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Warren County Christian boys, girls notch victories

The Warren County Christian School girls basketball team rolled to a convincing 59-29 win over CCSI on Monday behind Emma Marino’s 21 points and another 20 from Rachel Brenner. The Lady Lions opened the game with a 19-9 first quarter and solidified their lead by outscoring CCSI 24-12 in the third. Marino also had two assists and two rebounds while Brenner filled out her stat sheet with three assists and six boards. Desirae Kerr added 12 points, five assists and three rebounds, McKenna Phelps had three rebounds, and Kiara Baker added two assists and a pair of rebounds. Kiersten ...

WCCS girls get win over Erie First

Warren County Christian School got a strong performance from Emma Marino on their way to a 35-19 win over visiting Erie First Christian Academy on Monday, Marino scored a game-high 17 points while grabbing six rebounds and dishing out three assists in the winning effort. The key to victory for the Lady Lions was defense, according to coach Robert Marrone. “We played an excellent defensive game,” Marrone said. “We got to them with our press. Our shooting was inconsistent, but the defense dominated.” McKenna Phelps added eight points for WCCS, Desirae Kerr had four points, ...

WCCS boys drop thriller to Calvary

Despite a 66-61 setback to Calvary Baptist, Warren County Christian school coach Tom Jones couldn’t have been prouder of the way his team played. Tommy Jones had 25 points for the Lions and Josiah Poindexter 15 for the Lions in the close loss. “That’s the best game we’ve played all season,” coach Jones said. “That’s (Calvary) a very talented team. Tommy Jones, Josh Jones and Josiah Poindexter did a great job on the boards for us. Danny Jones did a great job of directing the offense. We had very few turnovers.” The difference in the game turned out to be what coach ...

WCCS goes 1-1 in tournament action

Warren County Christian School battled to a split in their 1-day Christmas Tournament on Tuesday, dropping a 43-41 overtime heartbreaker to Latrobe Christian Academy, followed by a convincing 78-21 win over Bible Baptist Christian of Mercer. Tommy Jones and Josiah Poindexter did all of the scoring for WCCS in Game 1 with 24 and 17 points respectively. “It was a hard-fought battle,” said WCCS coach Tom Jones. “They (Latrobe) had a couple of talented players. We were missing one of our starters (illness) and that made an impact on our game. It took us a little bit to adjust, but ...

Late surge lifts Lady Lions to victory against Calvary

MEADVILLE- A fourth quarter surge propelled the Warren County Christian School girls to a 29-23 victory over Calvary Baptist in New Penn Christian Conference play on Tuesday. The Lady Lions entered the fourth quarter tied with Calvary Baptist at 14, but outscored the Lady Thunder 15-9  in the final period to take control of the game. “The first half was stagnant, but we were much better in the fourth quarter,” said WCCS coach Robert Marrone. “We got into some foul trouble with (Emma) Marino and (Desirae) Kerr fouling out, but we had an offensive resurgence from Rachel Brenner ...

Lions rally for thrilling OT win over Tidioute

MARIENVILLE – Josiah Poindexter got the game to overtime for Warren County Christian School in Saturday’s consolation game of the Forest Tip-Off Tournament against Tidioute and Tommy Jones took over from there. Poindexter got a rebound off a missed free throw with six seconds left in ...