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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Smoothchange

Shaun BennettThe Chronicle-Telegram

Elyria Catholic named Dave Stupka its new headfootball coach — appropriately on a Friday night —and the Panthers should see the easiest transitioninto the role in program history.

Stupka served as a Panthers assistant last year, sohe’s already familiar with the returning players, and

he’s keeping longtime area coachJeff Riesen as the offensive coordi-nator. He also knows how to movefrom assistant to head coach afterhaving been promoted at BedfordChanel and Midpark High.

“He’s ran a very solid, quality pro-gram at each stop (in his career),”Elyria Catholic athletic director BobThayer said. “In talking to Dave and

interviewing Dave, we just thought it was an out-standing fit. We just think he’ll be a very, very goodleader for our young men and the football pro-gram.”

Stupka moved to Elyria Catholic two years agofrom Lutheran West after a teaching job becameavailable. He agreed to coach the wide receivers lastseason for Mike Polevacik, who resigned as the Pan-thers head coach two weeks ago.

“The opportunity to be a teacher here was the No. 1priority,” Stupka said. “My family has a great belief inCatholic education and to have the opportunity to bea teacher here as well as a coach was at the forefrontfor me.”

CAVALIERS 126, CLIPPERS 121

Cavs sweepL.A. behindKyrie, LeBron

Beth HarrisThe Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Kyrie Irving scored 37 points,LeBron James added 32 and the Cleveland Cava-liers held off the Los Angeles Clippers 126-121 onFriday night.

Tristan Thompson had a sea-son-high 24 points and grabbed 12rebounds starting in place ofKevin Love, who sat out after hurt-ing his back in Thursday’s win overthe Lakers.

Blake Griffin had 34 points and19 rebounds to lead six players indouble figures for the Clippers,who had won six of their previouseight. DeAndre Jordan had 19points and 12 rebounds, MattBarnes added 17 points and ChrisPaul had 15 points and 14 assists.

James tied the game at 97 earlyin the fourth on a 3-pointer overAustin Rivers, who became the

first player in NBA history to play for his father afterbeing signed by the Clippers.

Jamal Crawford’s three-point play gave the Clip-pers their last lead of the game, 100-97.

James and Irving teamed to power the Cavs on a20-7 run that put them back in front, 117-107.

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Stupka

Elyria Catholic promotesStupka to head coach,keeps veteran Riesenas offensive coordinator

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Still going strongLorain’s

DevonAndrews

soars to thebasket overWarrensville

Heights’Joseph

Vallery duringFriday night’s

game inLorain.

Andrewsscored 27points and

handed outseven assistsas the Titans

improvedto 12-0.

Lorain topstough Tigers,stays perfect

Mike PerryThe Chronicle-Telegram

LORAIN — Lorain coachJohn Rositano finally got whathe’s been looking for.

After the Titans reeled off 11straight wins to open the sea-son, with its only real test com-ing in its season opener againstNewark, Rositano was hopinghis team would face a challenge.

Defending Lake Erie League

champion Warrensville Heightswas just what the doctor ordered.

Lorain jumped out to a bigearly lead, but the Tigers madethings tight at the end beforefalling 77-71 at Lorain HighSchool.

“They were very athletic andvery aggressive,” Rositano saidof the Tigers. “The speed of thegame was very up-tempo, andwhen both teams play at thatspeed there are going to besome turnovers because of theathleticism and the length ofboth teams.

“But that was a good win forus. We needed to be tested andthey gave us a really good test.We got Round One, now we’vegot to go over there at the endof the year for Round Two. Itshould be another great game.”

At first it looked like the testWarrensville Heights would pro-vide the Titans would be morelike an open-book pop quiz.Lorain (12-0, 5-0) jumped out toa 21-14 lead after the first, led 42-26 at halftime and by as many as19 early in the third quarter.

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LORAIN 77,WARRENSVILLE HTS. 71

EC 66, ROCKY RIVER 55 ELYRIA 80, MAYFIELD 52

EC relies onbasics, laterun to win

Bob DanielsThe Chronicle-Telegram

ELYRIA — There’s a widely recognizedidiom that says all high school basketballteams consist of good shooters. There-fore, the saying goes, high school gamesare won on defense, the backboards andat the foul line.

Elyria Catholic gave it a shot of credibil-ity Friday night.

