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Bulldog Sports Roundup
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YSHS boys
basketball team came tantalizingly close to an upset in the sectional
finals on Friday, Feb. 22, but Tri-Village got the last word in the
final minutes to win 50–48. Bulldog senior Kilan Brown, above,
at the sectional semi-finals last week. |
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Bulldogs unseated by
second seed
The Yellow Springs High School boys basketball team played with heart
but lost to Tri-Village 50–48 in the Division IV sectional championship
game on Friday, Feb. 22.
The whole contest was neck and neck between the Bulldogs, seeded fifth,
and Tri-Village, seeded second.
The Bulldogs’ Jeremiah Peacock scored 20, and Ryan Newsome scored
11, including the team’s three 3-pointers. Raphael Allen scored
8 for the ’Dogs. Seniors Kilan Brown, Peacock, Andrew Ferguson,
Andy Peters, Eric Benton and Ron Cobb added to the team’s fight.
The Bulldogs ended what Coach Brad Newsome called a “growthful”
season with an overall record of 12–11. Both individually and as
a team, the YSHS athletes developed character and a hard work ethic this
year to overcome the adversity they faced at the beginning of the season
as a young and relatively small team. Newsome said the Bulldogs also handled
themselves with poise even in the face of officiating they didn’t
agree with.
“The team worked as hard as any team I’ve had — they
worked hard enough to earn a championship trophy,” Newsome said
on Monday.
“They showed a wonderful quality in that they never wanted to give
up or give in. If they face life with the same determination as they did
out here, they’ll be really successful people.”
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