The History of Crusaderette Junior High Basketball

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					1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

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1975 Results
13-1 Regular Season Record
In an 8-team league, PC finished 1st in the Regular Season by winning all but their final game.  Led by Mary Ostrowski, the leading scorer in the County, the team swept through the playoffs, defeating Washington 34-18, Edison 34-23, and Vandevender 35-19, to finish 16-1 overall and claim the Championship.  Mary averaged over 20 points per game that season (though I have not been able to find many details) and scored 23, 13, and 26 in the tournament games, before moving up to help the Varsity team for the rest of her career, which included a national record 88-game winning streak..

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1976 Results
5-9 Regular Season Record
tied for 5th Place with Jackson
In their second year in the league, the Crusaderettes continued to do well for our size, but the attention would be continually moving toward the Varsity team in the ensuing years.  The team lost, 19-30 to Hamilton in the first round of the Tournament.

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1977 Results
2-12 Regular Season
7th Place
This team lost its first-round Tournament game to Vandevender, 6-35.

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1978 Results
1-13 Regular Season
Tied for 7th with Hamilton
This team lost the coin toss, allowing them to face #1 Vandevender, to whom they lost 8-36.

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1979 Results
0-14 Regular Season
8th Place

Points Scored ~ 314

Points Allowed ~ 587

Despite the presence of up-and-comer Judy Eaton, the team suffered its first winless season in the Wood County League.  Judy finished 4th in the County in scoring, with 170 points, but was not available in the Tournament game against Vandevender, which the team lost 14-46.  Ironically, this was the same day that the Varsity team ended its State Record 88-game winning streak by losing to PHS.

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1980 Results
4-10 Regular Season
6th Place

Points Scored ~ 381

Points Allowed ~ 548

Judy Eaton, now an 8th Grader, once again led the team in scoring, with 226 points, good for 2nd in the County.  The team lost a heartbreaker in the first round of the Tournament to Blennerhassett, 32-36.

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1981 Results
2-12 Regular Season
7th Place

Points Scored ~ 281

Points Allowed ~ 458

Despite a strong effort, the team lost to Jackson, 17-22, in the first round of the County Tournament.  Marilyn Borkowski led the team in scoring with 78 points, which placed her 12th in the County.

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1982 Results
0-14 Regular Season
8th Place

Points Scored ~ 281

Points Allowed ~ 493

Led by two Eighth-Grade guards, the team fared poorly in  record, but well in foundation for the future.  Smooth-shooter Carrie Baker led the team in scoring with 113 points (10th in the County), while sparkplug Erin McCarty scored 78 (16th in the County).  The team lost 24-45 to Vandevender in the first round of the County Tournament.

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1983 Results
0-14 Regular Season
8th Place

Points Scored ~ 257

Points Allowed ~ 489

Two Freshmen lead the team in scoring, but could not prevent a second straight winless season.  Angela Davis tallied 107 points (9th in the County), while Carla Avington scored 70 (20th).  The team dropped a 25-34 decision to Hamilton in the County Tournament.

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1984 Results
6-10 Regular Season
6th Place

Points Scored ~ 394

Points Allowed ~ 400

The team bounced back with an excellent season, but the league had gotten tougher as well.  Williamstown was added to the club, and there were then 9 teams playing in the Wood County league.  Freshman point guard Shannon Garton scored 101 points to finish 14th in the County, and 8th-Grade athlete Kristen Davis tallied 94 (17th).  Still, the team got pounded, 14-32 by Washington in the first round of the County Tournament.

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1985 Results
3-13 Regular Season
Tied for 7th Place
Game Results

PC	30	Vandevender	24		PC	26	Hamilton	46
PC	32	Franklin	38		PC	22	Washington	32
PC	35	Hamilton	50		PC	28	Edison	32
PC	22	Washington	31		PC	34	Williamstown	36
PC	26	Edison	29		PC	13	Blennerhassett	28
PC	47	Williamstown	38		PC	28	Jackson	29
PC	31	Jackson (OT)	39	Tourney ~	PC	36	Vandevender	35
PC	33	Vandevender	30		PC	47	Hamilton.	59
PC	18	Franklin	35
				TOTALS	PC	448	OPP	569

A fabulous team that suffered several bad breaks, the group really came together at the end of the season.  We lost a three-way coin toss, forcing the girls to win the "play-in" game to even participate in the County Tournament against the #1 seed.  With a wild finish, the girls defeated Vandevender on their own home court to go into the tournament.  There they gave their most valiant performance of the year, but dropped a hard-fought decision to Hamilton.  Freshmen Kristen Davis (198 points, 4th in the County) and Ginger Mazzella (108 points, 16th) led the team in scoring and attitude, though the team was loaded with wonderful people: [9th ~ Kristen Davis, Aileen Kilcullen, Ginger Mazzella, Lara McHenry, Adriana Prieto, Christa Rodersheimer, Kay Santer; 8th ~ Leeanne Minard, Ginger Pumala; 7th ~ Bethany Avington, Casey Baker, Laura Foster, Missie Moore, Marcie Whitlock.]

