IRON WILL; CCC CAGES EAGLES

WARREN, OH- On Friday night basketball, the Cleveland Central Catholic Ironmen traveled to Warren to face the John F. Kennedy Eagles. The Ironmen seemed to have baffled the Eagles defense throughout the game as the won with an astonishing scoreline of 73-38.  

The first quarter began with a slow start between both teams from the tip-off to triple zeros. There was one three-pointer by each of the teams in the first quarter. For the Ironmen was Charles Knuckles and for the Eagles was Gabe Green. Throughout the first quarter and throughout the game, Kennedy has cleaned up their game significantly compared to their last game against the Ursuline Fighting Irish. But that does not turn away the fact that the Eagles were outscored by the Ironmen at the end of the first quarter 9-13.

The second quarter is where things decided to pick up for the Ironmen, scoring a total of 18 points making the end of the half score 20-31. Terran Mack leading the charge with 7 points in the quarter. As CCC seemed to speed up their pace, JFK seemed to keep the same pace, if not a slower pace, and started falling behind the Ironmen. And just like the first quarter, only one three-pointer was made by each team. Gabe Green again on the Eagles and Arthur Fayne for the Ironmen. At the end of the half, Cleveland Central Catholic had 3 fouls in the half and JFK had 6. From here on out, Cleveland Central Catholic did not let off the gas pedal in more ways than one. 

The third and fourth quarters both consisted of 21 point games by the consistent Ironmen. They kept playing fast pace ball and the Eagles could not keep up with them where they only accumulated 18 combined points in both quarters. The score went from a 25 point lead at the end of the third, to a 35 point lead at the end of the fourth. The offensive powerhouse of Cleveland Central Catholic was too great for JFK to handle, including the multiple dunks pulled off by three different players. Limar Bowen seemed to be injured on a play and had to be taken to the locker room, but soon came out looking healthy. 

The game ended with a slaughter of 38-73 with Cleveland Central Catholic victorious. Leading scorer of the night for CCC was Arthur Fayne with 17 points on the night with 3 three-pointers. Following him was Terran Mack with 11 points that evening. Leading the point total for the Eagles was T.J Hardin with 10 points followed by a tie of 8 points between Bobby Plizga and Gabe Green. The Ironmen had 10 fouls on the night while the Eagles had 13.

The Eagles’ next game will be at home against the Liberty Leopards Tuesday, December 17

*Story contributed by YSN’s Dom O’Brien