Beating Corry by 32 points on Jan. 21, the Dragons picked up where they left off, jumping out to an 18-5 first-quarter lead this time.

“It was a very sharp defensive first quarter, only giving up 5 points and one of those was a banked-in 3-point shot,” said Warren coach Jeff Berdine, whose Dragons finish the regular season on a four-game winning streak. Warren is 17-4 overall after starting the season 1-2, and wins the region with a 13-1 record.

“We should know by lunchtime (today) on what the playoffs will bring,” he said.

On senior night, senior Chase Sitler was 5-of-6 at the free throw line and had 8 points in the first quarter. He finished with a team-high 18 as Corry never recovered.

Photo by Mark Evans Warren seniors, from left, Grady Corey, David Huffman, Chase Sitler, and Leihden Wotorson were honored on Friday prior to the Dragons’ 61-48 Region 5 win over Corry at Warren Area High School.

Senior point guard Leihden Wotorson added 12 points and juniors Logan Crissey and Lucas Thrift 10 and 9, respectively for Warren.

Seniors Sitler, Wotorson, Grady Corey (4 points) and David Huffman (2 points) started on Senior Night.

“I’m very happy for them,” said Berdine. “Right from the get-go, our goal was to get a region championship and I thought it was very realistically within our grasp. They led by example and gave effort all year long.”

Landon Deane and Karson Chamberlin had 12 points each to lead Corry (13-8 overall and 6-8 in region).

CORRY (48)

Vanchieri 0 0 0, Frisina 1 2 5, Moon 3 1 8, Chamberlin 5 1 12, Turben 1 0 3, Scouten 3 1 8, Deane 4 3 12, Baker 0 0 0, Atha 0 0 0, Trask 0 0 0, Ricketts 0 0 0. Totals 17 8-12 48.

WARREN (61)

Thrift 3 3 9, Sitler 6 5 18, Wotorson 5 1 12, Crissey 3 3 10, Chase 0 0 0, Fiscus 0 0 0, Blum 0 0 0, Huffman 1 0 2, Eaton 1 0 2, Zdarko 1 0 2, Wyman 1 0 2, Corey 2 0 4. Totals 23 12-15 61.

3-point goals — Frisina, Moon, Chamberlin, Turben, Scouten, Deane, Sitler, Wotorson, Crissey.

Corry 5 10 13 20 — 48

Warren 18 11 18 14 — 61