PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Clearfield dominated inside and on the boards to outscore Punxsutawney in every period and cap the regular season with a 60-31 win in District 9 League schoolboy basketball action Thursday night.
Todd Hryn\’s 14 points and Mike Johnson\’s 13 tallies topped the Bisons, who will take a 15-9 record into their District 9 Class AAA semifinal game at Bradford Tuesday night. They were 7-5 in league play.
Coach Forrest Campman\’s Bisons opened up an 11-2 lead in the first seven minutes and closed the second quarter with an 18-2 run for a 36-14 halftime bulge.
Kevin Neal scored 13 points for the Chucks, who finished 3-9 in the league and 5-17 overall.
In the junior varsity game, Parker Herrington scored 19 points to pace Clearfield\’s 46-33 victory.
CLEARFIELD — 60
John Lhota 1 0-0 3, Andrew Janocko 0 0-0 0, Mike Johnson 6 1-2 13, Kyle Kline 1 0-0 2, James Zimmerman 4 1-1 9, Todd Hryn 5 3-3 14, Jarrin Campman 2 0-0 4, Drew Hipps 3 0-1 6, Matt Shiner 2 2-2 6, Parker Herrington 0 1-2 1, Nate Greenland 0 0-0 0, David Ryan 0 0-0 0, Cruise Kerr 1 0-0 2, Joel Fox 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 8-11 60.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — 31
Kevin Neal 5 2-4 13, Dan Long 2 2-4 6, Mike Cook 1 0-0 3, Kyle Acre 1 2-2 4, Dane Kopas 1 0-0 3, Austin Furman 0 0-0 0, Christian Muth 0 0-0 0, Mike Battistilla 1 0-0 2, Tim Hricik 0 0-0 0, Corey Neal 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 6-10 31.
Three-Point Field Goals: Clearfield 2 (Lhota 1, Hryn 1); Punxsutawney 3 (K. Neal 1, Cook 1, Kopas 1).
Score by Quarters:
Clearfield 13 23 11 13 — 60
Punxsutawney 5 9 7 10 — 31
