Class 3A Semi-State Recap

<p>There are just two teams remaining in the Class 3A state tournament following the Semi-State matchups on Saturday. Here is a breakdown of the semifinal games and some standout performances from the weekend. </p> <p><strong>Silver Creek 54, Guerin Catholic 46</strong></p> <p>Going into the matchup, Guerin Catholic knew it had to limit the star trio for Silver Creek of [player_tooltip player_id="529572" first="Trey" last="Kaufman"], [player_tooltip player_id="569321" first="Kooper" last="Jacobi"] and [player_tooltip player_id="769684" first="Branden" last="Northern"]. And, for the most part, it did a good job at keeping the big plays from that group to a minimum. But, that didn’t last too long as the trio combined for 42 points (Jacobi - 15, Kaufman - 15,  Northern - 12). A close game throughout, Silver Creek wasn’t able to put a strong hold on the lead until a 10-1 run halfway through the fourth quarter to take a 12-point lead with three minutes left. [player_tooltip player_id="1077027" first="Kaleb" last="Edwards"] led Catholic with 14 points, but it was the performance of Silver Creek on Catholic’s [player_tooltip player_id="1077028" first="Joseph" last="Bobilya"] that was the big story. Following a 40-point effort in the Regional Championship, Bobilya was held to just two points against the Dragons, being defended by Trey Schoen for a large part of the game. Silver Creek now moves onto the State Championship in two weekends from now. </p> <p><strong>Leo 61, South Bend St. Joseph 59</strong></p> <p>It was a furious comeback for Leo on Saturday as it erased a 16-point deficit to storm back for the win. A 35-19 halftime lead for St. Joseph was in large part due to 20 points from JR [player_tooltip player_id="647193" first="Douglas" last="Konieczny"] and 52 percent shooting as a team from the field. Then, the game turned as St. Joseph shot just 29 percent in the second half, including 0 points from Konieczny after halftime. [player_tooltip player_id="963219" first="Will" last="Terry"] had 16 points and [player_tooltip player_id="769712" first="Cole" last="Hatkevich"] added 14 for St. Joseph. For Leo, it was Blake Davison and [player_tooltip player_id="963913" first="Zack" last="Troyer"] who both had 17 points each. [player_tooltip player_id="870240" first="D.J." last="Allen"] added 13 points as that trio scored 30 combined points in the final 16 minutes. It was a 12-5 run in the third quarter and then a 6-0 run to start the fourth quarter that brought Leo back within striking distance. Then, a floater from Davison with 1.3 seconds left lifted Leo to the win. </p>