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Westbrook In this section: Section does it all Bowling Russell Westbrook gets his first Page C8 triple-double of the season with 17 points, C Saturday, 17 assists and 15 rebounds as the BuckEyes January 17, Page C2 Thunder downs the Warriors. Page C10 2015 WWW.CHRONICLET.COM HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BOYS BASKETBALL Smooth change Still going strong Lorain’s Devon Lorain tops Elyria Catholic promotes Andrews soars to the tough Tigers, Stupka to head coach, basket over Warrensville stays perfect keeps veteran Riesen Heights’ Joseph as offensive coordinator Vallery during Mike Perry Friday night’s The Chronicle-Telegram Shaun Bennett game in LORAIN — Lorain coach The Chronicle-Telegram Lorain. John Rositano finally got what Andrews he’s been looking for. Elyria Catholic named Dave Stupka its new head scored 27 After the Titans reeled off 11 football coach — appropriately on a Friday night — points and straight wins to open the sea- and the Panthers should see the easiest transition handed out son, with its only real test com- into the role in program history. seven assists ing in its season opener against Stupka served as a Panthers assistant last year, so as the Titans Newark, Rositano was hoping he’s already familiar with the returning players, and improved his team would face a challenge. he’s keeping longtime area coach to 12-0. Defending Lake Erie League Jeff Riesen as the offensive coordi- nator. He also knows how to move LORAIN 77, from assistant to head coach after WARRENSVILLE HTS. 71 having been promoted at Bedford Chanel and Midpark High. champion Warrensville Heights “He’s ran a very solid, quality pro- was just what the doctor ordered. gram at each stop (in his career),” Lorain jumped out to a big Stupka Elyria Catholic athletic director Bob early lead, but the Tigers made Thayer said. “In talking to Dave and things tight at the end before interviewing Dave, we just thought it was an out- falling 77-71 at Lorain High standing fit. We just think he’ll be a very, very good School. leader for our young men and the football pro- “They were very athletic and gram.” very aggressive,” Rositano said Stupka moved to Elyria Catholic two years ago of the Tigers. “The speed of the from Lutheran West after a teaching job became game was very up-tempo, and available. He agreed to coach the wide receivers last when both teams play at that season for Mike Polevacik, who resigned as the Pan- speed there are going to be thers head coach two weeks ago. some turnovers because of the “The opportunity to be a teacher here was the No. 1 athleticism and the length of priority,” Stupka said. “My family has a great belief in both teams. Catholic education and to have the opportunity to be “But that was a good win for a teacher here as well as a coach was at the forefront us. We needed to be tested and for me.” they gave us a really good test. See STUPKA, C3 We got Round One, now we’ve got to go over there at the end of the year for Round Two. It should be another great game.” CAVALIERS 126, CLIPPERS 121 At first it looked like the test Warrensville Heights would pro- vide the Titans would be more like an open-book pop quiz. Cavs sweep Lorain (12-0, 5-0) jumped out to a 21-14 lead after the first, led 42- 26 at halftime and by as many as L.A. behind 19 early in the third quarter. STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE See TITANS, C6 Kyrie, LeBron EC 66, ROCKY RIVER 55 ELYRIA 80, MAYFIELD 52 Beth Harris The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kyrie Irving scored 37 points, EC relies on LeBron James added 32 and the Cleveland Cava- Elyria hitting stride liers held off the Los Angeles Clippers 126-121 on Friday night. basics, late Tim Gebhardt Tristan Thompson had a sea- NEXT UP son-high 24 points and grabbed 12 The Chronicle Telegram WHO: rebounds starting in place of run to win ELYRIA — Midway through Cleveland Kevin Love, who sat out after hurt- the first quarter Friday night, vs. Chicago ing his back in Thursday’s win over Bob Daniels Elyria already had a 20-point WHEN: the Lakers. The Chronicle-Telegram lead over Mayfield. Monday, Blake Griffin had 34 points and That’s what happens when a ELYRIA — There’s a widely recognized 7;30 p.m. team starts to jell, and the Pio- 19 rebounds to