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March 31, 2007; Blue 125, White 121

Union's Cooper named MVP; Late Slam Dunks highlight contest

By Chris Rossetti

DUBOIS – Going into the eighth annual Alice R. Kozel Foundation District 9 Boys’ All-Star game presented by Quaker Steak & Lube in State College, many believed it could be the best game yet thanks to a collection of some of the most talented players to ever grace the District 9 hardwood.

But few could have expected what they got, which was a 125-121 win by the Blue Team that was highlighted by an impromptu slam-dunk contest in the game’s final two minutes at Penn State-DuBois Saturday.

The contest also featured three of the top six all-time individual scoring marks and both teams shooting over 50 percent for the first time (Blue 54.2 percent; White 52.6 percent). The previous best shooting game was 49.4 percent by Blue in 2002. The 125 points by the Blue squad were the most scored by a team in the game’s history, while the 121 by the White team were the second most.

Game MVP Gary Cooper of Union led all scorers with 26 points for the Blue Team including an incredible 11 of 13 (84.6 percent) shooting performance that included him hitting 11 of 12 (91.7 percent) from inside the arc. He added seven rebounds including four offensive while also blocking two shots and coming away with a steal. The 26 points were the second most in game history behind Elk County Catholic’s Tony Lecker

D9Sports.com All-American Awards & Engraving District 9 Player of the Year Jesse Bosnik added 25 points on 10 of 25 shooting while also dishing out six assists and coming away with four steals.

Calvin Grumley, the all-time leading scorer in District 9 history, led the White Team with 22 points on 10 of 14 shooting (71.4 percent). He added six rebounds, nine assists and two steals. The nine helpers were a game record.     

Blue led by eight – 114-106 – with 2:47 to play when White turned the contest into a slam-dunk fest.

First ECC’s Josh Salter sent one home off a pass from Grumley to make it 114-108.

Then after back-to-back 3-pointers by Tom Morris and Justin Schmader for Blue, Salter had the slam of the game if not the slam of the history of the game when he elevated and did a 360 degree turn before sending the ball through the hoop and brining the crowd to its feet.

Grumley then followed with two slam dunks giving White four slam dunks in the final 2:36.

In addition to the three 20-point scorers, the contest featured 10 additional players with at least 10 tallies.

ECC’s Jimmy Higgins added 18 points for the White Team, while DuBois Central Catholic’s Chris Wulderk had 16 for White and Salter and Smethport’s Zak Kossack 12 apiece. Redbank Valley ’s Joe Monteleone and A-C Valley ’s Shawn Courson chipped in with 10 points apiece for White.

DCC’s Cody Wilson added 16 for Blue with Bradford’s Tom Morris and North Clarion’s Schmader, the leading scorer in D9 this season, each scoring 13. Keystone’s Dan Ferringer chipped in with 10.

Blue started the game on fire going on a 21-8 run in the contests first 5:30 thanks to 10 points and an assist from Bosnik in the game’s first 4:20. Bosnik, one of four players in District 9 history with 2,000 career points, started the game with back-to-back 3-pointers and scored 10 of Blue’s first 12 points.

But once Bosnik went off the floor, White stormed back going on a 26-11 run over the next six minutes to take a 34-32 lead behind six points apiece from Kossack and Higgins. White took the lead on a 3-pointer by Courson with 8:41 left in the first half.

The game then went back and forth over the next few minutes before Blue regained the lead for good when it ended the half on a 21-9 run to take a 62-51 halftime lead. Cooper did most of the damage during the run scoring 11 of his points in the final 4:23 of the first half.

Blue threatened to pull away early in the second half getting the lead back up to 13 – 74-61 – 3:13 into the half.

But White hung in the game thanks to Higgins and Wulderk, who each scored six points in the opening five minutes of the half. That helped White go on a quick 9-0 run to cut the lead to 74-70 on a 3-pointer by Kossack with 15:22 left.

White then got within two points – 76-74 – thanks to two straight baskets from Monteleone before Blue answered with a 23-12 run to go back up by 13 – 97-84 – with 8:17 left.

The game stayed in double digits for most of the next seven minutes with a Schmader lay-up giving Blue a 122-112 lead with 1:01 to go.

White closed the gap in the final minute thank to the dunks and a 3-pointer by St. Marys’ Louis Pisani.

