RON MALY HAS BEEN WATCHING THE PARADE GO BY FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS ONE OF HIS WEBSITES.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Strong Early Defense, 25 Points By Turner Scott and 19 By Quinton Curry Lift Valley [21-3] To 61-56 Victory Over West Des Moines Rival Dowling [20-4] In the Opening Game Of Class 4-A High School Tournament At Wells Fargo Arena. The Tigers Next Foe Is No. 1-Seeded Pleasant Valley [23-1] At 1:30 p.m. Friday



By RON MALY

Valley's basketball players seized the West Des Moines city championship today, but had a much larger goal on their minds when the game ended.

The Tigers' 61-56 class 4-A victory over city rival Dowling moved them one step closer to the school's first state high school championship since 1993.

The next barrier to clear is No. 1-seeded Pleasant Valley, which improved its record to 23-1 with a 57-42 shellacking of Dubuque Senior.

Valley takes a 21-3 record into Friday's 1:30 p.m. semifinal round game against Pleasant Valley at Wells Fargo Arena.

Anyone who pays attention to high school athletics in metropolitan Des Moines knows the red-hot rivalry Valley and Dowling carry on throughout every season of the school year and beyond.

Every boys' and girls' event that matches the Tigers and Maroons is huge.

Ask any athlete.

Ask any parent.

Ask any other fan in any part of the city.

If there's a better high school rivalry in this state, somebody's got to prove it to me.

The campuses are just a few miles apart, and you can count on it that a number of the players on both teams have known one another since they were in Little League competition, or, heck, in diapers.

Eventual large-school champion Dowling ended Valley's football season in the semifinal round last fall in Cedar Falls.

You know as well as I know that the outcome of today's basketball game--the opener in class 4-A--was thoroughly unpredictable.

Dowling crushed Valley in the Tigers' gym in their first regular-season game.

Valley returned the favor later in Dowling's gym. 

The Tigers took charge early today and never trailed in the game that mattered most.

They owned a 30-20 halftime lead and were in front by 16 points a couple of times in the third quarter before Dowling snapped back to make a game of it.

Indeed, the Maroons chopped their deficit to 42-39 heading into the fourth quarter. 

Valley's defense had been superb early, but faltered as the game wore on.

However, Tigers such as Turner Scott and Quinton Curry wouldn't let matters get out of their hands.

Scott wound up with 25 points and Curry--connecting on 9 of 11 field goal attempts--had 19. Curry had a game-high 6 rebounds.

Sam Ingoli scored 17 and Stevie Sarcone 15 for Dowling, which finished the season with a 20-4 record.

Valley, West Des Moines 21-3
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Economos, Pete...... *  2-3    1-1    1-3    1  2  3   2   6  3  0  1  2  31
10 Scott, Turner....... *  6-11   2-2   11-12   0  2  2   0  25  5  7  0  1  31
22 Marble, Carlo....... *  3-8    1-4    3-7    0  4  4   3  10  1  1  3  2  32
30 Long, Peyton........ *  0-2    0-1    0-0    1  4  5   4   0  0  0  0  0  26
44 Curry, Quinton...... *  9-11   1-2    0-0    2  4  6   2  19  3  2  1  0  30
02 Hinkle, Austin......    0-1    0-1    1-2    0  0  0   0   1  0  0  0  0   2
32 Crowley, Charley....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  0  0  0   8
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   20-36   5-11  16-24   4 17 21  13  61 12 10  5  5 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-18 61.1%   2nd Half:  9-18 50.0%   Game: 55.6%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-6  50.0%   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   Game: 45.5%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-6  83.3%   2nd Half: 11-18 61.1%   Game: 66.7%    6


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Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 20-4
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
02 Scieszinski, Cole... *  3-6    1-3    3-3    1  1  2   3  10  3  1  0  4  32
12 Kern, Joey.......... *  1-7    1-7    2-2    1  1  2   0   5  1  1  0  1  28
32 Ingoli, Sam......... *  5-9    2-2    5-6    1  3  4   3  17  7  5  0  0  25
44 Sarcone, Stevie..... *  6-7    3-3    0-0    0  4  4   1  15  0  3  0  1  28
50 Brown, Ted.......... *  2-6    0-0    2-6    0  1  1   5   6  0  0  1  0  28
10 Dougherty, Brendan..    0-3    0-1    0-0    0  2  2   4   0  1  0  0  0  12
24 Eastman, Luke.......    1-1    1-1    0-0    1  1  2   0   3  0  2  1  0   7
   TEAM................                         2  1  3
   Totals..............   18-39   8-17  12-17   6 14 20  16  56 12 12  2  6 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  6-15 40.0%   2nd Half: 12-24 50.0%   Game: 46.2%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-6  33.3%   2nd Half:  6-11 54.5%   Game: 47.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-10 60.0%   2nd Half:  6-7  85.7%   Game: 70.6%    3


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Officials: Marshall Cotton, Patrick Ensminger, Bob Squiers
Technical fouls: Valley, W Des Moines-None. Dowling Catholic, WDM-None.
 
Score by Periods
 
Valley, West Des Moines...................   16   14   12   19  -   61
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines.........   12    8   19   17  -   56 
 
Fouled Out - Dowling Catholic - #50 T Brown (1:47).
 
Points in the paint-VALLEY 28,DOWLING 20. Points off turnovers-VALLEY 22,DOWLING 15.
2nd chance points-VALLEY 4,DOWLING 4. Fast break points-VALLEY 6,DOWLING 0.
Bench points-VALLEY 1,DOWLING 3. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-VALLEY 4th-03:50, DOWLING 4th-00:08.
Largest lead-VALLEY by 16 3rd-05:38, DOWLING None.