KENNEDY CATHOLIC 40, KEYSTONE 30

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March 6, 2009 - PIAA Boys' Class A First Round at Sharon High School

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Information for this story is courtesy of the Oil City Derrick

SHARON – Keystone, the No. 3 team out of District 9, battled District 10 champion and state ranked Kennedy Catholic hard before losing 40-30 in the opening round of the PIAA Class A boys’ basketball playoffs Friday night at Sharon High School.

Keystone (23-4) led 13-7 at the end of one quarter and trailed 20-19 at halftime and 30-27 at the end of the third quarter before being outscored 10-3 in the final eight minutes. The Panthers didn’t score their first basket of the fourth quarter until a Brian Long 3-pointer with 57 seconds left in the game.

Kyle Randall led all scorers with 16 points for Kennedy Catholic (23-2). Brock Witkowski and Dan Reed each had eight points for Keystone, with all eight of Witkowski’s coming in the first quarter.  

KENNEDY CATHOLIC 40, KEYSTONE 30

Score by Quarters

Keystone 13 6 8 3 – 30

Kennedy Catholic 7 13 10 10 - 40

Keystone – 30

Brock Witkowski 3 1-1 8, Ben Marchand 0 0-0 0, Ben Black 1 0-2 3, Brian Long 2 0-1 5, Dan Reed 3 2-2 8, Chandler Clark 3 0-0 6, Brett Zuck 0 0-0 0, Lexan Montana 0 0-0 0, Nick Bowser 0 0-0 0, Jake Knight 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 3-6 30.

Kennedy Catholic – 40

Kyle Randall 6 4-6 16, Kaikis 2 1-2 7, Jones 0 1-3 1, Farmartino 2 0-0 4, Klaric 2 0-2 6, Hardin 2 0-0 4, Penn 1 0-0 2, Yatsko 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 6-13 40.

Three-pointers – Keystone 3 (Witkowski, Black, Long). Kennedy Catholic 4 (Kaikis 2, Klaric 2).