Eldred Varisty Boys' Basketball Semifinal Game

Eldred Varsity boys' basketball team has traveled down a memorable path this season. From terrible weather and the cancellation of practices and games to injuries of their players to qualifying for the Sections game, it has been a long season. The Varsity team will only be losing three players next year, Nick Wyss, Dominic Roselli, and Emerson Heasman, three seniors who both played their hearts out this year. The team mostly consisted of six juniors, Andrew Halloran, Dylan Wolff, David Powers, Noah Clemmons, Jonathan Santoro, and Tyler Starke. There was only one sophomore, Sebastian Schadt, who stepped up his game when the starting point guard was unable to attend a couple games in the beginning of the season. 

                              

On Monday, March 2, Eldred Varsity boys had to battle against Chapel Field another Class D school, to see who would qualify for the Sections game on Wednesday, March 4. At 6 o'clock, the starters, David, Noah, Dylan, Nick and Dominic, were announced. The chant "I Believe We Will Win," was started by one of the students in the Bee hive. The bleachers, was full of students all wearing black or green and gold, and in a couple areas there was students from all around the area to come and watch. It was not long until the Eldred boys took lead of the game, by the first half of the game we were ahead by 15 points.

Chapel did start to make a comeback in the beginning of the third half, so Eldred's Bee Hive responded by chanting and screaming louder. Various cheers like "Let's Go Eldred," and "ECS," broke out! The gym was echoing and rumbling with the excitement of the audience and then the Eldred Varsity boys. The five players on the court stepped up their defense game, and barely let Chapel Field touch the ball. Nick Wyss was dropping threes every two minutes and finished the night with 26 total points, David Powers had 21 points, and point guard Noah Clemmons, had 14 points. When the clock had less than a minute left, the scoreboard read 68-59. The buzzer went off and the bee hive went insane. Some students flooded the court. The Eldred boys had truly pulled it off.  

Wednesday's game against Manor did not have such an intense ending as Monday's game. They lost 61-30, and finished the season with a 7-14-0 record. Next year, the team will be returning all of their starters, but one, and most their team.

Junior, Dylan Wolff, blocks a pass.

Junior, David Powers, rebounds and then
takes a shot.