CLARION-LIMESTONE 60, PORT ALLEGANY 50

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Feb. 23, 2010 - District 9 Class A Girls' First Round

Information for this story is courtesy of the Jeffersonian Democrat

PORT ALLEGANY – Eleventh-seeded Clarion-Limestone held off a frantic Port Allegany fourth-quarter rally to hold on for a 60-55 win over the homestanding sixth-seeded Lady Gators in the opening round of the District 9 Class A girls’ playoffs Tuesday night.

C-L (9-12) led 53-37 early in the fourth quarter before Port Allegany (14-9) went on an 18-4 run to cut the deficit to three, 58-55, with 52 seconds left. Jade Walker then hit a pair of free throws with to make it 60-55, but the Lady Lions then missed six straight free throws to give Port Allegany a chance. The Lady Gators, though, weren’t able to take advantage of those misses and failed to score the rest of the game.

It was all C-L from midway through the first quarter into the second quarter, as the Lady Lions went on a 16-0 run to take an early 23-8 lead.

But Port Allegany fought back and close the deficit to eight, 29-21, at halftime and then got within four, 29-25, early in the third quarter. C-L, however, used a 7-0 spurt to start a quarter-ending 21-10 run to take a 50-35 lead into the fourth quarter.  

Olivia Pinson led C-L with 23 points and 10 rebounds with Kiana Laugand chipping in 15 points and seven boards, Lynnie Schirmer 10 points and eight assists and Walker 13 rebounds.

Kyley Mickle led Port Allegany with 15 points with Shanell Halle and Renee Edgell chipping in 10 each.   

C-L will now make the trip right back up north Thursday when it travels to Coudersport for a 7 p.m. quarterfinal game.

NOTES – Neither team shot well from the line. C-L was just 9 of 20 and Port Allegany was 4 of 17.

CLARION-LIMESTONE 60, PORT ALLEGANY 55

Score by Quarters

Clarion-Limestone 14 15 21 10 – 60

Port Allegany 8 13 14 20- 55

C-L – 60

Kiana Laugand 7 1-1 15, Lynnie Schirmer 4 0-0 10, Olivia Pinson 10 2-7 23, Muir Kepler 1 0-0 2, Katie Sayers 1 2-4 4, Jade Walker 1 4-8 6, Jess Wolbert 0 0-0 0, Amy Champion 0 0-0 0, Dani Parsons 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24 9-20 60.

Port Allegany – 55

Brittany Drabert 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Kio 4 0-0 8, Shanell Halle 5 0-1 10, Kyley Mickle 6 0-0 15, Renee Edgell 3 4-12 10, Rachel Taylor 2 0-3 4, Amarae Reinard 3 0-1 6, Cora Bova 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 4-17 55.

Three-pointers – C-L 3 (Schirmer 2, Pinson). Port Allegany 3 (Mickle 3).