CAMERON COUNTY  48, PUNXSUTAWNEY 46

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Dec. 10, 2008

Information for this story is courtesy of the Punxsutawney Spirit

EMPORIUM – Jon Lundburg’s fade-away jumper with three seconds left lifted Cameron County to a 48-46 non-league win over visiting Punxsutawney Wednesday night.

"This was a good win to start off the season," Cameron County first-year coach Randy Cooney said. "But we have to move on. There are a lot of games left to play." 

Punxsy had tied the game at 46 with 23 seconds left when Corey Neal hit one of two free throws.

The Chucks had one last chance to win the game, but Dane Kopas desperation heave from halfcourt at the buzzard was no good.

The game was tight throughout with Cameron County leading 23-20 at halftime after trailing 10-8 at the end of eight minutes. The Red Raiders expanded their lead to 35-30 going to the fourth quarter before Punxsutawney rallied in the final frame to tighten things up.

Don Catalone scored a game-high 20 points to lead Cameron County including 18 in the second and third quarters combined. He had 10 of the Red Raiders 12 third-quarter point. Daniel Sullivan then took over in the fourth quarter for Cameron scoring seven of the Raiders 12 tallies in the frame.

Kopas led Punxsutawney with 15 points and three assists, while Neal added 14 points and four helpers. Jacob Stumpf had seven points, five rebounds and three steals and Tommy Bish added five boards to go with four points.   

CAMERON COUNTY 48, PUNXSUTAWNEY 46

Score by Quarters

Punxsutawney    10    10    10    16    —    46

Cameron County    8    15    12    13    —    48

PUNXSUTAWNEY — 46

Bush 2 0-3 4; C. Neal 5 1-2 14; Kopas 5 3-3 15; Starr 0 0-2 0; Stumpf 3 1-1 7; Tibbs 1 1-1 3; Walker 1 0-0 3. Totals 17 6-12 46.

CAMERON COUNTY — 48

Catalone 10 0-1 20; Sullivan 4 4-5 12; Barnett 1 0-0 2; Lundburg 2 0-0 4; Blose 0 0-0 0; Jo. Holjencin 0 0-0 0; Kesterholt 0 2-2 2; Garrigan 0 0-0 0; Ja. Holjencin 2 0-2 4; Malizia 1 2-2 4. Totals 20 8-12 48.