8th Grade Blue-January 15-16

The 8th Grade DAWGS started the season off against the Rocktown Ballers. It was very competitive game with the lead exchanging hands many times. Rocktown had a big size advantage on the boards but we battled with them the whole game. We fell behind in the fourth quarter and staged a late comeback but ran out of time. We lost 50-46. Max O’Rourke carried the offense against the Ballers and Bryce Crouch cleaned up the boards for us all game. The 2nd game against the Reno Ballers was very competitive also. The game went back and forth with the DAWGS taking a lead at the end of the fourth quarter, but the Baller were able to tie the score to send the game into overtime. Overtime went back and forth but the Ballers came out on top with a 46-44 win. Vance Gregg did a great job on the defensive side of the court, Amran Bisla had good game in the paint, and Tanner Dodson provided an offensive punch for the DAWGS. Sunday morning it took awhile for the DAWGS to warm up which put us in a hole to start the game. We battled back and forth but we could not get the “mojo” going and lost to the Redbirds 46-37. Vinny Frizzi and Josh Finkelstein provided a strong offensive punch for us through out the game to keep the score close. Overall it was a good first weekend and the coaches are looking to build on it for the next tournament.