

VC/St. Joe


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...

1933!


Venango Catholic players and coaches line up for the National Anthem before the Feb. 9, 2024, game at Cranberry. It would be the Vikings' last game ever.