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1986 Results  (3 - 16)
9th Place - Regular Season
8th Place - Tournament
Record of Games

PC	6	Vandevender	31		PC	19	Williamstown	26
PC	19	Hamilton	58		PC	27	Edison	21
PC	12	Williamstown	29		PC	27	Pennsboro	28
PC	17	Edison	40		PC	13	Blennerhassett	24
PC	26	Blennerhassett	33		PC	24	Jackson	20
PC	10	Jackson	29		PC	14	Washington	39
PC	14	Washington	35		PC	20	Franklin	36
PC	14	Franklin	54	Tourney~	PC	37	Edison	30
PC	24	Vandevender	42		PC	22	Hamilton	48
PC	20	Hamilton	60	TOTALS	PC	365	Opponents	683

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score	PC ~ 19.2	Opp. ~ 35.9
Leading Scorers	Deena Mader Bethany Avington Missie Moore	119 74 73
Game High Scoring	Deena Mader	15
Best Foul Shooting
Best Quarter

    Hamilton was 19-0 that year.
    Our 11 Game Losing Streak was snapped when we beat Edison at their place, then won two more games before the season ended.  We lost an LKC game when the famous Mandy Meeks tossed in a falling-down luck shot at the buzzer.  Our reward for defeating Edison a second time was to play #1 ranked Hamilton in the Tournament.
    Our team was composed of Deena Mader (9), Laura Foster (8), Missie Moore (8), Bethany Avington (8 after tennis), Jennefir Garvey (7), Amy Eichstadt (7), Christi Flanagan (7), Gwen Grant (7), Meghan Duffield (7), Carole Anne Lozinski (7),  & Laura Ramirez (7).

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1987 Results  (4 - 13)
7th Place
Record of Games

PC	41	Edison	38		PC	23	Blennerhassett	35
PC	26	Williamstown	14		PC	25	Jackson	41
PC	15	Blennerhassett	32		PC	20	Washington	32
PC	29	Jackson	32		PC	37	Franklin	32
PC	27	Washington	49		PC	16	Williamstown	23
PC	31	Franklin	32		PC	17	Vandevender	30
PC	16	Vandevender	35		PC	28	Hamilton	37
PC	24	Hamilton	43	Tourney~	PC	19	Jackson	47
PC	31	Edison	23	TOTALS	PC	425	Opponents	575

Individual Statistics

Leading Scorers	Judy Smith Missie Moore Courtney Modesitt	107 93 89
Game High Score	Judy Smith	14 vs. Ham.

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1988 Results
14-2 Regular Season, 16-3 Overall
Second Place, Regular Season & Tournament
Game Results

PC					PC
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PC					PC
PC					PC	624		519
PC				Tourney ~	PC		Franklin
PC					PC		Hamilton
PC					PC		Washington
PC				TOTALS	PC	740	OPP.	648

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score	PC ~	Opp. ~
Leading Scorers	Judy Smith Courtney Modesitt Beth Reck	266  (5th in Co.) 153   151
Game High Scoring
Best Foul Shooting
Best Quarter	Team Indiv.

It was a hard-working group of young girls with great attitudes who nearly pulled off the upset of the decade.  Despite playing with only 7th & 8th Graders against the County teams who nearly all started 5 Freshmen, these Crusaderettes refused to believe that they were not the best team in the league.  After reeling off 10 straight wins, the girls got derailed in a tough ballgame, and had some injuries hamper them in a second loss.  After that, they put their heads down and went hard the rest of the way, but came up just short in the title game.  Courtney Modesitt and Beth Reck were named to the All-Tournament team.

