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Feb. 24, 2010 - District 9 Class A First Round

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

DUBOIS – After a slow start, DuBois Central Catholic outscored Clarion 24-8 in the second quarter on its way to a 68-49 win over the Bobcats in the opening round of the District 9 Class A boys’ basketball playoffs Wednesday night at DCC.

Clarion, the 13^th seed, led 9-7 at the end of the first quarter, but fourth-seeded DCC (18-5) used the big second quarter to built a 31-17 halftime lead that was extended to 43-23 at the end of three quarters.

Chris Marshall led DCC with 21 points with Taylor Pentz adding eight.

Cody Renninger paced Clarion (10-13) with 15 points while Mike Beveridge added 13.

DCC will now host Cameron County in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Friday.

NOTES – DCC was 23 of 37 from the line while Clarion was 12 of 15. Marshall was 9 of 14 from the line by himself.

DuBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 68,

CLARION 49

Score By Quarters

Clarion        9          8          6                      26 — 49

DCC           7          24        12                    25 — 68

Clarion - 49

Camron Kirkland 0 1-2 1, Mike Beveridge 4 5-6 13, Tyler Donaldson 0 0-0 0, Cody Renniger 6 2-3 15, Sheldon Miles 0 0-0 0, T.J. Armstrong 0 2-2 2, Evan Fillman 2 0-0 4, Zach Selker 0 2-2 2, Pat Tack 2 0-0 6, Nate Renniger 2 0-0 6, Anthony Sarver 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 12-15 49.

DuBois Central Catholic - 68

A.J. Nesbit 0 0-2 0, Chris Marshall 6 9-14 21, Brad Gallagher 2 0-0 4, Dan Fitzpatrick 5 0-2 13, Joe McNally 1 0-0 2, Taylor Pentz 2 4-4 8, Alex Welch 2 2-3 6, Jake Krause 1 0-0 2, Seth Galluzzi 0 0-1 0, Will Gangewere 2 2-3 6, David Gangewere 0 4-4 4, Josh Zimmerly 0 0-0 0, Peter Hopkins 0 2-4 2, Brian Fuller 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 23-37 68.

Three-pointers: Clarion 5 (Tack 2, N. Renniger 2, C. Renniger), DuBois Central Catholic 3 (Fitzpatrick 3).