Boys hoop update

Last week was a bit of a roller-coaster for the boys as they lost one and won one. Wednesday, Feb 10, they travelled to Hazen to take on the Wildcats (16-2). The boys dug a deep hole they were never able to get out of. At halftime the score was 34-5 in favor of Hazen. The boys came out ready for a scrap for the third quarter and forced 5 straight Hazen turnovers, but unfortunatley were unable to score on any of them. Hazen went to their bench and the boys were able to make a little run, but it was never really close and the final score was 53-33.
The JV boys lost a much closer game. The score was tied with 2 minutes left in the first half, when Hazen went on an 8-0 run to close the half. That run would be the difference. The boys would cut the lead, but the JV Wildcats always had an answer.

Friday night was the complete opposite. The JV boys set the tone with a tough hard nosed win against LSSU rival Stowe.

The Stowe Varsity had just come off of a huge win vs. Enosburg and looked to make it a long night for the Wolves. The Raiders jumped out to an early 12-4 lead, but the boys dug in, got some stops on defense and took it to the Raiders, holding them to just 8 points over the last 12 minutes of the half, while putting up 36 of their own. Senior L.F. made his return to the lineup and in his first two minutes dished out 4 assists. The score was 40-20 at half with sophomore guard R.D. hitting a buzzer beating 3 to give the Wolves the 20 point lead. The second half was sloppy by both teams. The two teams scored only 17 points each for a final score of 57-37. L.F. led the boys with 14 points and R.D. added 12 and K.S. added 10. Sophomore E.W. played inspired basketball and while he only scored 4 points, led the team in the rebounds.

The boys play Northfield Wednesday at 7pm at Northfield (varsity only).