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1989 Results
5-11 Overall Record
6th Place

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1990 Results
2-15 Season
th Place

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1991 Results
5-12 Season
th Place

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1992 Results
3-14  Season
th Place

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1993 Results
5-10  Season
th Place

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1994 Results
2-13  Season
th Place

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1995 Results
8-9  Season
th Place

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1996 Results
5-10  Season
th Place

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1997 Results
0-15  Season
th Place

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1998 Results
5-10  Season
th Place

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1999 Results
1-14  Season
th Place

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2000 Results
2-15  Season
th Place

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2001-02 Results  (16 - 1)
First Place, Regular Season & Tournament
Record of Games

PC	47	Vandevender	5		PC	35	Williamstown	29
PC	44	Hamilton	34		PC	58	Williamstown	48
PC	45	Edison	28		PC	56	Hamilton	28
PC	53	Jackson	43		PC	51	Edison	34
PC	34	Belpre	38		PC	53	Blennerhassett	35
PC	51	Vandy	11	Tourney~	PC	60	Vandevender	19
PC	53	Blennerhassett	37	Tourney~	PC	45	Williamstown	28
PC	42	Belpre	39	Tourney~	PC	37	Jackson	36
PC	37	Jackson	32
				TOTALS	PC	801	OPP.	524

The Crusaderettes won their second-ever County Championship!  Sarah Tokodi, Sarah Tennant, and Taylor Phillips were named to the All-Tournament Team.
The 16-1 Record tied for the best in school history.

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score		47.1 - 30.8
Leading Scorers		Sarah Tokodi Taylor Phillips Sarah Tennant
Game High Scoring		Sarah Tokodi 30
Best Foul Shooting
Best Quarter	Team Indiv.	27 vs. Vandy (1stQ) 15 for Sarah Tokodi

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2002-03 Year Results  ( 11 - 5 )
Third Place, Regular Season & Tournament
Record of Games

PC	41	Hamilton	25		PC	33	Vandevender	18
PC	38	Vandevender	22		PC	13	Blennerhassett	23
PC	27	Jackson	25		PC	33	Edison	47
PC	42	Belpre	25		PC	43	Jackson	25
PC	28	Williamstown	17	Tourney ~	PC	44	Belpre	24
PC	26	Edison	54		PC	31	Blennerhassett	33
PC	36	Belpre	24		PC	23	Williamstown	16
PC	43	Hamilton	31
PC	20	Blennerhassett	39
				TOTALS	PC	521	OPP.	448

See a report on each individual game.  Click HERE.
 

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score	PC ~ 32.6	Opp. ~ 28
Leading Scorers	Taylor Phillips
Game High Scoring	Taylor Phillips
Best Foul Shooting
Best Quarter	Team Indiv.

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2003-04 Year Results  (10 - 7 )
  Fourth Place, Regular Season & Tournament
Record of Games

PC	25	Jackson	9		PC	57	Vandevender	28
PC	27	Blennerhassett	15		PC	37	Belpre	19
PC	28	Edison	41		PC	28	Edison	44
PC	44	Belpre	28		PC	26	Jackson	30
PC	42	Hamilton	24	Tourney ~	PC	38	Jackson	18
PC	23	Blennerhassett	42		PC	25	Edison	34
PC	25	Williamstown	12		PC	21	Williamstown	27
PC	34	Hamilton	13
PC	42	Vandevender	39
PC	22	Williamstown	25	TOTALS	PC	460	OPP.	369

See a report on each individual game.  Click HERE.

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score	PC ~ 32.86	Opp. ~ 26.36
Leading Scorers	Teresa Tokodi Andrea Tracewell Kyle Pugh	257 98 97
Game High Scoring	Teresa Tokodi	21
Best Foul Shooting	Teresa Tokodi Andrea Tracewell	48-78 (61.5%) 40-67 (59.7%)
Best Quarter	Team Indiv. ~ Teresa (3rd Q)	24 vs. Vandy (2) 10 vs. Edison (2)

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2004-05 Year Results  (11 - 6)
  Third Place, Regular Season & Tournament
Record of Games

PC		Belpre			PC
PC					PC
PC					PC
PC					PC
PC				Tourney ~	PC		Hamilton
PC					PC	20	Blennerhassett	48
PC					PC	32	Williamstown
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				TOTALS	PC		OPP.

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score	PC ~	Opp. ~
Leading Scorers
Game High Scoring
Best Foul Shooting
Best Quarter	Team Indiv.

 
 

Year Results  (X - X)
Record of Games

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				TOTALS	PC		OPP.

Individual Statistics

Average Game Score	PC ~	Opp. ~
Leading Scorers
Game High Scoring
Best Foul Shooting
Best Quarter	Team Indiv.