SENECA - "It means a lot," said Warren coach Lisa Ruhlman of her team's 59-40 Cranberry Tournament championship game win over Cranberry on Friday.
"We had this circled on our calendars," she said.
Warren was up at halftime over Cranberry at last year's tournament before the hosts stormed back to win with a big second half.
"It's been a goal of ours since we didn't accomplish it last year," said Ruhlman, who added that Cranberry's history in girls basketball makes this a big win in itself.
Leading 41-35 after three quarters, the Lady Dragons wouldn't be denied this year.
"They just hunkered down (in an 18-5 fourth quarter)," said Ruhlman. "I really think our conditioning came into play. They just played hard, big and strong. It was the first game we played (well) all 32 minutes."
Senior Jaimie Eaton surpassed 1,000 career points in Thursday's opening-round win over Westinghouse, and added 26 points, including 10-of-12 at the free throw line, six assists and seven steals on Friday. She was named tournament MVP and to the all-tourney team with 47 points in two games.
Senior teammate Taylor Mineweaser added 14 points Friday and was named the all-tournament team as Defensive Player of the Tournament.
Freshman D.J. Hahn was named the tourney's Most Promising Young Player.
"Overall, it was a total team effort," said Ruhlman. "Everyone did their job."
Alexa Bupp had nine rebounds and Paige Wilson added seven rebounds for Warren (7-0), which hosts McDowell on Saturday.
The Lady Dragons held Cranberry leading scorers Emily Merryman and Sune Swart below their scoring averages, Ruhlman said.
WARREN (59): Jaimie Eaton 7 10-12 26, D.J. Hahn 1 2-5 4, Alexa Bupp 1 6-8 8, Taylor Mineweaser 5 2-2 14, Kari Santo 0 1-2 1, Brittany Merenick 1 0-0 2, Paige Wilson 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 21-29 59.
CRANBERRY (40): Swart 4 3-4 11, Merryman 6 0-0 14, Swartzfager 2 1-1 5, Groner 1 2-2 5, Sponenburgh 0 2-2 2, Brannon 1 1-1 3. Totals 14 9-10 40.
Warren 14 16 11 18 - 59
Cranberry 14 7 14 5 - 40
3-pointers: W-Eaton 2, Mineweaser 2; Merryman 2.
Junior varsity game
WARREN (29): Ashlee McClure 0 0-0 0, Kaitlin Sedon 0 0-0 0, Megan Smoulder 4 2-2 10, Meghan Loutzenhiser 0 0-0 0, Amy Castagnino 0 1-2 1, Lexi Ednie 2 0-0 4, Lizzy Marsh 5 1-1 11, Paige Wilson 0 3-6 3. Totals 11 7-11 29.
CLARION (23): Ganoe 3 0-0 6, T. Weaver 0 1-2 1, Wiser 0 0-2 0, Reed 1 1-2 3, Beveridge 2 1-2 5, Glenn 1 0-0 2, Kroh 2 2-2 6. Totals 9 5-10.
Warren 8 5 12 4 - 29
Clarion 3 6 7 7 - 23
3-pointers: None.
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Otto-Eldred Tournament
Sheffield 51,
Otto-Eldred 37
DUKE CENTER - Sheffield will play for the championship trophy of the Otto-Eldred Tournament after knocking off the host Terrors, 51-37, on the opening night of action Friday at Otto-Eldred High School.
"The third quarter was the difference in the game for us tonight," said Sheffield girls coach Jeff Labesky. "We were able to extend a four-point lead to 14 points. We didn't shoot very well at the free-throw line tonight. We probably could've made things a little easier on us had we done that."
Sheffield trailed 8-7 after the first quarter, but had built a 20-16 edge before halftime. Out of the gate in the third quarter, the Wolverines turned up the pressure and were able to push the lead to as many as 18 points.
Jen Isenberg paced a balanced Sheffield attack with 17 points. Abby Labesky added 12 points of her own, Hannah Vile added nine points and Ashley Davidson finished with seven points.
The Wolverines (3-3) will look for the tournament crown at 5 p.m. Saturday when they square off with Kane. Kane beat Oswayo Valley on Friday and defeated Sheffield, 70-43, earlier this month.
Otto-Eldred won the junior varsity game between the clubs, 38-32. Tierra Hansen led Sheffield with 17 points.
SHEFFIELD (51): Hannah Vile 3 3-4 9, Hanna Fitch 2 0-0 4, Jade Moore 1 0-0 2, Ashley Davidson 3 1-3 7, Abby Labesky 4 2-4 12, Jen Isenberg 7 2-10 17, Tierra Hanson 0 0-0 0, Mariah Fitzgerald 0 0-0 0, Totals: 20 8-21 51
OTTO ELDRED (37): Greeley 3 0-0 6, Brown 3 4-4 10, Plotko 1 0-0 2, Hulben 2 0-0 4, Holbert 2 4-4 9, Hartzel 2 2-2 6, Totals: 13 10-10 37
Sheffield 7 13 15 16 - 51
Otto Eldred 8 8 5 16 - 37
3-pointers: S- Labesky 2, Isenberg; O- Holbert
Junior varsity game
SHEFFIELD (32): Abby Cromwell 2 1-4 5, Morgan Leichtenberger 1 0-0 2, Mary Fiscus 0 0-2 0, Jade Moore 1 0-0 2, Mariah Fitzgerald 3 0-1 6, Tierra Hansen 8 1-2 17, Julia Vile 0 0-0 0, Jackie Kifer 0 0-0 0, Rachel Maines 0 0-0 0, Totals: 15 2-9 32
OTTO ELDRED (38): Plotko 2 0-0 4, Milliron 5 2-2 15, Stuck 2 2-2 6, Drummond 0 2-2 2, Hartzel 2 1-3 5, Jones 3 0-0 6, Totals: 14 7-9 38
Sheffield 10 7 3 12 - 32
Otto Eldred 11 15 8 4 - 38
3-pointers: S- None; O- Milliron 3
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Union City Tournament
Cochranton 63, Youngsville 20
UNION CITY - One night after winning its first game of the season and advancing to the championship finals of the Union City Tournament, the Youngsville Lady Eagles were beaten in dominating fashion by the Cochranton Cardinals.
The Lady Cardinals cruised to the tournament title with a 63-20 victory over Youngsville, sending the Eagles to 1-6 on the season.
Only four players scored for Youngsville in defeat, including Kennedy Cratty with eight points, Katie Chuzie with six points, Karissa Cratty with four points and Jessica Jameson with four points.
The Cratty twins were named to the all-tournament team.
"We played poorly to start yesterday and we finished very strong (in the win over Union City)," said Youngsville coach David Becker. "It didn't seem like the girls were ready to play tonight."
COCHRANTON (63): Offi 3 1-1 8, Quickel 4 0-0 8, Ke. Dickson 6 0-0 13, Bernarding 6 1-2 14, Egli 3 2-2 8, Clulow 1 1-2 3, Ka. Dickson 3 3-4 9, Totals: 26 8-11 63
YOUNGSVILLE (20): Kelsey Anderson 0 0-0 0, Katelyn Maille 0 0-0 0, Karissa Cratty 1 2-2 4, Katie Chuzie 2 1-1 6, Jessica Jameson 1 0-0 2, Judi Lewis 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Cratty 3 2-4 8, Savannah Pollow 0 0-0 0, Totals: 7 5-7 20
Cochranton 25 16 12 10 - 63
Youngsville 4 8 6 2 - 20
3-pointers: C- Offi, Ke. Dickson, Bernarding; Y- Chuzie