Venango Catholic/St. Joe
Evolution of Scoring Records
1933!
Other Numbers of Note
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Mark Garbacz's 52-point game came against St. Mark and his 55-rebound game (a national record that still stands) came against East Forest when he was a junior in 1970...Garbacz grabbed 622 rebounds in 1970, and 1,059 for his career. Garbacz also had a 35-rebound game including 35 against Erie Tech in 1971...
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More boards: Scott Eckert 811, Mark Homan 683, Bill Hall 418...Homan, Hall and Joe Lynch teamed for 899 rebounds in 1978; the rest of the team (11 players) combined for 381.
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Mary Kay Lynch had a 27-rebound game against Homer Center...She really stuffed the stat sheet on March 20, 1981, in a playoff game against DuBois CC, with 26 points, 21 boards, 14 assists and six blocks...1,132 career rebounds, including 360 as a senior for Lynch...
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Joe Caffrey shot 82% from the line in 1974 and made 16 straight free throws twice, once as a junior in 1973 and the other time as a senior. Previous records of 14 shared by Dan O'Connor and Joe Fonzo...Tom O'Connor drained 12 in a row against Kanty Prep during the 1971-72 campaign. He shot a school record 80% for the season, but Caffrey bettered that...
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Tom "Dino"" Carroll's 706 points in 1958 ranked No. 3 in the state. Len Chappell of Portage was No. 1 with 977 points. He averaged 37.7 ppg and later played in the NBA...Carroll was 6-4 when he lettered at Gannon in the early 1960s...
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The VC boys won 25 straight games during the 1983-84 season...The Vikings scored 30 straight points against Linesville in 1975 when Tom Slater netted 38 points, hitting 18 of 29 from the field...Jack Eckert was 17 of 29 from the floor when he scored 36 points against DuBois St. Catherine in 1951...The Vikings' 22-0 start in 2010-11 not only was the best in school history but completed an undefeated regular season.. They made it 23-0 with a win in the KSAC championship game before North Clarion upset and eliminated them in the first round of the District 9 tourney...
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St. Joe won school record 19 straight games in 1935, broke it with 20 straight in 1936
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VC girls ended a 29-game losing streak by beating Tidioute, 57-29, on Dec. 13,1988...
Rebounds
Game
55 -- Mark Garbacz, 19, 1970 (national record)
35 -- Mark Grabacz, 1971
Season
Boys
622 -- Mark Garbacz, 1970
438 -- Skip Homan, 1978
331 -- Devin Zagar, 2013
325 -- Scott Eckert, 1982
272 -- Scott Eckert, 1981
240 -- Bill Hall, 1978
221 -- Joe Lynch, 1978
217 -- Chuck Stubler, 1974
214 -- Scott Eckert, 1980
202 -- Mike Stubler, 1975
Girls
360 -- Mary Kay Lynch, 1981
248 -- Vicki Schwabenbauer, 1975
215 -- Kathy Lynch, 1974
173 -- Barb Deemer, 1975
167 -- Nancy Campagna, 1975
143 -- Annie Straub, 1974
102 -- Barb Tompkins, 1975
Career
Boys
1,059 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
811 -- Scott Eckert, 1982
683 -- Skip Homan, 1978
418 -- Bill Hall, 1978
Girls
1,132 -- Mary Kay Lynch, 1981
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Blocked shots
Career
42 -- Joe Lynch, 1978
Season
126 -- Devin Zagar, 2013
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Free throw shooting
Joe Caffrey -- 82% in 1974; 16 straight 2X
Joe Fonzo, 14 straight circa 1966
Dan O'Connor -- 14 straight, 1969
Tom O'Connor -- 80% in 1972 including 14 straight
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Odds and Ends
Tom Carroll's 706 points in 1958 ranked third in state
Skip Homan, Bill Hall and Joe Lynch teamed for 899 rebounds in 1978; rest of team (11 players): 381
Mary Kay Lynch -- 26 points, 21 rebounds, 14 assists and six blocks in playoff game
Bill Hall -- school record 75 games played
Girls totaled 81 three-pointers in 2013.