The Panthers trailed Rocky River aftereach of the first two quarters and man-aged a tie after the third.

Then in the fourth quarter, they went towork in the three areas some considermost important to their sport. The resultwas a tough 66-55 West Shore Conferencevictory made possible with a 13-2 run toopen the fourth quarter.

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Elyria hitting strideTim Gebhardt

The Chronicle Telegram

ELYRIA — Midway throughthe first quarter Friday night,Elyria already had a 20-pointlead over Mayfield.

That’s what happens when ateam starts to jell, and the Pio-neers, who rolled to an easy80-52 win, are doing just that.

Elyria (8-2, 3-1 NortheastOhio Conference Lake Divi-sion) won its fourth in a rowsince losing at Lorain in theHoliday Classic. Mayfield fell to4-4 and 2-1. The Pioneers willbe at Elyria Catholic tonight torenew their rivalry with thePanthers for the 20th time.

“This is a big game for usbecause we fell to Parma,” saidBlake Furcron, who led Elyriawith 22 points, of the Pioneers’early league loss.

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The Chronicle-Telegram Saturday, January 17, 2015 C5BOYS BASKETBALLAVON 61, VERMILION 34

Tough Avon defense vexesVermilionFred Steiner

The Chronicle-Telegram

AVON — One of the fundamentalactions of modern warfare is theno-fly zone. Friday night the AvonEagles turned the lane and the base-line into a “no sail zone” for the visit-ing Vermilion Sailors en route to adominating 61-34 victory in WestShore Conference play.

Vermilion struggled from the out-set, falling behind 20-8 after one quar-ter in a first half in which it shot ananemic 29 percent from the field.

Then the Eagles (8-4, 4-3) openedthe second quarter with an 11-0 runand that was essentially that.

“We’ve been in a funk now for twoweeks,” Vermilion coach Kurt Haber-

mehl said. “We just are not playingwith a lot of confidence right now andyou can see it on the basketball floor.A couple of shots go in-and-out andwe just kind of hang our heads a littlebit and can’t respond.”

If Vermilion (6-7, 1-6) was in a funkFriday, then the Funkmaster was Avonforward Will Ybarra, who led theEagles with 14 points and dominatedthe inside with eight blocked shotsand eight rebounds.

Together, Ybarra and D’amonteThornton enforced the “no sail zone”on the Sailors, forcing turnovers,altering shots and kick-starting theAvon transition game.

“We just really focused on defensetonight,” Ybarra said. “We made somegood runs and we were running the

transitions and getting some easybuckets.”

“Top to bottom all our kids playedwell, executed our game plan,” Avoncoach Kevin Sapara said. “They hadtwo good days of practice after theBay game and they got to see whathard work in practice does translatedinto a game. I’m proud of all of ourguys. Everyone of them played hardand we didn’t let up.”

Falling behind early only made atough night snowball on the Sailors asthe Eagles were able to go all-in on theirbench and hit Vermilion with fresh legsand continuous up-tempo play.

“Our bench did a great job,” Saparasaid.

Vermilion got strong play from6-foot-3 senior Kyle Nader, who

scored a game-high 17 points, or halfof Vermilion’s total, while trying topersonally take up all the slack in ahard-charging second half.

Nader also had five rebounds and apair of steals.

“He was just being aggressive andthat’s what he does,” Habermehl said.“He’s a heck of a good basketballplayer. I can’t fault his effort. We justneed to fundamentally do things aheck of a lot better.”

The win moves Avon further intothe fray in the wild and unpredictableWest Shore Conference’s final season,while Vermilion continues to searchfor consistency.

“We told the kids it’s not time to over-react, it’s time to get better and do thingsthe right way,” Habermehl said. “They’ll

come back and we’ll be ready to playnext Friday. We’ll have a good week ofpractice and get them ready to go.”

Contact Fred Steiner at 329-7135or ctsports@chroniclet.com.

Avon 61, Vermilion 34VERMILION (34): Kyle Nader 4-8-17, Ryan Barnes 0-0-

0, Caleb Waller 2-0-4, Andrew Dawson 3-1-7, NickPrenatt 1-0-2, Patrick Sexton 0-0-0, Jordan Murray1-0-2, David Lewis 0-0-0, Joby Pfeil 0-0-0, BearMyers 0-0-0, Nick Barkdull 0-2-2, Nick Bray 0-0-0,Scott Gillespie0-0-0. Totals 11-11-34.

