ECC 73, VENANGO CATHOLIC 44

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Feb. 18, 2009 - District 9 Class A Boys' First Round

Information for this story is courtesy of the DuBois Courier-Express

ST. MARYS – Elk County Catholic used a strong first quarter to topple Venango Catholic 73-44 in the opening round of the District 9 Class A playoffs Wednesday night at ECC.

The sixth-seeded Crusaders raced out to an 18-4 lead at the end of the opening eight minutes and never looked back.

Nate Higgins scored a game-high 24 points for ECC (17-7), while Joe Jacobs (13), Robby Wortman (11) and Matt Bauer (10) also reached double digits.

District 9’s leading scorer Maxx Rynd led 11^th-seeded Venango Catholic (12-11) with 16 points, nearly eight below his average of 23.8 ppg. Parker James threw in eight for the Vikings.

ECC will now take on third-seeded Cameron County at 7 p.m. Friday at Cameron County.

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 73, VENANGO CATHOLIC 44

Score by Quarters

Venango Cath. 4 14 12 14 – 44

Elk CC 18 16 17 22 – 73

Venango Catholic – 44

Maxx Rynd 3 10-14 16, Parker James 2 2-4 8, Michael McNellie 2 0-0 6, Eric Paskie 2 0-0 4, Mark Kulinski 2 1-2 5, Ben Guth 2 1-2 5, Ben Freeman 0 0-0 0, A.J. Troy 0 0-2 0, Max Kuhn 0 0-0 0, Alec Thurau 0 0-0 0, Garrett Hawkins 0 0-0 0, Tanner Moltz 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 14-24 44.

Elk County Catholic – 73

Nate Higgins 10 4-8 24, Robby Wortman 5 0-1 11, Matt Bauer 5 0-0 10, Kyle Detsch 3 1-1 7, Joe Jacob 4 3-4 13, Tyler Herzing 0 0-0 0, Tony Chiodo 2 0-0 4, David Rupprecht 2 0-0 4, Tyler Healy 0 0-0 0, Michael Wachter 0 0-0 0, Adam Buchheit 0 0-0 0. Totals: 31 8-14 73.

Three-pointers: Venango Catholic 4 (James 2, McNellie 2); ECC 3 (Jacob 2, Wortman).