CAREER
Boys
1,749 -- Maxx Rynd, 2011
1,512 -- Dave Lynch, 1969
1,470 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
1,408 -- Scott Eckert, 1982
1,318 -- Jay Schill, 1989
1,258 -- Eric Guth, 2008
1,224 -- Andrew Burda, 2021
1,217 -- Devin Zagar, 2015
1,185- - Joe Anderton, 1984
1,180 -- Ryan Rhoades, 2001
1,156 -- Alex Eckert, 2008
1,086 -- Scott Toy, 2015
1,086 -- Brady Kingston, 2016
1,049 -- Ben Guth, 2012
978 -- Joe Homan, 1966
956 -- Tony Schill, 1965
952 -- Dave Hall, 1971
896 -- Mike Moorhead, 1982
879 --Tom O'Connor, 1972
848 -- Joe Fonzo, 1967
841 -- Joe Caffrey, 1975
829 -- Mark "Skip" Homan, 1978
828 -- Ted Niederriter, 1967
828 -- Jim Prenatt, 1968
785 -- Bill Hall, 1978
771 -- Ben Gillespie, 2019
760 -- Tom Slater, 1976
724 -- John Hogue, 1984
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St. Joe
1,323 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
1,173 -- Dan Stubler, 1962
1,105 -- Jack Eckert, 1952
984 -- Bill Jarosz, 1961
902 -- George "Blaze" Kelley, 1940
808 -- Bill Eckert, 1942
708 -- Francis "Cootie" Carroll, 1935
NOTE -- Missing six games from "Mary Kay Lynch Era" (four seasons from 1978-81, including one (Elk CC) her senior year; five in the other three, which might put Jan McNamara over 900 and Julie Carson (665) over 700
Girls
1,711 -- Mary Kay Lynch, 1981
1,303 -- Lindsay Homan, 2014
1,290 -- Taylor Moltz, 2015
1,230 -- Ava Homan, 2016
1,145 -- Theresa Galletta, 2001
1,122 -- Sarah McNelie, 2008
1,007 -- Jean Ruby, 1984
857 -- Sharon Eckert, 1985
850 -- Jan McNamara, 1979*
780 -- Julie Welsh, 1984
746 -- Peggy Hogue, 1986
712 -- Nicole Hammond, 1991
* -- 728 at VC; played at Franklin as freshman
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Season
Boys
648 -- Dave Lynch, 1968
615 -- Dave Lynch, 1969
610 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
609 -- Maxx Rynd, 2011
599 -- Joe Anderton, 1984
592 -- Joe Homan, 1966
582 -- Scott Eckert, 1982
562 -- Mike Moorehead, 1983
546 -- Mark "Skip" Homan, 1978
526 -- Scott Eckert, 1981
525 -- Jay Schill, 1988
501 -- James Henry, 2023*
482 -- Tom Slater, 1976
474 -- Brady Kingston, 2016
467 -- Scott Eckert, 1981
451 -- Joe Anderton, 1983
450 -- Devin Zagar, 2015
438 -- Eric Guth, 2008
429 -- Joe Fonzo, 1967
426 -- Devon Zagar, 2014
419 -- Tom O'Connor, 1972
419 -- Ben Gillespie, 2019
418 -- Jim Prenatt, 1968
417 -- Bill Hall, 1978
413 -- Ben Guth, 2011
410 -- Alex Eckert, 2008
409 -- John Hogue, 1984
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*Henry is credited with 501 points here, but 18 of them came against the Clarion-Limestone junior varsity team.
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St. Joe
706 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
489 -- Dan Stubler, 1962
438 -- Tom Carroll, 1957
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Girls
653 -- Mary Kay Lynch, 1981 (all games included)
468 -- Jean Ruby, 1983
449 -- Taylor Moltz, 2015
446 -- Lily Homan, 2022
438 -- Ava Homan, 2015
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36 or more...
Boys
52 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
52 -- Andrew Burda, 2021
50 -- Dave Lynch, 1969
46 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
44 -- Tom O'Connor, 1972
43 -- Joe Caffrey, 1975
42 -- Maxx Rynd, 2010
41 -- Dave Lynch, 1967
41 -- Dave Lynch, 1968
40 -- Joe Caffrey, 1975
38 -- Tom Slater, 1975
38 -- Scott Eckert, 1980
38 -- Maxx Rynd, 2010
37 -- Mark Garbacz, 1970
37 -- Dave Lynch, 1967
36 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
36 -- Maxx Rynd, 2010
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St. Joe
49 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
44 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
43 -- Dan Stubler, 1962
41 -- Tom Carroll, 1957
38 -- Jack Eckert, 1952
37 -- Tom Carroll, 1957
36 -- Jack Eckert, 1951
36 -- Tom Carroll, 1956
36 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
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Girls
41 -- Sarah McNellie, 2008