Friday - January 29: The WHS Tigers broke the Berlin Center Curse. Until this past Friday night they have never won on Western Reserve's home court. They did it in convincing fashion bringing home a 22 point victory on the bus trip back to the ville. Not being able to make the trip we did the next best thing. We listened to the whole game on WHS Sports Station via the World Wide Web. Thanks for being there Joe, Roger & Bud.
The Tigers kept things even at the end of one quarter with a 13 - 13 score. That was even with a Jalen DeSarro slam dunk with less then three minutes to go in the first. That had to be intimidating for the Blue Devils. That DeSarro dunk made the score Wellsville 11 - 6 and the Devils gamely tied it up at 13 with 40 seconds left in the first.
After that is was all downhill for the Berlin Center home team. In the second and third quarters Wellsville put up 36 points on the board compared to only 11 for Western Reserve. Stepping up the defensive pressure in those two quarters the Blue Devils had trouble getting rebounds or even holding on to the ball. Meanwhile the Tigers were making some amazing passes, recording assists, clearing the boards and ringing up three pointers. We counted four three pointers in those two frames.
Leading with a score 56 - 27 Coach Thompson started clearing the bench to finish up the last three or four minutes of the game. There's still a few of the starting five fighting the virus bug. However, just like in the last few games, those Tigers didn't let it slow them down. The Tigers finished the game with a final score of 64 - 42.
Four Tigers finished scoring in the double figures. Jalen DeSarro recorded another double double leading all scorers with 16 points and 11 rebounds. DeSarro also had three steals according to the newspaper. Nunzio Lombardozzi was third in the scoring with 14 points. Four of those buckets were outside of the three point line. Mike Johnston netted 15 points and DeShon Pullie added another 12. Pullie also had five assists and two three pointers. Nick Broughton grabbed seven rebounds and added another three points. Jeremy Carter played a whale of a defensive game grabbing eight rebounds and four steals. The Tigers finished the night with seven three pointers. Lombardozzi had four, Pullie had two and DeSarro even got one. How's that for balance? Friday's victory was number 100 for Coach Thompson. Check it out below.
The Tigers return to action Tuesday night at undefeated McDonald. Back on January 5 McDonald handed the Orange & Black their only loss by a mere two points with 2.8 seconds left in the game. It was a heart breaker. Now the Tigers are going to go up there to avenge that one. We have to agree with Coach Thompson and the WHS Sports announcers. The Tigers haven't played a better team this year. They've shown they can beat teams calling themselves the Blue Devils. We know they're going to do it again Tuesday night on the road. Don't let up for one second. Even the virus bug didn't stop you all. McDonald may be tough but they are not tough enough when you play your game.
We'll have our ears on. Go get 'em guys and bring another one home. Good Luck!
ole nib
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There was a comment we mistakely omitted hitting the wrong tab. It was talking about the lack of press the Reserves get. That's very true. Although we try to get at least half of the collage pictures of the Reserves we're just as guilty. We even missed noting that the Reserves lost a thriller in double overtime by one point at Western Reserve. Sorry 'bout that.
We've noticed that most of the games get no press coverage at all. Once in awhile a photographer shows up for some quick pictures. Thankfully the coaches fax the game results in right after the games. If it wasn't for that it would be a couple of days before anything made it to the newspapers.
nib
is tonight's game on the radio?
The papers have lost personnel just like every other company in the nation. They do the best they can with the personnel they have.
Yep, the game was broadcast by WHS Sports Station. Those guys do an excellent job.
We guess we came off with a negative tone about the newspapers. It was unintended and ment more as a simple observation. Like everything in this economy the news media has also had more than their fair share of cut backs and reduction in staff. We understand it's still going on.
nib
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