AVON (61): Michael Smigel 3-0-8, Zach Torbert 4-2-11,D’amonte Thornton 3-0-6, Will Ybarra 7-0-14, JeffreyLaraway 3-1-8, Michael Nose 1-0-2, DelShawn Orr 3-0-6, Mario Ferguson 1-1-3, Chris Maxwell 0-0-0,Johnny Peganoff 0-0-0, Nick Toth 1-0-2, Matt Roney0-0-0, Brett Fassett 0-1-1. Totals 26-5-61.

Vermilion 8 9 6 11 — 34

Avon 20 17 15 9 — 61Three-point goals: Vermilion 1-18 (Nader), Avon 4-15

(Smigel-2, Torbert, Laraway). Field goals: Vermilion11-49 (22 percent), Avon 26-50 (52 percent). Freethrows: Vermilion 11-20 (55 percent), Avon 5-13 (38percent). Rebounds: Vermilion 22 (Nader 5), Avon 36(Ybarra 8). Total fouls: Vermilion 15, Avon 16.Turnovers: Vermilion 13, Avon 15.

JV: Vermilion, 59-57

BAY 56, NORTH RIDGEVILLE 54 (OT)

Rangers can’tfinish off Bay

Chris SweeneyThe Chronicle-Telegram

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Justseconds after Demario McCallput North Ridgeville in a positionto win, he gave Bay a chance totie the game.

The Rockets took advantage.McCall scored the last five

points in regulation — a 3-pointerand a coast-to-coast layup — butthen committed a costly turnoverthat led to a John Koz 3-pointerthat forced overtime.

Koz came up big again with ajumper off the wing with 1.5seconds left in overtime toclinch a 56-54 victory betweentwo teams that entered Fridaynight tied for first in the WestShore Conference.

“It was a dumb mistake by myand I’m still kicking myself in thebutt for doing it,” McCall said. “Isaw one of my teammates wideopen and at the last minute itwas a great play by the defender.It was my fault for throwing thepass. I should have just held it,got fouled and knocked downthe free throws. The game wouldhave been over, but instead Imade a dumb mistake and mis-takes happen.”

Even with the turnover, McCallwas huge down the stretch forNorth Ridgeville (8-5, 4-3). Inaddition to the final five points inregulation, he scored all four ofthe Rangers’ points in overtime.He also snagged six of his eightrebounds in the second half andfinished with a team-high 15points — 11 in the second half.

But Bay’s Danny Heideloffpounced on McCall’s ill-advisedpass down the court when theRangers were looking to run offthe final 10.5 seconds whilenursing a 50-47 lead. Heidelofftook the ball across half-court,drove and kicked back to Koz,who had been cold from thefield all night.

The junior delivered when itcounted for Bay (8-3, 5-2), drain-ing the shot from about threefeet off the 3-point line. It wasjust one of two Bay 3-pointersfor the night.

“We were rushing and I wasopen with a couple secondsleft,” said Koz, who led theRockets with 17 points. “Iwasn’t really shooting particu-

larly well tonight so I kind ofgot a little lucky.”

Both teams struggled fromthe field in the first half. Bay’s6-foot-6 center Rex Sunahara,who had 15 points and 12rebounds, was a big reason forthe Rangers’ low field-goalpercentage, blocking numer-ous shots and altering others.

The Rangers came out firingin the third, scoring 24 pointswith Jordan Montgomery andCollin Sullinger combining for20. Sullinger almost had a dou-ble-double in the second halfalone, grabbing eight of his ninerebounds after halftime. He fin-ished with 12 points whileMontgomery finished with 14.

“Collin comes off the benchbut he could very well be con-sidered one of the MVPs of ourteam,” North Ridgeville coachBryan Morgan said. “We talkedabout it at halftime, we have twofirst-place teams going here andsomeone needed to step up togive us the lead. I thought bothof them did a great job.”

Despite the impressive thirdquarter for the Rangers, Baynever trailed in the period. Infact, the Rockets led all the wayuntil the 3:01 mark of thefourth, when North Ridgevilletook a short-lived 45-44 lead.

“This is something that we’vebeen looking for from this teamfor the last two years,” Bay coachJared Shetzer said. “Our coachesknew and believed that our kidscould do this when put in thissituation, where our backs areagainst the wall. We just haven’thad many situations where wecould do that this year.”

