Gators’ season ends with losses to state’s top-ranked teams
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Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Drew Howard (23) heads up court after making a steal against Berlin Brothersvalley as teammate Trevon White looks on during Friday night无毛视频檚 PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown无毛视频檚 无毛视频 Center. Howard scored 11 points in the Gators无毛视频� defeat.
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Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Ryan Anderson secures a rebound against Berlin Brothersvalley as teammate Jaydis Kennedy (22) looks on during Friday night无毛视频檚 PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown无毛视频檚 无毛视频 Center.
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Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Enzo Fetsko (3) puts in a shot in front of Berlin Brothersvalley无毛视频檚 Cole Blubaugh for the Gators无毛视频� first points during Friday night无毛视频檚 PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown无毛视频檚 无毛视频 Center.
Geibel Catholic's Ryan Anderson dribbles the ball against Berlin Brothersvalley聽during Friday night's PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's 无毛视频 Center. Anderson scored 11 of the Gators' 13 first-half points in a 73-37 loss.
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Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Isaiah Krizner attempts a shot over Berlin Brothersvalley无毛视频檚 Abe Countryman (25) during Friday night无毛视频檚 PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown无毛视频檚 无毛视频 Center.
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Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Enzo Fetsko tries to fend off Berlin Brothersvalley无毛视频檚 Cole Blubaugh as he dribbles the ball during Friday night无毛视频檚 PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown无毛视频檚 无毛视频 Center.
Geibel Catholic's Ryan Anderson hits a free throw to give the Gators' an early 6-5 lead over Berlin Brothersvalley聽during Friday night's PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's 无毛视频 Center. Anderson scored 11 points but the Gators lost.
Geibel Catholic coach Don Porter (left) talks with his assistants during a timeout in聽Friday night's PIAA Class A first-round game against Berlin Brothersvalley at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's 无毛视频 Center.
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Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 Isaiah Krizner (12) defends Berlin Brothersvalley无毛视频檚 Elijah Sechler during Friday night无毛视频檚 PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown无毛视频檚 无毛视频 Center.
Geibel Catholic's Ryan Anderson (3) defends as Berlin Brothersvalley's Wil Spochart attempts a shot聽during Friday night's PIAA Class A first-round game at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's 无毛视频 Center.
JOHNSTOWN 无毛视频� No one can say Geibel Catholic无毛视频檚 boys basketball team wasn无毛视频檛 tested during the 2020 postseason.
Fifteen days after suffering a 99-51 loss to Vincentian Academy 无毛视频� the No. 1 Class A team in the state and eventual district champion 无毛视频� the Gators found themselves up against Pennsylvania无毛视频檚 second-ranked team in Berlin Brothersvalley in the first round of the PIAA tournament.
The results were similar.
The District 5 champion Mountaineers ended the first quarter on a 12-point run to take a 17-6 lead and never looked back in cruising to a 73-37 victory in the 无毛视频 Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown on Friday night.
无毛视频淭hat无毛视频檚 a real tall task to try to come up and beat those two,无毛视频� Geibel coach Don Porter said. 无毛视频淚t should be an interesting match-up with Vincentian and Berlin.无毛视频�
Those two will meet in the second round on Tuesday at a site and time to be determined.
Elijah Sechler hit four of Berlin无毛视频檚 10 3-pointers in scoring a game-high 22 points, teammate Wil Spochart followed with 16 points and 6-foot-3 center Abe Countryman dominated inside in tallying 14 points.
The Mountaineers (27-1) led 39-13 at halftime and 53-22 after three quarters.
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The Gators (15-10) can take pride in knowing they earned the program无毛视频檚 first playoff win since 2005 when they beat Leechburg in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs, 65-58.
Geibel got one strong scoring half from two different players against the Mountaineers. Senior Ryan Anderson accounted for all but two of his team无毛视频檚 first-half points with a pair of 3-pointers and a 5-for-6 performance at the foul line for 11, while sophomore Drew Howard scored all 11 of his points in the second half with five field goals, including one trey.
Berlin made it tough on Gators leader Enzo Fetsko, holding the senior 1,000-point scorer to just two points as he put in Geibel无毛视频檚 first basket of the game.
无毛视频淔etsko was just cold tonight,无毛视频� said Porter, who also credited Berlin无毛视频檚 defense. 无毛视频淚 know it was deliberate to try to get him taken out of the game, that无毛视频檚 what their game plan was. Take out a 20-point scorer.
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The Gators took their only lead when Anderson hit four straight free throws in a 25-second span to make it 6-5 with 4:05 left in the first quarter but Countryman scored to put Berlin back ahead to stay.
Oddly enough, despite falling by 36 points, the Gators put just as many players in the scoring column as the Mountaineers with seven.
Senior Isaiah Krizner and freshman Trevon White each had four points, senior Ethan Jellots sank a 3-pointer and senior Jacob Mariotti tossed in a basket at the final buzzer for two points.
Geibel was minus one starter as senior Cole Kendall didn无毛视频檛 travel with the team for personal reasons.
Porter commended his team despite the loss.
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