Ellis sparks Dock to pull away from Holy Cross

BETHLEHEM » During the warmups prior to Wednesday night’s second round state playoff game, Dock Mennonite senior Darius Ellis quickly stopped in the crowd across from the Pioneers bench to say hello to family members.

An hour later, Ellis’ family had the best view in the gym to see the 6-foot-6 center make a game-changing hustle play. Ellis acrobatically jumped out of bounds in the corner and threw the ball off a Holy Cross player to maintain possession. He was fouled the next time he touched the ball to start a

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS

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First Round Saturday (1-1) Methacton

64, (3-6) Harrisburg 38 (12-3) Lincoln 50, (1-4) Bensalem 48 (12-2) Roman Catholic 81, (1-5) Coatesville 75

(1-7) Pennridge

49, (2-1) Wilkes-Barre 41 (11-1) Freedom 69, (1-8) Downingtown East 50

(3-2) Reading 57, (12-4) St. Joe’s Prep 45 (12-1) Gratz 56, (1-9) Garnet Valley 51 (3-1) Wilson 49, 39 (1-6) Lower Merion 63, (11-2) Northampton 41

(1-10) North Penn (1-2) Cheltenham

57. (11-4) Easton 56 (7-2) Mount Lebanon 69, (3-4) Cedar Crest 43

(3-3) Central York 60, (7-4) Central Catholic 39

(10-1) McDowell 69, (7-5) Peters Twp. 58 (7-1) Butler 93, (3-5) Central Dauphin 90 (7-3) Upper St. Clair 63, (8-1) Allerdice 45

Second Round Wednesday (1-1) Methacton

83, (12-3) Lincoln 55 (12-2) Roman Catholic 62,

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(3-2) Reading 67, (11-1) Freedom 65 (1-3) Chester 63, (12-1) Simon Gratz 62 (3-1) Wilson vs. (1-6) Lower Merion, TBD

vs. (7-2) Mount Lebanon,

(1-2) Cheltenham

TBD

(10-1) McDowell 68, (3-3) Central York 61 (7-1) Butler 77, (7-3) Upper St. Clair 71 Quarterfinals

(1-1) Methacton vs. (12-2) Roman Catholic

(3-2) Reading vs. (1-3) Chester

(3-1) Wilson/(1-6) Lower Merion vs. (1-2) Cheltenham/(7-2) Mount Lebanon (10-1) McDowell vs. (7-1) Butler

First Round Friday

(1-1) WC East 55, (3-8) Gettysburg 35 (11-2) Pottsville 61, (3-4) Northern 43 (1-4) Rustin 60, (2-1) Wallenpaupack 44 (1-5) Unionville 54, (12-2) MLK 29

(1-6) Strath Haven 45 (2-3) Pittston 42, (1-3) Penncrest 40 (2-2) Dallas 69, (12-3) Frankford 57 (3-5) Western Penn 69, (11-1) Southern Lehigh 59

(3-1) Muhlenberg 72. (7-6) South Fayette 66

(3-6) Shippensburg 60, (6-1) Greater Johnstown 53

(12-4) Archbishop Ryan 62, (1-2) Penn Wood 50

(3-7) Elizabethtown 58, (7-2) Mars 56 (3-9) York Suburban 57, (7-1) Laurel Highlands 56

(3-3) New Oxford 70, (7-3) Thomas Jefferson 46

(8-1) Obama Academy 73, (7-5) Penn Hills 63

(3-2) Milton Hershey 78, (7-4) Chartiers Valley 74

(12-1) Wood 72. Second Round Tuesday

(1-1) WC East 38, (11-2) Pottsville 35 (1-5) Unionville 61, (1-4) Rustin 49

72, (2-3) Pittston 45 (2-2) Dallas 78, (3-5) Western Penn 51 (3-1) Muhlenberg 78, (3-6) Shippensburg 68

(12-4) Archbishop Ryan 67, (3-7) Elizabethtown 39

(3-3) New Oxford 73, (3-9) York Suburban 48

(3-2) Milton Hershey 81, (8-1) Obama Academy 57

(12-1) Wood Quarterfinals

(1-1) WC East vs. (1-5) Unionville, 6 pm at O’Hara

(12-1) Wood

Easton MS

(3-1) Muhlenberg vs. (12-4) Archbishop Ryan, 7:P30 pm at O’Hara

(3-3) New Oxford vs. (3-2) Milton Herhsey, 7:30 pm at Cumberland Valley

First Round Friday

vs. (2-2) Dallas, 7:30 pm at (12-1) Bonner and Prendergast 78, (3-5) Eastern York 40

