Laurel rallies to knock off Ellwood City
Laurel (38) Vs. Ellwood City (36)
Dec 11, 2009
The Laurel High boys basketball team woke up just in time last night.

The Spartans rallied from a five-point deficit in the final two minutes to top the host team, 38-36, in the Ellwood City Tipoff Tournament.

Senior Eric Wallas capped a team-high 13-point performance with an 8-foot jumper two ticks ahead of the final buzzer to win the game.

“We started out well, but then we hit a wall and looked like we hadn’t been on a basketball court for a month,” Laurel head coach Mike Tinstman said. “I thought we played well against an aggressive team, we got a lot of shots, but the shots just weren’t falling.

“We were down 36-31 with 1:58 to go and finally started to hit some, but we really struggled for about a quarter and a half.”

Jake Dando provided 11 more points for the Spartans, while Shane Caldararo contributed eight points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Wallas came up with six steals.

Ellwood City got 10 points from Brandon Lucarelli.

Laurel will meet Grove City at 7:30 p.m. today in the tournament championship game. Ellwood City will take on Monaca at 6 p.m. in the consolation round.

In the tournament’s junior varsity action, Laurel posted a 37-35 win over Ellwood City. Todd Fennick’s 19 points keyed the winners. Devin Seigfried had 11 for the Wolverines.
Nightly Roundup
Game Scoreboard
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT SCORE
Laurel 14 7 4 13 0 38
Ellwood City 6 11 9 10 0 36
Box Scores
LAUREL (38)
Eric Wallas 3 6-6 13
Mike Natale 1 1-4 3
Shane Caldararo 4 0-2 8
Jake Dando 5 0-1 11
Tyler Forbes 1 1-2 3
Chad Long 0 0-1 0
Ryan Melichar 0 0-0 0
Todd Fennick 0 0-0 0
Richard Jones 0 0-0 0
Totals: 14 8-16 38
ELLWOOD CITY (36)
Brandon Lucarelli 4 0-0 10
Gino Ceriani 2 3-4 8
Ryan Horgan 3 1-2 7
Cody Mittica 1 5-6 7
Richard McKinney 1 0-2 2
Matt Germanski 1 0-0 2
Jared Feit 0 0-0 0
Tyler Lucarelli 0 0-0 0
Christian Kegel 0 0-0 0
Kyle Crawford 0 0-0 0
Totals: 12 9-14 36

LAUREL 14 7 4 13 — 38
ELLWOOD 6 11 9 10 — 36

3-point goals — Laurel: Wallas 1, Dando 1; Ellwood: B. Lucarelli 2, Ceriani 1
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