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Watchmen dismantle Bucks 54-27 |
C.S. Lewis takes a 13-point lead in the its best
game of the season, coach says |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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After waiting his first 19 games of
the season, C.S. Lewis Academy boys basketball coach Bruce Toney
finally saw his basketball team play a complete game Friday. It
couldn’t have come at a better time.
As the Watchmen (4-7 in Casco League, 7-13 overall) make their
final push for the Casco League South’s fourth playoff spot, C.S.
Lewis ran roughshod over visiting St. Paul in a 54-27 victory.
“We had been playing 16 or 20 minutes in games, but then we would
have some lapses where we would go into modes that we wouldn’t play
well,” Toney said. “We would either play a great first half and play
a horrible second half or play a horrible first half and then play a
great second half.”
For C.S. Lewis, Friday was the Watchmen’s senior night and Noah
Hagglund, Shaun Hoyt and Adam Harrington were honored. They also set
the tone, dominating from the tipoff until the end of the game. Hoyt
had 16 rebounds and 15 points. Hagglund scored 15 points, Harrington
added 10 and Joel Sprunger scored nine.
“The three seniors kind of came and stepped up, especially (Hagglund)
and (Hoyt),” Toney said. “It was like they weren’t going to let us
lose on senior night. Those two were especially outstanding.”
The Watchmen held a 28-15 halftime lead and then outscored the
Bucks 12-5 in the third. Toney said the third quarter, the first
five minutes in particular, were critical.
“I thought the first five minutes of the second half was going to
dictate what was going to happen,” Toney said. “I told the team if
they control it, they’ll win the game, and they did that.”
St. Paul coach Buell Gonzales Jr. said the Bucks struggled the
entire night.
“We just got worked from start to finish,” he said. “That’s a good
basketball team right there. They play good defense and mix it up
and we weren’t able to compete.”
Gonzales said he’s not sure what happened to his team, a squad that
played well Tuesday despite a narrow 34-33 home loss to Perrydale.
“We took a step back,” he said. “As good as we played against
Perrydale and the strides that we had made, the same strides were
taken back, but it was their senior night and they came out with a
lot of intensity and we didn’t match it.”
Three players scored five points for the Bucks — Jeff Williamson,
Derek Wolf and Pat Charron.
While the Bucks are out of the playoff picture, the Watchmen still
have a shot at picking up the fourth spot, but will need help to top
Perrydale for the spot. On Tuesday the Pirates traveled to Open
Bible, the second-place team in the league (results were unavailable
as of press time). The Watchmen needed Open Bible to defeat
Perrydale by five or more points to give the Watchmen the edge in a
tiebreaker. On Friday, the Watchmen get their own shot at the
Pirates when they host Perrydale in a 7 p.m. contest. If the
Watchmen win by four points or more, they receive the fourth spot.
If the Watchmen win by three points or less, or lose altogether, the
Pirates would earn the playoff spot.
“That game is going to be the decider,” Toney said. “It’s kind of a
motivation for the kids.”
The first time the teams met Perrydale eked out a seven-point win.
“It was a game I felt like we should have won because we were ahead
the whole game and then we couldn’t put the ball in the hole in the
fourth quarter,” Toney said. “I think it will be a different story
when we play them here at home because they know what’s on the line
and they’re excited about it.”
The Bucks end their season Friday at home against No. 5-ranked
Country Christian. |
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From
Feb. 9, 2005, Newberg Graphic
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