(2-2) Valley View 70, (4-3) Athens 58

46, (11-2)

(12-3) Archbishop Carroll

Bethlehem Catholic 54

(3-2) McDevitt 78, (11-4) Wilson 58 (11-1) Allentown Central Catholic 47, (12-5) South Philly 26

56, (12-4) Bartram 46 (11-3) Tamaqua 48, (4-2) Danville 42 (3-4) Susquehanna 64, (2-1) Scranton Prep 54

(12-2) Imhotep 70, (3-3) ELCO 60 (4-1) Montoursville 68, (2-3) Nanticoke 51

(3-1) Lancaster Catholic 59, (7-5) Ringgold 56

(7-3) Belle Union 65, (9-1) Clearfield 60 (7-1) Highlands 50, (10-3) Harbor Creek 40

(10-2) Grove City 59, (5-1) Bedford 53 (6-1) Huntingdon 70, (7-3) Blackhawk 57 (10-1) Hickory 58, (7-4) New Castle 48

(1-1) PJP Second Round Tuesday

(12-1) Bonner and Prendergast 67, (2-2) Valley View 33

(3-2) Bishop McDevitt 58, (12-3) Archbishop Carroll 49

(1-1) PJP 44, (11-1) ACC 42

(11-3) Tamaqua 72, (3-4) Susquehaqnna 58

(12-2) Imhotep 60, (4-1) Montoursville 38 (3-1) Lancaster Catholic 84, (7-3) Belle Union 82

(10-2) Grove City 45, (7-1) Highlands 38 (10-1) Hickory 68, (6-1) Huntingdon 47

Quarterfinals

(12-1) Bonner and Prendergast vs. (3-2) Bishop McDevitt, 8 pm at Geigle Complex

(1-1) PJP

vs. (11-3) Tamaqua, 7:30 pm at

Liberty

(12-1) Imhotep vs (3-1) Lancaster Catholic, 7:30 pm at Governor Mifflin (10-2) Grove City vs. (10-1) Hickory, 7 pm at Sharon

First Round Saturday (1-7) Pennridge

(12-1) Goretti 75, (3-4) Brandywine Heights 42

(2-1) Holy Redeemer 61, (12-4) SLA Beeber 14-3 run.

The (1-1) Pioneers extended a three-point fourthquarter lead to 14 and finished off the (2-1) Crusaders, 56-43, in the PIAA-2A state playoffs at Liberty High School in Bethlehem.

Ellis’ play came with just over five minutes left and Dock ahead, 40-37. He split his free throws and Devon Jainlett grabbed the offensive rebound on the miss and put it in for a 43-37 lead.

“You have to have the mentality like, ‘Come on guys we’ve got this,’” Ellis said. “You have to scratch and claw through everything. You have to fight – that’s the easiest word is to fight. We did it tonight.”

Ralph Saint-Fleur, Dallas

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(3-2) Camp Hill 63,

51

(4-1) Loyalsock 91, (11-2) Notre Dame Green Pond 49

(11-1) Panther Valley 61, (12-5) Murrell Dobbins 40

(12-2) High School of the Future 71, (3-3) Columbia 46

(2-2) Riverside 70, (4-2) Central Cambria 57

(3-1) Trinity 82, (12-6) Parkway Center City 43

(6-1) Richland 54, (4-3) Warrior Run 41 (7-3) South Allegheny 62, (10-3) Franklin 40

(7-4) Aliquippa 79, (10-2) Sharon 72 (7-1) North Catholic 74, (6-4) Westmont Hilltop 55

(9-1) Brookville 49, (7-6) Neshannock 34 (7-2) Lincoln Park 67, (6-3) Penns Valley 59

(7-5) Carlynton 85, (6-2) Ligonier Valley 81

(7-7) Beaver Falls 41, (10-1) Fairview 30

First Round Saturday (12-3) Bishop McDevitt

(12-1) Math, Civics and Science 97, (11-2) Schuylkill Haven 55

(4-2) Wyalusing 56, (3-2) Millersburg 50 (2-1) Holy Cross 46, (4-3) Sayre 24

(12-3) Strawberry Mansion

(1-1) Dock 70,

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(11-1) Executive Education 55, Church Farm School 42

