A win doesn't always leave a coach satisfied.
Warren coach Jeff Berdine was unhappy with his team's inconsistent play despite a 66-54 region victory over Harbor Creek Tuesday at Warren Area High School.
"Tonight started a big stretch of games for us and I was hoping for a little better start as far as our intensity and focus go," said Berdine. "Our inability to play 32 minutes with mental focus showed tonight. We were good at times, but also very poor at times and we can't beat good teams playing like that."
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Tidioute Charter senior Matt Brown fires up a 3-pointer in a varsity contest against Sheffield on Tuesday night at Sheffield High School.
Berdine said that the Huskies were playing without four of their top seven players Tuesday, making the victory that much more disappointing.
Warren appeared to be in control for much of the first half, but the Huskies never went away on the scoreboard as the home team led by just four at the break.
However, in the second half, the Dragons used a tenacious half-court pressure defense to take control of the game. Using steals to get easy transition buckets, Warren's 18-5 run in the middle third and early fourth quarter put the game out of reach for Harbor Creek.
Berdine was especially happy with the play of guard Joel Stewart, who was responsible for many of those steals and easy buckets as well, as the rebounding efforts of Preston McMeans, Tyler Fantaskey and Hank Morrison down the stretch.
Four Warren players reached double figures for the night, led by Morrison's 14 points. Kory Thomas chipped in 13 points, McMeans 12 more and Stewart 10. McMeans filled the stat sheet in many categories, adding six boards, four assists, five steals and three blocks.
Fantaskey was the team's top rebounder with seven and Mark Davis blocked three shots off the bench.
The Dragons (7-2, 1-2 region) continue a busy region week on Thursday and Saturday when they visit Fort LeBoeuf and Oil City, respectively. The team returns home Monday to face General McLane - its fourth region game in a span of seven days.
Warren's junior varsity team was a 57-32 winner. Davis and Austin Jerman scored 14 points each in the win.
HARBOR CREEK (54): Barko 0 2-2 2, Robison 2 0-1 5, Griffith 5 1-6 11, McBride 6 1-1 16, Zoltowski 0 6-6 6, Sestak 5 2-2 14, Totals: 18 12-18 54
WARREN (66): Joel Stewart 4 2-2 10, Jordan Baker 1 1-2 3, Austin Jerman 3 0-1 6, Mark Davis 0 0-0 0, Kory Thomas 5 1-3 13, Hank Morrison 7 0-0 14, Tyler Fantaskey 3 0-0 6, Preston McMeans 4 4-5 12, Andrew Morrison 1 0-0 2, Totals: 28 8-13 66
Harbor Creek 9 19 7 19 - 54
Warren 18 14 12 22 - 66
3-pointers: H- Robison, McBride 3, Sestak 2; W- Thomas 2
Junior varsity game
HARBOR CREEK (32): Zoltowski 2 5-5 9, Ward 2 0-0 4, Renshaw 3 0-0 6, Stanoplewicz 1 1-2 4, Learn 3 0-0 9, Rius 0 0-2 0, Totals: 11 6-9 32
WARREN (57): Dan Maeder 1 0-0 2, Austin Jerman 5 4-4 14, Cody McGraw 5 1-3 11, Mark Davis 6 2-2 14, Tyler Abbott 3 0-0 6, Drew Lobdell 4 2-2 10, Totals: 24 9-11 57
Harbor Creek 5 10 8 9 - 32
Warren 18 14 16 9 - 57
3-pointers: H- Stanoplewicz, Learn 3; W-None
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Sheffield 81, Tidioute 44
The Wolverines used strong efforts from Mark Sprandle, Kalil Slaughter, George Fitch, and Nick Bonavita - all scoring in double figures - to bury Tidioute Charter early Tuesday at Sheffield High School.
The Wolverines had a 10-point lead after one quarter, extended it to 17 at halftime, and cruised to the easy win. Eleven players played for the Wolverines and eight scored in the victory. Sprandle led the Wolverines with 20 points. Slaughter and Fitch both had double-doubles with 16 points and 15 points, respectively. Slaughter and Fitch had 12 rebounds each. Nick Bonavita also scored in double figures, finishing with 11 points, including three 3-pointers for 6-3 Sheffield.
"To be consistent at this point, I'm tickled to death at that, and hopefully we can build off that (with the stretch we're coming into). The next three games will be a test for us," said Sheffield coach Todd Fitch. Sheffield may soon get Ike Nearing back from illness.
Matt Brown led the Bulldogs with 22 points, including four 3-pointers. Shaun Sitterley scored 13 points and the Tidioute scoring was rounded out by Kendrick Morrison, who had nine points.
Tidioute drops to 0-6 with the loss.
"This was certainly our best game of the year," said TCCS coach Dave Manning. "We got our offense going and put up our highest point total yet. We will continue to improve if we just take things one game at a time."
Sheffield also won the J.V. contest, 40-9. Dylan McNeal led Sheffield with 14 points in the win.
TIDIOUTE (44): Ben Craft 0 0-0 0, Jordan Yeager 0 0-0 0, Kendrick Morrison 2 5-12 9, Shaun Sitterley 2 8-12 13, Matt Brown 8 2-4 22, Matt Niles 0 0-0 0, Cody Masters 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 15-28 44.
SHEFFIELD (81): Brendan Kipp 0 0-0 0, Dylan Reynolds 3 0-0 7, Tony Burt 0 0-0 0, Mark Sprandle 9 0-1 20, Brendan Winslow 4 0-2 8, Kalil Slaughter 7 2-6 16, Chris Pedersen 1 0-0 2, Dylan McNeal 1 0-0 2, Nick Bonavita 4 0-0 11, George Fitch 7 1-2 15, Tyler Fitzgerald 0 0-0 0. Totals: 36 3-13 81.
