Lake Catholic Wins With Last-Minute Heroics From Vuyancih

Big players make big plays, right? That's the motto.

Well, Joey Vuyancih must be a big player then because his shot just won the boys basketball team the regional final against John Hay Saturday night.

With about 10 seconds left and the game knotted at 69, Senior guard Vuyancih sank a jump shot that was the difference.

Vuyancih, , had a hot hand all evening. He led Lake Catholic and all scorers with 31 points on the team's way to a 71-69 win.

"Everything for me tonight seemed to be going in," Vuyancih told cleveland.com. "I could have thrown that up backwards and it would have gone in."

While Vuyancih led the charge, he didn't do it alone. Junior Mark Baniewicz posted 14 points and Senior center Mike Whalen scored eight while pulling down eight rebonds.

After Saturday, the team's record is 22-2. That makes it the winningest in the school's history. It makes it particularly sweet that it came against John Hay, the same school that bumped them from the playoffs last year.

Lake Catholic will play Struthers on Thursday at the Canton Civic Center with a spot in the elite eight on the line.