(12-2) Constitution 43, (3-1) York Catholic 39

(4-1) Bloomsburg 48, (2-2) Mountain View 45

(5-1) North Star 64, (6-3) Homer Center 53

(7-1) Our Lady Sacred Heart 79, (10-4) Youngsville 31

(6-2) Portage

Springs 63

(10-2) Farrell 69, (9-3) Coudersport 64 (9-1) Ridgway 57. (7-4) Shenango 49 (10-1) Lakeview 57, (7-5) South Side 46 (7-2) Sto-Rox 78, (6-4) West Branch 38 (9-2) Clarion 49, (7-3) Winchester-Thurson 44

(6-1) Bishop Guilfoyle 59, (7-6) Brentwood 33

Second Round Wednesday

49, Hempfield 32 (11-2) Freedom 60,

(3-2) Central York 51,

(1-7) CB East 62, (12-2) Central 22 (12-1) O’Hara 50,

(1-4) Spring-Ford 60, (11-3) Parkland 25 (1-9) Owen J. Roberts 45, (2-1) Hazleton 35

(1-2) Pennsbury 45, (3-4) Red Lion 24 (7-5) Baldwin 43, (3-1) Central Dauphin 35

(1-5) Upper Dublin

Valley 19

(11-1) Nazareth 68, (1-10) Downingtown East 40

(6-1) Altoona 60, (7-4) Mount Lebanon 56 (7-1) North Allegheny 57, (3-6) Manheim Twp. 33

(6-2) State College 46, (7-3) Upper St. Clair 36 (11-2) Freedom 60, (1-1) CB West 47 (3-2) Central York 49, (1-7) CB East 47 (12-1) O’Hara 54, (1-4) Spring-Ford 43 (1-2) Pennsbury 50, (1-9) OJR 27

(7-2) Bethel Park 47,

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(1-2) (12-1) Math, Civics and Science 80, (4-2) Wyalusing 26

(2-1) Holy Cross 43 (12-2) Constitution 79, (11-1) Executive Education 76

(5-1) North Star 72, (4-1) Bloomsburg 57 (7-1) OLSH 84, (6-2) Portage 56 (10-2) Farrell 51, (9-1) Ridgway 33 (7-2) Sto-Rox 75, (10-1) Lakeview 51 (6-1) Bishop Guilfoyle 66, (9-2) Clarion 47 Quarterfinals

(12-1) Math, Civics and Science vs. (1-1) Dock

(12-2) Constitution vs. (5-1) North Star (7-1) OLSH vs. (10-2) Farrell

(7-2) Sto-Rox vs. (6-1) Bishop Guilfoyle GIRLS BASKETBALL

(1-1) Dock 56, First Round Friday (1-1) CB West (1-3) PW

68, (11-3) PM West 52

(7-2) Bethel Park 46, (3-5) Governor Mifflin 28

Second Round Tuesday (1-3) PW 53, (7-5) Baldwin 27 (1-5) Upper Dublin

(11-1) Nazareth 59, (6-1) Altoona 48 (7-1) North Allegheny 51, (6-2) State College 38

Quarterfinals

(11-2) Freedom vs. (3-2) Central York, 6:30 pm at Geigle Complex

(12-1) O’Hara vs. (1-2) Pennsbury, 7 pm at Bensalem

vs. (7-2) Bethel Park, 5:30 pm at Bald Eagle

(11-1) Nazareth vs. (7-1) North Allegheny, 7:30 pm at Bald Eagle

(1-3) PW First Round Saturday

(1-1) Springfield 35, (1-8) Lower Dauphin 31

(3-3) Mechanicsburg 58, (12-4) Freire Charter 17

(12-2) Mastery North 47, (3-5) York Suburban 46

(1-5) Villa Maria 47, (11-1) Blue Mountain 37

(2-1) West Scranton 49, (3-6) Spring Grove 38

(12-3) Archbishop Carroll 47, (1-3) Mount St. Joe’s 41

(3-2) Twin Valley 51, (1-4) Radnor 42

70, (3-7) Berks Catholic 37 (3-1) Gettysburg 56, (1-6) WC East 39 (2-2) Abington Heights 35, (11-2) Bangor 21

(1-2) Great Valley 40, (3-4) West York 39 (7-2) Trinity 54, (7-5) Penn Hills 29 (6-2) Hollidaysburg 64, (10-2) Slippery Rock 49

(7-1) Chartiers Valley 72, (10-3) Warren 39

(7-3) Thomas Jefferson 62, (6-1) Portage 30

(7-4) Woodland Hills 69, (10-1) Grove City 26

(12-1) Wood Second Round Wednesday

67, (10-3) Cambridge

(1-6) North Penn (1-8) Methacton 49

49

(1-10) Souderton 30

42, (3-3) Cumberland (3-3) Mechanicsburg 36, (1-1) Springfield

Wilder and Steve Martin all scored in addition to Ellis and Jainlett during the 14-3 run to extend the 40-37 lead to 54-40.

