D9 hoops – Rams lose, ECC wins

ST. MARYS – After Clarion took a 6-4 lead with 4:57 left in the first, Johnsonburg (19-7) would get no closer in the Bobcats' 58-38 District 9 Class A semifinal at SMAHS on Tuesday.

Clarion (17-8) entered as the threeseed and will play top-seed Elk County Catholic (23-2) in Saturday's championship game at PennWest Clarion.

The Crusaders were 44-32 winners over four-seed Cameron County (21-5) also at SMAHS.

The Rams and Raiders play a consolation game on Friday at a site to be determined. The semifinalists all advance to the PIAA championships which get underway next week.

On Thursday, fiveseed Union (12-12) and six-seed DuBois Central Catholic (1212) play in Brookville for the district's fifth spot.

Class 2A

Three-seed Karns City (19-6) beat twoseed Otto-Eldred (242), 50-48 at PennWest and will play in Saturday's championship game against top-seed Redbank Valley (20-2), 65-41 winners over fourseed Clarion-Limestone (16-10).

Otto and C-L play a consolation game on Friday. Three 2A teams advance to next week's PIAA tourney.

Clarion 54, Johnsonburg 34 1 2 3 4 T

Clarion 16 13 9 16 54 J-burg 6 13 9 6 34

FGFTM-FTA-Points

Individual:

Dawson Smail 6-2-4-14, Devon Lauer 3-5-6-13, Gabe Simco 4-2-2-10, Kameron Merrell 3-0-0-6, Derek Smail 2-0-0-4, Owen Kriebel 1-0-0-3, Tanner Miller 1-0-0-2, Bryce Brinkley 1-00-2,

Clarion:

James McIlwain 0-0-0-0, Dauntae Girvan 0-0-0-0, Totals 219-12-54.

Johnsonburg:

Isaiah Jackson 9-0-0-18, Noah Stauffer 2-2-2-6, Luke Zimmerman 1-0-0-3, Eric Hoffman 1-0-0-3, Eli Perez 0-2-2-2, Nicky Myers 0-2-2-2, Cade Peterson 0-0-0-0, Aiden Demay 0-0-0-0, Totals 13-6-6-34.Threepointers: Clarion 3 – Lauer (2), Kreibel 1; Johnsonburg 2 – Zim

Photo by Bob Parana The Clarion Bobcats were 58-38 winners over the Rams in D9 Class A semifinal action on Tuesday and will play ECC in Saturday's title game at PennWest Clarion. The Crusaders beat Cameron County, who will play Johnsonburg in a consolation game on Friday (TBD).