ST. MARYS — Elk County Catholic shrugged off a 10-point deficit after the first quarter to top Brookville in D9 League play, 48-41.
Brookville (11-7, 5-3) had initially grabbed a 17-7 lead through the game’s first eight minutes, but Elk Catholic (19-1, 7-1) rallied to tie the game, 27-27, going into halftime.
From there, the Crusaders outpaced their visitors 21-14 to secure the victory.
Mark Kraus scored 12 points to pace Elk Catholic, and Leo Gregory added 11 points. Both players scored seven points in the second half to complete the ECC comeback. It was the Crusaders’ second straight win after faltering to DuBois last Wednesday.
Brookville was powered by Aaron Park’s 12 points and Jace Miner’s 11 points.
AT ST. MARYS
Brookville (41)
Aaron Park 5 2-4 12, Jace Miner 5 0-0 11, Ruhlman 2 2-3 6, Byerly 2 0-2 4, Keth 1 0-0 3, Baughman 1 0-0 3, Lauer 1 0-0 2
Totals: 17 4-9 41
Elk Catholic (48)
Mark Kraus 5 0-0 12, Leo Gregory 5 1-1 11, Lindemuth 3 2-3 8, Wortman 3 1-1 8, Uberti 3 0-0 7, Hoffman 1 0-0 2 Totals: 20 4-5 48
Brookville 17 27 31 41
Elk Catholic 7 27 37 48
Three-point goals: Brookville 2 (Keth 1, Miner 1), ECC 4 (Uberti 1, Wortman 1, Kraus 2); Total fouls: Brookville 12, ECC 15; fouled out: None
JV: Brookville won 46-41
North Tier League
Port Allegany 62, Oswayo Valley 52
PORT ALLEGANY — Jordan Card dropped in 20 points, Howie Stuckey posted 19 and the pair hit four and three 3-pointers, respectively, to guide Port Allegany.
After racing past OV 64-43 earlier in the year, the Gators (8-11) saw a more competitive Green Wave this time around. Port jumped out to an 18-7 lead, but OV played even with Kyle Babcock’s team the rest of the way.
“OV actually improved a lot and played pretty well,” Babcock said. “At one point, they cut it to six and we were barely able to hang on. We got to the line and made our free throws.”
Of Card, who recently missed two games due to injury, Babcock added: “In his first game back (last week against Smethport), he was kind of slow going with five points, but tonight he was back to his normal self it seemed like. We have Ridway coming up on Thursday, so it was real good for him to have a game like this tonight.”
Gunner Bean had 17 points while Noah Wichert had 12 for the Green Wave (3-16).
AT PORT ALLEGANY
Oswayo Valley (52)
Noah Wichert 5 2-3 12, Caiden Black 4 0-2 9, Stedman 0 1-2 1, Bean (3) 6 2-3 17, Phillips 3 1-1 8, Bilski 2 0-0 5. Totals: 20 6-11 52
Port Allegany (62)
Jordan Card 8 0-0 20, Archer 2 0-0 5, Howie Stuckey 7 2-2 19, Evens 0 1-4 1, McNeil 0 1-2 1, B. Moses 1 0-0 2, Edgell 4 0-0 8, C. Moses 0 2-2 2, Guilds 1 2-4 4. Totals: 21 8-14 62
Oswayo Valley 7 19 14 12
Port Allegany 18 15 17 12
Three-point goals: OV 6 (Bean 3, Black, Phillips, Bilski), Port A 8 (Card 4, Stuckey 3, Archer); Total fouls: OV 14, Port A 16 ; fouled out: none
JV: Port A won
Smethport 50, Austin 29
AUSTIN — Using a dominant second half, the Hubbers bounced back from Monday’s tough defeat to Kane by scoring a key win over the Panthers.
Leading just 22-17 at the half, Smethport (13-8, 11-5) controlled the game on both sides of the court and allowed Austin to convert just three field goals over the final 16 minutes.
Meanwhile, Noah Lent (12 points), Connor Alfieri (10) and Richie McDowell (8) all had at least six in the second half for the Hubs. Alfieri had a team-best six points as part of a 16-6 Smethport run in the fourth quarter.
Jackson Glover picked up a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds for Austin (10-10, 5-9) and Caden Rees added six.
AT AUSTIN
Smethport (50)
Noah Lent 4 3-3 12, Connor Alfieri 5 0-0 10, McDowell 3 0-2 8, Helsley 3 1-2 7, Ognen 1 5-8 7, Shall 1 0-0 3, Wilber 1 1-1 3, Totals: 18 10-16 50
Austin (29)
Jackson Glover 4 3-4 13, Rees 2 1-4 6, Shupe 1 3-4 5, P. Glover 1 1-3 3, Jos. Glover 0 2-2 2, Totals: 8 10-17 29
Smethport 11 22 34 50
Austin 8 17 23 29
Three-point goals: Smethport 4 (Shall 1, Lent 1, McDowell 2), Austin 3 (J. Glover 2, Rees 1); Total fouls: Smethport 14, Austin 13; fouled out: P. Glover (A)
Northern Potter 62, Galeton 29
ULYSSES — Ezra Sprow scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had six blocks to pace the Panthers to a season sweep over Galeton.
Carter Anderson netted a team-high 15 points for Northern Potter (8-12, 5-11) and teammate
Tanyan Brown had a solid all-around game with 14 points, seven rebounds and five steals.
NoPo led Galeton (0-19, 0-14) by just one after the first quarter, but outscored the Tigers 23-7 in the second period to take control of the game.
“We got off to a slow start but picked it up in the third. Galeton has improved a lot since the last time we saw them,” said Derek Erway, NoPo coach. “It’s nice to get another good win; we have reached 8 on the year. We are progressing very nicely.”
Ty Stover and Noah Shutt each had seven points for Galeton.
AT ULYSSES
Galeton (29)
Ty Stover 2-1-2-7, Noah Shutt 3-1-2-7, Hulbert 1-1-2-3, Kalacinski 3-0-2-6, Sykora 1-0-0-3, Evans 0-1-2-1, Smith 1-0-0-2. Totals:11-4-10-29
Northern Potter (62)
Benway 2-0-0-4, Langworthy 0-1-2-1, Carter Anderson 6-2-2-15, Moore 1-1-2-3, Tanyan Brown 7-0-0-14, Lawson 1-1-2-4, Fuhrer 1-0-0-2, Wills 3-0-1-6, Ezra Sprow 6-1-1-13. Totals: 27-6-10-62
Galeton 11 18 26 29
Northern Potter 12 35 54 62
Three-point goals: Galeton (3) Stover 2, Sykora 1, NoPo (2) Anderson 1, Lawson 1; Total fouls: Galeton 9, NoPo 10; fouled out: none
JV: Galeton won