GAME NOTES – The previous highest scoring game was 223 combined points in 2001 when White won 116-107 over Blue in overtime. The 116 points by White that season had been the most points by a team in a game before this year … The 4-point game was the third closest in eight years. In 2005, Blue beat White 98-96 while in 2000, the game’s first year, Red beat White 98-95 … Kane’s Royce Novosel-Johnson held the assist record before Grumley beat it this year when he had seven in 2001 for Blue … Both teams were on fire in the second half with White shooting 57.4 percent and Blue 59.5 percent.

 

OFFICIAL NCAA BASKETBALL BOX SCORE    03-31-07   DuBois, PA
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VISITORS: Blue 
NO PLAYER                 FG FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  OR DR TOT  PF PTS   A TO BLK  S  MIN
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12 Tom Morris              4   6   3   4   2   2   2  2   4   2  13   3  5   1  3   20
21 Jesse Bosnik           10  25   3   7   2   4   5  1   6   0  25   6  1   0  4   20
22 Justin Schmader         5   9   2   5   1   2   0  2   2   0  13   1  2   0  1   20
25 Mike Johnson            4   6   0   0   0   2   3  5   8   2   8   1  2   0  2   20
42 Ryan Hritz              3   9   0   1   3   6   7  2   9   2   9   3  2   0  0   20

11 Dan Ferringer           5   9   0   2   0   0   0  1   1   1  10   2  1   1  2   20
23 Justin Smith            1   4   0   0   0   2   1  6   7   0   2   2  0   1  0   20
03 Kurt Baumgratz          1   2   1   2   0   3   0  0   0   2   3   4  1   0  3   20
33 Cody Wilson             8  13   0   0   0   0   1  3   4   1  16   3  1   0  1   20
05 Gary Cooper            11  13   0   1   4   7   4  3   7   2  26   0  2   2  1   20
    TEAM                                           1  2   3   0          0
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   TOTALS                 52  96   9  22  12  28  24 27  51  12 125  25 17   5 17  200

FG  1st (27/ 54)  50.0  2nd (25/ 42)  59.5  OT       Game (52/ 96)  54.2 DEADBALL
3PT 1st ( 4/ 12)  33.3  2nd ( 5/ 10)  50.0  OT       Game ( 9/ 22)  40.9 REBOUNDS 10
FT  1st ( 4/  9)  44.4  2nd ( 8/ 19)  42.1  OT       Game (12/ 28)  42.9 

HOME:     White 
NO PLAYER                 FG FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  OR DR TOT  PF PTS   A TO BLK  S  MIN
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03 Joe Monteleone          4   6   0   0   2   2   1  0   1   1  10   3  0   0  1   20
22 Shawn Courson           4   8   2   3   0   3   2  5   7   1  10   0  2   0  2   20
30 Josh Salter             5   8   2   4   0   0   0  2   2   2  12   1  1   0  3   20
31 Louis Pisani            2   8   2   4   3   4   3  1   4   2   9   1  3   0  1   20
32 Calvin Grumley         10  14   0   2   2   2   1  5   6   3  22   9  5   0  2   20

23 Chris Wulderk           7  14   1   3   1   2   2  5   7   1  16   2  2   0  1   20
24 Zak Kossack             4   7   4   4   0   0   2  3   5   4  12   1  3   1  2   20
11 Jake Switzer            2   5   0   0   0   0   3  1   4   0   4   4  2   0  0   20
21 Jimmy Higgins           8  18   0   0   2   4   6  3   9   2  18   0  3   0  1   20
04 Tim Kearns              4   7   0   1   0   2   1  1   2   1   8   3  1   0  1   20
    TEAM                                           1  0   1   0          0
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   TOTALS                 50  95  11  21  10  19  22 26  48  17 121  24 22   1 14  200

FG  1st (19/ 41)  46.3  2nd (31/ 54)  57.4  OT       Game (50/ 95)  52.6 DEADBALL
3PT 1st ( 6/ 11)  54.5  2nd ( 5/ 10)  50.0  OT       Game (11/ 21)  52.4 REBOUNDS  5
FT  1st ( 7/ 13)  53.8  2nd ( 3/  6)  50.0  OT       Game (10/ 19)  52.6 

Attendance: 600
OFFICIALS                     SCORE BY PERIODS   1   2  OT  OT  OT  FINAL
Bud Bifano                    Blue              62  63                125
Dave Wright                   White             51  70                121
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TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE

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FIRST HALF                      White Boys  VS  Blue Boys                                       
03-31-07      PSU-DuBois                       DuBois, PA                                       
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White             :  Monteleone   Courson      Salter      Pisani       Grumley                 
Blue              :  Morris       Bosnik       Schmader    Johnson      Hritz                   

