GAME NINETEEN: DESALES 64; ST. CHARLES 58
(at DeSales, February 14, 2006)
Season Record: Overall: 13-6; Central Catholic League: 9-0
HAIL TO THE UNDISPUTED CENTRAL CATHOLIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
SCORE BY QUARTERS
    1     2     3     4   Final
St. Charles 14 15 20 9 58
DeSales 20 17 5 22 64
BOX SCORE
St. Charles Field
Goals		 Free
Throws		 Tot.
Pts.		 DeSales Field
Goals		 Free
Throws		 Tot.
Pts.
3s 2s Md. Att. 3s 2s Md. Att.
Rob Gruenwald 3 7 8 8 31 Andrew Thomas 2 5 1 1 17
Michael Banning   4     8 Dane Johnson   4 4 5 12
Alex Panda   3 2 2 8 Alex Kellogg   6   2 12
Pat Kelley 1 2     7 David Knapke 1 3 1 2 10
Bryan Wickliffe   2     4 Ricky Taylor   3 2 2 8
            Elijah Allen   1 3 6 5

TOTALS

4

18

10

10

58

TOTALS

3

22

11

18

64
   
TEAM STATISTICS
  DHS STC  DHS STC
Field goals:    Rebounds:    
    Made 2522    Offensive 13 14
    Attempted 57 55    Defensive 19 23
    Percentage 43.9%40%        Total 32 37
3-pt. field goals:    Personal fouls 13 18
    Made 3 4Assists 16  
    Attempted 12 20Turnovers 9 17
    Percentage 25%20%Blocked shots 1  
Free throws:    Steals 9  
    Made 11 10Offensive effi-    
    Attempted 18 10    ciency rating 1.049 0.921
    Percentage 61.1%100%    
DHS STATISTICS
Player Field
Goals		 3-Pt.
Field
Goals		 Rebounds Pers.
Fouls		 Assts. Blkd.
Shots		 Steals
Att. Md. Att. Md. Off. Def. Tot.
Andrew Thomas 12 7 5 2 3 4 7 2 0 0 0
Dane Johnson 11 4 2 0 0 3 3 3 12 0 3
Alex Kellogg 13 6 0 0 4 1 5 1 1 0 2
David Knapke 6 4 2 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 2
Ricky Taylor 6 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 0
Elijah Allen 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2
Cris Diedalis 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brandon Garrick 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Team rebounds         2 0 2        
TOTALS 57 25 12 3 13 19 32 13 16 1 9
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY SCORING
FIRST HALF DHS STC
FIRST QUARTER:
David Knapke field goal 2 0
Rob Gruenwald field goal 2 2
    (1st tie score)
Elijah Allen field goal 4 2
Michael Banning field goal 4 4
    (2nd tie score)
Alex Panda field goal 4 6
    (1st lead change)
Andrew Thomas three-point field goal 7 6
    (2nd lead change)
Ricky Taylor two free throws 9 6
Alex Panda field goal 9 8
David Knapke field goal 11 8
Dane Johnson field goal 13 8
Dane Johnson field goal 15 8
    Time-out STC (2:34 left to play)
David Knapke three-point field goal 18 8
    (DHS's largest lead -- Knapke's
    three-pointer completed a 14-2
    DHS run that began with Thomas's
    three-pointer)
Rob Gruenwald field goal 18 10
Alex Kellogg field goal 20 10
    (DHS's largest lead)
Rob Gruenwald field goal 20 12
Michael Banning field goal 20 14
END OF FIRST QUARTER 20 14
SECOND QUARTER:
Michael Banning field goal 20 16
Rob Gruenwald field goal 20 18
    Time-out DHS (5:55 left to play)
Rob Gruenwald three-point field goal 20 21
    (3rd lead change)
Rob Gruenwald two free throws 20 23
Alex Panda field goal 20 25
Alex Kellogg field goal 22 25
Rob Gruenwald two free throws 22 27
Andrew Thomas field goal 24 27
Pat Kelley field goal 24 29
Dane Johnson field goal 26 29
Andrew Thomas field goal 28 29
Ricky Taylor field goal 30 29
    (4th lead change)
    Time-out STC (1:29 left to play)
Andrew Thomas field goal 32 29
Andrew Thomas free throw 33 29
Ricky Taylor field goal 35 29
Andrew Thomas field goal 37 29
    (Thomas's field goal completed
    a 13-0 DHS run that began with
    Johnson's field goal in this
    quarter)
END OF SECOND QUARTER 37 29
SECOND HALF
THIRD QUARTER:
Rob Gruenwald field goal 37 31
Michael Banning field goal 37 33
Elijah Allen free throw 38 33
Rob Gruenwald field goal 38 35
Pat Kelley three-point field goal 38 38
    (3rd tie score)
Rob Gruenwald field goal 38 40
    (5th lead change)
Andrew Thomas field goal 40 40
    (4th and last tie score)
Rob Gruenwald three-point field goal 40 43
Bryan Wickliffe field goal 40 45
    Time-out DHS (2:55 left to play)
Rob Gruenwald two free throws 40 47
Rob Gruenwald field goal 40 49
    (STC's largest lead)
Ricky Taylor field goal 42 49
END OF THIRD QUARTER 42 49
FOURTH QUARTER:
Alex Kellogg field goal 44 49
Bryan Wickliffe field goal 44 51
Dane Johnson free throw 45 51
Dane Johnson field goal 47 51
Dane Johnson free throw 48 51
    Time-out STC (5:20 left to play)
Alex Kellogg dunk 50 51
David Knapke field goal 52 51
    (6th and last lead change -- DHS
    led for the rest of the game)
    Time-out STC (3:25 left to play)
Andrew Thomas three-point field goal 55 51
Alex Kellogg field goal 57 51
Elijah Allen free throw 58 51
    (Allen's free throw completed an
    18-2 DHS run that began with
    Taylor's field goal in the third
    quarter)
Rob Gruenwald three-point field goal 58 54
    Time-out STC (:50.5 left to play)
Dane Johnson two free throws 60 54
Alex Panda two free throws 60 56
    (:45.1 left to play)
Elijah Allen free throw 61 56
Alex Kellogg dunk 63 56
David Knapke free throw 64 56
    (:20.8 left to play)
Pat Kelley field goal 64 58

