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March 13, 2010

CYO title up for grabs Sunday

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MALONE — St. John Bosco pulled out an overtime victory last week to earn the right to play unbeaten Ogdensburg Boys & Girls Club Sunday for the Franklin CYO Basketball League championship.

The game is set for 2:45 p.m. at St. Joseph's School and it caps a big day, which includes three splinters contest, awards and a consolation game between Bangor and Jean's Quik Stop.

St. John Bosco 50
Bangor 46 (OT)

In one of the most exciting games of the season, St. John Bosco won a thriller in overtime over Bangor in the semifinals. With the lead see-sawing over the last two minutes of regulation, Corey LaMere hit one of two free throws to give Bosco a 44-42 lead with 10 seconds left. Quinton Garrand tied it with four seconds to go and a desperation heave by Bosco's Chris Payton was just off the mark forcing overtime. Bosco then outscored Bangor 6-2 in the extra period for the final margin of victory.

LaMere led the winners with 16 points, while Shawn Wonderlie controlled the boards with 14 points and 23 rebounds, 13 in the fourth quarter alone. Alex Laflesh added 12.

Garrand led Bangor with 17 points and John Benware hit for 11.

Ogdensburg 81
Jean's Quik Stop 45

The Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club squad used a balanced offense, which was clicking on all cylinders throughout the entire game. Teamwork, passing, rebounding, and scoring allowed them to win every quarter on the way to earning a spot in the CYO championship game.

Matt Tomford led the attack with 27 points, followed by Foster Ebersole with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Kelly added 13 and David Thornhill 10 to round out the double figure scoring.

Joshua Hyde led Jean's with 26.

Splinters
Jean's 30

Ogdensburg 25

Joe Lawrence notched 11 points and hauled down six rebounds to pace the winners, while Mike LaVare added seven and Nick Perham six.

OBGC was led by John Morrison with 11.



St. John Bosco 30
Bangor 19

Eric Manley dropped in 11 points to lead the winners, followed by Mike Gordon with 10.

Bangor was led by Cody Garland with six.

Sunday's schedule

at St Joseph's Gym, Malone

Bosco (Spl) vs Bangor Splinters, 11 a.m.

Jean's vs North Star (Splinters), 11:45 a.m.

Bangor vs Ogdensburg (Splinters), 12:30 p.m.

Bangor vs Jean's (Consolation Game), 1:30 p.m.

Awards, 2:30 p.m.

OBGC vs St. John Bosco (Championship), 2:45 p.m.



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