CLARION, Pa. – Clearfield’s Cole Miller and Redbank Valley’s Alivia Huffman earned MVP honors at the third annual Clarion County YMCA/YDL Sports Network boys’ and girls’ basketball all-star games on Sunday.
Rewatch the games:
Miller earned MVP honors after scoring 32 points, leading Team Hartle to a 123-117 win over Team Cook in the boys’ game.
Huffman garnered MVP honors after netting 19 points in leading her team, Team Huffman to an 86-70 win over Team Sheeler.
BOYS: Team Hartle 123, Team Cook 117
Team Cook trailed by as many as 18 points and came roaring all the way back before Team Hartle was able to put the game away behind Miller’s 32 points.
Cam VanWormer (Oil City), who scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half, hit a shot to tie the game at 101-101, but Team Cook wasn’t able to get over the top.
Aiden Hartle (North Clarion), Tanner Fox (St. Marys), and Miller helped Team Hartle push back ahead, but not without another late Team Cook push.
Payton Johnston (Union) was fouled shooting a 3 with 33 seconds left and Team Cook trailing 119-115. Johnston knocked down 2-of-3 from the line and Miller came down on the other end and was fouled with 18 seconds left, making both free throws to put Team Hartle back up four.
Preston Alfieri (Smethport) had a 3 go in-and-out on the next possession for Team Cook, and Team Hartle got the rebound and the ball out to Hartle in transition for an easy layup to seal the deal.
Hartle finished with 28 points for Team Harte, which knocked down 14 3s (Team Cook had 17), one of five players for his team in double figures. Fox finished with 20, while Adam Straub (Elk County Catholic) had 17 and Connor Finch (Sheffield) had 11.
Cook had a monster game in the loss with a game-high 33 points, while VanWormer was second on the team in scoring with 20. Also in double figures for Team Cook were Parks Ordiway (Warren) with 14 points, while Camdyn Allison (Cameron County) had 13 points and Aaron Sorg (Ridgway) and Johnston finished with 12 each.
Team Hartle: Front row, left to right, Jordan Hesdon, Brendan Paisley, Austin Cousins and Tanner Fox. Back row, from left, coach Eric Herzing, Adam Straub, Cole Miller, Connor Finch, Aiden Hartle and coach Mike Brown. Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics.
Team Cook: Front row, left to right, Cam VanWormer, Preston Alfieri, Camdyn Allison and Parks Ordiway. Back row, left to right, coach Zach Kepple, Micah Rupp, Aaron Sorg, Clayton Cook, Payton Johnston and Luke Swisher. Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics.
GIRLS: Team Huffman 86, Team Sheeler 70
Team Huffman went on a 25-15 run in the third quarter after leading 42-36 at halftime to gain some separation.
Faith Jacob (DuBois Central Catholic) spearheaded the third-quarter run for Team Huffman, scoring 10 of her 15 points in that span.
The third quarter spurt for Team Huffman also included 3s from Evin Stauffer (Port Allegany), Caylen Rearick (Redbank Valley) and Lauren Lutz (North Clarion).
Chloe Presloid (Punxsutawney) knocked down four 3s in the first half and finished with 18 points for Team Huffman, while Huffman herself scored 13 of her 19 in the first half. Rearick and Izzy Catalone (St. Marys) both finished with eight points.
Rebecca Martin (Northern Potter), poured in a game-high 18 points for Team Sheeler, while Anna Merry (Otto-Eldred) knocked down four 3s and finished with 17 points and Natalie Bowser (Keystone) had 14 points.
Team Huffman: Front row, left to right, Riley Ryen, Evin Stauffer, Izzy Catalone and Caylen Rearick. Back row, coach Michael Franciscus, Chloe Presloid, Madison Rusnica, Faith Jacob, Lauren Lutz, Alivia Huffman and coach Jordan Hoover. Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics.
Team Sheeler: Front row, left to right, Abby Lutz, Madelyn Schmader, Brooke Close, Anna Merry and Katie Sheeler. Back row, coach Shawn Gray, Rebecca Martin, Emma Chambers, Natalie Bowser, Emma Dailey, Makenzie Yanc and coach Andy Traister. Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics.
BOX SCORES
BOYS
Team Hartle 123, Team Cook 117
Score By Halves
Team Hartle 61 62 – 123
Team Cook 56 61 – 117
Team Hartle – 123
Tanner Fox 9 0-0 20, Austin Cousins 2 0-0 6, Aiden Hartle 12 1-2 28, Jordan Hesdon 4 1-1 9, Connor Finch 5 1-2 11, Brendan Paisley 0 0-0 0, Cole Miller 13 2-2 32, Adam Straub 6 2-2 17, Totals 51 7-9 123
Team Cook
Parks Ordiway 6 0-0 14, Camdyn Allison 5 0-0 13, Aaron Sorg 4 2-2 12, Micah Rupp 2 0-1 4, Preston Alfieri 1 0-0 2, Clayton Cook 12 5-6 33, Cam VanWormer 8 1-1 20, Payton Johnston 4 2-3 12, Luke Swisher 3 0-0-7
Three-point FGs: Team Hartle 14 (Miller 4, Straub 3, Hartle 3, Fox 2, Cousins 2); Team Cook 17 (Cook 4, Allison 3, VanWormer 3, Johnston 2, Ordiway 2, Sorg 2, Swisher)
GIRLS
Team Huffman 86, Team Sheeler 70
Score by Quarters
Team Huffman 27 15 25 19 – 86
Team Sheeler 23 13 15 19 – 70
Team Huffman – 86
Chloe Presloid 7 0-0 18, Evin Stauffer 1 2-2 5, Caylen Rearick 2 2-2 8, Madison Rusnica 0 0-2 0, Izzy Catalone 3-0-0 8, Riley Ryen 2 1-2 5, Faith Jacob 7 1-1 15, Alivia Huffman 8 1-2 19, Lauren Lutz 3 0-0 8, Totals 33 7-10, 86.
Team Sheeler – 70
Emma Dailey 2 2-2 7, Anna Merry 6 1-2 17, Brook Close 0 0-0 0, Katie Sheeler 2 0-0 5, Emma Chambers 1 1-4 4, Madelyn Schmader 1 0-0 2, Makenzie Yanc 1 1-2 3Rebecca Martin 4 7-8 18, Abby Lutz 0 0-0 0, Natalie Bowser 5 4-5 14, Totals 22 16-23 70.
Three-pointers: Team Huffman 13 (Presloid 4, Catalone 2, Huffman 2, Lutz 2, Stauffer); Team Sheeler 10 (Merry 4, Martin 3, Dailey, Sheeler, Chambers).