Saint-Fleur led the Pioneers with 18 points. He scored six points in the fourth quarter, including a steal and layup to make it a 50-40 game with 1:48 to go. On the ensuing possession he drew a charge on Holy Cross leading scorer Keiran Burrier to foul him out and essentially end the game.

Dock wasn’t able to play its normal pressure defense after getting into foul trouble quickly in each half. Instead, they forced the Crusaders to take tough shots and limited them to one made three-pointer. Inside Ellis patrolled the paint and

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(1-5) Villa Maria 56, (12-2) Mastery North 44

(12-3) Archbishop Carroll 55, 34 (12-1) Archbishop Wood 79, 45

Scranton

Valley

(3-1) Gettysburg 45,

Heights 44

(7-2) Trinity 47, (1-2) Great Valley 28 (7-1) Chartiers Valley 55, (6-2) Hollidaysburg 38

(7-3) Thomas Jefferson 39, (7-4) Woodland Hills 34

Quarterfinals

(3-3) Mechanicsburg vs. (1-5) Villa Maria

(12-3) Archbishop Carroll vs. (12-1) Archbishop Wood

(3-1) Gettysburg vs. (7-2) Trinity (7-1) Chartiers Valley vs. (7-3) Thomas Jefferson (2-2) Abington

First Round Saturday (12-1) Lansdale Catholic

Springs48

(2-2) Dallas 58, (4-3) Shamokin 32 (12-3) Bonner and Prendergast 52, (11-3) Jim Thorpe 44

(3-2) Eastern York 72, (1-2) Villa Joseph Marie 66

(11-1) Bethlehem Catholic 62, (12-5) Prep Charter 28

(12-4) Carver E&S 15 (11-3) Allentown Central Catholic 41, (42) Athens 15

(2-1) Scranton Prep 59, (3-4) Susquehanna Twp. 36

(3-3) Northern Lebanon Audenreid 29

(4-1) Danville 43, (2-3) Berwick 35 (3-1) Lancaster Catholic 73, (7-7) Indiana 50

(7-2) Southmoreland 57, (6-2) Huntingdon 29

(7-1) North Catholic 58, (7-6) Freeport 43 (7-4) Central Valley 59, (9-1) Punxsutawney 56

(6-1) Forrest Hills 47, (7-5) Quaker Valley 28

(10-1) Villa Maria 62, (7-3) Blackhawk 43

(1-1) GMA 62, Second Round Wednesday (12-1) Lansdale Catholic

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(12-3) Bonner and Prendergast 52, (3-2) Eastern York 46

(11-1) Bethlehem Catholic 70, (1-1) GMA 49

(2-1) Scranton Prep 54, (11-3) ACC 31 (3-3) Northern Lebanon 48, (4-1) Danville 37

(3-1) Lancaster Catholic 64, (7-2) Southmoreland 56

(7-1) North Catholic 53, (7-4) Central Valley 49

(6-1) Forrest Hills 55, (10-1) Villa Maria 48

Quarterfinals

(12-1) Lansdale Catholic vs. (12-3) Bonner and Prendergast

(11-1) Bethlehem Catholic Scranton Prep

(3-3) Nothern Lebanon vs. (3-1)Lancaster Catholic

(7-1) North Catholic vs. (6-1) Forrest Hills

First Round Saturday (1-1) Jenkintown

62, (3-5) Halifax 33 (4-2) Millville 38, (3-3) Christian School of York 21

(3-2) Greenwood 67, (1-4) Morrisville 27 (11-1) Nativity BVM 46 (4-3) Sullivan County 29

(3-1) Lancaster Country Day 45, (4-4) Northeast Bradford 30

(2-2) Susquehanna Comm 48, (1-2) Chester Charter 44

(4-1) Northumberland Christian 48,

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(6-1) Bishop Carroll 58, (3-4) Lebanon Catholic 42

