{"id":12017,"date":"2014-01-22T17:47:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T17:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=12017"},"modified":"2014-01-22T17:47:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T17:47:23","slug":"warriors-clinch-first-half-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2014\/01\/22\/warriors-clinch-first-half-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors clinch first-half title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>BY JOHN LUND<br \/>\nTimes Shamrock Writer<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Elk Lake boys\u2019 basketball team remained undefeated after winning 59-43 at Lackawanna Trail in a packed gym on Tuesday, Jan. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Reyan scored a game-high 25 points to pace the Warriors, who clinched a tie for the first-half title. Matt Woolcock and Nick Dudock each had double digit scoring nights for Elk Lake, with 16 and 11 points, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew going in it would be a great game,\u201d Elk Lake coach John Warnero said. \u201cTrial has been playing good basketball and is a division contender, and we\u2019re going to get a team\u2019s best shot every night. It was really intense but we continued to stay focused and do the things that got us to where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross Fauquier scored 11 points while Tyler Rzucidlo chipped in with nine for the Lions, who suffered their first division loss of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kids played hard for four quarters,\u201d Trail head coach Jason Nese said. \u201cThey continue to work and don\u2019t quit and play hard for all 32 minutes. The game was close and we know that we can hang with them now; we just can\u2019t spot them 10 points to start the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake did come out firing in the first quarter and built a 14-4 advantage, but the Lions fought back and took advantage of some Warriors missed shots to cut the lead to 22-15 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElk Lake is very compatible with us,\u201d Nese said. \u201cThey have great athletes and a coach who does a great job and we can\u2019t give points away to a league champion and expect to come out successfully. We had a slow start and some trouble with their pressure but focused on running our set and getting open looks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the Warriors, it was only a matter of time before they found their rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur shooting is certainly key, but we\u2019ll go through stretches where we\u2019re not clicking or knocking down shots,\u201d Warnero said. \u201cThat\u2019s when we need to lean on our defensive pressure to keep the other team in check and force some turnovers so we can get some higher possession shots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither team had budged for an advantage in the third quarter, but Elk Lake had built its lead to nine to start the fourth. The Warriors then used timely outside shooting down the stretch to pull away and take the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get better in every aspect of the game,\u201d Warnero said. \u201cWe have to go in there with great focus to play together as a team. If we have great effort on every possession and play smart basketball I\u2019m hopeful that everything else falls into place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the first half comes to a close, the Lions know what they have to do in order to contend with the Warriors in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking to end the first half strong and take care of the second half to compete for the league title.\u201d Nese said. \u201cWe want to go into the second half on a strong note and prepare for some tough away games against Montrose and Elk Lake. We have to make sure we take care of business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other boys\u2019 basketball action last week:<br \/>\n<strong>Montrose, 63<br \/>\nForest City, 37<\/strong><br \/>\nAt Montrose, Cameron Dean scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Meteors.<br \/>\nErik Burgh added 13 points for the winners.<br \/>\nNoah Fedak led Forest City with 11 points and Matt Nevins scored 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lack. Trail, 53<br \/>\nBlue Ridge, 43<\/strong><br \/>\nAt Blue Ridge, Brian Mitteer scored 20 points to lead Lackawanna Trail in a 53-43 win over the Raiders.<br \/>\nAustin White led Blue Ridge with 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>Dunmore, 56<br \/>\nMountain View, 43<br \/>\nAt Mountain View, Mike Becchetti scored 15 points and Joe Capooci added 14 to lead Dunmore to a Division III-IV crossover win over the Eagles.<br \/>\nNick Schermerhorn led Mountain View with 15 points and Chris White and Brett Crowley each scored 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY JOHN LUND Times Shamrock Writer The Elk Lake boys\u2019 basketball team remained undefeated after winning 59-43 at Lackawanna Trail in a packed gym on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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