A-C VALLEY 51, KARNS CITY 41

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Jan. 10, 2008

FOXBURG – A-C Valley withstood an early 9-0 deficit and upset Karns City 51-41 in KSAC boys’ basketball action Thursday night at A-C Valley.

Karns City (9-5 overall, 8-3 KSAC East), the fifth ranked team in the RRR Roadhouse D9Sports.com District 9 rankings, looked like it was going to run away with the game early on bolting out to the 9-0 lead.

But A-C Valley (5-10, 3-7) went on a 20-11 run to tie the game at 20 in the second quarter before taking a 23-22 halftime lead.

“That was our best defensive game of the year so far,” A-C Valley head coach Jim Marron said.

The Falcons showed a glimpse of the future with freshmen Allan Eaton and Blayne McGuirk combining to score 28 points including 18 from Eaton, a 6-foot-5 forward.

Senior Nate Silvis added 13 tallies for A-C Valley.

Cory Terwilliger and Matt McConnell led Karns City with nine points each, and Mike McConnell added eight. Leading scorer Cameron Turner, however, was limited to three points and didn’t make a field goal for the Gremlins.

A-C VALLEY 51, KARNS CITY 41

Halftime score: A-C Valley 23-22

Second half score: A-C Valley 28-19

Karns City – 41

Brad Fuhrer 1 0-0 3, Cory Terwilliger 4 0-0 9, Mike McConnell 2 4-6 8, Cameron Turner 0 3-5 3, Matt McConnell 1 6-6 9, Josh Callender 1 0-0 2, Evan Olszak 0 1-2 1, Dan Everetts 3 0-0 6. Totals 12 14-19 41.

A-C Valley – 51

Nate Silvis 5 3-3 13, John Stumpner 0 2-2 2, Mike Himes 0 2-2 2, Kyle Hirsch 0 1-2 1, Nick McGuirk 1 2-3 5, Reed Terwilliger 0 0-0 0, Allan Eaton 7 3-5 18, Matt Bartley 0 0-0 0, Blayne McGuirk 4 1-1 10, Joe Kaufman 0 0-0 0, Josh Austin 0 0-0 0, Tom Bell 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 14-18 51.

Three-pointers – Karns City 3 (Fuhrer, Terwilliger, Matt McConnell). A-C Valley 3 (Eaton, Blayne McGuirk, Nick McGuirk).