Saturday – February 19: In a very closely officiated game the WHS Tigers dropped a close one to the Sebring McKinley Trojans last week. The were no gray areas with the men in stripes and the whistles got a work out in the make-up game played Saturday evening in the Tiger's Den.
It was a close, in your face game with the lead changing hands several times. Sebring held a slim one point advantage at the end of the first quarter. The score was 18-17. With 5:25 left in the second Senior standout Jalen DeSarro picked up his third foul and was benched.
The Tigers poured it on in the second quarter out scoring the Trojans 21 to 10 to take a 39-28 lead at the half. Then the guys in the purple uniforms came out in the third, out scoring the Tigers 21-13, to get within three points at the end of that quarter. It was Wellsville 52-49.
With 4:57 left in the fourth Sebring took a 58-55 lead and the battle continued. The lead switched a few more times until Sebring put a lock on it with a 68-66 lead with only 0:39.7 seconds left in the final frame. By that time both DeSarro and Senior Christian Kapp had fouled out and the Tigers were forced into committing fouls for a chance to get possession of the ball. Unfortunately that only added to the Sebring lead. At the final buzzer the score was Sebring 72-69 in a squeaker.
Senior Michael Johnston had team high with 24 points to add to his career total. DeSarro finished with 14 and Sean Hudson netted 12. Freshman Nate Scott got some good looks and hit three outside the arch for 9 points. Josh Carter finished with 8 and Kapp had 2. Wellsville hit five 3-pointers with DeSarro & Hudson getting one apiece to add to Scott's. The Tigers are now 12&6 on the season.
In the Reserve game the Freshman players had to sit out the first half since they played a tournament game earlier in the day. At the beginning of the third quarter the Sebring Reserves were in the lead 26-7. The Freshmen came off the bench and nearly pulled it out in the last two quarters of that game. We thought they were going to do it but the Wellsville Reserve team lost by five. Final score in that contest was Sebring 49-44. Both games were the price of admission.
Wellsville returns to action Wednesday night when they host Western Reserve in the Tiger's Den. It's the second of their three make-up games that was oringinally rescheduled for tonight. Their third and final make-up is scheduled for Friday night in the Den versus Jackson Milton. Both nights are set for a 6 PM start. Friday will be Senior Night with Michael Miller, Christian Kapp, Michael Johnston, Sean Hudson and Jalen DeSarro playing their final home game for the Orange & Black.
Good Luck Tigers. Lets finish out the regular season with a couple of more wins...
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