Tidioute 13 14 10 7 - 44
Sheffield 23 21 21 16 - 81
3-pointers: T- Sitterley, Brown 4. S- Reynolds, Sprandle 2, Bonavita 3.
Junior varsity game
TIDIOUTE (9): Jordan Yeager 0 0-0 0, Kendrick Morrison 2 1-4 5, Matt Niles 0 0-0 0, Chance Klos 2 0-0 4, Cody Mohrey 0 0-0 0, Cody Masters 0 0-2 0. Totals: 4 1-6 9.
SHEFFIELD (40): Brendan Kipp 0 0-0 0, Dylan Reynolds 2 0-2 6, Tony Burt 3 0-0 6, Brendan Winslow 1 0-0 2, Chris Pedersen 3 2-2 8, Dylan McNeal 7 0-0 14, Tyler Fitzgerald 2 0-0 4. Totals: 18 2-4 40.
Tidioute 0 1 4 4 - 9
Sheffield 16 8 8 8 - 40
3-pointers: T- none. S- Reynolds 2.
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Maplewood 38, Eisenhower 30
GUYS MILLS - A tale of two halves amounted to a loss for the 1-7 Knights Tuesday at Maplewood High School.
Eisenhower led 24-13 at halftime, but was outscored 25-6 in the second half, including 15-0 in the fourth quarter in Maplewood's eight-point win.
"Besides not being physical, we're just so undisciplined, and it's a chore every game to remain disciplined," said Norris. With a young team of freshman and sophomore starters, Norris thinks the Knights will get it, and play for four quarters like they did on Tuesday for the first half.
Josh Deppas and Tre Frank scored eight points each in the loss.
Maplewood is 2-6.
Ryan Williams had 14 points in a 37-21 junior varsity win for Ike.
EISENHOWER (30): Josh Deppas 3 0-0 8, Tre Frank 3 0-0 8, Aaron Lundmark 1 2-2 4, Ryan Williams 3 0-0 7, Andrew Santo 0 3-4 3, Colin Shine 0 0-0 0, Nathan O'Brien 0 0-0 0, Andrew Onoratti 0 0-0 0, Austin Schwanke 0 0-0 0, Joe Rutsky 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 5-6 30.
MAPLEWOOD (38): Lane 0 0-0 0, Mewborn 1 4-8 6, Potts 1 2-6 4, Jake Snyder 4 1-3 9, M. Davis 0 0-0 0, Camron Kramer 3 4-6 11, Turner 0 2-6 2, Battin 0 0-0 0, Dahl 1 4-4 6, J. Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 17-33 38.
Eisenhower 11 13 6 0 - 30
Maplewood 5 8 10 15 - 38
3-pointers: E-Deppas 2, Frank 2, Williams; M-Kramer.
Junior varsity game
EISENHOWER (37): Tre Frank 3 1-1 8, Aaron Lundmark 1 1-4 3, Colin Shine 1 0-0 3, Andrew Onoratti 2 0-2 4, Alex Johnson 0 1-2 1, Lucas Schwanke 1 0-0 2, Ryan Williams 6 2-2 14, Joe Rutsky 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 5-11 37.
MAPLEWOOD (21): Davis 1 0-0 2, Lake 3 0-0 6, Bakus 1 0-0 2, Hayes 1 0-2 2, Garrett 0 1-2 1, Maloney 1 0-0 2, Turner 3 0-0 6. Totals 10 1-4 21.
Eisenhower 12 11 5 9 - 37
Maplewood 6 2 4 7 - 21
3-pointers: E-Frank, Shine; M-none.
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Conneaut Lake 52, Youngsville 29
The non-region game got out of hand in the second quarter in Youngsville's home loss.
"We had a good first quarter, but they had a panic attack," said Youngsville coach Ray Neidrick, whose Eagles are 1-7 overall. "They ran a couple different traps and we had a few turnovers and a couple guys weren't on the same page."
Youngsville was tied 8-8 after one quarter but a 26-8 Conneaut second quarter essentially put the game away.
Broc Horn had 11 points in the loss.
Collin Lehnen had five points and five steals, and James Frazier 10 points, in a 37-26 junior varsity loss for Youngsville.
CONNEAUT LAKE (52): DiCaprio 1 0-0 2, Hutman 0 4-4 4, Weaver 0 1-2 1, RJ Baker 2 2-5 6, An. Baker 2 1-2 5, Tabar 7 3-4 20, Moyer 6 0-2 12, Newell 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 11-19 52.
YOUNGSVILLE (29): Nathan Smith 4 0-0 8, Jeremy Clark 1 1-2 3, Broc Horn 5 1-1 11, Billy Chuzie 0 0-0 0, Coll Dininny 0 0-0 0, D.J. Rose 3 1-1 7, Brandon Reed 0 0-0 0, Tom Chapman 0 0-0 0, James Frazier 0 0-1 0. Totals 13 3-5 29.
Conneaut Lake 8 26 14 5 - 52
Youngsville 8 8 10 3 - 29
3-pointers: C-Tabar 3; Y-none.
Junior varsity game
CONNEAUT LAKE (37): Moore 2 0-0 4, Robinson 1 1-2 3, Bartlett 6 4-4 16, Niemann 2 0-0 4, Baker 4 2-4 10. Totals 15 7-10 37.
YOUNGSVILLE (26): Jon Pollow 4 0-0 8, Collin Lehnen 2 1-2 5, James Frazier 4 2-3 10, Coll Dininny 1 0-0 2, Thomas Chapman 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 4-7 26.
Conneaut Lake 8 12 10 11 - 37
Youngsville 4 10 7 5 - 26
3-pointers: None.