chooch Husted (DuBois) 3 1-2 7, Griffin Ruhlman (Brookville) 1 0-0 2, Judias Johnson (Oil City) 5 0-0 10, Charlie Breindel (ECC) 5 0-0 13. Totals 42 2-4 100.
Team Ruhlman – Bottom row, from left: J.T. Blum, Luke Jansen, Charlie Breindel, Ryan Gearhart, Danny Lauer. Top row, from left: Coach Dom Varacallo (with his kids), Gavin Jimerson, Judias Johnson, Chooch Husted, Bryson Bain, Griffin Ruhlman, Coach Emmanuel Marshall. Photo by Jared Bakaysa, JB Graphics
Team Srock – 86
Domenic Allegretto (Ridgway) 4 0-0 10, Ty Terry (Curwensville) 2 0-0 5, Chris Marshall (Redbank Valley) 3 0-0 7, Alex Ognen (Smethport) 1 0-0 3, Easton Fulmer (Franklin) 9 0-0 23, Marquese Gardlock (Redbank Valley) 6 0-2 12, Alec Srock (DCC) 5 0-0 11, Dan Park (Ridgway) 3 0-0 8, Hayden Brown (Cameron County) 1 0-0 3, Bret Wingard (Keystone) 2 0-0 4. Totals 36 0-2 86.
Team Srock – Bottom row, from left: Bret Wingard, Alex Ognen, Domenic Allegretto, Easton Fulmer, Chris Marshall. Top row, from left: Alec Srock, Hayden Brown, Dan Park, Ty Terry, Marquese Gardlock. Photo by Jared Bakaysa, JB Graphics
Three-pointers: Team Ruhlman 14 (Blum 4, Breindel 3, Bain 2, Jansen 2, Gearhart 2, Jimerson). Team Srock 14 (Fulmer 5, Allegretto 2, Park 2, Marshall, Terry, Ognen, Srock, Brown).
