Midview Extends Streak, Downs EC

January 24th, 2012

What was once a great start to the season, is now a losing record. The Elyria Catholic Basketball program headed out to WSC rival Midview High School for a triple header Tuesday night. With Varsity coming off of a victory over Vermilion last Friday, EC looked to continue their winning spree, and get back to how EC plays basketball. Midview's defense was the superior defense in this match-up, and sending EC back home with a loss.

The 1st quarter for EC was troublesome, with already 6 turnovers to start things off and heading into the second quarter. EC struggled tremendously on offense in the second quarter. Midview's superb defense and full court press kept the Panthers' offense to only 3 points in the second quarter. Cory Strasko led EC in points in half with 4, and Elyria Catholic headed into halftime down 14-28.

The third quarter for the struggling Panther offense was quite interesting. As EC started out on a 9-2 run to start things out, and lowering the deficit to seven at one point, Midview still would not allow EC over the wall. Elyria Catholic had their best quarter all game scoring 18 points, but Midview still controlled the lead 43-32. The fourth quarter Midview still stayed strong, and kept responding to every EC move. Midview extended their winning streak to 11 in a row beating Elyria Catholic 56-46.

Elyria Catholic is now 7-8 (5-3 in WSC play) and will face WSC rival Avon High School Friday 1/27/12 at the Coliseum at Elyria Catholic.

Stats:

Jeremy Holley - 13 PTS, 11 RB, 1 BLK
Cory Strasko - 10 PTS, 2 RB, 1 AST
Tyler Riddell - 6 PTS
Andrew Konno - 3 PTS, 1 RB
Joe Dempsey - 8 PTS,
M.J. Lotko - 2 PTS, 3 RB, 1 BLK
Danny Whitacre - 2 PTS,
John Stursa - 2 PTS

EC was 11-14 from the free throw line (78%)


EC's JV Company Loses to Midview in 4th

The EC JV Boys dropped a tough loss to the JV Midview team 54-45. EC had the game in their hands up until the 4th quarter, where they only made 3-13 shots. The JV Panther Boys were 11-11 from the free throw line, and were led by D.J. Graham who had 12 points, and Angelo Cruz who had 9 points.

EC's JV Company is now 9-6 on the season, and will face off against Avon's JV Boys at Elyria Catholic starting at 6pm.


EC's New Kids on the Block Comeback After 16 Point Deficit

The EC Freshman Boys came back after being down by 16 points at one point to Midview's Freshman team. The EC Freshman came out on fire in the 4th quarter and sped ahead of Midview by two points with seconds remaining. Midview missed their final shot and the EC Freshman Boys won 46-44.

Jake Hromada '14
Photos By: Mr. Rob Zidek