TIME   White Boys                             SCORE  LEAD  Blue Boys                            
                                                          Start of Period:  5:52               
19:56  OPENING TIP Salter vs Bosnik TIP TO: Pisani                                                   
19:34                                          0-3    -3  Bosnik 3 PT JUMP (Morris)            
18:56                                          0-6    -6  Bosnik 3 PT JUMP (Hritz)             
18:45  Grumley DRIVING LAYUP                   2-6    -4                                       
18:35                                          2-8    -6  Hritz LAYUP                          
18:07                                          2-10   -8  Bosnik DRIVING LAYUP                 
17:51  Salter 3 PT JUMP (Pisani)               5-10   -5                                       
17:33                                          5-12   -7  Bosnik LAYUP                         
17:02                                          5-15  -10  Morris 3 PT JUMP (Hritz)             
16:45  Grumley LAYUP                           7-15   -8                                       
15:40                                          7-17  -10  Morris LAYUP (Bosnik)                
15:05  Higgins S.FOUL (P1,T1)                  7-19  -12  Cooper 2FT (GOOD,GOOD)               
14:40  Wulderk 2FT (MISS,GOOD)                 8-19  -11  Ferringer S.FOUL (P1,T1)             
14:30                                          8-21  -13  Wilson DRIVING LAYUP                 
14:21  Kearns DRIVING LAYUP                   10-21  -11                                       
14:05                                         10-23  -13  Wilson JUMP (Baumgratz)              
13:55  Kossack 3 PT JUMP (Wulderk)            13-23  -10                                       
13:28                                         13-25  -12  Wilson LAYUP                         
13:14  Wulderk JUMP                           15-25  -10                                       
13:02  Kearns LAYUP                           17-25   -8                                       
12:41  Higgins 2FT (GOOD,MISS)                18-25   -7  Cooper S.FOUL (P1,T2)                
12:27                                         18-27   -9  Cooper LAYUP (Wilson)                
12:19  Higgins JUMP (Kearns)                  20-27   -7                                       
12:07                                         20-29   -9  Cooper LAYUP                         
11:32                                         20-31  -11  Cooper LAYUP                         
11:16  Kossack 3 PT JUMP (Wulderk)            23-31   -8                                       
11:02  Higgins BASELINE                       25-31   -6                                       
10:49  Kossack P.FOUL (P1,T2)                                                                  
10:22  Higgins 2FT (MISS,GOOD)                26-31   -5  Cooper S.FOUL (P2,T3)                
09:43                                                     Hritz P.FOUL (P1,T4)                 
09:27  Monteleone DRIVING LAYUP               28-31   -3                                       
09:12                                                     Johnson P.FOUL (P1,T5)               
09:02  Salter 3 PT JUMP (Monteleone)          31-31  TIE                                       
08:50  Salter S.FOUL (P1,T3)                  31-32   -1  Bosnik 2FT (MISS,GOOD)               
08:41  Courson 3 PT JUMP (Monteleone)         34-32   +2*                                      
08:31  Grumley S.FOUL (P1,T4)                 34-32   +2  Hritz 2FT (MISS,MISS)                
08:11                                         34-34  TIE  Johnson LAYUP (Bosnik)               
07:58  Courson 2FT (MISS,MISS)                34-34  TIE  Morris S.FOUL (P1,T6)                
07:21                                         34-36   -2* Schmader LAYUP (Bosnik)              
07:18  Grumley (1+1) (GOOD,GOOD)              36-36  TIE  Morris FOULS (P2,T7)                 
06:59                                         36-38   -2  Bosnik LAYUP                         
06:39  Grumley LAYUP                          38-38  TIE                                       
06:26  Courson (1+1) (MISS)                   38-38  TIE  Hritz FOULS (P2,T8)                  
06:09  Monteleone (1+1) (GOOD,GOOD)           40-38   +2* Johnson FOULS (P2,T9)                
05:56                                         40-41   -1* Morris 3 PT JUMP (Bosnik)            
05:19  Courson LAYUP (Grumley)                42-41   +1*                                      
05:07  Grumley P.FOUL (P2,T5)                                                                  
04:42                                         42-43   -1* Wilson LAYUP                         
04:23                                         42-45   -3  Cooper LAYUP (Baumgratz)             
04:23  Wulderk S.FOUL (P1,T6)                 42-46   -4  Cooper 1FT (GOOD)                    

