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 In tournament action this past Saturday, Lebanon Catholic's boy's basketball team ran into an undermanned but tough Delone Catholic squad, losing 63-52 and falling to 0-2 on the season.
The Squires dominated the first quarter outscoring the Beavers 17-6. Lebanon Catholic had numerous turnovers in the early going, making them unable to get anything going offensively. "We just didn't react to their pressure," Beavers' coach Scott Clentimack said. "They did exacty what I said they were going to do. They get up in your grill, and we just didn't react to it." It was more of the same in the second quarter, with the Beavers unable to find an answer for Delone's two big men, Chris Hartmann and Cody Smith. The Squires opened up a 35-15 halftime advantage, controlling the ball and leaving the Beavers without answers on the offensive end. After more of the same in the third quarter, the Beavers outscored the Squires 27-10 in the fourth quarter, cutting the final deficit to 11. On offense, the Beavers were finally able to establish inside scoring, and they were able to contain the big men of the Squires on defense. "That was what we needed to do," Clentimack said. "We needed to turn it around and end on something positive, and I felt like we did." "You've got to give them credit," Squires' coach Jim Dooley said. "We let down a little, and they didn't give up, and you've got to give them credit for that. They played very hard." John White and Kurt Sohn lead the scoring for Lebanon Catholic, notching 15 and 13 points respectively. Hartmann lead all scorers with 18 points. |
The Annville Dutchmen wanted to send their seniors off with a victory on Senior Day. The Columbia Crimson Tide, however, had other ideas. Behind a staggering 335 yards rushing and a dominant defense, the Tide spoiled the festivities and blew out the Dutchmen 48-6 on Saturday.
In their final regular season match before the district playoffs this Saturday, Lebanon Catholic fell to the Cedar Crest Falcons last Thursday, losing three games to none. 