Contact Chris Sweeney at 329-7135or ctsports@chroniclet.com.

Bay 56,North Ridgeville 54 (OT)BAY (56): John Koz 7-2-17, Alec White 1-3-5,

Rex Sunahara 6-3-15, Danny Heideloff 2-6-10,Jonathon Brajdic 1-0-2, Matt Orr 1-0-2, ScottDurham 0-2-2, Jack Jelen 0-0-0, Jack Kyle 0-0-0, Cole Gergye 1-0-3. Totals 19-16-56.

NORTH RIDGEVILLE (54): Isa Abdoul-Alim1-0-2, Tyler Arnold 0-0-0, Greg Draft 3-3-9,Jordan Montgomery 3-6-14, DemarioMcCall 6-2-15, Tyler Rowe 0-0-0, CollinSullinger 5-0-12, Jack Lesniak 1-0-2,Darius Dancy 0-0-0. Totals 19-11-54.

Bay 12 13 16 9 6 — 56

North Ridgeville 8 7 24 11 4 — 54Three-point goals: Bay 2-17 (Gergye, Koz),

North Ridgeville 5-26 (Montgomery 2, Sullinger2, McCall). Field goals: Bay 19-55 (35 per-cent), North Ridgeville 19-58 (33 percent). Freethrows: Bay 16-25 (64 percent), NorthRidgeville 11-18 (61 percent). Rebounds: Bay28 (Sunahara 12), North Ridgeville 41 (Draft11). Total fouls: Bay 16, North Ridgeville 17.Fouled out: Jelen, Draft, Lesniak. Turnovers:Bay 12, North Ridgeville 13.

JV: North Ridgeville, 75-58

LAKEWOOD 59,MIDVIEW 44

Middies’defensestruggles

Todd ShapiroThe Chronicle-Telegram

LAKEWOOD — In the WestShore Conference, where fourteams entered play Friday nighttied for first place, there’s littlemargin for error. Any team thatdoesn’t bring its best game willlikely spend most of the nighthopelessly playing from behind.

Midview found that out thehard way Friday at Lakewood.

The Middies’ defense strug-gled to contain Lakewood sen-ior Wes Gerhardt in the firsthalf and sent the Rangers to thefoul line repeatedly down thestretch in a 59-41 loss to thedefending WSC champions.

Lakewood (8-3, 5-2) was ableto speed up or slow down thepace of the game almost at willand generally frustrated theMiddies, all while shooting 56percent from the field.

“In the second half we just letguys drive right around us,”Midview coach Troy DiFrancosaid. “I was disappointed in thedefensive effort. Offensively, wedidn’t share the basketball. Lake-wood played harder then we did,they executed better than we didand they wanted it more than wedid. That’s why the score waswhat it was.

“I thought we came in pre-pared to play tonight but obvi-ously I’ve got to do a better jobof getting us ready to play.”

Midview (6-6, 4-3) tradedbaskets with Gerhardt for mostof the first quarter and endedthe period tied at 14, with Ger-hardt scoring 12 of his game-high 19 points.

In the Rangers last game, a103-73 loss to Elyria Catholic,Lakewood fell behind 21 in thefirst quarter. Gerhardt was deter-mined to make sure that did nothappen again against Midview.

“We found out Tuesday whathappens when don’t get off to aquick start,” Gerhart said of theRangers’ 103-73 loss to ElyriaCatholic in which they trailedby 21 in the first quarter. “Weput ourselves in a big hole.Tonight we played more in ourcomfort zone.”

Logan Bolin led Midview with10 points, while Dustin Crumhad a game-high 10 rebounds.

Midview trailed 28-22 at thehalf then promptly allowed theRangers to go on an 8-2 run.

Lakewood got to the foul line21 times in the second half,and finished the night makingmore free throws (20) than fieldgoals (19). Midview was 9-of-12from the foul line.

“We had more energy to startthe game tonight,” Lakewoodcoach Phil Argento said.

Contact Todd Shapiro at 329-7135or ctsports@chroniclet.com.Paul Williams

The Chronicle-Telegram

AMHERST — There was a buzz inthe jam-packed Amherst high schoolgymnasium Friday night as the Cometshonored one of their own during half-time of their Southwestern Conferenceshowdown against Olmsted Falls.

