Banner Helps North Clarion Boys’ Win D9 1A Consolation Game

Chris Rossetti

Chris Rossetti

Published March 3, 2018 5:20 am
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KANE, Pa. (D9Sports) — An 8-0 run at the end of the third quarter helped North Clarion pull out a 65-57 win over Cameron County in the District 9 Class 1A boys’ consolation game at Kane High School.

(Photo of North Clarion’s Nathan Banner heading to the basket during Friday night’s consolation game win over Cameron County. Photo by Tessa Boschert. Check out more of Boschert’s work here)

After trailing by five, 31-26, at halftime, the third-seeded Red Raiders (17-7) fought back to tie the game at 41 with two minutes left in the third quarter.

But top-seeded North Clarion (21-4) rolled off the final eight minutes of the quarter to take a 49-41 lead going to the fourth quarter.

The Wolves then scored all 16 of their fourth-quarter points from the free-throw line going 16 of 24 from the line in the eight-minute period led by Jesse Schmader, who was a perfect 6 of 6 in the quarter from the line.

The fourth-quarter free-throw barrage allowed North Clarion to go 21 of 31 from the line in the game, while Cameron County shot 8 of 16 from the line.

Newly-minted 1,000-point scorer 1,000-point scorer Nathan Banner led the Wolves with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Kyle Mills chipped in 12 points, Keeven Weaver added nine tallies and Schmader eight.

Adam Shaffer paced Cameron County with 16 points with Dino Brown adding 12 and Bryce Bauer eight.

Both teams move into the PIAA playoffs.

North Clarion gets WPIAL runner-up Union-New Castle, while Cameron County gets WPIAL champion Vincentian Academy. Those games will be Friday, March 9, at sites and times to be announced Sunday.

NORTH CLARION 65, CAMERON COUNTY 57

Score by Quarters

Cameron Co. 8 18 15 16 — 57
North Clarion 16 15 18 16 — 65

CAMERON COUNTY — 57

Dino Brown 4 3-3 12, Marcus Brown 2 0-0 4, Alex Umble 2 0-0 5, Adam Shaffer 6 4-8 16, Caden Beldin 3 0-2 7, Ty Bauer 2 1-2 5, Bryce Bauer 3 0-0 8, Matt Swartz 0 0-0 0, Jon Good 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 8-16 57.

NORTH CLARION — 65

Nathan Banner 7 2-4 19, Keeven Weaver 2 4-6 9, Jesse Schmader 1 6-6 8, Zander Hargenrader 0 2-4 2, Sam Minich 2 1-1 5, Noah Meyers 0 2-2 2, Korey Mills 1 0-0 2, Kyle Mills 5 2-4 12, Tyler McCord-Wolbert 1 1-2 3, Matson Higgins 1 0-0 2, Logan Minich 0 1-2 1, Jacob Bauer 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 21-31 65.

Three-pointers: Cameron County 5 (Bryce Bauer, Dino Brown, Umble, Beldin). North Clarion 4 (Banner 3, Weaver).

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