Red Raiders romp past Mustangs

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 December 2017 at 6:46 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brian Fry looks to put up a layup as Justin Poumpey tries for the block for St. Francis. The action took place during the Mustangs loss to the Red Raiders this afternoon at St. Mary’s, Lancaster.

Roaring out to a huge turnover aided 24 point half-time advantage, St. Francis went on to blitz Medina 67-27 this afternoon in the ADPRO Sports challenge at St. Mary’s, Lancaster.

Medina did stay within one, 9-8, with three minutes to go in the opening quarter after Jalin Cooper’s third layup in the early going.

However, St. Francis closed the period with a 7-0 run to regain the lead for good at 16-8.

Keeping the momentum, the Red Raiders then exploded for a turnover aided 16-0 run over the first five minutes of the second quarter to race away to a commanding 24 point, 32-8 advantage. The lead stayed at 24, 36-12, at the half.

Dorion Ivey scored 7, Owen Woyshner 5 and Bo Sireika 4 to lead the Red Raiders big second quarter surge.

St. Francis, which got scoring from 14 different players, maintained a 26 point, 47-21, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Sireiaka, who topped the 1,000 point career scoring mark with a three in the first period, scored 9 and Ivey 7 to lead the Red Raiders balanced attack.

Cooper finished with 10 for the Mustangs as Tyler Chinn added 5, Nate Sherman 4, Alex Allis and Izaiah Rhim 3 and Brendan Luthart 2.

Now at 1-4, Medina next faces St. Paul, Ontario in the I-90 Showcase at Villa Maria College on December 29.