The Herald, Sharon, Pa: Hoyle Tournament 97

Published Wednesday, March 26, 1997

HOYLE TOURNAMENT

Tuesday Games played at Sharon High School
Boys underclassmen 8:45 p.m. Pizza Joe's 38 Grove City72 10 p.m. Slippery Rock 69 Farrell39	Girls underclassmen semifinals 6 p.m. Neely/Cashdollar (Grove City)53 Lenbil's (Sharon) 48 7:30 p.m. Slippery Rock35 Sacred Heart (Kennedy Christian)53

Big guys come up big in boys action

The big guys played a big role in deciding Tuesday night's Boys' Underclassmen Division quarterfinal-round games in the annual Sharon Lions Club-W.U. Hoyle Tournament of Champions, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

Led by 6-foot-8 Josh Morgan's game-high 28-point performance, Grove City routed Pizza Joe's (Mohawk), 72-38, while 6-4 Adam Zajac's 30-point outburst paced Slippery Rock to a 69-39 conquest of Farrell in games held at Sharon High gym.

Slippery Rock, which built a 34-20 halftime lead, also received 10 points from Tim Maxwell. Zajac's 14-for-16 free-throw accuracy led Slippery Rock to a 25-for-33 showing at the charity stripe. Jackson Jones' 11 markers led Farrell.

Grove City 72,
Pizza Joe's (Mohawk) 38

Grove City's Morgan enabled the Eagles to easily advance into Thursday's semifinals, as he also displayed 9-for-12 marksmanship from the charity stripe and a 3-point field goal for good measure. Ryan Surrena and Craig Otten evenly divided an additional 22 points for Grove City.

Pizza Joe's, which trailed 30-16 at intermission, failed to post a double-digit scorer.

Thursday's Boys' Underclassmen Division semis are slated for 3 and 6:45 p.m.

GIRLS

action shot

                     David E. Dale/Herald

Kennedy's Anna Kocinski closes in on Slippery Rock's Michelle French.

Neely/Cashdollar (GC) 53,
Lenbils (Sharon) 48

In a battle of two of the county's top underclassmen, Lenbil's Muhsinah Saleem outscored Neely/Cashdollar's Mandy Clelland, the MCAC Class AA MVP, 29-22, but Clelland's squad picked up the victory to advance to the finals Saturday.

Julie Laird and Erin Kennedy added nine apiece for Neely/Cashdollar, which led 28-26 at halftime.

Sacred Heart (Kennedy) 53
Slippery Rock 35

Jamie Cicuto and Sara Laslow led Sacred Heart with 15 and 13 points,respectively, and into the finals Saturday against Neely/Cashdollar.

Erica Youngman had 17 points and Kristin Hogg added 11 for Slippery Rock, which trailed 30-22 at halftime, despite making just two shots from the field.

Saturday's Girls Underclassmen Division championship game is set for 3 p.m.

Today's schedule (wed) Boys' Underclassmen Division: 3:15 p.m. _ Kennedy Christian vs. Hickory (Hickory is a replacement for Mercer, which had prior commitments and couldn't play today.); 4:30 _ West Middlesex vs. Ramsey Insurance Agency (Sharon).

Open Division: 5:45 _ canceled W. Pa. Future 'Stars vs. Franklin; 7 _ Ohio All-Stars vs. Ohio Players; 8:15 _ Mercer County Basketball Club vs. TBA; 9:30 _ Pittsburgh JOTS vs. Northwest Pa. Cougars.

BOYS

Underclassmen Division

Quarterfinals

FARRELL _ Kucik 1-0-0-2; Wilson 0-0-0-0; Jones 5-0-0-11; Flint 3-0-0-6; Ham 2-0-0-4; Bell 3-0-0-6; Howell 0-0-0-0; Barlow 0-0-0-0; Dungee 1-0-0-2; Wright 0-0-0-0; Keller 0-0-0-0; Smith 4-0-1-8. 3-pt. goal: Jones 1. Totals: 19-0-1-39.

SLIPPERY ROCK _ A. Zajac 8-14-16-30; B. Zajac 3-1-2-7; Codispot 1-3-3-5;Curry 2-2-2-6; Hartman 0-0-2-0; Lambert 3-1-2-9; Fleske 1-0-0-2; Hartle 0-0-0-0; Maxwell 3-4-6-10. 3-pt. goals: Lambert 2. Totals: 21-25-33-69

FARRELL...........20 39
SLIPPERY ROCK.....34 69

PIZZA JOE'S (MOHAWK) _ Krisuk 1-0-0-2; McCurley 0-3-6-3; Sorbo 3-2-3-9; Zelesnak 3-0-3-6; Wilson 0-4-6-4; McDowell 0-0-0-0; Martin 0-0-1-0; Gallo 2-0-0-5; Bright 1-0-0-2; D'Amico 1-1-2-3; Badger 0-0-0-0; Grekon 0-0-0-0; McKim 0-4-4-4. 3-pt. goals: Sorbo 1, Gallo 1. Totals: 11-14-21-38.

GROVE CITY _ Ellison 0-1-3-1; Sigmund 3-0-0-6; Wilson 1-3-5-5; Krantz 1-1-3-3; Morgan 9-9-12-28; Surrena 5-1-3-11; Townley 2-2-2-7; Williamson 0-0-0-0; Otten 4-3-4-11. 3-pt. goals: Morgan 1, Townley 1. Totals: 25-20-32-72.

PIZZA JOE'S (MOHAWK)......16 38
GROVE CITY..............................30 72>

GIRLS

Underclassmen Division

Semifinals

GROVE CITY _ Kennedy 3-3-3-9; Ryan 1-0-0-2; Denniston 4-0-3-8; Laird 3-3-4-9; Harvey 1-1-2-3; Clancey 0-0-0-0; Alfredo 0-0-0-0; Rendos 8-4-7-22; Gould 0-0-0-0; Bess 0-0-0-0. 3-pt goals: Clelland 2. Totals: 20-11-19-53.

SHARON _ Saleem 11-6-6-29; Zajac 2-0-0-4; Banick 1-0-0-2; Bell 1-0-0-2; Suvoy 1-2-3-4; Gavala 2-0-1-5; Santillo 0-0-0-0; Sinkuc 1-0-0-2; Mackin 0-0-0-0; Bell 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goals: Saleem 1, Gavala 1. Totals: 19-8-10-48.

GROVE CITY......28 53
SHARON 26 48

SLIPPERY ROCK _ Dick 0-0-4-0; French 1-0-2-2; Cooper 0-0-0-0; Youngman 4-8-9-17; Hogg 1-9-12-11; Ainsworth 0-0-0-0; Rodriguez 0-1-2-1; Dusheck 1-2-2-4. 3-pt. goal: Youngman 1. Totals: 7-20-31-35.

SACRED HEART (KENNEDY CHRISTIAN) _ Meier 1-0-2-2; Pearce 2-0-2-4; Cicuto 7-1-3-15; Stevens 3-0-0-6; Laslow 6-1-1-13; Koscinski 2-1-3-5; Christiansen 1-1-2-3; Fill 1-0-2-2; Lanier 1-0-0-3, Camouse 0-0-0-0; Sommerfeld 0-0-0-0; Necastro 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goal: Lanier 1. Totals: 24-4-15-53.

SLIPPERY ROCK ......22 35
SACRED HEART (KENNEDY).....30 53

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