BBB 2012-12-15 JV and Freshmen at Cascade

Saturday the Freshman and JV squads traveled to Cascade HS for a pair of game.

The freshmen opened and played an excellent first quarter.  OH got on the board first with a nice layup by Savion Passmore, then Sean Erskine sank 3 straight to boost the Wildcat lead to 8-0.  Cascade got into the game with 5:47 left in the quarter by dropping a three-pointer, then crawled back into the game but trailed 11-10 at the first break.

The Wildcat defense stumbled a bit in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, allowing a total of 30 points while scoring 25, and the Bruins led 45-36 to start the 4th period.  A Passmore free throw with 4:43 left put the lead back on the OH side, 46-45 and for the rest of the game it was a back-and-forth affair, and came down to the final seconds.  Another Passmore free throw put the Wildcats up 50-49, but a second shot was waved off by the officials, who called a lane violation on OH.  Cascade was fouled while going for a shot with 7.3 seconds left and sank both shots to regain the lead 51-50 and the 'Cats were unable to score in the final seconds and left the floor with a 51-50 loss.

Erskine finished with 16 points to lead the team, Passmore and Shane Huttula each finished with 15, and Tyler Snavely scored 4.

As close as the Freshman game was, the JV game was a blowout from the beginning.  Oak Harbor just could not get any flow going in the game against a stout Bruin defense and fell 73-40.  Zach Jones scored 18 for the 'Cats, Gage Eccleston 9, JJ Johnson 4, Connor Parmenter 4, and Elijah Smith and Isaiah Rennes 2 each.

The boys return to action with a set of 3 games Tuesday night against Pilchuck and on Thursday travel to Getchell.  Over the break they will play in a 3-day tournament in Bellevue before returning to the Wildcat court on January 2nd vs Sedro Woolley.

Video highlights from both the JV and Freshman games are HERE

Sorry, no photos from these games.

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