BROCKWAY 67, EAST FOREST 54

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Jan. 28, 2008

East Forest's Snyder reaches 1,000 career points

BROCKWAY – East Forest’s Corey Snyder joined his older brother, Bobby, in the 1,000-point club at the school when he scored 24 points in a 67-54 loss at Brockway Monday night.

Snyder needed two points going into the night to get 1,000 and did it when he hit a 3-pointer midway through the first quarter. He finished the night with 1,022 career points after shooting 6 of 10 from 3-point range and 43 percent overall for the game.

East Forest (2-18) hung in the game with Brockway (6-14) thanks to 12 3-pointers in the game.

Brockway, which was led by 20 points and 14 rebounds from Mark Shannon, led 15-11 at the end of the first quarter and then outscored East Forest 42-24 in the middle two quarters to open up a 57-35 lead. But the Bears hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to make the score closer.

Tyler Andring added 15 points for East Forest including two 3-pointers, while Zach Miller hit four triples and scored 14 points.

Armando Fortunato added 11 points for Brockway including a 3-pointer, while Nathan Shaffer had eight tallies including two triples as the Rovers hit four three’s of their own.

NOTES – Corey Snyder is the 11^th boys’ player in East Forest history to score 1,000 career points and the first since his brother had 1,284 in a career that ended in 2006. Bobby Snyder is the third all-time leading scorer in school history behind Doug Schneider (2,039) and Pat McClellan (1,357). Corey Snyder moved into 10^th place in school history in scoring later in the game ahead of Skip Shick (1,018) … Corey Snyder is the second East Forest player to reach 1,000 points this season as Alicia Ponegalek achieved the feat for the girls’ team earlier in the year … With the 24-point game, Snyder moved past Union’s Scott Booth for the overall boys’ scoring average lead in District 9 this season. Snyder is averaging 20.7 ppg, while Booth is averaging 20.4 after scoring 17 Monday night.

Box score courtesy of the DuBois Courier-Express

BROCKWAY 67, EAST FOREST 54

Score by Quarter

East Forest 11 14 10 13 – 54

Brockway 15 26 16 10 – 67  

East Forest – 54

Shane Reichart 0 0-0 0, Tyler Andring 5 3-4 15, Rob Anderson 0 0-0 0, Zach Miller 5 0-0 14, Cody Snyder 9 0-0 24, Shane Silvis 0 0-0 0, Bill Richter 0 1-2 1, Shane Cotterman 0 0-2 0. Totals: 19 4-8 54.

Brockway – 67

Mark Shannon 8 4-4 20, John Hawkins 2 2-4 6, Nathan Shaffer 3 0-0 8, Armando Fortunato 5 0-0 11, Luke Swintek 3 0-2 6, Jeremy Lee 1 0-0 2, Nick Anderson 5 1-2 12, Aaron Shaffer 1 0-0 2, Mark Robinson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 28 7-12 67.

Three-pointers: East Forest 12 (Snyder 6, Miller 4, Andring 2), Brockway 4 (N. Shaffer 2, Fortunato, N. Anderson).