FINAL SCORE

 64 58
    (the victory over STC clinched an
    outright Central Catholic League
    championship for DHS, the
    second such title in school history 
    -- the first was won by the 2000-
    2001 team whose head coach was
    DHS principal Dan Garrick)
From THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
DESALES 64 | ST. CHARLES 58

DeSales rallies to clinch CCL title

Johnson leads comeback for Stallions in fourth quarter

Wednesday, February 15, 2006
by Steve Blackledge
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Those who take specific pleasure in crunching numbers enjoyed one wild night.

St. Charles produced separate runs of 15-0 and 20-3.

DeSales countered with streaks of 9-0, 13-0 and 14-0.

In the end, however, all that mattered to the home crowd was the Stallions’ teetertotter ride of a 64-58 victory that clinched the Central Catholic League championship.

"One of the types of wins we’ve been lacking this year is when we’ve gotten down and had our backs against the wall and still came back to earn the victory," DeSales coach Blair Albright said, "and tonight we had to do it at least twice.

"Sometimes you find out what you’re made of in games like this. That final push we made was the way champions respond. This wasn’t our best game by any means, but it was a character game."

DeSales (13-6, 9-0) entered the fourth quarter trailing 49-42, but a half-court trap seemed to unnerve St. Charles (13-6, 6-3).

Junior point guard Dane Johnson played a big role in the comeback with six points and three assists in five minutes when the Stallions turned a 51-44 deficit into a 58-51 lead. Johnson had 12 points and 12 assists.

"I think we just realized that it was our home court and our CCL to win and we went out and took out," he said. "St. Charles played their hearts out and we had to match their intensity.

"We tried to jack up the pressure on the defensive end and get the ball out of their hands. Ultimately, that got our offense untracked."

Albright singled out the play of Johnson and senior guard Andrew Thomas, who scored a career-high 17 points — more than 10 better than his average — and had seven rebounds.

"Dane made some absolutely pivotal plays on the defensive end in addition to what he always gives us as our leader and playmaker," Albright said. "As for Andrew, we know he is capable of that."

With Elijah Allen and Alex Kellogg, who typically account for 50 percent of DeSales’ scoring, limited to a combined 17 points, other players responded.

"Everyone in our rotation can score and we’ve proven that all year," Thomas said. "Tonight, well, this was my last game in this gym and I was extra pumped up."

Rob Gruenwald scored a career-high 31 points to pace the Cardinals, who are headed to their winningest season since 1995. He had 13 in a sizzling 20-5 third quarter.

"That sure was a game of runs between two teams that were really laying it on the line," St. Charles coach Pat Dimmick said. "I just wish the last run would have been ours instead of theirs."


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