Feb. 18, 2015 District 9 Class A Boys’ Basketball Recaps

Featured image of Coudersport’s Darren Keglovits by Paul Burdick

COUDERSPORT 60, OTTO-ELDRED 48

COUDERSPORT, Pa. – Behind 17 points from Darren Keglovits, Coudersport ousted Otto-Eldred from the District 9 Class A boys’ playoffs with a 60-48 win over the visiting Terrors Tuesday night in Coudy.

Keglovits hit six shots from the floor including a 3-pointer and was 4 of 4 from the free-throw for the fifth-seeded Falcons (19-4).

Jared Green added 12 points, and Zach Layag nine for Coudy.

Josh Tennies led all scorers with 21 points for Otto-Eldred (11-12). Heath Stewart added nine and Seth Drummond and Hunter Johnson each had seven for the Terrors, who trailed 34-21 at halftime.

Coudersport will take on fourth-seeded Clarion-Limestone at 6:30 p.m. Friday at St. Marys High School in the quarterfinals.

COUDERSPORT 60, OTTO-ELDRED 48

Score by Quarters

Otto-Eldred 12 9 7 20 – 48

Coudersport 19 15 10 16 – 60

Otto-Eldred – 48

Josh Tennies 8 4-6 21, Hunter Johnson 3 0-0 7, Heath Stewart 4 1-2 9, Nick Appleby 1 2-2 4, Damen Palmer 0 0-2 0, Seth Drummond 1 5-6 7. Totals 17 11-18 48.

Coudersport – 60

Austin Ricke 1 5-6 7, Scott Furman 2 3-7 7, Zach Layag 3 2-3 9, Aaron Wolfinger 1 2-2 4, Michael Chambers 2 0-0 4, Jared Green 3 5-7 12, Darren Keglovits 6 4-4 17. Totals 18 21-29 60.

Three-pointers – Otto-Eldred 2 (Tennies, Johnson). Coudersport 3 (Layag, Green, Keglovits)

VENANGO CATHOLIC 60, NORTH CLARION 51

OIL CITY, Pa. – Devin Zagar’s monster triple-double of 19 points, 13 rebounds and 10 blocked shots, Venango Catholic moved into the District 9 Class A boys’ basketball quarterfinals with a 60-51 win over visiting North Clarion Wednesday night.

Brady Kingston added 19 points and Scott Toy 18 for the seventh-seeded Vikings (15-7), who will be play second-seeded Ridgway at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Brookville in the quarterfinals.

The trio was enough to offset a big scoring night from North Clarion’s Christian Cyphert, who had a game-high 29 points while hitting eight shots – three 3-pointers – and 10 of 11 free throws. The Wolves finish the year 11-12.

VENANGO CATHOLIC 60, NORTH CLARION 51

Score by Quarters

North Clarion 9 17 5 20 – 51

Venango Cath. 11 13 16 20 – 60

North Clarion – 51

Christian Cyphert 8 10-11 29, Dylan Nick 3 0-1 6, Kyle Gadley 4 0-0 10, Nick Banner 1 0-0 2, Joe Mays 2 0-0 4, Danny Sherbine 0 0-0 0, Griffin Schmader 0 0-0 0.Totals 18 10-12 51.

Venango Catholic – 60

Devin Zagar 8 3-7 19, Scott Toy 5 8-9 18, Brandy Kingston 7 5-10 19, Luke Plumer 0 0-0 0, Nathan Dudzic 0 0-2 0, Jacob Hargenrader 1 1-2 4. Totals 21 17-30 60.

Three-pointers – North Clarion 5 (Cyphert 3, Gadley 2). Venango Catholic (Hargenrader).