ST. MARYS 59, PUNXSUTAWNEY 45

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Welder scores 1,000th point for St. Marys

Feb. 3, 2009

Levi Welder take the shot the led to his 1,000th career point in St. Marys win over Punxsutawney Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Rich Quiggle

ST. MARYS – Senior Levi Welder couldn’t have scripted it any better scoring his 1,000th point on Senior Night Tuesday while helping St. Marys score a 59-47 D9 League win over visiting Punxsutawney at the “Dutch Oven” in St. Marys.   

Welder scored a game-high 21 points on the night, giving him a career total of 1003.  He also grabbed 15 rebounds, picked up three steals and blocked three shots. 

St. Marys jumped out to an early 8-2 lead behind the post play of junior Jess Cogan in the first quarter.  Cogan had six points in the stanza.  Welder added four points as the Dutch held a 12-7 lead after one quarter of play.

Punxsy battled back in the second as Tommy Bush had four points leading five Chucks scorers in the frame.  The Chucks grabbed their first lead of the game at 17-14 late in the quarter.  But a three by Greg Simchick and a layup by Justin Quiggle helped the Dutchmen head to the lockerroom at halftime with a 25-19 advantage.

After a defensive third quarter that saw St. Marys narrowly outscore Punxsy 10-8, the Dutchmen pulled away in the final period as Brett Quiggle and Welder took over the game scoring 10 and nine points respectively, as the Dutch would outscore the Chucks 24-19 in the fourth quarter.

Brett Quiggle finished with 10 points, Cogan also added 10 points. Matt Guido ended up with seven points and six assists and Justin Quiggle contributed five points.

Tommy Bush and Jordan Walker led the way for Punxsutawney with eight tallies each. Dane Kopas, Corey Neal and Chase Tibbs each added seven points.

Punxsutawney , now 10-7 overall and 5-5 in D9, travels to Indiana to take on Indiana High School Thursday night.

St. Marys, 12-5 overall and 7-3 in D9, travels to Dubois Thursday night to take on state ranked Dubois Central Catholic in a non-league matchup.  DCC is ranked 9th in the state at the Class A level.

Game notes:  Welder scored his 1000th point on a turn around jump shot from 10 feet with 1:56 to go in the fourth quarter…Welder becomes the 8th Dutchmen to score 1,000 points and the first since Louis Pisani back in January of 2007…St. Marys put eight players in the scoring column for the first time this year.

ST. MARYS 59, PUNXSUTAWNEY 46

Score by quarters        1          2          3          4          T

Punxsutawney              7          12        8          19        46

St. Marys                     12        13        10        24        59

Punxsutawney – 46

Starr 0-1-2-1, Tibbs 2-3-4-7, Bush 3-1-3-8, Walker 3-2-2-8, C. Neal 3-0-3-7, Kopas 2-3-4-7, Stumpf 1-4-4-6, Amundson 0-1-2-1. Totals 14-15-22-46

St. Marys – 59

Guido 3-0-0-7, B. Quiggle 4-0-0-10, Welder 9-2-3-21, Mulcahy 1-0-0-2, Cogan 5-0-0-10, Petrocchi 0-1-2-1, J. Quiggle 2-0-0-5, Simchick 1-0-0-3. Totals 24-3-5-59

Three Pointers – Punxsutawney 2 (Bush, C. Neal), St. Marys 5 (Guido, B. Quiggle 2, J. Quiggle, Simchick)