ELDRED, NY — The home team Eldred Yellowjackets bucketeers posted 15 points in the opening frame. Their opponents scored four points in the boys’ varsity game of hoops on December 12.
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ELDRED, NY — The home team Eldred Yellowjackets bucketeers posted 15 points in the opening frame. Their opponents scored four points in the boys’ varsity game of hoops on December 12.
In the second period, the Lions of Chapel Field narrowly edged Eldred 13-11, and in the next frame outgunned the ‘Jackets 11-5. That put the home team on notice that the Lions weren’t about to fold, because at the end of the third period, they had shaved Eldred’s lead to a miserly three points (31-28).
In the final “inning,” the home team re-focused by out-shooting their Class D rivals 16-9 to win the game by a tenner (47-37) at the buzzer.
Leading scorers for Eldred: James Deyermond (26 points); Trai Kaufman (16, including a three-pointer); and Mason McKerrell added a three-pointer.
Chapel Field: Luke Falkena (16), Drew Hollo (9) and Matt Kelly (8, including a three-pointer).
Last season, with a reported 9-7 record, going into the playoffs the Lions won 2 games before losing in the first round at the States.
This season, they are senior-heavy (Micah McDuffie, Drew Hollo, Matt Kelly, Jaden Mezetin, Michael Dingle and Tyler Conura). A couple of juniors round out the squad, which is captained by McDuffie, Hollo and Kelly.
For the Yellowjackets, Bill Furler is back at the helm in his fourth season as head coach, and last season the ‘Jackets finished 2-14.
“It was a great game by my boys,” he said of defeating the former sectional champs. “It was a little close for my liking, but we did what we had to do, played great man-to-man defense.”
Furler credited his team with making “three easy buckets” in the last minute-and-a half of the contest. “We’ve come together ever since seventh or eighth grade.”
“We have the size, and we work six or seven days a week, pounding it,” said Furler.
This year’s team (2-1) has Mason McKerrell as the lone senior on the roster, while the rest of the team is composed of juniors.
The captains are Trai Kaufman and James Deyermond.
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