(7-1) Rochester 69, (9-4) Otto-Eldred 40 (5-2) Tussey Mountain 41, (9-3) Elk County Catholic 32

(9-2) North Clarion 47, (7-4) Sewickley Academy 36

(5-3) Berlin Brothersvalley 44, (6-2) St. Joseph’s 31

(5-1) Shanksville 58, (7-5) Aquinas Academy 27

(10-1) Kennedy Catholic 52, (7-2) West Greene 38

(6-3) Blacklick 43, (7-3) Clairton 37 (9-1) Coudersport 48, (7-6) Avella 41

Faith Christian Second Round Wednesday (1-1) Jenkintown

63, (3-5) Bermudian 61, (2-2) Dallas

62, (4-2) Millville 38 (11-1) Nativity BVM 63, (3-2) Greenwood 58

(2-2) Susquehanna Comm 35, (3-1) Lancaster Country Day 25

(4-1) Northumberland Christian 59, (6-1) Bishop Carroll 40

(7-1) Rochester 70, (5-2) Tussey Mountain 50

(9-2) North Clarion 62, (5-3) Berlin Brothersalley 43

(10-1) Kennedy

Shanksville 45

(9-1) Coudersport 54, (6-3) Blacklick 46 Quarterfinals

(1-1) Jenkintown vs. (11-1) Nativity BVM (2-2) Susquehanna Comm vs. (4-1) Northumberland Christian

(7-1) Rochester vs. (9-2) North Clarion (10-1) Kennedy Catholic vs. (9-1) Coudersport

Catholic

(2-1) West (3-2) Twin 52, 53,

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Class AAA First Round Thursday

(1) Holy Ghost Prep 7, (8) Bishop Shanahan 0

(5) Father Judge 6, (4) Malvern Prep 2 (3) St. Joe’s Prep 3, (6) Cardinal O’Hara 2

8, (7) Roman Catholic 1

(2) La Salle Semifinals At Hatfield Ice

(1) Holy Ghost vs. (5) Father Judge vs. (3) St. Joe’s Prep

(2) La Salle

vs. (12-2) (2-1)

(1-3)

(5-1) blocked six shots.

“We play really aggressive man-to-man defense,” Dock coach Mike Fergus said. “When we had five fouls in the first four minutes of the game I was like, ‘Woah.’ I had three starters with foul trouble. We had to adjust how we were guarding. If they’d have let us guard the way we do, we would’ve turned that team over a lot. The officiating was fine, we just had to adjust to it and we thought we did a nice job of that.”

“That’s the huge advantage for us now in this state tournament,” Ellis added, “our defense. We can worry about offense later. The offense will come for us, but the defense is always the biggest thing.”

The teams played a tight first quarter. Martin hit three three-pointers in the opening frame to give the Pioneers a 9-3 lead. Holy Cross responded with an 8-0 run to go ahead, 11-9, and eventually held a 14-13 advantage after eight minutes.

Dock’s defense held Holy Cross to just five points in the second quarter. SaintFleur hit a three-pointer to put Dock ahead for good, 20-18. Ellis hit a three on the next possession and Saint-Fleur followed with a two-point jumper to make it an 8-0 run and 25-18 lead. They went to halftime ahead, 25-19.

Holy Cross’ Leahy O’Connor hit his team’s only three of the game with 2:10 left in the third, cutting their deficit to 34-29. The triple started a 7-2 run and the third ended with Dock ahead, 36-33.

Martin and Ellis joined Saint-Fleur in double figures with 15 and 12 points, respectively.

The Pioneers will face (12-1) Math, Civics & Sciences in the quarterfinals.

Dock Mennonite 56, Holy Cross 43

Dock Mennonite13 12 11 20 – 56 Holy Cross14 5 14 10 – 43

DM: Saint-Fleur 7 3-4 18, Wilder 1 1-2 3, Martin 6 0-0 15, Ellis 3 5-7 12, Jainlett 2 0-2 4, Derstine 1 0-0 2, Barnes 0 0-0 0, Kuhn 1 0-0 2, Lapp 0 0-0 0. Total 21 9-15 56.

HC: Callejas 1 0-0 2, O’Connor 4 3-4 12, Bennie 1 3-8 5, Calciano 2 0-3 4, Burrier 6 6-8 18, Osborne 0 2-4 2. Total 14 14-27 43. 3-point goals: DM: Saint-Fleur, Martin 3, Ellis. HC: O’Connor.