SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. – Junior Landon Francis became the fourth Otto-Eldred player and the first in 48 years to hit the 1,000-point mark when he scored 30 in an 85-25 Terror win at Oswayo Valley Monday night.
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Francis, who came into the game needing 19 tallies, hit the 1,000-point mark in the second quarter. He then added 11 more points in the third quarter to finish with a career-high-tying 30 points. He also scored 30 points as a freshman on Jan. 20, 2022, vs. Port Allegany.
Francis is the first Terror to reach 1,000 points since Barry Houben, who scored 1,151 points in a career that ended in 1976. The only other known Otto-Eldred players to reach the 1,000-point mark are Jerome Wolbert, who scored 1,050 in a career that came to a conclusion in 1973, and John Oszustowicz, who had 1,200 career tallies in a career that ended in 1970.
Francis has been pouring home points since he was a freshman scoring 348 in 2022, 413 last year, and 250 so far this season.
Brax Caldwell also had a career night for Otto-Eldred (14-1 overall, 10-0 NTL) with 21 points while Manning Splain added 14 tallies and Shene Thomas chipped in 13 points.
Connor Resig paced Oswayo Valley (1-11, 1-9) with nine points while Brayden Wiley had seven points.
OTTO-ELDRED 1,000-POINT LIST THROUGH GAMES JAN. 22, 2024
1. John Oszustowicz – 1970 – 1,200
2. Barry Houben – 1976 – 1,151
3. Jerome Wolcott – 1973 – 1,050
4. Landon Francis – 2025 – 1,011 (Through Jan. 22, 2024)