04:14  Kossack 3 PT JUMP (Kearns)             45-46   -1                                       
03:57                                         45-48   -3  Cooper JUMP (Smith)                  
03:22                                         45-50   -5  Cooper LAYUP                         
03:06  Kossack S.FOUL (P2,T7)                 45-50   -5  Baumgratz 2FT (MISS,MISS)            
02:47  Higgins LAYUP                          47-50   -3                                       
02:23                                         47-52   -5  Cooper LAYUP (Baumgratz)             
02:10  Switzer LAYUP                          49-52   -3                                       
01:48                                         49-54   -5  Smith LAYUP                          
01:23                                         49-56   -7  Ferringer DRIVING LAYUP              
01:07                                         49-58   -9  Wilson DRIVING LAYUP                 
:28.7                                         49-60  -11  Cooper HOOK (Ferringer)              
:09.8                                         49-62  -13  Ferringer LAYUP (Smith)              
:01.5  Higgins LAYUP                          51-62  -11                                       
                                                                                                
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                                    End Of FIRST HALF (51-62)                                   
                                      Period Ended at  6:23                                     
              BIG HOME  LEAD  2                                   *LEAD CHANGES  6              
              BIG VISIT LEAD 13                                    TIMES TIED    4              
                                                                                                
      Boys           13  FOR  16 PTS        TURNOVERS    Boys            5  FOR   6 PTS         
                  19/41  FOR  46 %         FIELD GOALS               27/54  FOR  50%            
                   7/13  FOR  54 %         FREE THROWS                4/9   FOR  44%            
                  O: 10  / D: 16            REBOUNDS                 O: 13  / D: 15             
                                                                                                
      Higgins                 10           HIGH SCORER      19   Cooper                         
      Wulderk                 5           HIGH REBOUNDER    5    Hritz&Smith                    
      SEVERAL                 2            HIGH ASSISTS     4    Bosnik                         
                                                                                                
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SECOND HALF                     White Boys  VS  Blue Boys                                       
03-31-07      PSU-DuBois                       DuBois, PA                                       
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White             :  Wulderk      Kossack      Switzer     Higgins      Kearns                  
Blue              :  Bosnik       Ferringer    Smith       Wilson       Cooper                  

TIME   White Boys                             SCORE  LEAD  Blue Boys                            
                                                          Start of Period:  6:47               
20:00                                         51-62  -11                                       
19:42                                                     Blue INBOUNDS THE BALL               
19:39  Kearns LAYUP                           53-62   -9                                       
19:23                                         53-64  -11  Cooper LAYUP (Wilson)                
19:07  Higgins LAYUP                          55-64   -9                                       
18:32  Higgins LAYUP (Kearns)                 57-64   -7                                       
18:24                                         57-66   -9  Wilson LAYUP (Bosnik)                
18:15  Higgins JUMP                           59-66   -7                                       
17:59                                         59-68   -9  Cooper LAYUP                         
17:41                                         59-70  -11  Bosnik DRIVING LAYUP                 
17:28  Wulderk JUMP (Switzer)                 61-70   -9                                       
17:18                                         61-72  -11  Ferringer DRIVING LAYUP              
16:47                                         61-74  -13  Bosnik LAYUP (Wilson)                
16:33  Wulderk JUMP (Switzer)                 63-74  -11                                       
16:07  Wulderk LAYUP (Switzer)                65-74   -9                                       
15:48  Kearns LAYUP (Switzer)                 67-74   -7                                       
15:22  Kossack 3 PT JUMP                      70-74   -4                                       
15:11                                         70-76   -6  Cooper LAYUP                         