lead six players in idiom that says all high school basketball WHERE: neers, who rolled to an easy double figures for the Clippers, teams consist of good shooters. There- The Q 80-52 win, are doing just that. TV/RADIO: who had won six of their previous fore, the saying goes, high school games Elyria (8-2, 3-1 Northeast eight. DeAndre Jordan had 19 are won on defense, the backboards and TNT; WEOL Ohio Conference Lake Divi- 930-AM, points and 12 rebounds, Matt at the foul line. sion) won its fourth in a row WTAM Barnes added 17 points and Chris Elyria Catholic gave it a shot of credibil- since losing at Lorain in the 1100-AM, Paul had 15 points and 14 assists. ity Friday night. Holiday Classic. Mayfield fell to WMMS James tied the game at 97 early The Panthers trailed Rocky River after 4-4 and 2-1. The Pioneers will 100.7-FM in the fourth on a 3-pointer over each of the first two quarters and man- be at Elyria Catholic tonight to Austin Rivers, who became the aged a tie after the third. renew their rivalry with the first player in NBA history to play for his father after Then in the fourth quarter, they went to Panthers for the 20th time. being signed by the Clippers. work in the three areas some consider “This is a big game for us Jamal Crawford’s three-point play gave the Clip- most important to their sport. The result because we fell to Parma,” said pers their last lead of the game, 100-97. was a tough 66-55 West Shore Conference Blake Furcron, who led Elyria James and Irving teamed to power the Cavs on a victory made possible with a 13-2 run to KRISTIN BAUER / CHRONICLE with 22 points, of the Pioneers’ 20-7 run that put them back in front, 117-107. open the fourth quarter. Elyria’s Josh Lotko looks to pass the ball Friday night early league loss. See CAVS, C2 See EC, C5 as Mayfield’s Gage Bican tries to block his progress. See ELYRIA, C6 SLIMAN’S DODGE JEEP CHRYSLER RAM WELCOMES IN AMHERST BRETT CLAPHAM BOB ZIMMERMAN CHRIS OLEJKO 400-948-4484 We would like to invite our friends and past customers to stop by, say hello, and see Sliman’s selection of over 500 new and pre-owned vehicles. www.Slimans.net The Chronicle-Telegram BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday, January 17, 2015 C5 AVON 61, VERMILION 34 Tough Avon defense vexesVermilion Fred Steiner mehl said. “We just are not playing transitions and getting some easy scored a game-high 17 points, or half come back and we’ll be ready to play The Chronicle-Telegram with a lot of confidence right now and buckets.” of Vermilion’s total, while trying to next Friday. We’ll have a good week of AVON — One of the fundamental you can see it on the basketball floor. “Top to bottom all our kids played personally take up all the slack in a practice and get them ready to go.” actions of modern warfare is the A couple of shots go in-and-out and well, executed our game plan,” Avon hard-charging second half. Contact Fred Steiner at 329-7135 we just kind of hang our heads a little coach Kevin Sapara said. “They had Nader also had five rebounds and a no-fly zone. Friday night the Avon or [email protected]. bit and can’t respond.” two good days of practice after the pair of steals. Eagles turned the lane and the base- Avon 61, Vermilion 34 If Vermilion (6-7, 1-6) was in a funk Bay game and they got to see what “He was just being aggressive and line into a “no sail zone” for the visit- Friday, then the Funkmaster was Avon hard work in practice does translated that’s what he does,” Habermehl said. VERMILION (34): Kyle Nader 4-8-17, Ryan Barnes 0-0- ing Vermilion Sailors en route to a 0, Caleb Waller 2-0-4, Andrew Dawson 3-1-7, Nick forward Will Ybarra, who led the into a game. I’m proud of all of our “He’s a heck of a good basketball Prenatt 1-0-2, Patrick Sexton 0-0-0, Jordan Murray dominating 61-34 victory in West 1-0-2, David Lewis 0-0-0, Joby Pfeil 0-0-0, Bear Eagles with 14 points and dominated guys. Everyone of them played hard player. I can’t fault his effort. We just Myers 0-0-0, Nick Barkdull 0-2-2, Nick Bray 0-0-0, Shore Conference play. Scott Gillespie0-0-0. Totals 11-11-34. the inside with eight blocked shots and we didn’t let up.” need to fundamentally do things a AVON (61): Michael Smigel 3-0-8, Zach Torbert 4-2-11, Vermilion struggled from the out- D’amonte Thornton 3-0-6, Will Ybarra 7-0-14, Jeffrey and eight rebounds.