Holley Scores 29, EC Wins Second Straight

Friday, February 14th, 2012

The Elyria Catholic Varsity Boys Basketball team welcomed the Clearview Clippers to the Coliseum for Friday night basketball. The Panthers' game plan was to use Sophomore Jeremy Holley inside the paint, and EC did just that against the Clearview Clippers in this match-up for an Elyria Catholic victory.

The first quarter summed up an already big outing for the 6'5" Sophomore center Jeremy Holley, who had 12 of the 18 points scored in the first quarter.
"I knew we had to rebound the ball tonight, and we knew we had a great advantage over (Clearview) with our size. We did just what we wanted tonight." EC continued scoring inside, and went into half on top 30-24. Holley at had a double double already heading into the second half.

However, the Panthers did not play inside all night. Junior Tyler Riddell found great success at the 3-point line going 4-4 and scoring 18 points altogether.
"I had a couple not-so-on games prior to this, so it feels good to come back finally." Riddell said. Junior Danny Whitacre made his night memorable by executing his first ever in-game dunk.
"It actually kind of hurt when I did it. I just couldn't stop smiling." Whitacre had to say about his experience. Whitacre's dunk caused an amped up Elyria Catholic community, and shot great momentum for the Panthers. Elyria Catholic finished the game strong, beating the Clippers 67-56.

The Elyria Catholic Varsity Boys Basketball team is 9-9 (6-4 in WSC play) and will host Rocky River High School at 7:30. It is Senior Night at Elyria Catholic, come support your Seniors!

Stats:

Cory Strasko - 2 AST
Tyler Riddell - 18 PTS, 1 RB, 1 AST
Jeremy Holley - 29 PTS, 18 RB, 1 AST
Joe Dempsey - 4 PTS, 2 RB, 4 AST,
Danny Whitacre - 6 PTS, 1 RB, 2 AST
Andrew Konno - 3 PTS, 1 RB, 1 AST
Xavier Bennett - 2 PTS, 9 RB
Matt Morgan - 2 PTS, 4 RB

EC's JV Company Executes "the Comeback"

The Elyria Catholic JV Boys Basketball team hosted Clearview as well Friday evening, and with the absence of head coach Corey Taylor, the JV Boys knew they needed to pull out a victory. The JV Panthers were 0-2 without their head coach leading them, until tonight, when they issued "the Comeback".

At one point in the game, the JV Boys Basketball squad was down 4-14, and went into halftime down 22-14. The EC JV Panthers made their halftime adjustments, and came out pumped to start the second half.

Going on a 6-0 run to start the third quarter out, the JV Boys fixed their rebounding, turnovers, and missing shots issues and took this game into their own hands. Angelo Cruz had 6 points, hitting two 3's in the second half. Ceevan Shelton and Jake Dempsey both had 6 rebounds, Shelton also had 11 points on the night.
EC's JV Company came back after being down by 10 at one point, and improved their record to 12-5 on the season. The JV Boys return to action on Friday, February 17th at the Coliseum against Rocky River.



Elyria Catholic's Official Sports Reporter
Jake Hromada '14

Photos Done By: Mr. Rob Zidek