Elyria Takes Rivalry Into Own Hands

January 21st, 2012

Elyria Catholic went into the new and improved Elyria High Gymnasium to play cross-town rival Elyria High School in a non-conference match-up. With EC coming off a big victory over Vermilion, and Elyria High losing to Garfield Heights in overtime on Friday, momentum was on Elyria Catholic's side. EC stuck with the Pioneers through the first quarter, but turnovers once again haunted EC's game, and E-High shot lights out all game to put the Panthers back down to .500.

Despite the severe full court pressure, which caused many turnovers for EC, the Panthers still stuck tight with E-High up until halftime. EC went into the locker room at half with 16 turnovers and down 37-30. Sophomore Jeremy Holley scored half of EC's 30 points scoring 15 and having 7 rebounds. M.J. Lotko made 3 of 3 shots in the paint going into half.

The second half did not side with the Panthers at all, as the Pioneers came out on a 15-2 run at the start of the third quarter. Holley, who had 15 coming into the second half, sat out most of the second half and only scored 4 points. Elyria's explosive third quarter put them up 62-45 over EC. Once the fourth quarter hit, Elyria High's frenzied offense did not change. EC did however cut their turnovers down to 8, but that did not matter at the final buzzer. Elyria High proved their dominance 85-61.

Elyria Catholic is now 7-7 (5-2 in WSC) and will play WSC foe Midview at Midview High School at 7:30pm.


EC's JV Company Falls to Elyria

The JV Panther boys fell short to the Pioneers 44-33 on Saturday night. EC's JV Boys led after the 1st quarter 7-6, but taking unnecessary shots hurt them the most in the long run. The JV Panthers slowly lost grip of their lead, and could not hang on. EC's JV Company had their winning streak snapped, and is now 9-5 on the season.


Freshman Fight, Fall in Overtime To Elyria

The Freshman boys came closest out of all EC basketball teams to beat cross-town rival Elyria Saturday night. The game got even more intense when Freshman Justice Falasco hit a buzzer beating three pointer to tie the game up in the 4th quarter and send the battle into overtime. D.J Graham took control of the offense in OT, but the Freshman slowly lost grip of their lead and Elyria was suddenly down by one. EC fouled the Pioneers, and Elyria missed both foul shots, EC fouled again, and Elyria missed both foul shots, but got the rebound this time around. The Pioneers put up three shots before finally hitting a buzzer beating lay-up to beat the Freshman 55-54.