MEADVILLE - The Warren County Christian School Lions dropped to 0-2 on the young season after a 59-25 loss to the Meadville Calvary Baptist Thunder on Tuesday.
The two senior members of the Lions - Carson Moore and Josh Wagonseller accounted for the most of the team's scoring with 24 of the team's 25 points. Wagonseller had a team-high 16 markers and Moore finished with eight. Tommy Jones was the other Lion to work his way into the box score.
WCCS coach Tom Jones said that Moore had "a strong game on the glass" and that the underclassmen "really stepped up their game tonight."
Calvary Baptist also won the junior varsity game, 40-19. Dan Lauffenburger's eight points led WCCS.
The team will look for its first victory Tuesday when it hosts Jamestown Bethel.
WCCS (25): Carson Moore 3 2-4 8, Josh Wagonseller 5 4-7 16, Tommy Jones 0 1-2 1, Eric Sorenson 0 0-0 0, Zack Ballard 0 0-0 0, Trevor Phelps 0 0-0 0, Totals: 8 7-13 25
CALVARY BAPTIST (59): Hough 2 1-2 5, DeCrillis 2 1-2 6, VanDamia 1 0-0 2, B. Orndorf 5 0-0 10, Housler 4 0-0 8, L. Paisley 2 0-0 4, Ott 2 0-2 4, A. Orndorf 4 1-1 9, B. Paisley 1 0-0 2, Smith 1 0-0 2, Caldwell 1 0-0 2, Wilson 2 0-1 4, Yoder 0 1-2 1, Totals: 27 4-10 59
WCCS 5 3 8 9 - 25
Calvary Baptist 19 16 14 10 - 59
3-pointers: W-Wagonseller; M- DeCrillis
Junior varsity game
WCCS (19): Eric Sorenson 2 0-0 4, Zack Ballard 1 0-2 2, Trevor Phelps 0 0-0 0, Tommy Jones 0 0-0 0, Marcus Root 0 0-0 0, Josh Jones 0 1-2 1, Dan Lauffenburger 4 0-0 8, Jacob Sorenson 0 0-0 0, Hayden Havle 0 0-0 0, Danny Jones 0 0-0 0, Ethan Kerr 2 0-0 4, Totals: 9 1-4 19
CALVARY BAPTIST (40): Bocao 2 0-0 4, Kapper 4 0-0 8, Sherrard 5 0-0 10, L. Csiky 1 0-0 2, Parker 5 0-0 10, I. Csiky 1 0-0 2, Shaffer 1 0-0 2, Caldwell 1 0-0 2, Totals: 20 0-0 40
WCCS 4 7 4 4 - 19
Calvary Baptist 14 6 14 6 - 40
3-pointers: None
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Erie First Christian Academy 56, Eisenhower 49
Aaron Lundmark scored 25 points, but Eisenhower trailed the entire game in a non-league loss at Eisenhower High School.
The Knights (1-2) - at Oswayo Valley on Wednesday - trailed 35-20 at halftime.
"We did play better in the second half," said Eisenhower coach Dave Allenson.
No more details on the varsity game were provided.
Junior varsity game
ERIE FIRST CHRISTIAN (28): Cheng 1 2-2 4, Tserger 3 2-3 9, Bricker 1 0-0 2, Gernovich 3 0-0 7, Mao 3 0-1 6.
EISENHOWER (): Chris Sanders 5 0-0 10, Ricky Zortman 1 0-0 2, Casey Vincent 6 0-0 12, Jarrett Johnson 4 3-5 11, Grant Venman 0 2-2 2, Ben Harvey 2 0-0 6, Alex Johnson 0 4-12 0. Totals
Erie First Christian 4 14 2 8 - 28
Eisenhower 11 10 12 12 - 45
3-pointer: EFC-Tserger, Gernovich; Eis-Harvey 2.