Girls Basketball Game of the Week: Elyria Catholic Maintains GLC Dominance

It’s early in the season, but through six games, no team in the Great Lakes Conference has been able to topple the Elyria Catholic Panthers.

The latest example of this was Wednesday’s game in Parma, where the Redmen fell 52-29.

The first half was a defensive struggle, as the Panthers led 20-12 at the break, but EC outscored Parma 21-6 in the third quarter and never looked back.

Faith Williams (13), Abby Winnen (12) and Sam Filiaggi (10) led the way offensively, but Elyria Catholic’s defense really determined the outcome.

The Panthers shut Parma’s offense down all night and most notably held the team’s leading scorer, Lindsay Humbel to only five points.

Humbel came into play averaging 22 per game and scored 41 in a game last week against Brookside.

Elyria Catholic was clearly ready for the Redmen and showed no signs of losing its grip on first place in the GLC.

Aside from EC, the rest of the conference appears to be in a competitive battle for second place, but Normandy, Holy Name and Parma have all gone down in their first meetings with the Panthers.

Bay, Rocky River, and Valley Forge have yet to face Elyria Catholic, but if the Panthers continue to play like this, it’s tough to envision anyone keeping them from another GLC title.