Venango Catholic/St. Joe
Evolution of Scoring Records
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
1,145 -- Joe Anderson, 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
988 -- Joe Homan, 1966
956 -- Tony Schill, 1965
952 -- Dave Hall, 1971
869 --Tom O'Connor, 1971
840 -- Joe Fonzo, 1967
829 -- Mark "Skip" Homan, 1978
828 -- Ted Niederriter, 1967
828 -- Jim Prenatt, 1968
786 -- Joe Caffrey, 1975
785 -- Bill Hall, 1978
760 -- Tom Slater, 1976
746 -- Ben Gillespie, 2019
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St. Joe
1,323 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
1,173 -- Dan Stubler, 1962
1,027 -- Jack Eckert, 1952
981 -- Bill Jarosz, 1961
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, 2015
1,122 -- Sarah McNelie, 2008
1,007 -- Jean Ruby, 1984
Season
Boys
749 -- Dave Lynch, 1969
610 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
609 -- Maxx Rynd, 2011
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
462 -- Tom Slater, 1976
451 -- Joe Anderton, 1983
439 -- Joe Fonzo, 1967
426 -- Devon Zagar, 2014
419 -- Ben Gillespie, 2019
417 -- Bill Hall, 1978
413 -- Ben Guth, 2011
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St. Joe
706 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
489 -- Dan Stubler, 1962
438 -- Tom Carroll, 1957
Girls
653 -- Mary Kay Lynch, 1981
449 -- Taylor Moltz, 2015
446 -- Lily Homan, 2022
438 -- Ava Homan, 2015
Game
Boys
52 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
52 -- Andrew Burda, 2021
46 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
44 -- Tom O'Connor, 1972
43 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
42 -- Maxx Rynd, 2011
41 -- Dave Lynch, 1967
35 -- Dave Lynch, 1967
35 -- Joe Homan, 1965
35 -- Joe Fonzo, 1965
35 -- Mark Garbacz, 1971
35 -- James Henry, 2023
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St. Joe
49 -- Tom Carroll, 1958
43 -- Dan Stubler, 1962
37 -- Tom Carroll, 1957
36 -- Jack Eckert, 1951
36 -- Tom Carroll, 1956
Girls
35 -- Mary Kay Lynch, 1981
FROM THE SPIRES: The new scoreboard at the St. Joe gym donated by Purity Milk -- just before St. Joe became Venango Christian and moved across town.
Bill Bryan shoots a free throw the old-fashioned way.
Other Numbers of Note
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 his career, including 35 against Erie Tech in 1971...
More boards: Scott Eckert 811, Mark Homan 683, Bill Hall 418
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...
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...Tom O'Connor drained 12 in a row against Kanty Prep during the 1971-72 campaign...
Tom "Dino"" Carroll's 706 points in 1959 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...
Tha VC boys won 25 straight games during the 1983-84 season...
