8th Grade White

YBA 8th Grade White Team stormed through this past weekend’s games, going 3-0 and winning by a combined total of 164-85. In their first game against the Eski Cougars, the team played a stifling defense, holding their opponent to 1 first quarter point and just 9 for the game. The team registered an incredible 19 steals, led by Kevin Whalen’s 6 thefts. Luke Jordan led scorers with 12 points fueled by 3 three pointers while Justin Holmes had racked up 9 points and 11 rebounds. The final score was 47-9 YBA.


The Dawgs faced the Davis Wildcats in their second game of the weekend. Once again, the Dawgs started quickly, jumping out to an 18-8 first quarter lead. They pushed it out to 40-15 at half with Will Greenwood hitting a 25 footer at the buzzer. They continued the pace in the third quarter, expanding their lead to 32 with Shayne Baynes hitting another basket as time expired for the quarter. Davis got hot in the fourth quarter but the Dawgs won comfortably 62-39. Top scorers were Shayne and Will with 12 each and Austin Marcus with 11 points. Justin Holmes and Grant McElvain ruled the glass with 7 and 6 rebounds respectively.

The final game of the weekend saw the Dawgs matched up with Team Sage “Foster.” A loud, boisterous crowd for both teams saw the Dawgs take a 9 point halftime lead. Sage gave the Dawgs a good test as the Dawg lead was 10 at the end of the third. The Dawgs put it away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Sage 16-8 to win by a final score of 55-37. Justin Holmes had a MONSTROUS game, finishing with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals. Joe Henry had an excellent game as well, scoring 8 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, getting 3 steals and one block. For the 3 games, “Big Joe” totaled 6 blocked shots. Luke Jordan added 11 points while Grant McElvain had four blocked shots against Sage.

Justin Kinney had an outstanding weekend as the team’s point guard, racking up assist after assist and getting the Dawgs into their offense. He also totaled 6 steals over the weekend. Joe Clark showed himself well in adapting to play the wing since the added height of the Dawg roster allows him to play a smaller position on the floor. Coach Ken Gee said after the weekend sweep, “The team gets better and better every week! Chemistry and teamwork is at an all time high!”


Mark Greenwood