Unfortunately for Amherst, the Bull-dogs shot down all the fun with animpressive display of 3-point shootingen route to a 78-46 blowout victory.

“Right now, I’m pretty shell-shocked tobe completely honest,” Amherst coachJohn Srnis said. “We tried everything wecould, they just couldn’t miss. We knew

they were a decent shooting team buttonight they were in another realm.”

The Bulldogs made 14 3-pointerswhile shooting at a 61 percent clip.After three quarters, they were shoot-ing a torrid 12-of-16 for 75 percent.

“We’re definitely a 3-point shootingteam and our guys were really able to getinto a good rhythm tonight,” said Olm-sted Falls coach Chris DeLisio, whoseBulldogs won their fourth straight game.“They did a good job of setting the toneearly and not letting up.”

Despite Olmsted Falls (6-6, 3-2)opening the game with three consecu-tive 3-pointers, the Comets were able tohang around early on thanks to protect-ing the ball and a big dose of Reese Rua.

Rua carried Amherst (4-7, 2-4) dur-ing the first quarter, scoring six of histeam’s first eight points and eight for

the quarter.Rua’s efforts weren’t enough to stop

the Bulldogs’ relentless offensive attackfor long, however, as Olmsted Falls useda 12-2 run in the second quarter to endthe half with a 36-21 lead.

The Rua Show continued at halftimeas Reese’s older brother, Ryan, a mem-ber of the Texas Rangers, was honored.

Ryan, who graduated in 2008, was inattendance to have his jersey retired.

“This really is an awesome experi-ence to come home and be honored infront of all my friends and family,” Ruasaid. “The community really supportsme and I love being able to come homeand give back.”

Rua, who made his major league debutin August, still lives in Amherst and helpsout with the youth as much as he can.

The fun ended for Amherst at halftime

and picked back up for the Bulldogs asTroy Hurrell knocked down three consec-utive threes in the third quarter and team-mate Justin Maxwell chipped in two.

Hurrell finished with a game-high 18points, Maxwell added 17 and KevinMeehan had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Rua had a team-high 16 points forthe Comets, while Adam Srnis had 14.

Olmsted Falls 78, Amherst 46OLMSTED FALLS (78): Anthony Trujillo 2-0-4, Ryan

Strodtbeck 1-0-2, Ryan Hanna 2-0-5, Justin Maxwell6-0-17, Kevin Meehan 6-1-13, Troy Hurrell 6-0-18,Victor Hitterman 3-1-8, Ryan Sosic 3-2-8, Nick Fritz 1-0-3. Totals 30-4-78.

AMHERST (46): Ryan Rua 8-0-16, Adam Srnis 4-3-14,Casey McConihe 3-1-8, Matt Kneisel 2-1-5, MarshallBusey 1-0-3. Totals 18-5-46.

Olmsted Falls 20 16 26 16 — 78

Amherst 11 10 15 12 — 48Three-point goals: Olmsted Falls 14-23 (Hanna, Maxwell

5, Hurrell 6, Hitterman, Fritz), Amherst 5-25 (Srnis 3,McConihe, Busey). Field goals: Olmsted Falls 30-56(53 percent), Amherst 18-52 (34 percent). Free throws:Olmsted Falls 4-8 (50 percent), Amherst 5-7 (71 per-cent). Rebounds: Olmsted Falls 43 (Meehan 11),Amherst 20 (Antonio Serano 4). Total fouls: OlmstedFalls 7, Amherst 9. Turnovers: Olmsted Fals 10,Amherst 9. JV: Amherst, 51-46

’Dogs shoot down Comets with 14 threesOLMSTED FALLS 78, AMHERST 46

Lakewood 59, Midview 41MIDVIEW (41): Dustin Crum 1-2-4, Jacob

Wells 2-1-6, Daimion Mahone 4-0-8, LoganBolin 3-3-10, Dimitri Redwood 1-2-4,Garret Overy 3-1-7, Zach Bickel 1-0-2.Totals 15-9-41.

LAKEWOOD (59): Joe Malone 1-0-2, TrevonRogers 0-1-1, Justin McDonald 6-0-13,Wes Gerhardt 6-7-19, Malik Leisinger 1-7-9, Logan Swift 1-4-6, Jacob Sala 4-1-9.Totals 19-20-59.