15:02  Monteleone DRIVING LAYUP               72-76   -4                                       
14:32  Monteleone JUMP (Grumley)              74-76   -2                                       
14:09                                         74-79   -5  Schmader 3 PT JUMP (Johnson)         
13:48  Grumley S.FOUL (P3,T1)                 74-79   -5  Johnson 2FT (MISS,MISS)              
13:36  Pisani S.FOUL (P1,T2)                  74-81   -7  Morris 2FT (GOOD,GOOD)               
13:27  Pisani 2FT (GOOD,GOOD)                 76-81   -5  Baumgratz S.FOUL (P1,T1)             
12:57  Courson JUMP                           78-81   -3                                       
12:47                                         78-84   -6  Baumgratz 3 PT JUMP                  
12:39  Grumley DRIVING LAYUP                  80-84   -4                                       
12:26  Courson S.FOUL (P1,T3)                 80-85   -5  Hritz 2FT (MISS,GOOD)                
11:37                                         80-87   -7  Hritz LAYUP                          
11:12  Grumley DRIVING LAYUP                  82-87   -5                                       
11:02                                         82-89   -7  Hritz LAYUP (Morris)                 
10:33  Monteleone LAYUP (Grumley)             84-89   -5                                       
10:27                                         84-91   -7  Schmader DRIVING LAYUP               
09:50  Kearns 2FT (MISS,MISS)                 84-91   -7  Wilson S.FOUL (P1,T2)                
09:35  Higgins S.FOUL (P2,T4)                 84-92   -8  Bosnik 2FT (MISS,GOOD)               
09:01                                         84-94  -10  Ferringer LAYUP                      
08:35                                         84-96  -12  Wilson LAYUP (Bosnik)                
08:17  Kossack S.FOUL (P3,T5)                 84-97  -13  Cooper 2FT (MISS,GOOD)               
08:04  Wulderk JUMP                           86-97  -11                                       
07:46                                         86-99  -13  Bosnik DRIVING LAYUP                 
07:37  Wulderk DRIVING LAYUP                  88-99  -11                                       
07:11  Kossack S.FOUL (P4,T6)                 88-99  -11  Smith 2FT (MISS,MISS)                
06:46                                         88-101 -13  Wilson LAYUP                         
06:35  Switzer DRIVING LAYUP                  90-101 -11                                       
06:23  Kearns S.FOUL (P1,T7)                  90-101 -11  Cooper 2FT (MISS,MISS)               
05:59                                         90-103 -13  Bosnik LAYUP                         
05:45  Wulderk 3 PT JUMP (Kossack)            93-103 -10                                       
05:33                                         93-106 -13  Bosnik 3 PT JUMP (Ferringer)         
05:17  Higgins JUMP                           95-106 -11                                       
05:13                                         95-108 -13  Ferringer DRIVING LAYUP              
04:58  Grumley DRIVING LAYUP                  97-108 -11                                       
04:43  Salter LAYUP (Grumley)                 99-108  -9                                       
04:20  Monteleone S.FOUL (P1,T8)              99-110 -11  Hritz 2FT (GOOD,GOOD)                
04:20                                                     TIME OUT (1) Blue                    
04:00  Pisani 2FT (MISS,GOOD)                100-110 -10  Baumgratz S.FOUL (P2,T3)             
03:43  Pisani FOULS (P2,T9)                  100-110 -10  Baumgratz (1+1) (MISS)               
03:21                                        100-112 -12  Johnson LAYUP (Morris)               
03:09  Courson 3 PT JUMP (Grumley)           103-112  -9                                       
02:59                                        103-114 -11  Johnson LAYUP (Hritz)                
02:47  Pisani 3 PT JUMP (Grumley)            106-114  -8                                       
02:36  Salter SLAM DUNK (Grumley)            108-114  -6                                       
02:24                                        108-117  -9  Morris 3 PT JUMP                     
01:46                                        108-120 -12  Schmader 3 PT JUMP (Baumgratz)       
01:28  Salter SLAM DUNK (Grumley)            110-120 -10                                       
01:14  Grumley SLAM DUNK (Salter)            112-120  -8                                       
01:01                                        112-122 -10  Schmader LAYUP                       
00:49  Pisani 3 PT JUMP (Grumley)            115-122  -7                                       
00:35  Grumley SLAM DUNK (Monteleone)        117-122  -5                                       
:29.3                                        117-124  -7  Johnson LAYUP (Schmader)             
:26.0  Grumley DRIVING LAYUP                 119-124  -5                                       
:15.9  Salter SHOOTING PEN. (P2,T10)         119-125  -6  Schmader 2FT (MISS,GOOD)             
:04.5  Grumley LAYUP                         121-125  -4                                       
                                                                                
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                                  End Of SECOND HALF (121-125)                                  
                                      Period Ended at  7:19                                     
              BIG HOME  LEAD  2                                   *LEAD CHANGES  6              

              BIG VISIT LEAD 13                                    TIMES TIED    4              
                                                                                                
      Boys           22  FOR  22 PTS        TURNOVERS    Boys           17  FOR  25 PTS         
                  50/95  FOR  53 %         FIELD GOALS               52/96  FOR  54%            
                  10/19  FOR  53 %         FREE THROWS               12/28  FOR  43%            
                  O: 22  / D: 26            REBOUNDS                 O: 24  / D: 27             
                                                                                                
      Grumley                 14           HIGH SCORER      12   Bosnik                         
      Higgins                 7           HIGH REBOUNDER    5    Johnson                        
      Grumley                 8            HIGH ASSISTS     2    SEVERAL                        
                                                                                                
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