Midview 14 8 10 9 — 41

Lakewood 14 14 11 20 — 59Three-point goals: Lakewood (McDonald),

Midview (Wells, Bolin). Field goals:Lakewood 19-34 (56 percent), Midview 15-45 (33 percent). Free throws: Lakewood20-26 (77 percent), Midview 9-12 (75 per-cent). Rebounds: Lakewood 21, Midview27. Turnovers: Lakewood 8, Midview 10.Total fouls: Lakewood 15, Midview 17.

JV: Lakewood, 57-41

Amherst honors probaseball standoutRyan Rua at halftime

ECFrom C1

Senior scoring leader Ceeven Shelton, whowas held to five points on foul shots for threequarters, broke loose for nine points in thefourth. EC, outrebounded 18-11 in the firsthalf, won the second-half battle 9-8 andforced eight Pirates turnovers, while commit-ting only three.

Then there was the foul shooting. The Pan-thers sealed the deal making 15 of 21 second-half foul shots — 12 of 17 in the fourth quarter— to River’s 2 of 10.

And that’s how Elyria Catholic improved to7-4, 4-3 in the WSC.

“Rocky River plays a very deliberate styleand we did everything we could to speed themup,” EC coach Phil Kuchta said. “I like how myguys responded. We knew it might be that way.

“What I look at is some seniors like James Tir-baso had some key blocks and rebounds andD.J. Graham, as a senior, played well down thestretch, took care of the ball, moved it and gotus into stuff. And Ceeven came up with somekey rebounds and got to the foul line a fewtimes. I thought our seniors made plays downthe stretch and I think that’s what it’s all about.”

EC raced to an 11-4 lead in the first fiveminutes, then surrendered nine unansweredpoints to end the first quarter and trailed19-15. With senior wing Kevin Kelley nailingtwo 3-point baskets and senior guard D.J.Graham making another, the Panthers cut thedeficit to 31-30 at the break.

EC opened the second half with a 9-2 run,including four points each from Graham andjunior guard Jacob Kuchta, and managed a41-41 tie going into the fourth quarter.

“At halftime, coach told us we had to manup and start playing defense,” Graham said.“We wanted to stick together as a team andplay great defense.”

The Pirates’ ultimate demise began with a13-2 run EC engineered in the first four min-utes of the fourth quarter, which the Pantherswon, 25-14. Shelton scored nine of his 14points in the fourth quarter, including threeof four foul shots in the final minute.

Panthers junior forward Cole Virgin, whoscored a game-high 17 points, said the actionbecame physical under the baskets.

“The kids were trying to get in front of me(defensively) and I was trying to get in front ofthem,” he said. “But River has some goodbigs. The first half we weren’t playing too welland we had to start moving the ball and play-ing some defense.”

Contact Bob Daniels at 329-7135or basketball@bobdaniels.info.

Elyria Catholic 66, Rocky River 55ROCKY RIVER (55): Sutton Klodnick 1-0-2, Eric Jones 7-1-15,

Patrick Connors 3-2-8, Corey Zucker 0-0-0, Jack Corrigan 4-0-10, Evan Nugent 1-0-2, Zach Waite 4-0-8, Jimmy Kinsley 3-2-8,Nate Seffernick 1-0-2. Totals 24-5-55.

ELYRIA CATHOLIC (66): D.J. Graham 3-4-10, Kevin Kelley 2-1-7,Ceeven Shelton 3-8-14, Darin Guice 1-2-4, Golden Schemmel 0-0-0, Cole Virgin 6-4-17; Jacob Kuchta 3-1-7, James Tirbaso 2-0-4, Sean Szabo 0-2-2, Brian Duffield 0-0-0. Totals 20-22-66.

Rocky River 17 12 10 14 — 55

Elyria Catholic 15 15 11 25 — 66Three-point goals: Rocky River 2-11 (Corrigan); Elyria Catholic 4-13

(Kelley 2, Graham, Virgin). Field goals: Rocky River 24-51 (47.1percent), Elyria Catholic 20-52 (38.5 percent). Free throws: RockyRiver 5-13, Elyria Catholic 22-30. Rebounds: Rocky River 26,Elyria Catholic 20. Turnovers: Rocky River 16, Elyria Catholic 7.

JV: Elyria Catholic, 72-49

ElyriaCatholic’s

Darin Guiceflies throughthe lane and

into RockyRiver’s Nate

Seffernick onFriday at EC.The Pirates’

Zach Waite isat right.